Safari bike pics - past & present

I was riding in that Safari on a DRZ400. Unfortunately Graham was listed as a DNF

Whats that little pump? thing next to the cylinder?

Thanks for some answers Troy, from a few pages back. I got a reply from Motorbooks and they cant find the book either. I am mostly interested in the 80's-90's era safaris.

Too bad i was not searching for the book a month ago.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WYNNS-S...D-Adventure-1985-2004-HARDCOVER-/324295532107

Seeing this thread resurface, bought on a rash of nostalgia.

Gave me a hankering to watch some old videos, but the quality is deteriorating, as they have not been aired for nigh on 20 years.
So I have started to digitize , and touch up the faded colour a little.

Going to take a while, although I have found a few of the latter ones (NSW ones & most WA ones) missing. Must have lent them, but cannot remember who to.

Also found a lot of behind the scenes photos we took, may post some, most do not have bikes in them, but shows what went on during surveys and around the camp at night.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, Troy, I don't have photographic evidence of multiple punctures at once, or broken front springs.

With the braided lines going to it?
Oil filter. They run 3, one on the front frame downtube, similar to LC4/625/640 etc
One in the cases. And that one.
The line at the rear is for the oil pressure warning light on the tower.

https://www.boltonmotorcycles.com/p...allye-factory-repl/oil-filter-660-rallye#next

Just an observation, I well aware that KTM know how to screw a winning bike together, but from what I can see of the wiring harness, it seems covered in really cheap open connectors. I would've expected sealed "Deutsch, Weatherpack" or similar across a bike like that, but of lot of the connector/wiring are exposed to dust/moisture. Seems odd...

A few years ago Boltons had Comas 09 Dakar 690 on the floor.
https://www.bikesales.com.au/editorial/details/2009-dakar-winning-bike-lobs-in-oz-17914/

While it was an awe inspiring alter of godliness to be in the prescence of, closer inspection revealed quite a few brackets and bits of hardware that did not look like they came from the worlds no 1 offroad motorcyle factory.
Not agricultural by any means, but not what I would have expected.
Maybe racing bike R&D is like any industry: "Nothings as permanent as a temporary job that works".

^^^
Looks a bit too shiny and new to be 'Comas' dakar winning bike'
Almost looks like a replica of a Dakar winning factory replica doesnt it?
Seems a bit lacking in ingrained dirt dust and rub marks....... although, I guess it could be.

A bit like Tobys 'DAKAR WINNING 450' that was on display at Bright at the 2016 KTM rally. Chatting to Toby, that bike was still at the factory. It was a repro, and (like the above) had no signs of wear in the places you would normally expect- footpegs, fuel tanks, engine cases. His winning bike was handed to him some months later, after KTM had pulled it down and inspected every mm of it for wear assessment etc.

Andy Caldecotts (RIP) 2006 bike that he crashed, ending his life, was a total wreck.
Talking to those that know, the factory engine was pulled, tanks and subframe replaced, as was the nav tower that was KO'd.
The bike that got back here and was sold was closer to the consumer/garden variety rally replica.

At the pointy end of the field, I guess the factory are very careful about what is actually let loose after the event.

Coma’s great rival Cyril at the ‘11 Safari... I was lucky to get this snap as he wasn’t here long ...

I just had a closer look at that article, dated 2010 (not the 1st April either).

I saw it in 2015. Maybe old mate who allegedly bought it traded up to Meonis 950.

Or if it was only here on a world tour.... who paid for it to visit?