OaklandF4i
Darwin's exception
I'm with you in the classic class as co driver. We could even carry a pretty deluxe and extensive camping kit in the Peugeot pick up... rugs and all! :thumbup
Dakar Rally, Jan 2nd - 15th, 2021 **SPOILERS!!**
- Thread starter SFMCjohn
- Start date
I'm with you in the classic class as co driver. We could even carry a pretty deluxe and extensive camping kit in the Peugeot pick up... rugs and all! :thumbup
OaklandF4i
Darwin's exception
I'm with you in the classic class as co driver. We could even carry a pretty deluxe and extensive camping kit in the Peugeot pick up... rugs and all! :thumbup
SFMCjohn
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enjoyed this:
youtu.be/46ypx6Uh_ps
tl/dr: vid of DAF 3300 4x4 "Two Headed Monster" (1984), in action at 2:40 ... guessing this was the most expedient way to fabricate a dual-engine rally racing truck, and must have been a precursor to the mighty 1988 DAF Turbo Twin X1.
those were the days. :laughing:gsxrgrl
youtu.be/46ypx6Uh_ps
tl/dr: vid of DAF 3300 4x4 "Two Headed Monster" (1984), in action at 2:40 ... guessing this was the most expedient way to fabricate a dual-engine rally racing truck, and must have been a precursor to the mighty 1988 DAF Turbo Twin X1.
those were the days. :laughing:gsxrgrl
SFMCjohn
13
:thumbup
we'll make 1962siia be the driver, and I'll toodle along from bivouac to bivouac and be your team's designated campfire captain ... :laughing
as usual, 1962siia cuts right to the solution ... always first look in your garage and make something that's already there work.
actually think the Kawasaki KLR 650 has some Dakar pedigree. there's a youtube hunt for me, while we await Mr Brabec's second GC win ...
artyedit:
2007 Dakar Rally, Team Green Dakar out of the Netherlands.
reading they must have had THREE KLRs for their three racer team (Peter Oosterbeek, Nol Bikker, and Michael van den Enden).
:laughing:laughing:toothless
actually, sure there must have been KLR 600s entered at some point, which may be an even better Classics Dakar choice ... :dunno
but, not already in my garage, duh. :facepalm
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m0t0_ryder
RYD!
I'm glad to be able to share the video's.
Since I seek and enjoy them it's no problem to link them up here.
Unfortunately we aren't getting very good coverage so these little snippets can keep the Dakar appetite somewhat sated. The ADVrider thread is fun to follow because there's contributors on line there that are at the event. And sharing pictures and videos.
While looking to see if the TW200 had ever competed in the Dakar I found that Shinji Kazama, a TW200 Legend, did compete albeit on a Suzuki 500 in the 500 class. Although he did ride the TW to the North and South poles as well as 6000 meters up Mt. Everest (twice), Alas, no TW's in the Dakar.:laughing
edit/add. Looks like he was on a DR500 in a pic in this article. --> The Remarkable Resilience Of Shinji Kazama
I did find this cool page on the Honda History at Dakar. In 4 parts.
Honda Racing Dakar Challenge
Since I seek and enjoy them it's no problem to link them up here.
Unfortunately we aren't getting very good coverage so these little snippets can keep the Dakar appetite somewhat sated. The ADVrider thread is fun to follow because there's contributors on line there that are at the event. And sharing pictures and videos.
While looking to see if the TW200 had ever competed in the Dakar I found that Shinji Kazama, a TW200 Legend, did compete albeit on a Suzuki 500 in the 500 class. Although he did ride the TW to the North and South poles as well as 6000 meters up Mt. Everest (twice), Alas, no TW's in the Dakar.
:laughingedit/add. Looks like he was on a DR500 in a pic in this article. --> The Remarkable Resilience Of Shinji Kazama
I did find this cool page on the Honda History at Dakar. In 4 parts.
Honda Racing Dakar Challenge
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SFMCjohn
13
:thumbup
Mr Kazama is awesome, as is that 4 part Honda Dakar history link ... :gsxrgrl
also loved the Honda rent-a-racer program from 1979:
HONDA XL-250S
Sensing that there might be something to this new competition and wanting to showcase its new trail bike, Honda offered entrants of the first Dakar Rally a discount on the Honda XL-250S.
The deal also included complimentary factory support with a DC3 airplane, an 8 man support team that included 4 engineers, and 2 unimogs to carry tents and gear.
Twenty-nine Honda XLS motorcycles participated in the 1979 Dakar Rally and 15 crossed the finish line in Senegal. Third place went to Philippe Vassad piloting an XL-250S.
Mr Vassad, 1979:
The Story of the First Dakar Rally – 1979
always impressed that 29 guys had enough sense to grab that deal in 1979 ... probably the "easiest" Dakar ever, at least in terms of showing up at the start with support and a bike. :laughing
m0t0_ryder
RYD!
While checking out the Joel Robert link Budman put in the RIP thread I found that pages Dakar coverage. Here ---> MCNews Aus.
Including this comment and shot of Toby Price...
Including this comment and shot of Toby Price...
m0t0_ryder
RYD!
Some stage 11 changes.
Weather related.
From the Dakar page.
Weather related.
From the Dakar page.
m0t0_ryder
RYD!
Here's the Sat view of todays stage 11.
And the route map.
And the route map.
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He or she is drinking or on hallucinogenics. :laughing