The time has come... Neduro DID Dakar! - Page 298

tatterhood · 01-15-2012, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hayduke

We will be opening our last bottle of Layer Cake wine tonight!

why wait?

tatterhood · 01-15-2012, 07:25 AM

Congratulations Ned for COMPLETING the DAKAR!!!! Way to follow your dreams.

lastplace · 01-15-2012, 07:25 AM

Congratulations Ned!

An impressive accomplishment in both preparation and execution. Of course, you got to ride a light little enduro bike. You didn't have to drag a 400lb real rally bike through thousands of kilometers of dunes and fesh fesh. I think you had actually seen a rally bike or two before you entered the event. But I'm sure you had your challenges. You didn't have to ride through a minefield at night, and nobody threatened to shoot at you. Your assistance crew was well rested, had access to phone, internet, and towns with stores, and didn't have to spend precious time working on the truck. Gosh it seemed difficult, though. I think you even got chairs to sit on when you ate. You probably didn't encounter malaria-infested mosquitos and didn't have to spend a night in the dunes due to an ASO mistake. But it looked really really tough anyway.

Good job! Welcome to a very small group who know what you've been through.

fun fun
Charlie

DirtySantana · 01-15-2012, 07:27 AM

Inspiring, thanks and Congrats!

Gummee! · 01-15-2012, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xr400r

Anyone follow the tour de France? Same organization they were on lance like stink on shit.

I am so proud of Ned and what he has done. I am disappointed in the Dakar though after this year.

The exception being that the ASO was just running the event, the UCI is actually reffing it.

...and yeah, they were all over LA like flies on poo. Damn yankees!

Awesome job Ned!

To be irreverent, I kinda feel like

(from the Life of Brian if you're wondering)

M

Flood · 01-15-2012, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastplace

Congratulations Ned!

An impressive accomplishment in both preparation and execution. Of course, you got to ride a light little enduro bike. You didn't have to drag a 400lb real rally bike through thousands of kilometers of dunes and fesh fesh. I think you had actually seen a rally bike or two before you entered the event. But I'm sure you had your challenges. You didn't have to ride through a minefield at night, and nobody threatened to shoot at you. Your assistance crew was well rested, had access to phone, internet, and towns with stores, and didn't have to spend precious time working on the truck. Gosh it seemed difficult, though. I think you even got chairs to sit on when you ate. You probably didn't encounter malaria-infested mosquitos and didn't have to spend a night in the dunes due to an ASO mistake. But it looked really really tough anyway.

Good job! Welcome to a very small group who know what you've been through.

fun fun
Charlie

Killjoy!

THAT WAS

OK Ned, doing it the first time was luck. Now show us again!

Arzach · 01-15-2012, 07:31 AM

Today is the first day of preparation for next year

. Thanks for keeping the spirit of the Dakar alive

StmbtDave · 01-15-2012, 07:33 AM

Congratulations on a dream fulfilled. I've been following through every page of the F5 thread as well as here. Thank you my friend for taking all of us along on your ADVenture.

Dave

Hayduke · 01-15-2012, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastplace

Congratulations Ned!

An impressive accomplishment in both preparation and execution. Of course, you got to ride a light little enduro bike. You didn't have to drag a 400lb real rally bike through thousands of kilometers of dunes and fesh fesh. I think you had actually seen a rally bike or two before you entered the event. But I'm sure you had your challenges. You didn't have to ride through a minefield at night, and nobody threatened to shoot at you. Your assistance crew was well rested, had access to phone, internet, and towns with stores, and didn't have to spend precious time working on the truck. Gosh it seemed difficult, though. I think you even got chairs to sit on when you ate. You probably didn't encounter malaria-infested mosquitos and didn't have to spend a night in the dunes due to an ASO mistake. But it looked really really tough anyway.

Good job! Welcome to a very small group who know what you've been through.

fun fun
Charlie

to all Dakar veterans.

DeepSea · 01-15-2012, 07:34 AM

Congratulations Ned, very inspirational.

I'm proud to have been able to support your effort and will do it again in a heartbeat.

GnarlyKarle · 01-15-2012, 07:36 AM

Congratulations Ned, great stuff!!!!!!!

YetiGS · 01-15-2012, 07:36 AM

CONGRATULATIONS NED!!!

