Nigel Petrie

Shannon’s Driven

A big thank you to Shannons Insurance for having me on their Driven series. Hope you enjoy the film as much as I enjoyed being a part of it.

BMW Chopper to Born Free 12

The highlights have been non stop this year, sure small business has its highs and lows but when a highlight like this comes along I celebrate! Being on this list is a really exciting opportunity for ...

The Eu with BMW

I am half way home from a whirlwind 10 days in Europe with BMW Motorrad. In a previous post I explained the BMW Chopper build that I debuted at the Throttle Roll event in Sydney. The idea behind the w...

Workshop Fitout

As I write this I am 11 hours into a 14 hour flight and have finally had some time to reflect on the last 10 days in the workshop. This year has been nothing short of exciting, I have spent years wond...

Life behind bars

So last weekend I got to take the Alta out on its first proper ride. In my last post I explained the benefits of this motorcycle and the excitement I had for EV technology. It fills the space between ...

ETS goes Electric!

2019 has been a hell of a year and it’s only just begun! I have met some incredible people who have opened my eyes up to a lot of possibilities in my first few months of running ETS out of Deaki...

Space Prep

It’s been a busy couple of months, since moving into my new space I have been adament not to waste any time during the setup phase. In the first two minutes that I laid eyes on this space I new ...

Building a twin system for a SuperDuke 1290

I was hoping that this job would be my first within the new shop but I was a little naive to think that that it was going to be setup so soon. Good things take time though and my vision for the new sp...

Summernats 2019

If I had to explain Australian car culture to you then I would probably save my breath and just send you to Canberra in Summer. Canberra is home to Summernats and Summernats is the home of Australian ...