The time has come... Neduro DID Dakar!

[knybanjo]

Originally Posted by ArthDuro

Go Ned Go


Chris your smugmug is pure porn right now

btw....are you getting any new ideas for the next version of the 'stalker van'?

[jenduro]

I've been trying to select the most appropriate emoticon to express Eleanor's excitement. She's turning 2 next week, so it is a toss up between and . Of course there is also . All this is to say: HOORAY!

And those pictures of the dunes were incredible.

Thanks for making this come alive for all of us. It is special to share in Ned's big adventure via and along with all 180,000+ you.

Ned - we are cheering for you. Hope you get some sleep before the big ride.

Love,
Us

[terry.mc]

So cool!

[terry.mc]

Originally Posted by FL_biker

Is there a good thread that explains them?

I'm no expert, but I'll throw something together later tonight or tomorrow with some basics

[c.vestal]

Most of you already know of the photo locations. I do not have time to post all here for a while. Here you go. If you post on another thread, please give me credit.
http://cvestal.smugmug.com/Motorcycl...192785_XTBfkvQ

[ian408]

Originally Posted by Hayduke

And some of those Argentine Umbrella girls next to it? Kthxbye

A whole gaggle of them. Be good if they were pointing and acting like they knew something

[terry.mc]

Originally Posted by cyborg

Great pictures!

So how much does a front tower with all that stuff on it actually weigh? I've always wondered how much hanging all that weight, high and way up front, affects handling?

One of the reasons to go with the setup that Ned picked was to keep the bike feeling like a dirtbike, vs a rallybike. With the weight frame mounted, the effect is not so bad as you might think. I rode some early versions of the rally setup and it is very balanced. On tight single track riding my 530 back to back with the beta for Ned's setup I found that it planted the front end nicely and calmed things down a bit over rocky and sandy terrain.

Chris, Scot and Ned have done an incredible job with the rally setup. They should be proud of what they've accomplished!

[Boondoggle]

Wow, thank you.

[dontlr]

Happy to see you at least get a little time to clear your head and get ready for one hell of an adventure, good luck Ned!!!!!

[hilslamer]

Originally Posted by brents347

Tim Hillsame?! Who the hells that guy? I quess even a Pofessional Dakar team can have a typo.

No idea who the Hillsame squid is...in any case, the "r" was omitted to save weight, I'm sure of it.

[Flanny]

Jonah: "Just caught Deadly sitting on my bike, twisting the throttle open and closed with his elbow flapping up and down like a pump-jack, going ring-ding, ding, ding, ring, ring, ring-ding, ding, ding...Took me a half hour to clean the spit off my road-book holder..."

Ned: "Maybe they don't have four strokes in Canada? Vestal thinks he saw him humping my exhaust yesterday...Recon it's gonna be a long couple-weeks"

Jonah: "I recon."



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[Gummee!]

Originally Posted by c.vestal

Most of you already know of the photo locations. I do not have time to post all here for a while. Here you go. If you post on another thread, please give me credit.
http://cvestal.smugmug.com/Motorcycl...192785_XTBfkvQ

That was awesome.

Thanks!

M

[La Donna Fugata]

Originally Posted by c.vestal

Ned left 10 seconds ago.

OMG he left? Rock on Ned:c lap:c lap:c lap

[slidewayes]

looks like a hand cut dunlop on jonahs bike?

[Boondoggle]

Originally Posted by c.vestal

Most of you already know of the photo locations. I do not have time to post all here for a while. Here you go. If you post on another thread, please give me credit.
http://cvestal.smugmug.com/Motorcycl...192785_XTBfkvQ

A couple favorites

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whatcha got there? (Or, is this really real?)



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