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    Paris to Dakar 2008

    will air daily from 6 Jan to 21 jan 6:30pm EST on Versus network.
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    FB,

    Saw the title, thought you were going to ride it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yellowduck View Post
    FB,

    Saw the title, thought you were going to ride it
    yeah, I'd make it about 3-4 days before I died on the trail!
    2011 BMW K1300S
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    07 KTM 525 EXC
    13 Husaberg TE 300
    11 Beta 300 Race Rep 2T Trials
    75 Suzuki RL250--OldSchool Trials

    Now there are 4 "Cylinders" on my ride, inline of course!

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    Canceled. :(


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    Quote Originally Posted by 02FalcoR View Post
    Damn shame too! I always enjoy Dakar.
    '03 Falco, in the fast colors
    '08 Suzuki Bandit, all black. I was seduced by the dark side

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    Quote Originally Posted by twinkiethekid View Post
    Damn shame too! I always enjoy Dakar.
    Me too. Especially this year, cause I finally got my Falco sorted and we were hoping to place in the top 50.
    My team is pretty disconsolate and it looks like it will be a long flight home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by youngbrunello View Post
    Me too. Especially this year, cause I finally got my Falco sorted and we were hoping to place in the top 50.
    My team is pretty disconsolate and it looks like it will be a long flight home.
    You might not have had a real entry but Aprilia did ....

    Last edited by D-Rider; 01-06-2008 at 07:04 AM.

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    Yeah it was very disappointing when I saw that yesterday. For fucks sake it is effecting off roading now.
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    Well thats fucked ! !

    "Unless you want to turn this into a yacht race, I don't see an alternative," Clerc said.

    You could come on down under and stage a race from one end of OZ to the other. In fact that could be one Awsome race! Start in our south west with pristeen beaches and massive (temperat climate) hard wood forrests, journey through the red centre (Ayers Rock ect Lots of desert here!) through to north Queensland tropical rain forrest meets Great Barrier Reef, finishing up at the tip of OZ...Cape York.
    Mabey not at long as the Dakkar route, but a hole lot safer !!

    What do ya think?
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    Great idea. It would be a bit expensive to get all the rolling material over there but I don't think the sponsors are going to be happy with the cancellation now either.

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    It's been done [1] - what was it called - the Australian Safari?

    Tony F
    [1] well maybe not quite as extensively, but we did have a regular stage rally like Dakar down here some years ago

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