Motorcycle Explorer August 2015 Issue 7 | Page 136

T he next few days was spent with Brian Rix and Shirley Hardy-Rix whom I had met at the Horizons Unlimited meeting the year before. Shirley’s book Two for the Road, about their overland journey through Europe and Asia, had been one of the first audio-books I had ever listened to, and her enthralling description of riding the TT track on the Isle of Mann had stayed with me for many years. They had recently released a second book Circle to Circle about their bike trip from the bottom to the top of the Americas and beyond. After eighty thousand kilometres their BMW had given up the ghost halfway across the Nullarbor on the last leg to home. My oft stated reason for choosing a Postie Bike to go “Round the Block” was because anybody could do it on a 1000cc BMW – but it seems not. [And I should not boast too loudly lest fate steps in] Heading west along the Great Ocean Road, Mo was once again in his element. Cruising slowly with time to stop and take photos of letterboxes, we were not fazed by the 60k/h speed limit, in fact it seemed to be something to aspire to. Mo doesn’t exactly tip into corners – rather he tip-toes around them and elegant is not a word to be used in the same sentence as Postie Bike. However there is still a grin-factor to be had – difficult to explain – but it requires a complete shift in attitude towards riding and the definition of adventure.