my newest baby. For three years I looked for this specific bike, a 1974 BMW R60/6. Why? It is the same make, model, and year as the one Elspeth Beard rode sole around the world in 1982. She is so inspirational, I had it fixated in my head I wanted the same make of bike. I looked and looked, and found one in Canada but was too hard to import to Oz.

Then one day, I popped it up on SM that I was still looking, and my mate in the UK Julian, who writes for ABR magazine, saw my post. "Ali!" he messaged. "I've found one!" He found this one, went to do a test ride for me, and said "its gorgeous, if you don't buy it, I will"

So I bought it, and Nick who owned it, and love it just as much as I did, went to huge trouble to get it ready for shipping. We became friends, and he is planning to come to Australia next year to ride his beloved bike again.

In the meantime, it's in the workshop, getting some more work done and registered. Can't wait to go for a blast when I get back from India.