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Queensland’s largest custom bike shop, Heavy Duty Motorcycles, has grown so quickly it has relocated for the second time in under two years and changed it names to Heavy Duty Motorsports. The store was at Slacks Creek, then moved “around the corner” to Underwood and doubled in size. Now it is at even bigger premises on …
Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Bultaco is back, but not as you would expect. Instead of two-stroke off-road bikes for which they were famous, Bultaco will initially produce electric road motorcycles developed with the help of a train specialist. The first will be various versions of an electric Light Bike, followed by the Electrical Urbanmotard based on …
KTM is moving closer to a record 13th consecutive Dakar Rally win after three-time winner Marc Coma clinched the ninth stage today. The Spaniard was at home in the sand today, stretching his overall lead to 40 minutes over Honda rider and countryman Joan Barreda Bort who was second in the Chilean dunes stage. While …
Five-time Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres finally put his new Yamaha on the top step today as Aussies also had their best finishing results. Rain slightly shortened stage eight to a still-lengthy 499km, but the riders had to avoid the world’s largest salt pans. Despres started third and soon reined in the leader Joan Barreda …
The Dakar Rally entered Bolivia today, the 28th country to be visited by the famous rally since it started in 1979. The battle of the Spaniards continued with Joan Barreda Bort (Honda) winning the stage by just four minutes from countryman and three-time rally winner Marc Coma (KTM) who retains the overall lead. Stage 7 …
At the half-way point of the 2o14 Dakar Rally with a well-deserved rest day there has already been a death on stage 5 in the severe heat approaching 50 degrees. Riders have also thad to conquer a rally record high altitude of 4300mm and had stages changed and cut short by heat and rain. Only …
The world’s most gruelling and dangerous motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, has again been marred by the death of a competitor. Belgian rider Eric Palante, 55, died on the fifth stage of the rally, but the cause of his death is not yet known. It was his 11th rally and he was vying for the …
Rain delayed the start of the Dakar Rally today, washed away some Aussie hopes and dampened the Frenchman Cyril Despres’ chances of a sixth title. So far in the second stage of the marathon section only 106 of the 196 motorcycle competitors have finished with many off course because rain washed away the tracks, making …
Ben Grabham scored his highest finishing position in the Dakar Rally today with a sixth place, putting him in the top 10 outright. The 359km stage was won by Honda factory rider and relative newcomer Sam Sunderland of England who lives in Dubai and was “at home” in the grey sand dunes. Meanwhile favourites Marc …
They call day one of the Dakar Rally a shakedown, but the competitors certainly attacked it with vigour. Eventual leader of the first stage, Spaniard Joan Barreda Bort was trying so hard he even had a small crash on his Honda. He was followed by three-time winner Marc Coma on a KTM, just 37 seconds …