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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 to me recently "Davo I am amazed how you get all these people to ride a 1,000k day just to have a meal" 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?" he said. ... as FarRiders say, ... it's just a road. Want to join FarRiders ? You do not "join" FarRiders in the usual way, it's not something you just sign up for. You can only become a FarRider by completing either an official FarRide or FarRally or be a IBA member having done their IBA ride within Australia. Read here. 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.

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