Dakar Bikes Collection...

atgreg · 08-02-2005, 05:05 AM

Honda won the Dakar 4 times in a row, 86-89 with NXR750. It was a total prototype with a 4 valve engine and 6 speed gearbox.The AT's and TA's were marketed as replicas of the Dakar bikes but of course they had very little in common. here's some photos of it;

atgreg · 08-02-2005, 05:10 AM

atgreg · 08-02-2005, 05:13 AM

atgreg · 08-02-2005, 05:19 AM

Honda ran an experimental 400cc injected 2 s stroke bike in the dakar one year. Weird !!!.

Jeepboy · 08-02-2005, 05:40 AM

Great pics....too bad they didn't sell those bikes, thank goodness KTM does sell their bikes.

MookieBlaylock · 08-02-2005, 05:46 AM

wow cool bikes,,,its almost worse knowing they have the goods and are just too incredibly lame to not produce them.

Tim · 08-02-2005, 06:24 AM

On display at the start of this years Dakar in Barcelona.

wpbarlow · 08-02-2005, 06:39 AM

There are too few pictures of these bikes- thanks for posting them

DoctorIt · 08-02-2005, 06:53 AM

now that is an exceptionally weird bike! Very cool post

atgreg · 08-02-2005, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KTiM

On display at the start of this years Dakar in Barcelona.

Excellent piccies Of the AT650 and 750 marathon versions.Honda made special Dakar kits for both the 650 and 750 AT's for the Marathon Class in the Dakar. Big tanks, pannier tanks, improved suspension and different exhaust made up the kits.

AT650 Marathon

AT750 Marathon

modrover · 08-02-2005, 07:35 AM

OH YES YES YES!

I'll take a set of those side pannier tanks for my RD03! Not for fuel mind you... one side for water and the other for the Stout of the week!

Hey Greg,

I've been told over and over that the '88-'89 RD03 Africa Twin bikes had been hand built by H R C. Your knowledge of the AT is impressive so I thought I'd ask you the full story on them. I've also heard that many of the RD03 bikes had actually done the Paris Dakar with only minor mods needed.

rockt · 08-02-2005, 07:40 AM

Man, I almost break out in a sweat when I see P-D style bikes. They are just so cool to me. I'm 41 and sometimes when I'm blasting down a dirt road on my DR650, I kinda just sorta maybe a little bit imagine I'm running with the leaders of the great endurance race. A tad childish, I know, but it seems a better choice than recreational drug use.

Hey, does anyone know why Dakar bikes run the low front fender? I'm guessing maybe high speed stability - the high fender might catch too much air at 100+? Also, I guess mud isn't a big factor in the dessert. Opinions/answers?

Beez · 08-02-2005, 07:51 AM

atgreg, thatnks for posting those. I can never get enough of the Dakar, it's bikes and it's heros. One of these days I'll get a smugmug acct. and post some of the Dakar photos I have.

DoctorIt · 08-02-2005, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockt

Hey, does anyone know why Dakar bikes run the low front fender? I'm guessing maybe high speed stability - the high fender might catch too much air at 100+? Also, I guess mud isn't a big factor in the dessert. Opinions/answers?

I was wondering the same thing...

Tim · 08-02-2005, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockt

Hey, does anyone know why Dakar bikes run the low front fender? I'm guessing maybe high speed stability - the high fender might catch too much air at 100+? Also, I guess mud isn't a big factor in the dessert. Opinions/answers?

Don't know for sure but that has always been my theory

08-02-2005, 05:05 AM	#1
atgreg ^OP Africatwinarama Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Australia Oddometer: 9,758	Dakar Bikes Collection... Honda won the Dakar 4 times in a row, 86-89 with NXR750. It was a total prototype with a 4 valve engine and 6 speed gearbox.The AT's and TA's were marketed as replicas of the Dakar bikes but of course they had very little in common. here's some photos of it;

08-02-2005, 05:19 AM	#4
atgreg ^OP Africatwinarama Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Australia Oddometer: 9,758	2 stroke Dakar Bike Honda ran an experimental 400cc injected 2 s stroke bike in the dakar one year. Weird !!!.

08-02-2005, 06:24 AM	#7
Tim Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK Oddometer: 2,291	On display at the start of this years Dakar in Barcelona. __________________ A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying........."Damn..We F*cked Up" - Anon.

08-02-2005, 06:39 AM	#8
wpbarlow Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Central NJ Oddometer: 7,881	There are too few pictures of these bikes- thanks for posting them __________________ Walter Barlow

08-02-2005, 06:53 AM	#9
DoctorIt vrooom! Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Springfield, MA Oddometer: 5,661	now that is an exceptionally weird bike! Very cool post __________________ Erik Professor for hire.

08-02-2005, 05:10 AM	#2
atgreg ^OP Africatwinarama Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Australia Oddometer: 9,758

08-02-2005, 05:13 AM	#3
atgreg ^OP Africatwinarama Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Australia Oddometer: 9,758

08-02-2005, 05:40 AM	#5
Jeepboy Roost Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Champaign, IL Oddometer: 560	Great pics....too bad they didn't sell those bikes, thank goodness KTM does sell their bikes.

08-02-2005, 05:46 AM	#6
MookieBlaylock Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2004 Oddometer: 2,290	wow cool bikes,,,its almost worse knowing they have the goods and are just too incredibly lame to not produce them.

08-02-2005, 07:35 AM	#11
modrover BOOMSHANKA! Joined: Oct 2003 Location: WA, USA Oddometer: 3,571	OH YES YES YES! I'll take a set of those side pannier tanks for my RD03! Not for fuel mind you... one side for water and the other for the Stout of the week! Hey Greg, I've been told over and over that the '88-'89 RD03 Africa Twin bikes had been hand built by H R C. Your knowledge of the AT is impressive so I thought I'd ask you the full story on them. I've also heard that many of the RD03 bikes had actually done the Paris Dakar with only minor mods needed. __________________ ~Michael (of The Land of Misfit Land Rovers) Used to have an Africa Twin and Transalp X-Files Gov't Issue Sprinter TurboDiesel Washougal, WA USA

08-02-2005, 07:40 AM	#12
rockt Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Oddometer: 1,139	Man, I almost break out in a sweat when I see P-D style bikes. They are just so cool to me. I'm 41 and sometimes when I'm blasting down a dirt road on my DR650, I kinda just sorta maybe a little bit imagine I'm running with the leaders of the great endurance race. A tad childish, I know, but it seems a better choice than recreational drug use. Hey, does anyone know why Dakar bikes run the low front fender? I'm guessing maybe high speed stability - the high fender might catch too much air at 100+? Also, I guess mud isn't a big factor in the dessert. Opinions/answers?

08-02-2005, 07:51 AM	#13
Beez Given to fly Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Framingham, MA Oddometer: 5,497	atgreg, thatnks for posting those. I can never get enough of the Dakar, it's bikes and it's heros. One of these days I'll get a smugmug acct. and post some of the Dakar photos I have.

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