Paris Dakar 1988

[gav24]

Bit of shameless advertising here but I'm having a clear out and this cool book has to go.
I know a few of you on here would love it....
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=618792452

You'd love it more if you can read and understand French though

Right plug over. As you were...

[fridayflash]

kool book, great era for the dakar, i remember back then yamaha entering a team of dt125s complete with huge tanks
and all the associated body work, imagine the state of the topend by race end

[gav24]

Jesus! Really?!?
I was surprised to read that the first bike to win the Dakar was an XL250, it seemed they nearly all settled pretty quickly on big bore singles and twins though.
I think some 125 mx bikes have been run in the past and more recently, but a dt175 trail bike is something else! Crazy! Must have been a French entry...nutters!

[fridayflash]

yep, bloody madness eh..i think your right it was a french team..elf or similar, heres one although not
the full bodied ones i mentioned......

[gav24]

That pic shows what a bad choice they are for the Dakar! Look at that rear suspension, it's not even bumpy! The riders body position says it all; a mix of depression, loneliness and hoping for a terminal engine failure so this hell ends quickly!

[gav24]

Another shameless plug - book in 1st post finishes around midday today! Sorry!