Looking for your next challenge? Have a go at navigating with a roadbook — just like they do in Dakar. No experience, fancy equipment or sponsor support required. Detailed instructions on every track and turn. It’s weirdly fun (so the good navigators say..)
Tired of riding alone? Trying (and failing) to herd your friends for a ride? Come to our events and upgrade your riding social life to legendary. Warning – it’s 3 days of non stop bike talk.
Just starting out? Getting back into it? Got a new bike? Test your skills in a controlled environment. There’s always someone to help you pick up your bike and ride it out, and additional support from our expert trainers if you need it.
Riding in remote places is fun, and an incredible experience, but there are a few risks. We have full recovery and medical support so you can relax and enjoy the ride knowing you have people looking out for you and making sure you return home safe.
OpenRoads Rally MidCoast NSW Oct 5-7 2024!
For more info and to register for pre-sale tickets go to https://www.openroadsrally.com/pre-sale/midcoast
We will be updating the event page and our website over the next few weeks as we start to put all the pieces into place. More details to you soon!
For now sign up to the pre-sale and save the dates 💪
Thanks @amxsuperstores Nunawading for your support this weekend at OpenRoads Rally Broadford! Any last minute gear you need pop on over and see Nick and his team 👍 #AMXsuperstores
Map of OpenRoads Rally Broadford 2024.
👉 For the nicest camping head to camp 1. For the quietest camping head to camp 2. If you want to secure a spot at camp 1, arrive on your bike (we have reserved an area just for motorcycles).
👉 For the best showers head to shower block near the MX Track #11
👉 Registration, info, vendors, food and stage are all at the Main Area.
Gates open at 4pm.
👉 Tyre requirements for OpenRoads Rally Broadford flat track!
At OpenRoads Rally Broadford only 50% or more road tyres are only allowed on the flat track. Unfortunately no knobbys or 70% off-road tyres on this track at this event.
There are some spare used tyres available at Broadford that you will be able to borrow and Bruce Collins Enterprises will be there on Saturday selling Shinko Tyres and @heidenau_tyres if you need to buy some new ones.
If you don't know how to change a tyre, head to @machine.alley and the crew will help you out!
Welcome Ben Greenwood to OpenRoads Rally! Ben will be presenting at OpenRoads Rally Broadford and sharing his wealth of knowledge on how to improve your off-road riding performance. Topics include strength, mobility, energy systems and nutrition.
If you have any specific questions for him please comment or send in to us! We already have a couple – i.e arm pump anyone? We will forward onto him and have the answers ready to discuss 7pm Saturday night.
See you there 🤓
Happy New Year! Thank you for an extraordinary year. Thank you for all your efforts, all your contribution and all the love! Looking forward to 2024, hope it’s a good one for you 💪❤️Jess & ORR Team
Tickets on sale now for Lithgow NSW!! Get a free limited edition tee with every weekend rider pass bought today.
Awesome to see so many of you from VIC making the treck north. It's going to be one to remember and celebrate – our first NSW event and the last event in our 2023 circuit! 🥳
Get your tickets 👉 https://tickets.openroadsrally.com/lithgow-nsw-2023/
@suzukiaustraliabikes @aurora_rally_aus @stayuprightridertraining @bodriggybrewingco
We didn’t take precedence over the town garage sale but hey, we’ll take what we can get 😂👊
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After about a week of blocks we think we have finally turned a corner and are starting to link up some good tracks up here in NSW. Only last night we were debating if we should cut our losses and leave so it’s a good result!
Today we patiently wait to see if the rain will finally subside so we can recky the skilled tracks.
Even though it’s been tough from a work point of view, it’s still been an amazing experience to have the opportunity to ride up here in such depth. Unique place, some of the tracks are incredible. Super flowy, lots of jumps, beautiful rivers and rock slabs. Glad we persevered 👌
Zero Motorcycles will be at OpenRoads Rally Broadford this weekend! Come down and have a look 👀. This Saturday only!
Alpinestars will be presenting their Tech-Air® autonomous airbag system at OpenRoads Rally Broadford 2024. 7pm Saturday night at the main area.
This technology is incredible - it is the most advanced autonomous airbag system out there and has saved countless lives already. Some you may have seen it being used and deployed at Dakar Rally 2024.
7pm Saturday night!
Need to organise some new tyres? Bruce Collins Enterprises will be at OpenRoads Rally Broadford on Saturday selling @@shinko_tyres and @heidenau_tyres.
Tyre delivery via mini bike upon special request 😎
Registration is now open for Broadford 2024! Head to www.tickets.openroadsrally.com and login. Go to My Account > Event Registration then hit Register on the Broadford event.
All riding tickets need to complete:
• Entry form
• Self-scrutineering form
• All kids we will register on the day.
• No waiver forms need to be completed for this event.
• If you have multiple bikes, register the one you will ride off-site on the trails. If you are not riding off-site (Park Pass, Social Pass) register the bike you will use the most.
