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For those of you who might have interest in the 2011 Dakar, there are two local riders participating in this years event.

Luis Belaustagui
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/150.html
Luis is riding aboard a KTM 150 and is trying to be the first rider to complete the DAKAR on a small displacement engine.
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Michael Stanfield
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/166.html
Local 63 Year-Old rider aboard a KTM 530.

You can follow them at the main Dakar website: www.dakar.com
Also, they have their own documented journal @:
http://kc2dakar.tumblr.com/

That's pretty cool Rick, Thanks!

http://www.fmhsc.com//index.php?option= ... Itemid=257

I thought I recognized the name Luis B'.... He raced FM off and on a few years ago. Good luck to him, and the 150.

-Harv
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when is the dakar? is it on tv?

The Dakar is running RIGHT NOW. The race is 16 days, Jan 1 - 16 with day 8 being a day of rest. You can see some daily video and photos on the official site, but their fancy navigation interface is kind of tricky--so I leave you to figure out for yourself how to change days! Hint: mouse-over instead of click on the left/right arrows.

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/stag ... ourse.html

The Dakar is never shown on American TV beyond some obscure sports channel showing 20 minutes of highlights. If anyone finds some coverage, let us know. A few years ago, I used bit-torrent to grab the high-quality coverage from Australia.

http://www.versus.com/shows/dakar-rally/
The schedule seems to be wherever they could fit it in. 330, 730, etc.

Australian TV: http://www.sbs.com.au/dakar/
Usually good coverage. Click on the Videos tab. Then you can choose to watch each section (trucks, cars, motorcycles) separately.

In the past Torrent downloads have been posted on the net of the SBS and Eurosport coverage.

Watching some of those vids makes me wonder how that 150 2t is going to make it without needing new rings or a topend?

Mike Stanfield....Did Mike ride local enduros back in the day??? The name sounds really familiar... Thanks for all the links been keeping an eye on Versys and the coverage is awesome !

phil denk wrote:Mike Stanfield....Did Mike ride local enduros back in the day??? The name sounds really familiar... Thanks for all the links been keeping an eye on Versys and the coverage is awesome !

It was Jim as I recall, son or younger brother maybe. He rode AA and was Blackjack series overall champ, later rode ISDE too I think. This was mid~late 80's, I coulda been a contender. Stella!

So whats the rules? Lets say you come into the checkpoint an hour ahead of the following competition, then the next day when you take of do you get to leave an hour before them?
I've seen it some here and there over the past few years but never paid much attention to it.

Just realized Michael owns Freedom Cycles in Grandview here's a link to their site with some pics.


http://www.freedomcyclesinc.com/miscpage_004.asp

Luis is on there today on his 150. Look under the Vintage bike tag.