Yamaha Racing Official Rally Team Is Ready for Dakar 2016
28 Dec 2015, 14:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamalube Yamaha introduces their two riders and the all-new WR450F Rally that will take on the grueling 2016 Dakar Rally in less than a week's time
Watch Dream Racer, the Truest, Most Hardcore Motorcycle Movie
23 Dec 2015, 16:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We publish the Dream Racer trailer to let you know about one of the truest, most hardcore and emotional motorcycle movies made recently
The Official Dakar 2016 Trailer Is a Thing of Monumental Cross-Country Racing Beauty
17 Dec 2015, 16:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We are already counting the days left until the 2016 Dakar kicks off in early January. Here's the official trailer of the rally, and it looks mesmerizing
KTM 2016 Factory Bikes to Use the New WP AER48 Pneumatic Forks, Dakar Team Introduced
15 Dec 2015, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM's 2016 factory MX bikes will be equipped with AER48 pneumatic forks supplied by the company's subsidiary WP. How long until they become stock?
Gloomy El Nino Forecast Causes Peru to Withdraw from the 2016 Dakar Rally
25 Aug 2015, 09:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The pessimistic forecast for the El Nino phenomenon this year causes the Peruvian authorities to withdraw from hosting the 2016 Dakar Rally
KTM Announces Two Dakar Factory Teams
16 Jul 2015, 08:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM has been planning a change of generations for quite some time, and it finally happened. The Austrian maker will line up two factory teams in Dakar
Husqvarna Is Back in the Dakar Rally, Announces Two-Rider Line-Up
10 Jul 2015, 08:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ruben Faria and rookie Pierre-Alexandre "Pela" Renet are the two riders confirmed by Husqvarna for the official, full-factory Dakar team
Carlos De Gavardo, the First Chilean Dakar Rider Dies
7 Jul 2015, 07:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / De Gavardo was cycling with his son south of the capital Santiago when he felt sick. He died in a local hospital hours later
Marc Coma Won't Be Riding in the Dakar 2016, Becomes the Sporting Director of the Rally
3 Jul 2015, 08:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Despite hinting for a shot at a sixth Dakar victory in 2016, Marc Coma accepts the proposal of becoming the Sporting Director of the whole rally
Honda Dakar Team "Steals" Metge from Yamaha, Olivier Pain Goes Private on a KTM
7 Jun 2015, 08:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two of Yamaha's factory riders have chosen new teams for the 2016 edition of the Dakar. Metge goes Honda, Pain goes KTM.
Dakar Heroine Laia Sanz Signs with KTM Through 2017
10 Apr 2015, 10:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's hard to tell whether HRC had no better offer for Laia Sanz or if KTM topped everything, but the fact is that the female Dakar champion goes Orange
Honda CRF250 Rally Makes Appearance, Looks Like a Dream Bike
17 Mar 2015, 13:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda reveals the CRF250 Rally Concept, a machine derived from the road-going CRF250L, but which received Dakar-inspired looks
Watch the Best Bike Moments of the 2015 Dakar
19 Jan 2015, 15:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / By now you already know that the 2015 Dakar Rally was won by KTM’s factory rider Marc Coma in the motorcycle class. The video below was published by the organizers of the rally and is a roundu...
2015 Dakar: Jakes Takes Final Stage, Coma Wins His 5th Dakar
19 Jan 2015, 08:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With the overall distance of Dakar’s final timed stage shortened to 101 km (63 miles) due to the heavy rain, it was obvious that nothing could change dramatically in the way the podium positio...
2015 Dakar: Rookie Price Gets First Stage Win, One More Round Remaining
17 Jan 2015, 10:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Australian Toby Price grasped the holy grail of Dakar rookies as he claimed his debut victory in the penultimate stage of this year’s rally-raid. His achievement is the result of both leader M...
2015 Dakar: New Victory for Barreda in Stage 11
16 Jan 2015, 09:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With nothing more to lose after having lost all the chances for a podium this year, Joan Barreda Bort has set out to proving that he is still the fastest rider of the pack. Barreda claimed his secon...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Wins Stage 10 Despite Zero Podium Chances
15 Jan 2015, 09:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Joan Barreda Bort is the rider who lost everything in terms of Dakar podium glory after his troubles in the two marathon stages, but this doesn’t mean that he abandoned the fight. In fact, his...
2015 Dakar: Stage 9 Leaves Coma and Goncalves Battling for the Title
14 Jan 2015, 08:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Helder Rodrigues claimed a new stage victory at the end of the ninth leg of the 2015 Dakar, after the final routes in the Atacama desert. With nothing more to lose, after the disastrous Stage 8, Rod...
2015 Dakar: Wet Salt Causes Multiple Abandons in Stage 8, Quintanilla Wins
13 Jan 2015, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Once again, the Dakar Rally shows how unpredictable such competitions can be, and how quickly can things change in favor of racers who are more or less likely to make real claims for the victory. Na...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Rides 120 KM with a Broken Handlebar in Stage 7
12 Jan 2015, 08:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first marathon stage of the 2015 Dakar was definitely not what the overall leader Joan Barreda Bort had hoped for. At kilometer 200 , Barreda suffered a crash and broke the left side of his bike...