We have a few new processes in place at this event due to a changeover in insurance and new ticket types. So there may be hiccups in the system as we go. Please get in touch if you have any issues - hopefully it's nice and easy!
A few more days until our Early-Bird promo ends. Over half sold 💪
MX, Enduro, Flat track and our signature Navigation Challenge. Let's make it our best one yet! See you there!
Lucky us! Ben Grabham, one of Australia’s most decorated off-road racers will be presenting at OpenRoads Rally Lithgow 2023.
Ben has won Finke four times, and has had numerous victories in prestigious races like Hattah, Desert Tri-Series, Forest Rally, and Gascoyne Rally.
Even after a harrowing experience in 2012, where he broke his back at a staggering 150kph collision with a mob of kangaroos during the Condo 750 race, Ben displayed sheer determination, finishing an impressive 15th on his debut at the 2013 Dakar Rally just eight months later.
In 2014, Ben stepped into the role of KTM's Desert Racing Team Manager and went on to lead the entire off-Road squad in 2015 and 2016.
His wealth of experience, meticulous organisation, and an uncanny ability to spot and nurture talent, coupled with the exceptional skills of those under his guidance, culminated in an era of absolute KTM domination. 🏁
Ben now runs @grabbos_trailntrack and @vip_moto_experience. He has just flown back to NSW from @kalg_desert_race
We're incredibly honoured to have Ben at our Lithgow event, and we can't wait to hear his insights and stories from his phenomenal journey!
Spectators are free at this event.
Book your tickets here: www.tickets.openroadsrally.com
Off to a good start in NSW. Headed to Dungog for a recky and got stuck with so many overgrown tracks. Met a local as we packed to leave who is assuring us that there really are tracks here so we’re going to ride one more day. We’ll see!
It's go time! We are packing today for the rally – any burning desires, questions, wants and needs please be aware that we are AWOL for the next few days setting everything up! We will do our best to get back to you when we can - otherwise see you Friday!
Your reminder to buy touch screen gloves if you're navigating with your phone or tablet! You'll need to scroll the roadbook and it will be WAY more enjoyable if you don't have to take your gloves off to do so. Cheap MX gloves usually do the trick!
If you want to take it to another level, you can buy cheap bluetooth buttons from Jaycar or set up the buttons on your bike to scroll. See our Discord for more details 🤓
The crew from @machine.alley will be with us again at OpenRoads Rally Broadford, spinning spanners, plugging holes and helping with any mechanical problems you've got. If your bikes got a boo boo, or doesn't want to start – head over to Machine Alley and get it sorted!
We are putting together a compilation of the best ORR videos of 2023. If you haven't sent yours in (maybe you recovered it from your Gopro after our event) please send through by this Sunday night!
You can message it to us, upload to discord, email a link or we can email you a link to upload it.
Stay classy
#fail #motorcycle
Exciting News!
We're pumped to announce that OpenRoads Rally NSW has a new supporting sponsor on board – EMG (Emotogroup)! 🙌
EMG is your go-to destination for high-performance electric motorcycles, and they've got some amazing brands under their belt. 🏆 From the award-winning road-legal Caofen dirt bike to the revolutionary belt drive Lyric cycles ebike, they've got it all!
EMG will be adding even more excitement to our Lithgow event by contributing prizes, offering demos on their ebikes, and hosting a short presentation.
To learn more about EMG and their lineup of bikes, visit their website: www.emotogroup.com.au 🌐
Yeahhhhh the girls! Pro motorcycle rider @tayla.street89 at ORR Myrtleford
We’d grin too if we could survive riding that fast on the flat track 🫣
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Thank you everyone for an epic weekend! Awesome weather, great company, lots of laughs. Everybody got home safe and no injuries 💪 Good on all of you for having a crack and upskilling (sometimes accidentally) on the harder sections. Thank you for helping each other and thank you to all those who traveled such a far distance! Thanks to all our hard working volunteers, too many to name but Adam, Jessie, LeeRoy and both Sams - you guys put in so much time.
Good luck all those returning to try their luck conquering the hill and congrats on those who made it up it 🤣 We will await your updates 😄
Photos out soon!
Want to get some custom ear plugs fitted?
@andystrapz will be at OpenRoads Rally Broadford 2024 showing their range of motorcycle adventure travel gear products as well as making Earmold ear plugs 👊
First prize at OpenRoads Rally Broadford: @saint.cc Engineered Classic Jacket!
✔️ CE level 2 limb protectors
✔️ Pocket for D3O® Viper back armour
✔️ Dual zipper & snap button closure
❌ Sexy model not included
Thanks @saint.cc for your prize donation 💪😎
Last call for t-shirts! Order now and pick up at our next event. Orders close on Monday! 100% cotton, heavy 190gsm, double stitching, UPF 30. Order at www.tickets.openroadsrally.com
Thank you everyone for such an epic weekend! It was so much fun to host you, I met so many cool people and I hope that you had as much fun as we did.
