2014 Dakar Rally Route Replaces Peru with Bolivia
For the sixth year in a row, the Dakar Rally will race in South America, though the iconic rally race is mixing things up, and is dropping its route through Peru for one that includes Bolivia instead....
View ArticleKTM Readying All-New 2014 Dakar Rally Race Bike
The 2014 Dakar Rally is still five months away, but KTM CEO Stefan Pierer has tipped the Austrian company’s hand in an interview with KTM’s official company blog. With the goal of making a lighter,...
View ArticleDakar Rally – Stage 7: Barreda Chips Away at Coma
Stage Seven saw the riders of the 2014 Dakar Rally back in the saddle, after having Saturday off as their lone rest day. If the riders thought their re-entry was going to be easy, they were wrong, as...
View ArticleMarc Coma Takes His Fourth Career Dakar Rally Victory
The 2014 Dakar Rally is finally done, after two weeks of hard racing across Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Despite a slow start to this year’s Dakar, KTM’s Marc Coma took his fourth career win of the...
View Article2015 Dakar Rally Details Revealed
The route for the 2015 Dakar Rally has been confirmed, and details have been dropped on what could be the most grueling motorcycle event on Earth. The 14 day, 13 stage Dakar will take competitors...
View Article2015 Dakar Rally – Rest Day
Saturday is a rest day for the 2015 Dakar Rally, giving riders and teams a chance to catch their breath, tune their bikes, and hone the strategies for the next eight stages, one of which is a marathon...
View Article2015 Dakar Rally – Stage 7: Coma Halves Time to Barreda
Fresh off their rest day on Saturday, the 2015 Dakar Rally competitors were back to work on Sunday for Stage 7. A difficult round on the road, riders had to contend with 11,000+ feet in elevation,...
View Article2015 Dakar Rally – Stage 8: Coma Takes Overall Lead
Stage 8 proved to be a big day for the 2015 Dakar Rally, as the riders had to compete on machines that they alone could only work on the day before, as Monday was the riding portion of yesterday’s...
View Article2015 Dakar Rally – Stage 9: Honda Continues the Fight
The last day in Bolivia, Stage 9 of the 2015 Dakar Rally was back to business for this weary bunch of competitors. Though the miles are counting down, the terrain isn’t getting any easier, and it’s...
View Article2016 Dakar Rally Route: Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina
After the news that Chilé would be dropped from the 2016 Dakar Rally because of extensive flooding near the course area, the iconic race and its organizers had to go back to the drawing board to find a...
View Article2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 5: KTM Closes In
The second half of the marathon stage for the 2016 Dakar Rally, where riders and teams are forbidden from working on their machines until today’s liaison stage, Stage 5 had the added challenges beyond...
View Article2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 6: A Battle of Attrition
With the marathon stage behind them, the riders took to the long loop around Uyuni today. Stage 6 of the 2016 Dakar Rally brought in more navigational challenges, not to mention a staggering 540km time...
View Article2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 7: Halfway Point
Stage 7 of the 2016 Dakar Rally was another long one, with 793km in total on the route and 353km on the special. With more trecherous weather, not all of the motorbike competitors crossed the finish...
View Article2017 Dakar Rally Route Revealed
The 2017 Dakar Rally isn’t until January of next year, but that hasn’t stopped the ASO from whetting our appetites on the iconic race, with the French organization releasing the details on the route...
View ArticleKTM’s Toby Price Breaks Leg During Dakar Rally
Marc Coma’s words ahead of the 2017 Dakar Rally seem almost prophetic right now, with the five-time winner and now Dakar Sport Director saying that this year’s edition of the iconic rally raid race...
View ArticleGet Ready for the 2018 Dakar Rally
Track days are winding down, the new machines for next year have already been revealed, and the cold of winter is upon us. For the motorcycle industry, this is the low-point of the season. There is...
View ArticleDakar Rally Only in Peru for 2019, Back to Africa in 2020?
Race officials for the Dakar Rally have just released their initial plans for the 2019 edition of the grueling off-road race, and next year Dakar competitors will compete in only one country: Peru. The...
View ArticleVoxan Looking to Beat the FIM Motorcycle Land Speed Record
French brand Voxan is coming out of the deadpool to try and break a land speed record for electric motorcycles with Max Biaggi onboard. The post Voxan Looking to Beat the FIM Motorcycle Land Speed...
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