Australasian Safari 2012

David Schwarz !!!! what a Safari rally legend

10 consecutive Safari rally starts 2001 - 2012
10 consecutive Safari rally finishes
10 consecutuve Safari rally Top 10 placings
9 Safari rally Production and Super-production class wins, 250cc, 450cc & over 450cc
2 Safari rally Veterns class wins
3 Safari 100% Awards
3rd Outright 2004 Safari !!

No other rider is even close to this record over the history of Safari since 1985.
PLUS 3 Dakar starts = 3 Dakar finishes 2005 - 2012

David you are LEGEND !!

Husaberg Rally Racing Australia has been very proud to support you for the last 4 years !!

Well done mate

Everyone

And a darn nice guy, to boot!

Manuel's problem on that particular stage(day4) had nothing to do with the mousse- it was fencing wire (and believe me, there was heaps of that stuff around) trapped in his rear wheel that ripped the rear break line clean off..

Cheers waldecker

Bluebull i figure this as close a record of events as needs to be done, no need for a seperate RR, but as soon as i eventually get home ill drp all the pics and video i have here :)

I couldn't follow every second this year, but BLOODY WELL DONE EVERYONE!

You know of what you speak Its definitely like coming down to fifty kph after a long day at 120.

But i was also honored to meet Dave Schwartz! What a cool event.

Yes the post rally let down is the worst. The good thing is that Jason finished...at least he doesn't have to think about the need to go back and finish the damn thing

Sounds like your head is still over here, Jason, you`re using kilometres per hour.

Howdi John,
Home today, at last. Man that was alot of K's in 2 weeks.
I think I will have motion sickness for a few days. My tally for this years Safari includes 2 roos, 4 pigeons, 1 emu, and a bunch of smaller suicidal birds.
Currently dumping 210Gb of pics to the server Should be something to look at.

Really nice to see you and all the other competitors again.

Accomodations:


Paul Rooney:


Ken R- my awesomer support guy:


Scrutineering with crazy, surly, terrible Ivan



Sequent:



Craig Bounds:


Manuel:



Francesco!: :bella





Throttle cable fix, Day 1: this bodge made it another 250K or something




Day 2: Tagged a fence line and did the petrol tank, plug wire and throttle cable again:


DAy 3: No spark ICU:



Jaybo and Ben-

Man, talk about awesome, these guys were the BEST. SEriously, great great riders and really really nice. I want to go play with these guys, a LOT.

ALso: Ben and Damo: Between these two and Jaybo/Ben, they honestly have their shit wrapped up in a tight package. They are the ones to emulate, imo- great riders, tight organisation, great people... better than the winners by far in my humble opinion.

Glen G:


Steve:


Paul and Ken fixing the bike, with Ben supervising:


Tamsin: When I grow up, I want to ride as well as her.


Footpeg sewn on: (thanks fence wire)


The RX which did not make it:


Russel Scoble's pit, I believe:




The splash and dash truck:


Fixing shit in the bush:


tent city:


KTM world:


Honda World:


Big finish!


and a video, full length (too long!) of the very last stage, SS17, Coronation Beach S:
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Should have seen me stop and think about the first intersection at home :lol

BEJEEEZUZ! That looks like hard work!! Feel like a noice cold beer just lookin at it....

nice

Nice riding Jason!

Good stuff Jason. Beach tracks like that help tune your sand riding skills! I know its a bit of a lottery, but were you not tempted to get out of the 4wd ruts and try the beach itself?
Good to see the twin cylinder BM out there. How much suspension travel did Rooney manage to engineer into the rear suspension? My brother and I built up a similar 1000cc BMW for the early Aust. safaris held in 1985 and 86.

Here's a few more.