15 – 17 AUGUST 2025 Copmanhurst Sport & Recreation Ground Due to popular demand (Pretty sure at least three of us there in 2024 thought it a good idea). Rooney Tune is now annual! Calm down, deep breaths. We’re all excited. But, yes, it is true, if the stars don’t align for you one year…
Far Cairn Good Coffee
In late September 2024 I met up with my mate Nathan for a coffee. To be fair, we thought it best to find a place equidistant between us, Ultimately then, we arrived in Tottenham NSW, about 900km to my south and 800km to the north of Nathan. Failing to find a Starbucks, under great duress…
As it Happened: Rooney Tune 2024
For the 26,915,861 people living in Australia that missed it, the remaining population enjoyed another brilliant gathering of Rooney Tuned minds on the 2nd & 3rd of November 2024. These fortunate folk were greeted (eventually) with sunshine and the green pastures of northern NSW for two days of mostly reflecting on the consequences of being…
Rooney Tuned R100 Salt Bolts to 154.9mph!
What you see in the video below is history being made. What you hear (volume up folks) is ‘SALT BOLT’ a, err, … 1982 BMW r100 hitting 154.912 mph (250km/h), and setting the ‘Dry Lake Racers Australia‘ APS PG1000 speed record! Salt Bolt, and the new record, are owned by Paul Marcos. After running 135.5…
Double Shot BOTT
Once upon a time people picked up books on motorcycle racing. Within them they found wild words and captivating images. People in not near enough protective gear launching big engines in simple chassis upon narrow wheels over unrefined roads. If that doesn’t hold you in awe for a moment you’re not a motorcyclist. Written between…
This Time For Sure
This time, for sure, no, really. ‘Rooney Tune 2022’ See how that rolls off the tongue. It was always meant to be. And because let’s face it, the stickers from the ill-fated 2021 covid edition were just shit. So, we just had to do it over. Ah yes. Come fire, Plaque, or Flood, the Rooney…
Ride Out Covid on a Rooney
VIRTUAL ROONEY TUNE 2021 Ok, you probably saw it coming. We have had to postpone again this year. HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING RIDING IN “THE CLOUD”. SO, ON AUGUST 21 OR 22, WE ARE ASKING YOU HEAD OUT FOR A RIDE ON YOUR ROONEY. ANYONE POSTING A PICTURE OF THEIR ROONEY OUT RIDING (AND YOURSELF…
Lookout..
Must be getting closer; the media collateral is out. Not to be usurped by any federal budget.. Who wants a sticker?
Rooney Tune 2021 : The Vaccinated Edition
August 20 – 22 : 2021 : Copmanhurst NSW. In those shiny happy days before the scourge of Covid a band of Rooney Cyclist mustered among the rich green grass lining the banks the Clarence River at Copmanhurst NSW. The inaugural Rooney Tune gathering in 2018 attracted folk from from all corners of the country;…
Soul Factory
Somewhere around the year 1996AD I was having a bit of trouble with direction. I was pretty sure the reason I felt I was not finding the best line had a good deal to do with some steering head bearings that had surpassed their ‘use by date’. At the time my relationship with my r80g/s…
Rooney Tune 