Chasin' the podium.
Do you remember the first time the circus rolled into town? Wandering wide-eyed as the crowd sucked you into the big top - you knew what...
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Motorcycle Musings by Mitch Ladyman
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Oct 263 min read
Get more bang for your ADV buck!
If you had spent $3K on a Bergara B-14 HMR or Browning X-Bolt Hell's Canyon Long Range to shoot tin cans off fence posts at 30 yards,...
Oct 74 min read
WHES did the year go!
Some time back, when it was hot, dry and dusty, I was waxing lyrical about all that WHES had in store for '24. A Womens Class, a Junior...
Jul 183 min read
The boulders of Brookton made for a Savage event.
"I'm sooooooo flat out at the moment, I reckon I've only got time for one or two rounds this year: MounTurner and Brookton. I'd love to...
Jun 125 min read
Pinky Swear!
On the safe side of the race tape, we all looked at each other! In our excitement we squealed like the sopranos of the tabernacle choir...
Jun 72 min read
Wetter than an otter's pocket!
"It's gunna be wetter than an otter's pocket, but I @#$@ love a good pond session." (#918 Halen Wickert is the Gentleman of W.A. Hard...
May 256 min read
The right amount of hard
This is a story for the Hard Enduro wannabe. This is a story for the rider that is keen but hasn't yet fully committed themselves to...
Apr 255 min read
KTM: The toothbrush more dentists use.
If you are old enough to have taken your first breath, fresh out of the womb, sometime in the 70's or 80's you'd remember the ORAL B...
Apr 86 min read
The three dimensions of Hard Enduro - which way is up?
Blur your eyes and cock your head, just slightly askew - is Luke standing upright with his bike on its side or is his bike upright on a...
Mar 305 min read
Frankenstein and Backpack: both can give life to the dead.
I got a friend request just the other day. Spending as much time as I do on the keyboard, and on social media, that should come as no...
Mar 214 min read
Skin in the game.
Based in the hills of Lesmurdie, Western Australia, it'd be fair to assume that Jakob Petrig may struggle, a little, finding his way...
Feb 275 min read
5 ways to tighten a sphincter.
I wasn't entirely sure on the logic behind the bringing together of rodeo, burnouts, comp trucks, motocross and hard enduro. But then I...
Feb 224 min read
Hard Enduro is the Happy Gilmore approach to Trials.
"Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin! I came to win, battle me, that's a sin I won't ever slack up, Punk, ya better back up HE riders...
Feb 43 min read
Pink Elephants on Parade
It is rather bizarre what goes through one's mind when riding Trials. There are the usual, run-of-the-mill "on any Sunday" questions that...
Jan 283 min read
Restoring a bike is like birthing a child.
I'm not mechanical so I can't know what it feels like to restore a bike from 'basket case' to 'showroom' condition. But I can imagine it...
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