MENINGIE HOTEL SA

SO ANYWAY I’M SITTING at the bar at the Meningie Hotel listening to Ben, the manager talk about business when I look at my left arm, elbow on the bar, bent at 45 degrees as I slide down another slurp of Iron Jack.

I , that so much of this biking life is about enjoying the bend: the bends in the road, bending the bike over through the curves and then bending the elbow to lubricate the story as we bend the truth a bit at the bar.

But Ben’s not bending the truth and it’s another bend he’s on about. In April just gone, The Bend Motorsport Park at Tailem Bend, just on 50kms north of where we’re jawing, opened for business.

For a petrol head, MV Augusta owner and ex-racer like Ben, this would be good news