The man who’s won The Dakar four times discusses training, racing, life and danger in this video interview. On Jan 5, Cyril Despres will again be racing for KTM in the 14-day, 5,000-mile race and he’s again considered the favorite … Continued
Preparations are now well under way for the 2013 installment of the Dakar rally. This year promises to be more interesting than most; not only does the rally start in Lima and end up in Santiago for the first time, … Continued
From Morocco Rally training in the Sahara Desert come these first photos of the Honda CRF450 Rally being ridden in anger. Based on the production CRF450X enduro, the Rally is equipped with long range fuel tanks, bespoke suspension and the … Continued
Five-time victor Honda will return to The Dakar rally for the first time since 1989 with this new CRF450 Rally. The famously circumspect company offers little detail beyond a basis in the CRF450X enduro racer, but this will be a … Continued
First there was motorcycle drifting vs car drifting and it was good. Then Nick and Ernie raced a cop car up a mountain in Oregon and it was better. Now, Ernie Vigil sets out on an epic journey aboard a … Continued
Ever watched in awe as the Dakar rally riders hustle big, heavy machines at high-speed off-road? Jimmy Lewis is one of only two Americans to finish on the podium at Dakar and he’s teamed up with AltRider to host Taste of … Continued
In this photo, Italian rider Paolo Ceci can be seen crossing the trackless waste of Peru’s Nazca desert. Like no other race in the world, the Dakar pits riders against the harshest conditions on earth for 5,025 miles of racing … Continued