Scrapheap Adventure Ride media round-up

The 2011 Scrapheap Adventure Ride is happening this Easter weekend, with the meet-up at Cameron Corner on Saturday 23rd April.  Riders are setting off during the week, from at least three States.  They have already drawn media attention across Australia over the last few weeks.  This week's media round-up includes stories about three teams:

• Hills Shire News 19th April 2011 (Rod, Fiona and Cassie Kelly)
• Sunshine Coast Daily, 18th April 2011 (Narelle Rimmer and Tina Eccles)
• Manly Daily, 19th April (Tony Balkins)

 Australian Dirt Bike Magazine - May 2011:

Inspirational Aussie dad, Perry Gilsenan, is the man behind the Scrapheap Adventure Ride. It is a concept which sees keen punters restore a junker dirt bike, saddle up and point it towards Cameron Corner in North-West NSW, to raise funds for Down Syndrome awareness.

It’s a cause that’s close to 47-year-old Gilsenan, whose eight-year-old daughter, Grace, suffers from the condition. But what makes his odyssey even more exceptional is that Perry doesn’t have legs (and hasn’t since a horrific train accident, at age 12).

He’s already clocked up 500,000km in the name of charity despite his own disability, and isn’t showing signs of letting up any time soon.

“I don’t want Grace to have a life with limitations,” said Perry. “While I don’t have legs, there are so many things I can achieve. The only thing which limits me is my mind, my heart and my imagination. That’s why I love my motorcycle so much: there are no limits.”

Some of the wildest contraptions imaginable are being pieced together for the second running of the event, which will be held at Easter 2011.

How about a Ducati Monster 900 or Kawasaki ZZR 250 converted to a dual sport weapon?

If the budget won’t stretch to such exotic machinery, even a humble scrapheap-sourced CT110 will do the trick.

Get along to http://www.scrapheapadventureride.com.au to check out some photos of competitors' machines, make a donation, or better yet, register to ride!