Dakar 2009 time...

[NordieBoy]

It's starting... :calm::beer:

http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/dakar-2009-photos-from-the-scrutineering.htm

[laserracer]

Holey Hell i want one of those support trucks for towing my bike trailer :eek5::woohoo::yes: cool pics,... that wiring looks like its a nightmare job,

[Waihou Thumper]

It's starting... :calm::beer:

http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/dakar-2009-photos-from-the-scrutineering.htm


Every Stage covered on Eurosport, it includes interviews, behind the scenes and everything...
I gave a copy to Crazyfrog when he picked up Miss Katie M...
Anyway, I will be hoping to get some coverage to download of this event, I even got my bandwidth enlarged from Telecom and then it was cancelled...
Had to view porn instead to use it up...lol
:Oops:I meant you tube and the news.....:gob:

[laserracer]

Every Stage covered on Eurosport, it includes interviews, behind the scenes and everything...
I gave a copy to Crazyfrog when he picked up Miss Katie M...
Anyway, I will be hoping to get some coverage to download of this event, I even got my bandwidth enlarged from Telecom and then it was cancelled...
Had to view porn instead to use it up...lol
:Oops:I meant you tube and the news.....:gob:

:laugh::laugh:Had to view porn to use it up

[Brian d marge]

Hope my Enfield goes through ,,,Ive even pumped the tyres up a bit and given it a shine ,,,should sail through !:devil2:

The Dakar ...Love it !

Stephen

[NordieBoy]

Every Stage covered on Eurosport, it includes interviews, behind the scenes and everything...
I gave a copy to Crazyfrog when he picked up Miss Katie M...
Anyway, I will be hoping to get some coverage to download of this event, I even got my bandwidth enlarged from Telecom and then it was cancelled...

That was a bit of a bummer for the competitors.
Line up at the start and get told it's off.

The South American Dakar shouldn't have that problem though :D

[xwhatsit]

Hope my Enfield goes through ,,,Ive even pumped the tyres up a bit and given it a shine ,,,should sail through !:devil2:

The Dakar ...Love it !

Stephen
Ooooh you'll be a shoe-in, mate. Piece of piss with a bike like that. I imagine the South American terrain will suit it very well; the sprung seat will soak up the hills just lovely.

That was a bit of a bummer for the competitors.
Line up at the start and get told it's off.

The South American Dakar shouldn't have that problem though :D
Yeah, you never hear of any sort of unrest or trouble and strife in a place like South America :cool:

[EJK]

Why are they taking robots to a bike race/ endurace event??

[Waihou Thumper]

Why are they taking robots to a bike race/ endurace event??


There was a 660 Ralleye KTM for sale on Trade me. It was from Australia.
I remember the set-up, it was fantastic. It looked great and was ready to go. It belonged to a Privateer and for $20000 you could have the bike, it all set up and included the shipping crate made specially for the event.
I think the competitor used it in the desert race over in Australia.

Fantastic engineering, if only money was no object...

[Waihou Thumper]

It's starting... :calm::beer:

http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/dakar-2009-photos-from-the-scrutineering.htm


:jerry:

Have you ever wondered about the entry fee for a privateer on the Dakar?
I downloaded the entry form just out of curiosity....
Forget about the 20% needed for a mortgage deposit, the money the Dakar asks for in unbelievable.

I think off hand it was over $100,000 NZD after converting to the Euro...
Insurance, air-lift out, sentinel, comms, etc etc, but once in everything is free, including all the food you want to eat - 24 hour canteen, drink etc..
Mind you, finish a stage at 1am if late and as a privateer rookie, out the door again at 4am, no time for food...lol

The thing that gets me is, I believe it is worth it but the privateers that do this race on their own back and with limited sponsors, albeit a bike shop for tyres or similar.
These guys front up year after year and I remember the year before last there was some Scotsman that was nearly or at 70 years old!
Shit! couldn't belive it, AND he was doing it for the umpteenth time.

So, after seeing Charley enter it and do it before he broke his wrist, the only respect I had for him was the fact that he tried it. The entry, the sponsor etc was all taken care of and all he had to do was front up after a bit of training (all paid for in the desert in Africa, the odd Enduro event in UK)

We really need to appreciaite Joe Bloggs here that turns up and is given a small crate for everything, spare parts, tools and living gear for the next three weeks....

This is a truely amazing event for a motobike enthusiast, my hats go off to these fellas! :second:

[Waihou Thumper]

I was scrolling through the competitors and saw this entrant?
A kiwi, this is cool....Who is this?
Sponsor is Desert Rose Racing


234 SHEPHERD MICHAEL KTM NZL DESERT ROSE RACING

:third:

[Waihou Thumper]

Vends KTM 690 factory novembre 2007. Réalisé Hongrie et transorientale 2008.Excellent état origine + roues completes + kit pieces dakar 2008 + accessoires divers. 2ico + dérouleurs + speedox + répetiteur.
Vends avec 4 deserts + mousses AR et idem AV.
20.000€
tel +33673880394 ou herve.theuriot@orange.fr
Visible en bourgogne(89000)et photos sur demande.

So, that works out at a pprox $40000 something NZD for a race ready machine. All I have to do now is pay the entry, train and get a container of spare parts.....

