The ISDT - the original dualsport and adventure bike event? Looks like a somewhat bent Beemer to me….. The International Six Day Trials, precursor and subsequent events. 1903 - 1913. National UK 6 day trials 1913 - 1980. The International Six Days Trials years 1980 - present day. The International Six Days Enduro years It is said that whatever goes around comes around and there is nothing new under the sun. This potted history will demonstrate how hard it is to be trul

Photo above courtesy of Full On Lights, Victoria BC. The Dark Nights are upon us! Woe!! I am investigating lighting solutions for off-road riding in the hours of darkness principally in anticipation of the 24 Heures du GoldRiver next September, but also simply to be able to get out and ride this winter. As you have come to expect, I am doing a bit of a deeper dive into this subject. The previous blog post I wrote about this introduced the three lighting systems I am com

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will remember I have previously written about the programme developments lined up for next year, developing the event programme running from Wednesday 1 July to Monday 6th July 2026… On the Thursday before rally Friday, Saturday and Sunday there will be two new additions to the programme. Shahnawaz Karim, Wheels Guru ( www.wheelsguru.ca ) will be presenting his off-road riding Skills Challenge and the VIME team will be running

Tomorrow, winter starts… On a dark desert byway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air… Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night. Eagles - Hotel California The powers-that-be have exercised their prerogative to mess with our body-clocks and Winter Time for those in the northern hemisphere has begun. I have it on good authority that not every day will be quite like thi

…but who is that Masked Man? The Winners - Rudyard Kipling What is the moral? Who rides may read. When the night is thick and the tracks are blind, A friend at a pinch is a friend indeed; But a fool to wait for the laggard behind Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone. White hands cling to the tightened rein, Slipping the spur from the booted heel, Tenderest voices cry, "Turn again," Red lips tarnish the scabbarded steel, High

VIME Event Regulations - 2025. The GoldRiver Rules. Draft: 2/10/2025 Acknowledgement: I, Jonathan Binnington, as proprietor of Vancouver Island Motosports Events formally and respectfully acknowledge the fact that the lands through which my events pass, the oceans, mountains, rivers and lakes form part of the traditional unceded and never surrendered territories of Canadian First Nations. I am grateful for our opportunity to travel these roads. The First Nations are the Mow

Detail planning work for a 24 Heures du GoldRiver continues. To back up a little if you haven’t been following this particularly...

Work continues productively on the VI Motosports Events for next year. The Great Canadian (motorcycle) Roadbook Rally has three...

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Today something positive popped up on my social media, an advance advert for a 24hr gravel rally in Greece…. I am a fan of endurance...

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It has been suggested that a summary of the results of previous events might be informative. I have trawled the blog to see what I...

I Owen in his natural habitat - a motorsport paddock wearing an anorak VIME: Owen Partaik, thank you very much for having this...

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Typical spatial sensitivity plot of a smartphone GPS receiver chip. This technical essay discusses and seeks to address the two known issues that limit the accuracy and precision of GPS devices when used in motorcycle backcountry navigation and rally timing. These issues are the discrepancies observed measuring distance travelled and the occasional non-detection of virtual timing gates by GPS location. These two issues are related but not direct dependent on each other. Met

Neil Barbisan - GoldRiver XXV third place VIME: Neil Barbisan, thank you for agreeing to contribute your rider profile for the GoldRiver...

The following ideas are presented as proposals for discussion and I would like to state at the outset that they are not entirely my own. ...

Paul Higginbotham. VIME: Paul Higginbotham, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Can you tell us a little about your motorcycling...

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not lost in the outback Ambitions continue to fuel visions of what further kinds of motorcycle motorsports could be responsibly included...