The entry fee discount for early entry to the GoldRiver XXV will end on the 30th April. If you are planning to enter, you may want to...

I have written a few blog posts in the past trying to explain how roadbooks relate to a road journey. Itzik Arazi has produced this...

The “Main Event” of every VIME event is the time-speed-distance navigation trial. Backcountry motorcycling over up-island...

VIME Standard Operating Procedure in the event of a Serious Untoward Incident (SUI). 1. Introduction. 1.1. Vancouver Island Motosports...

Entries are open and invited for the fourth summer roadbook rally presented by Vancouver Island Motosports Events. A Canadian event, by...

Overnight accommodation options for the GR XXV

As I write this from GoldRiver XXV headquarters (my kitchen table) in the last week of February, I am very pleased to say that VIME has...

We are living through a BC to AD communications epoch change…. Not one to change you calendar though, a Before Cellular to After Digital...

Motorcycle rental by CycleBC.ca Before we get into this blog post, intended for readers who are less familiar with VIME events, I would...

As I continued to review, reflect and refine after previous events, it is timely to repost this blog entry that I wrote a while ago......

The 2025 GoldRiver regularity rally

VIME Event Regulations - 2025.   The GoldRiver Rules. Acknowledgement: I, Jonathan Binnington, as proprietor of Vancouver Island...

You might think me a little premature to be thinking about next summer when winter hasn’t yet started, but there are many things that...

Sport takes many forms. Motorsport more than most. You’ve seen it on the telly, on social media, on YouTube, try to deny it, you...

Day 2 was the day of the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere. The day when, anecdotally the weather flips from a summer pattern to...

The end of school party…. Trophies for the winner of this weekend’s event and the three event series. Winner is defined by a/ the...

Yes! It really is that stunning….. Hkusam Mountain, 1645m Monday 2 September was the day that five of us went up to Sayward Junction to...

After a quiet six weeks following on from the GoldRiver400, I am cranking the VIME machinery back into action and revving up for the...

The third weekend of September will see the third and final VIME backcountry navigation trial event for 2024. There will be two sets of...