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
Marc Coma Rides a KTM in 2016, Aims for Sixth Dakar Victory
9 Feb 2015, 13:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Despite the rumors which already saw Marc Coma behind the wheel of a Toyota in 2016, the Spaniard searches for the 6th Dakar title in 2016
Five-Time Dakar Winner Marc Coma Rumored to Switch over to Cars, with Toyota in 2016
20 Jan 2015, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s only been a couple of days since KTM factory rider Marc Coma won his 5th Dakar Rally, achieving his second consecutive victory in this gruel competition and it looks like our previsions o...
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...
Barreda's Bike Towed in the Dakar Rally Is a Testament of True Support and Friendship
13 Jan 2015, 16:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Spain’s Joan Barreda Bort used to lead the general ranking of the 2015 Dakar before the ill-fated Stage 8, despite the fact that he rode a segment of the previous stage with a broken handlebar...
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...
2015 Dakar: Helder Rodrigues Wins Stage 6, Rookie Price Second
10 Jan 2015, 09:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Helder Rodrigues came out of the shadows and claimed another stage win for Honda in the 6th leg of the 2015 Dakar Rally. The Portuguese rider had a very good pace and made no navigation mistakes and...
2015 Dakar Marc Coma Returns to Winning in Stage 5
9 Jan 2015, 09:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM and Marc Coma are back to winning in the Dakar Rally, with the Spaniard claiming his first victory in the 2015 edition, in Stage 5 between Copiapo and Antofagasta. Coma’s rival Joan Barred...
2015 Dakar: Rookie Matthias Walkner Claims Stage 3 Victory
7 Jan 2015, 08:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Tough and putting every last bit of strength to the test, the Dakar Rally is a place where surprises do occur. And the latest surprise comes from Austrian rookie Matthias Walkner, who claimed his fi...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Bort Wins Stage 2, Sunderland Loses 2 Hours and Chances for Podium
6 Jan 2015, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The real toughness of the Dakar showed up as early as the second stage of the 2015 edition. A grueling, very long and physically-demanding special wreaked havoc through all categories, and the ranki...
2015 Dakar: Young Gun Sam Sunderland Claims Stage 1 Victory
5 Jan 2015, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sam Sunderland claimed victory in the debut stage of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Sunderland is one of KTM’s new hopes as the 25-year-old rider is the wingman of Dakar star Marc Coma. The British rid...
Create Your Own Dakar Scene with Yamaha's Mind-Boggling Papercraft Models
4 Jan 2015, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With only hours separating us from the start of the Dakar Rally 2015, Yamaha is delivering one more refined, exquisite, hard-to-put-together piece of marketing contraptions: not one, but two Iwata m...
Old Glory Never Dies: Gaston Rahier's Suzuki DR Big at EICMA 2014
18 Nov 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / EICMA 2014 was indeed full with all sorts of new bikes, and even some which seemed to belong to the future. However, it looks like the “once a biker, always a biker” saying works for mot...
2015 Beta RR 450 Atacama Is Ready for Dakar
31 Jul 2014, 13:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With the displacement class of the Dakar rally down to 450cc, it was obvious that more manufacturers could pit their bikes against the big guys, KTM, Husqvarna and Honda. Beta entered the competitio...