[NordieBoy]

I was scrolling through the competitors and saw this entrant?
A kiwi, this is cool....Who is this?
Sponsor is Desert Rose Racing


234 SHEPHERD MICHAEL KTM NZL DESERT ROSE RACING

:third:

Here's an interview with him on day 4...

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[NordieBoy]

Mike Shepherd has finished Day 5 in one piece.

[.chris]

http://www.sbs.com.au/dakar2009/#

This site has pretty good vid/summary coverage.

[NordieBoy]

http://www.sbs.com.au/dakar2009/#

This site has pretty good vid/summary coverage.

That's the only site worth watching for the vids. Toby Moody is the Dakar commentator.

[Danger]

See the rally has claimed another motorcyclists life.

[NordieBoy]

French motorcyclist Pascal Terry died of a lung edema which caused a respiratory and cardiac arrest according to an autopsy.

Terry was found dead early yesterday morning after going missing during the second stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday.

The 49-year-old had informed race control his Yamaha had run out of petrol at the 197-kilometre mark between Santa Rosa and Puerto Madrid but later could not be contacted by organisers.

According to the official report, he showed no signs of bruising nor dehydration and had died sometime between Sunday night and early Monday morning, just a few hours after his disappearance.

'He had taken out his helmet, he had food and water with him and had no signs of bruises, nor his bike,' said local police spokesman Julio Acosta.

'We guess he got lost then he suffered some kind of health problem and he died waiting for the assistance.'

Despite the fact Terry had not been in contact with the organisers since Sunday afternoon, police said they were only informed about his disappearance on Monday night.

The reason for this delay is still unclear and is yet to be clarified by the race organisers.

Argentina newspaper Clarin reported on their website that there was a communication problem between the organisers.

'Apparently Terry turned on his emergency beacon on Sunday afternoon, and that information was received at the Paris headquarters but they didn't inform the Argentina crew until Monday morning,' it claimed.

[NordieBoy]

From AdvRider...

i was at the B.A airport and spoke to a couple of guys from belgium who were at the same point as pascal terry ,they were in a toyota and got stuck at the same point ,the navigator said he stopped and gave pascal water and said he was o.k then, the navigator was walking looking for a new way out of the dense scrub and deep sand ,then he got lost too and could'nt find his car ,he walked for 30km before he found some locals to help him.

they also said there were a few helicopters in the area "looking" for stuck riders.

r.i.p

[laserracer]

I really enjoyed the video's, but its really sad to hear of a rider being killed
those guys must be super fit, they seem like they are always moving around on the bikes, they are bloody fast to,:shit:scarey.. especially with those bloody great trucks looming out of the dust:mmmm really want me one of those trucks:msn-wink:

[NordieBoy]

Stage 6 vids are up on SBS.

[NordieBoy]

Phil Noone from Ireland relates the tale of his incredible night last night. We knew he traveled to the bivouac to retrieve parts for the bike -- we didn't know that that journey was on HORSEBACK!!

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[BMWST?]

are we(do we) get tv coverage(even if delayed?)ADV riders have a couple of threads re the dakar....albeit a couple of years old now

[NordieBoy]

The AdvRider thread is where I'm getting most of my info from.

Vids are from here...
http://player.sbs.com.au/dakar/#/dakar/highlights/latest/playlist/Dakar-2009-Stage-3-Cars/

[NordieBoy]

How about someone who is on his 26th consecutive Dakar! (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.teamsugawara.jp/jp/pd08/index.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsugawara%2Bdakar%26hl%3Den%26client%3 Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DWaW)

[NordieBoy]

Mike Shepard is still in there.
101st after stage 9.

[NordieBoy]

Check out the numbers...

[NordieBoy]

Some good shot here too...
http://www.webventure.com.br/coberturas/dakar2009/conteudo/galerias/fotos/id/597

[NordieBoy]

Mike Shepherd is in 102nd overall on his KTM.
After 78hours of riding he's 34hrs behind Coma and only has 27 minutes of penalties.
102nd place has over 8:20 hours of penalties.

[CrazyFrog]

I've been downloading the 10min daily bike footage off YouTube, BUT...it's in Spanish. The bike video is great, if only i knew what the buggers were saying!
Here's the link, the same member is posting daily vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VeXY_OKVVA

dakar.com has brief 3 min daily summaries in English as well.

[NordieBoy]

I've been downloading the 10min daily bike footage off YouTube, BUT...it's in Spanish. The bike video is great, if only i knew what the buggers were saying!
Here's the link, the same member is posting daily vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VeXY_OKVVA

dakar.com has brief 3 min daily summaries in English as well.

http://player.sbs.com.au/dakar/#/dakar/highlights/latest/playlist/Dakar-2009-Stage-11-Update/

[NordieBoy]

Mike Shepherd finished in 94th place 40hours behind Coma.

:woohoo:

[pete.ktm]

awesome ride, he'll be enjoying himself tonight.

so thats desert storm AND the dakar i missed this year, bitch.

[NordieBoy]

awesome ride, he'll be enjoying himself tonight.

so thats desert storm AND the dakar i missed this year, bitch.

94th out of 217 is not bad :scooter:

Especially when you consider that 104 bikes didn't make it at all.

[BMWST?]

has there been coverage of this.I have seen one little new segment.Will there be a dvd or something at some time.I ask here cos the "adventure bikes" sorta started with the dakar replica's didnt they?