Dakar 2014

[iarobert]

Folks,

The 2014 Dakar kicks off today! Greatest race in the world!

If you're interested in keeping up on progress, a lot of the race will be shown on Eurosport. Full TV schedule at this link: http://www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.as ... ar%20Rally. If you don't have Eurosport, then there are various streaming sites online so you can watch via PC/internet.

Enjoy!

Ian.

[Dave]

Really? You mean this is the only thing BT havent bought the rights to this year? Thats fantastic!

<rant>A mate of mine bought one of those BT tv things just so he's able to watch the motogp this year. Its fu£££ng awful!

It takes 2 minutes to boot up, each time you select a new section it needs about 20seconds to load it. Then when you find it, and i mean find it because its a mess and each button press takes about a second to effect the menu, you need to subscribe.

So, you need BT phoneline £ BT broadband £ BT TV £ and a subscription £.

If the authority are reading, f##k you I'm pirating it.</rant>

Last year there were some fantastic photos taken on the Dakar (not by anyone we know) and a great write up. Looking forward to this years coverage

Am i right in saying the engines are restricted to 450cc now or are they still 500s?

[Beerbelly]

Nice to see that two of the top five bikes at stage 1 are hondas!!

Where are the orange ones now?

[iarobert]

There is a great thread running on ADVrider. It has regular updates from fans and riders, plus pictures, videos, maps etc. Only problem for you is that its already at Page 101, so you have a lot of catching up to do! Link is here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=944895.

The main Dakar site also has links to photos and video (see http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html).

I think you're right on the restrictions, but at 450CC.

[Beerbelly]

There is also an iphone app that has maps, videos etc too it's pretty good... You can find it on the AppStore.

[Corky78]

Also a Facebook page too which has photo's and updates etc.

Honda's are doing well - especially Sam Sutherland - go team GB

P.S. Haven't seen last nights Eurosport coverage incase anything has happened to Sam!!!

[Dave]

Also a Facebook page too which has photo's and updates etc.

Honda's are doing well - especially Sam Sutherland - go team GB

P.S. Haven't seen last nights Eurosport coverage incase anything has happened to Sam!!!

Haha yeah very good for Honda, they were out testing last year and were talking very confidently on their FB page

[burls]

Nice to see that two of the top five bikes at stage 1 are hondas!!

Where are the orange ones now?

Is that your new bike Charlie?


Stop polishing it and take it out!

[Beerbelly]

Nice to see that two of the top five bikes at stage 1 are hondas!!

Where are the orange ones now?

Is that your new bike Charlie?


Stop polishing it and take it out!

I'm waiting for registration now. Hopefully in the next 10 days!! You won't see me polishing a dirt bike - no sir!! More like covering in mud!!! Yay!

[Corky78]

Also a Facebook page too which has photo's and updates etc.

Honda's are doing well - especially Sam Sutherland - go team GB

P.S. Haven't seen last nights Eurosport coverage incase anything has happened to Sam!!!

Just to reinforce, I hadn't seen the day before's coverage before posting yesterday.....therefore didn't know that Sam had "disappeared off the radar" on stage 3 and ended up 15 minutes down then field!

I hope that stage 4 was more positive.....

[Billy]

Where are the orange ones now?

1,2,3 today,stage 5. 1,3,4 overall.............................

[Beerbelly]

it doesn't help that Sam is out by the looks of it, with engine failure