Nigel Petrie
The beginning of Motocross – Our 1969 Rickman Metisse
It all started with a trip to Japan in 2010, I went to see drifting and ended up falling in love with vintage American motorcycles, sounds crazy right? I’ll try and explain myself. While exploring Jap...
A KTM 300 Tracker – Akin Edition
A couple of months ago I spent some time up in QLD and met up with Max from Akin Moto, he threw me the keys to his Triumph Scrambler, equipped me with a new Akin jacket, some gloves, a helmet and we h...
Machine Shopping
It has been a crazy few months here in the ETS garage, there has been monumental changes in both the layout of my workshop and the capabilities that lie within it. I had big plans but little room, som...
Working on the Workshop
Wow, it has been a big few months, as I write this I am sitting on a plane to Sydney (presenting the Sidchrome Project car for this year) and realise it is the only spare hour I have had in a long tim...
RPS13 – MotorEx Demo’s
When Peter from DriftCadet asked me to be a part of the MotorEx drift demo team I quickly jumped at the offer, I was looking for a chance to drive both the Hilux and the 180SX but didn’t really want t...
The Hilux at MotorEx
Last year was a big year for me, I really put my focus into moving forward with the PS13 project and put off any offers to take the Hilux out on track. You have to understand that track days are not t...
PS13 NA – Pre game insight
I’m not sure if I am a slow learner or it just takes a while to get that deep understanding I need to truly work out my machines. I made a decision a long time ago to stick with the SR20, if you...
PS13 NA Project – Hits the track
I have always followed my heart with the cars I have built, every little detail reflects what I believe my perfect “street car” to be. But what makes life a little difficult is that none o...
PS13 NA Project – Breathe
This post has been a long time coming, over a year in fact. I love to be completely transparent in what I do and what you read on these pages, so I will rewind way back to the beginning of 2017 and le...