FarRiders ™ Iron Butt Association in Australia

Home of Australian long distance motorcycle riders since 2006.

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Want to join FarRiders ?

You do not "join" FarRiders in the usual way, it's not something you just sign up for.
Just doing a 1000klm ride will not make you a FarRider, many riders do this distance or greater each year. There are only two ways you can become a member of FarRiders.

You can only become a member of FarRiders by either :

  1. Completing an Official FarRide ™ organised by FarRiders and listed on this site.
  2. Be an Iron Butt Association member having done your IBA certified ride within Australia.
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FarRiders - The Iron Butt Association in Australia

In October 2008 Mike Kneebone president of the Iron Butt Association gave FarRiders the honour of being their Australian connection. FarRiders now joins many countries in carrying out the IBA vision of safe long distance motorcycle riding. ... read more

Why ride long distance ?

There are many reasons why riders choose to ride long distances, if you need to ask then it's probably not for you. Talk to a FarRider one day and see the love of the road and riding that shines in their eyes.

A friend said, "Davo I am amazed how you get all these people to ride a 1,000k day just to have a meal."
Davo said, "Fact is I don't, they were always out there, I just give them a destination and they come.

It's like that movie Field of Dreams, if you build it they will come."

"So it’s kinda funny that more of us 'riders' don't do stuff like this, isn’t it?" Boris said.

... as FarRiders say, ... it's just a road.

Someone claim they are a FarRider ? This is the list to check!

Records, long distances, it's nothing new.

Amongst the Australian legends are Don Bain who in April 1932 was the last "official" Sydney-Melbourne record holder when he covered the distance on his 500cc AJS in 11hrs 27mins.

Syd Goodsell with Arthur Millard in the chair as observer covered 14,900klms in 13days in June 1937 on 600cc side-valve Triumph.

Read about this and more in Riding Through Time by Jim Scaysbrook

We have always loved the long ride, challenging ourselves and our machines to the limits.


I hope you can join us on a ride one day, Davo