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racerhead
16th December 2008, 10:40
Some cool footage of testing in south of france

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Gremlin
16th December 2008, 14:11
crazy...

Comforting to know that if they can sustain that, the models should be pretty reliable on the road.
vazza
16th December 2008, 16:15
Sick vid! nice find :D
FlangMasterJ
16th December 2008, 18:44
Awesome vid!

Those boys can ride.
AlBundy
16th December 2008, 21:04
Awesome vid, thanks for posting...

Some serious skill and endurance these lads must have...

Hopefully the Dakar goes ahead this year....
Reckless
16th December 2008, 21:21
Didn't that first guy seem to have beautiful balance and weight distribution etc. Lovely to watch!!
AlBundy
17th December 2008, 00:07
Didn't that first guy seem to have beautiful balance and weight distribution etc. Lovely to watch!!


Yes, the way he moved on the bike was indeed 'lovely to watch' as you put it...
kezzafish
17th December 2008, 00:29
i know you homophobic and all rick but that did sound a bit camp.
Ciril despres is def the man but birchie's better..... almost.
That is a well put together vid, the shots are awesome and i'm not a techno sorta guy but the music went really well with it. ooooooh it makes ya wanna ride dunnit?
racerhead
17th December 2008, 01:41
Hopefully the Dakar goes ahead this year....

Its going ahead alright but not as its usual Paris-Dakar route
Its going from Argentina-Chile in south america so it should be interesting enough
Mooch
21st December 2008, 13:30
Should be some interesting roads down there. We saw one of the offical dakar Landrovers in Ushuaia Argentina last month (bottom of South America), possibly an organiser or road scout.
Hopefully the riders will be do part of ruta 40 on the gravel sections , some quite cool sections of road. (apart from the strong winds)