Anyone watching Paris Dakar on speeD?
will BMW be running their bikes again this year or will it be a KTM and Honda show?Mark
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The 25 Years? It was great can\'t wait till Jan
when Speed will run same day coverage.
Good Luck McRae, I'll miss you in Monte!!!
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x5 ran last year. i hope to see a cayenne.
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2 X5's and 2 Touareg's no Cayenne's
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Will be. Definitely worth watching!
Seeing the amazing scenery in the middle stages was just jaw-dropping. I think I'd like to try it someday, assuming I have the fundings and fitness required, of course!
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An amazing undertaking...
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id have to do it on a bike
they say there is no other way than doing the dakar than on a motorcylcle riding solo. Id love to do that, someday perhaps...Mark
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I started watching it 25 years ago when...
...privateers had chances to win a podium. Back then, people could add a larger fuel tank, bring some tools and a few spare tires around their neck (no kidding) and hope to touch ther finish line. One such rider, a French motorcycle journalist whose name I forgot but worked for Moto Journal, did just that. A soft gaz tank across his road going BMW which he modified by raising the suspension (there was no off-road Bimmers at that time), a few spare tires across his chest and here he went. It lasted only a year or two, until the big sponsors and car/bike makers poured their big money. Then civil war hit in Mauritania. They started shooting at contestants, a few died. It has been a long time since I watched that race, maybe the most sensationnal of all times...
Just like a Canonball Run on hyper steroids.
yeah but less than half usually finish
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Coverage on Speed starts tomorrow night!
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Porsche used to run 959s in the early 1980s.
Many manufacturers explored and developped in this rallye. Honda built twin cylinder engines with driveshaft (like a good old Honda Shadow) with big travel suspensions. Then they sold those bikes to the public. BMW's own RG was developped from the Paris-Dakar too. In Europe, they have a lot of big bore off-road bikes equipped with bigger tanks, side and top cases. Going to work becomes a rallye evry morning.
No, but Eurosport covers it every night...
There was a typ 953 as well. Predated the 959
and had 4wd. Jacky Ickx drove one of them.