Dakar 2013 - Official Event Coverage - thank you ALL TeamF5, lurkers and posters!

[Myway]

Originally Posted by AZ-Twin

What is the digital display above and to the right of his Road book?

Top right above roadbook shows speed. And not CAP on the vid.

[JMo (& piglet)]

Originally Posted by Myway

Top right above roadbook shows speed. And not CAP on the vid.

Yes - I was going to say, that device in the video is actually the 'SpeedoCap' unit by ERTF (I have one on my bike) - which is basically the new/expanded version...

It hooks into the UNIK GPS unit (supplied by the organisation) and you can select which info you want it to display from Cap heading, Speed over ground, plus a Trip meter (based on the info in the GPS). The really nice thing is, you can actually select a combination of two readouts at the same time if you wish - so speed and heading, or trip and speed etc.

Although the trip section of the display is not adjustable like an ICO/IMO unit, it does reset itself to the correct distance every time you pass a waypoint - so makes a good back-up ICO, just as long as you don't get too lost of course!

I typically use it in Cap and Speed combined mode - and it is handy for any speed controlled zones as DavidD says, particularly as the Speedo section has a visual warning if you are about to go over a speed limit that has been set in the GPS...

Jx

[AZ-Twin]

Cool, thanks guys.

[Dread Pendragon]

[gagnaou]

Originally Posted by Dread Pendragon

Great video!

[Noyah]

Originally Posted by Dread Pendragon

Nice vid, goo hasselhof.

[JayBo1]

Originally Posted by Dread Pendragon

This is WAY too long to watch, and yet . . .

... and yet ... I watched every minute of it and loved it! The only reason I didn't mind it finishing when it did was because my dinner got served. Can you tell us from which year and day/stage it was from? (I'm assuming it was a Dakar and it seemed like Argentina so maybe a couple of years ago and an early stage, day 2 or 3 -ish?)
Cheers
JayBo

[neduro]

Originally Posted by JayBo1

Can you tell us from which year and day/stage it was from?

Title says 2013 stage 10?

[F650Dakar_Norway]

Nice interview with David Reeve - and also nice to see the guy Pal Anders helped pushing the emergency button after breaking his leg

This also shows the adaptations in riding style the elite MX and Enduro-guys have to do to prevail in Dakar. Excellent interviev - or monologue

[JayBo1]

Originally Posted by neduro

Title says 2013 stage 10?

You mean I have to read as well??? I just look at the pictures

[PackMule]

Time to let this beast float.

[beechum1]

[neduro]

Originally Posted by Dread Pendragon

Good interview! I felt like he spoke well about many of the feelings I had, and when he said he'd go back, I believed him.

Clearly an amazing rider, just went to his rider page and he had some very consistent good finishes!

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by PackMule

Time to let this beast float.

Pigeon mod.

[Dread Pendragon]

Rod conquers Dakar Rally



It’s a long way from mustering sheep and cattle in Queensland’s outback to conquering the world’s most challenging motorbike desert race.

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Less than 20 Australians have ever finished the 8000km Dakar rally in its 34-year history.

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“I do the Finke desert race and the Australian Safari over here, which are the best we’ve got to prepare ourselves but things like dune riding in Peru are totally different to anything that’s available in Australia,” he said.

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On another stage a crash resulted in his Camelbak springing a leak and a bout of dehydration after riding for a few hundred kilometres without water.

“I was getting hazy and it was affecting my vision but I just tried to take it easy,” Rod said.

full story here