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...

Entries are open and invited for the fourth summer roadbook rally presented by Vancouver Island Motosports Events. A Canadian event, by...

Overnight accommodation options for the GR XXV

As I write this from GoldRiver XXV headquarters (my kitchen table) in the last week of February, I am very pleased to say that VIME has...

We are living through a BC to AD communications epoch change…. Not one to change you calendar though, a Before Cellular to After Digital...

Motorcycle rental by CycleBC.ca Before we get into this blog post, intended for readers who are less familiar with VIME events, I would...

As I continued to review, reflect and refine after previous events, it is timely to repost this blog entry that I wrote a while ago......

The 2025 GoldRiver regularity rally

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

You might think me a little premature to be thinking about next summer when winter hasn’t yet started, but there are many things that...