Peter Francis - enthusiastic supporter of the GoldRiver Rally has a YouTube channel, https://youtube.com/@retiredadventurerider?si=qbFhJ-...

VIME Event Regulations - 2025. The GoldRiver Rules. Acknowledgement: I, Jonathan Binnington, as proprietor of Vancouver Island...

Results from 2025. L to R me, Christian Pelletier 2nd, Owen Partaik 1st, Neil Barbisan 3rd Building on the success and wholly positive...

A flat slide accelerator pump carburetor - there are others Much opinion has been passed about the fuelling of Suzuki’s DR650. As it...

3d plot of a gps antenna/receiver sensitivity This blog post is devoted to format, technical and technological developments to the...

L to R. Christian Pelletier (2nd), Owen Partaik (1st), Neil Barbisan (3rd) Where to begin…..? Now that the dust has settled on the...

Machine Gun Kelly Whitehouse - winner day two The aggregated results from day two left at least three riders in a potential winning...

Yes, there were punctures GoldRiver XXV, day The Second. The marathon day. The opening rounds of the day’s challenges was a...

Owen Partaik - leader, day one Day one of the GoldRiver XXV started early. Really early. 4am early. Do you know how loud the bloody...

Trailer queen or dirt witch? True to form, a spanner was thrown into the works of the carefully crafted event plan…. On Friday the...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The grime of the anxious rallyer It is an ancient Mariner, It is an ancient rallyeer And he stoppeth one...

PRESS RELEASE THE GREAT CANADIAN ROADBOOK RALLY - The GoldRiver XXV 27 June - 1 July 2025 Preparations are at an advanced stage for the...

Developing the format…. I would like to propose the following format development: The roadbooks for Days one and Two be sent out one week...

Where it all began…. Suzuki’s iconic backcountry bike has been with us in one form or another for more than three decades. Unchanged (for...

The event is now a little more than a month away (opens on Friday 27 June) and preparations are well underway. The snow has melted...

The first weekend in May marks the start of VIME rally season. The first opportunity to get out and see what kind of consequences the...

The entry fee discount for early entry to the GoldRiver XXV will end on the 30th April. If you are planning to enter, you may want to...

The “Main Event” of every VIME event is the time-speed-distance navigation trial. Backcountry motorcycling over up-island...

VIME Standard Operating Procedure in the event of a Serious Untoward Incident (SUI). 1. Introduction. 1.1. Vancouver Island Motosports...