Flood · 01-15-2012, 07:36 AM

Has this been posted here already? Live stream from the podium here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canal-7-online

fano · 01-15-2012, 07:37 AM

Congratulations Ned and thanks for taking us along. Absolutely amazing.

blamm1 · 01-15-2012, 07:39 AM

Way to go Ned. From this end you made it look easy. I'm sure it wasn't, but it just goes to show how well prepared you were. What a great effort to get there and what a great accomplishment to finish.

01-15-2012, 07:25 AM	#4457
tatterhood Sturdy Girl Joined: Apr 2009 Location: small slice of heaven, CO Oddometer: 4,580	Congratulations Ned for COMPLETING the DAKAR!!!! Way to follow your dreams. __________________ WR250R - "SturdyGirl Tested. and Approved." -Tallboy Adventure is a state of mind...

01-15-2012, 07:25 AM	#4458
lastplace Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Oddometer: 869	Congratulations Ned! An impressive accomplishment in both preparation and execution. Of course, you got to ride a light little enduro bike. You didn't have to drag a 400lb real rally bike through thousands of kilometers of dunes and fesh fesh. I think you had actually seen a rally bike or two before you entered the event. But I'm sure you had your challenges. You didn't have to ride through a minefield at night, and nobody threatened to shoot at you. Your assistance crew was well rested, had access to phone, internet, and towns with stores, and didn't have to spend precious time working on the truck. Gosh it seemed difficult, though. I think you even got chairs to sit on when you ate. You probably didn't encounter malaria-infested mosquitos and didn't have to spend a night in the dunes due to an ASO mistake. But it looked really really tough anyway. Good job! Welcome to a very small group who know what you've been through. fun fun Charlie __________________ www.rallymanagementservices.com www.rallypanam.com

01-15-2012, 07:27 AM	#4459
DirtySantana Chopper Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Better than where your at. Oddometer: 502	Inspiring, thanks and Congrats! __________________ ‘‘Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.’’ — Mahatma Ghandi

01-15-2012, 07:31 AM	#4462
Arzach never too old... Joined: May 2010 Location: Not the Caribbean anymore . Think rain . Oddometer: 208	Today is the first day of preparation for next year . Thanks for keeping the spirit of the Dakar alive __________________ People sail for fun and no one has yet convinced me that it's more fun to go Slow than it is to go Fast .Dick Newick

01-15-2012, 07:33 AM	#4463
StmbtDave AKA Invisible Dave Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Loveland, CO summer - Tucson, AZ winter Oddometer: 2,464	Congratulations on a dream fulfilled. I've been following through every page of the F5 thread as well as here. Thank you my friend for taking all of us along on your ADVenture. Dave __________________ Why are we stopping? We don't have time for that! http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...8pP8skl622N3ri

01-15-2012, 07:34 AM	#4465
DeepSea electronically challenged Joined: Dec 2008 Location: Jefferson Territory Oddometer: 94	Congratulations Congratulations Ned, very inspirational. I'm proud to have been able to support your effort and will do it again in a heartbeat. __________________ It's not me. My bike is Narcoleptic. CDR 2012 ------ Too Lazy/Illiterate to write my own El burro trabaja doble

01-15-2012, 07:36 AM	#4466
GnarlyKarle aka: ici_moto Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Colorado Oddometer: 1,234	Congratulations Ned, great stuff!!!!!!! __________________ Website: LINK

01-15-2012, 07:36 AM	#4467
YetiGS Random Hooligan Joined: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego Oddometer: 6,164	CONGRATULATIONS NED!!! __________________ -Scott- Semper Fi '04 BMW R1150GSA, '97 BMW R1100GS, '08 KTM 450EXC-R, '04 KTM 625 SXC "A pessimist thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are." Chauncey Depew

01-15-2012, 07:36 AM	#4468
Flood F5lood. Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Austria Oddometer: 9,339	Has this been posted here already? Live stream from the podium here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canal-7-online __________________ TEAM F5 RallyRAIDio on Twitter RallyRAIDio on Facebook

01-15-2012, 07:37 AM	#4469
fano here and there Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Salt Lake City UT Oddometer: 588	Congratulations Ned and thanks for taking us along. Absolutely amazing. __________________ Fano 05 KTM 450 MXC , 01 Triumph Tiger 955i 04 KTM 950 ADV , 00 Husaberg 501FE 04 GasGas TXT300 PRO , 70 Jawa 250

01-15-2012, 07:39 AM	#4470
blamm1 n00b Joined: Apr 2011 Oddometer: 1	Way to go Ned! Way to go Ned. From this end you made it look easy. I'm sure it wasn't, but it just goes to show how well prepared you were. What a great effort to get there and what a great accomplishment to finish.

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