Dakar Rally
Dakar Rally
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Video: Taking on the Dakar with Toby Price
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Toby Price is an Australian motorcycle racer best known for his victory in the 2016 Dakar Rally. He won stages 2,5,6,8, and 9, and finished an astonishing 40 minutes ahead of his nearest rival. ‘Paying the Price’ follows Toby’s emotional journey from country kid to becoming Australia’s first ever winner of The Dakar Rally. A year…
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DAKAR 18: All-new Dakar Rally videogame set to be released in 2018
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Held each year since 1978, the Dakar Rally is an event like no other. With sections containing treacherous rocks, vast open deserts and hundreds upon hundreds of kilometres of untamed wilderness, the Dakar Rally pushes the best drivers and riders to their limits as they use everything from nimble motorcycles to big rig trucks to…
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Video: Tracks in the sand – How pioneering BMW GS riders gave birth to a legend
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BMW has released a beautiful video following the legends who made the GS we know and love a reality. The epicentre of the BMW rally performance is in Seibersdorf, close to the Austrian border – its home since 1982. The small town with barely 300 inhabitants is where Alfred Halbfeld and Klaus Pepperl created a…
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Video: Scooter shootout in Burkina Faso
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Back in 2004, as the Dakar Rally passed through the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, the locals changed the date of the Ramo, a traditional moped race featuring the most reckless riders from around the country, so it could be held during the Dakar rest day and attract a greater audience. The annual race…
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Video: Route revealed for the 2018 Dakar Rally in South America
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The route of the next Dakar Rally has finally been announced – and it looks like we’re in for an awesome ride when the action kicks off on January 6th. Off-road adventurers have until January 6 to study the official Dakar Rally maps before setting off on a 9,000km adventure through South America, across some…
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Video: Alpinestars testing Tech Air for motocross
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Alpinestars is working with some of the world’s top off-road racers, aiming to adapt its innovative Tech-Air technology for off-road motorcycle sport. Alpinestars already equips many of its MotoGP racers with the Tech-Air system, which famously helped Marc Marquez to survive a 210mph off at Mugello – but the R&D department has been hard at work,…
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Video: NEW Honda Africa Twin Rally – more power, less weight!
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Honda is hard at work developing its new Africa Twin Rally, a lightweight, off road version of its Africa Twin – and Spidi have released some footage of the off-road animal in action as part of its latest campaign. With talk of the upcoming Yamaha XT700Z Ténéré Rally arriving in road and rally versions in the…
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Free Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience coming to the UK!
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The Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience is heading to South Wales from the 5th – 7th May as part of the Touratech Travel event in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea. It will be the first time that course has taken place outside of Italy, and UK riders will get the chance to try it for free! The Multistrada 1200 Enduro…
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Video: Rockstar Husqvarna factory Dakar preview
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Video: Rockstar Husqvarna factory Dakar preview. https://youtu.be/uEm-7qGbqmY The Dakar Rally gets underway on January 2 and whilst we’re all going to be getting over the New Year festivities some of the world’s greatest off-road riders will be going all-out over some crazy-tough terrain. To get your (and our) juices flowing for the big bike bash,…
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Dakar rally on 125cc bike? Can it be done?
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As if the Dakar rally was not hard enough. How about doing it on a Husqvarna TE 125 Rally? Sylvain Espinasse from the Auvergne region of France has taken on a mammoth challenge by competing in the Dakar 2016 on a Husqvarna TE 125 Rally. The rally itself is one of the toughest competitions in…