Thank you to all our volunteers and crew, Luke, Dave, mum, Adam, Sam, Rohann, Andrew, Damian, Liam(s), Leigh, Curtis, David, PJ, Tania, Alora, Lindie, Serah, Jessie, Jake, all of our local sweeps, Paul, Kristian and Matt from Stay Upright, the crew from Machine Alley, the legends at SecMedic PLUS all of those who jumped in to lend a hand, or offered during the weekend.
It takes a bloody lot of work to keep the cogs running but you did it beautifully and you made a lot of people very happy.
Thanks to our awesome SPONSORS and partners - Aurora Rally Equipment Australia, SA1NT and KINCROME for your prizes, Stay Upright Australia Rider Training for sharing your knowledge, Machine Alley - DIY Workshop for keeping bikes running, SecMedic for keeping us safe and Suzuki Motorcycles Australia for your support.
Thanks to all those who travelled far, some from north QLD, some from Tassie. We hope to see you again, either in VIC or on your home turf some day.
We are stoked with how smooth the event ran, no incidents aside from during training on Friday (get well soon Cam!)
Photos and wrap up video will come out soon. Tomorrow we depart for NSW, wish us luck and we will be in touch soon (customer service, responding to emails, merch etc).
Jess & the ORR Crew 💪
It's go time! Thanks @motorcycleadventureproducts for your support this weekend – $500 in gift cards will be put to good use by the lucky winners!
New BMW models at OpenRoads Rally Broadford! We are excited to announce that @bmwmotorradaus will be attending their first OpenRoads Rally at Broadford 2024. They will be showcasing their new 1300 and 900GS models with live demonstrations.
Schedule for OpenRoads Rally Broadford!
Please refer to our app during the event for the most accurate timings 👊 Schedule may change slightly.
Riding with your mates at the rally? Couple of good things to know 👉
• If you have a lead navigator, remind them to stop slowly to check the roadbook and pull off the side of the road. Slamming on the brakes can lead to pile ups - especially around blind corners.
• Sharing tools and tubes is OK - just make sure that the person who has the tools is always with the group.
• All the accidents we've ever had have been on slippery gravel or graded dirt corners - easy tracks! Check your speed and don't try and keep up with the front.
• You must individually stamp each card in order to be eligible for points
• Have no friends, or your friends ditch you? You'll make new ones, and if you don't, come hang out with the volunteer squad!
New raffle prizes at OpenRoads Rally Lithgow! Thank you @motorcycleadventureproducts for getting behind us and gifting a generous donation, there will be some very lucky winners!!
@motorcycleadventureproducts are specialised in motorcycle accessories and luggage, offering over 6000 premium parts.
They are Australian importers of renowned brands like Enduristan, Hepco & Becker, Rottweiler Performance, Nomad ADV, and Rox Speed FX.
They provide motorcycle parts for various makes and models, including BMW, KTM, Ducati, Moto Guzzi, Royal Enfield, Aprilia, Harley Davidson, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and Kawasaki.
Located in the Southern Highlands of NSW, they offer in-person shopping at their newly completed showroom and online shopping with comprehensive technical information and shipping throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Be sure to give them a visit, online or in person, and say thanks for the awesome gear! 💪💪💪
One week to go until OpenRoads Rally Desert Edition 💪! Found this at the local gas station today. Weather is fine and we can’t wait to host you next weekend 😁😁
@suzukiaustraliabikes @aurora_rally_aus @stayuprightridertraining @bodriggybrewingco @secmedic_
Thanks @peterstevensofficial for your support at OpenRoads Rally Broadford this weekend! $200 worth of gift cards going out to some lucky winners 💪
1 WEEK TO GO!
Registrations in please everyone! For those of you who are technically challenged here's a photo of someone doing something seemingly impossible. In other words YOU CAN DO YOUR PAPERWORK 🤣❤️
Vollies if you're planning on riding you will need to register too 👍
Old school paper roadbook set ups are OK at OpenRoads Rally Broadford 👌
Due to floods and the ongoing degradation and rehabilitation of the tracks, roadbooks will be sent out as late as possible to ensure they are accurate. They may be sent out as late as Thursday - so plan in advance 👍
As always, digital roadbooks are available for any device – mobile or tablet.
NSW has brought its absolute A Game! So many cool people in one place, it’s going to be a fricken vibe! VIC you better BRING it next year! 😎😎 @saltybarefootblonde
Thank you to everyone who came, supported and contributed to OpenRoads Rally Myrtleford 2023.
To my team : thank you for your hours and hours of work, dedication and care. It is seen and felt by everybody who attended.
To our partners: thank you for your support and belief in our direction
To our community : thank you for your general excellence, respect for other participants and support as we continue to keep this thing going.
No injuries this year at our event. Only one recovery (the fire) which our team managed with speed and professionalism.
I couldn’t ask for anything more. What a great weekend and see you at the next one!
❤️❤️❤️ Jess
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Tickets now on sale to our new event in 2023 - OpenRoads Rally Desert Edition, Little Desert VIC.
October 6-8 2023. Dimboola, VIC.
To buy tickets go to www.tickets.openroadsrally.com
For more information go to www.openroadsrally.com
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