Dakar 2013 - Official Event Coverage - thank you ALL TeamF5, lurkers and posters!

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Flood

Pa Packmule, can I ding Driffy and Kenny in particular, please?

It'd be their bad luck if you chose this week to finally use your banhammer for the first time. : razor

[garfey]

Originally Posted by Nitro

Lets just agree




to all hate quads the same

They're good for dragging dead critters back to hunting camp.

[Rockteryx]

So Barreda made a mistake or had a mechanical losing 2 1/2 minutes to JC ... ???

[Brodovitch]

Barreda on today's stage

[Flood]

Originally Posted by neduro

+1

You would think they would be quite excited by the participation of another big manufacturer.

That really was a bit surprising. On the other hand, this was the only sponsor-related tweet coming out of ASO central up to now:

@dakarofficial
Red bull gives you desert wings! #dakar2013 http://pic.twitter.com/pyS0hEtn

Yes, I'm sure they only posted that because it's cute and funny.

[coak]

Rod should have come through WP3 by now?

Hopefully he hasn't had a mechical (or worse still, a crash)

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by garfey

They're good for dragging dead critters back to hunting camp.

That's what you call your riding buddies?

Harsh.

[Flood]

Originally Posted by PackMule

It'd be their bad luck if you chose this week to finally use your banhammer for the first time. : razor

I actually already managed to find 1 or 2 asshats in the Racing forum to ban. It's hard to find them in this forum of gentlemen, but they do exist!

[too old]

Originally Posted by yammie

I hear ya! I'm with you on that one..

Even if i dont like the Honda brand very much and how they do things i do belive it is good they enter as a factory.

What i see here is that they take a potential podium rider and expecting good results, but when it went in the fuel issues they qote "well we are only here to learn this year and going for the big win next year" only after a few stages and that is not so fun for a rider that really thought that he could go for the win..

Don't forget they signed Helder and others over 6 month ago with a long term plan - we don't know what that was, Helder does.

[MF1A]

any news on Chaleco?

[640 Armageddon]

Originally Posted by Brodovitch

Barreda on today's stage

He is really on fire today, I hope the bike does not develop a fuel pump fault during the stage ... 1st through WP5 shaved three and a half minutes on CD

[ZequeArgentina]

Originally Posted by Brodovitch

Barreda on today's stage

That looks really attacking for a 500 km stage!!!

[Flanny]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

What's the hardest part of riding a quad in the Dakar?

Originally Posted by PackMule

Mod Note:


Not dinging anyone in particular, but this is at least the second time this has come up in the Firehose in recent days.

Telling your mom that your an overweight middle aged guy who spends entire days at a time pinned to a keyboard pressing F5, hatching conspiracy theories wishing they could one day ride an actual motorcycle in the Dakar?

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by PackMule

It'd be their bad luck if you chose this week to finally use your banhammer for the first time. : razor

Go ahead.

I learned from fish: always have spares.

Still have 4 sitting in the wings.

[knybanjo]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Steve.

Originally Posted by 640 Armageddon

He is really on fire today, I hope the bike does not develop a fuel pump fault during the stage ... 1st through WP5 shaved three and a half minutes on CD

Impressive ride so far...still opening the course as far as I can tell!