By now, the pattern was established. Enter.Find a problem.Fix it.Repeat. The car was still the same. The issues were still familiar. The understanding was improving, but not fast enough to break the cycle. This was the final year with the Veloce, although it didn’t feel like an ending at the time. It just felt like … Read more
Every year I stand at the start line and realise something. I’ve already had my fun.Not here (at the event).Not in the 60 seconds (hopefully less this year) ahead of me.Not in the six runs.Not in the final (if I qualify). My fun was in the year before this, leading up to the event.The late … Read more
2026 will be my 10 Simola Hillclimb attempt. What started out as a distraction from my day to day life supporting customers racing, has now become the primary focus of my day to day life. I think it’s called a job. Employer: OneTrackMind, Job Description: Timeattack. What a great analogy for life, a race against … Read more
Didn’t realise how good riding a motorcycle is for my mental health. Suddenly, the world feels much lighter. I remember seeing this image of anatomy couple years back and thinking, my customers spend fortunes making their bikes lighter and faster, but don’t spend anywhere near the same effort in taking care of themselves. Nowadays I … Read more
Back in the day, I lived on a farm in Grabouw, so I bought a BMW 1100GS, to commute. I did 18000km in 6 months…on the original tyre (how times have changed). My riding and confidence improved massively on that bike. And then I opened Ducati Cape Town, so had to sell it. I loved … Read more
