The vehicles are on the way...
Possibly including this little beauty...
An offroad Smart Car...
Armature speller
The vehicles are on the way...
Possibly including this little beauty...
An offroad Smart Car...
I aint bovvered
Robby Gordon is gonna be there with his eco friendly Hummer too. i was researching about his DQ last year for his tyre deflating sytem that introduced air into the engine behind the imposed air restrictor. It was refered to as a redneck supercharger. After a bit of research I'm not sure if he is cheating or not. Still bit of a Lance Armstrong as far as is innocence is concerned.
Anyway what I can't work out is how the tyre while spinning can be inflated & deflated. Anyone have ideas or links?
In life as in dance Grace glides on blistered feet
Scooter boy
Is Chris riding this time?
Any other Kiwis involved?
Looks like the Aussies are going to have quite a few riders
Ken
Armature speller
The same as for log trucks.Originally Posted by Padmei
No-one is going to risk dodgy air from the inside of a tyre in their engine...
The way he had it set up, the vacuum would help deflate the tyre more quickly and they wouldn't have to stop to do it.
Technically, air was being introduced into the system, but that air was put into the tyres by that same system. Closed loop.
More like a redneck KERS system
Hardcore Biker
No kiwis this year, next year i'll be heading over to service for Jaybo who's based in Perth, which should be good to watch.
Of the aussies to watch this year it'd have to be Matt Fish on the Husky team, there's others with more outright speed (Grabbo/Smith) but he's with a well sorted team and has the most experience on international rallys. Also he's a bloody nice guyu to boot
KiwiSafariTeam
GO BRO GO
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Coma is out
Hasn't recovered from his injury from the last race.
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Bummer, I wonder if anyone else will step up or if it will be a one bike race.Coma is out
Hasn't recovered from his injury from the last race.
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I think Honda has an excellent chance this year.
Not so crazy ....
Two of the HRC riders, Brazilian Philipe Zanol and UK's Sam Sunderland are also out after training crashes in USA.
Yes, Coma will be replaced at KTM by American Kurt Caselli, he's a regular KTM team rider at ISDE 6-days races, and was placed 2nd in 2012 Baja 1000, so KTM obviously think he's worthy of the ride. He will gain a lot of rally experience from the Dakar but KTM aren't "putting any pressure" on him for a top placing.
Not so crazy ....
Yep, my money is on Helder Rodrigues for #2 placing this year
In the riders seat
Used a lot in logging over here to swap between laden/unladen pressures http://auto.howstuffworks.com/self-inflating-tire2.htm
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Armature speller
We had a demonstration from a trucking expert at the NADS pre-apocalypse bbq.
It involved much repetition and waving of hands...
In the riders seat
Quite a cool system but makes it a bit shit to change wheels/tyres
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Armature speller
Not if you wave your hands around enough...
Armature speller
Drink from the F5irehose...
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=852309
Once the Dakar starts, it'll be slightly hectic
Hopefully, there'll be another "Cliff Notes" thread like last year, that only moderators can add to, that only contains the info without the chat.
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