Blind motorcyclist Ben Felten from Blaxland, will speak at the Nepean Disability Expo in Penrith this month.
Mr Felten was successful in March in his attempt to break the blind speed record at the Lake Gairdner salt pan in South Australia.
The record was 265.33km/hour and Mr Felten clocked in at an average sped of 266km/h.
With confirmation that he had just achieved his goal, he kissed the ground.
His friend and mentor, former motorcycle champion Kevin (Magoo) Magee, was just as ecstatic. He’d quite literally been a fellow traveller on the journey, riding behind Mr Felten and advising him in real time of the multiple, minuscule adjustments he needed to make to stay on the course, racing the clock as a team.
The 50-year-old has a degenerative eye condition. He raced motorcycles until he was 23, and went totally blind at 37.
Mr Felten will speak between 11am and 12.30pm on Friday, September 14 at the expo to be held at the Penrith Panthers' Exhibition Marquee.
The expo brings together the latest products, services, technology, aids and equipment — giving people with a disability, their families and carers, the opportunity to meet and compare over 100 providers, organisations and agencies at one time.
