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Live Video of Desert Warrior Rolling at Baja 500
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanIt was just by a quirk of luck or maybe bad luck, that I mounted my Canon S95 inside Darkcyd Racing Team’s Desert Warrior before team manager Tara Rill strapped herself in for her inaugural ride in their new desert rally vehicle. But what was supposed to be a quick loop or two around the […]
Summertime is Riding Time
/1 Comment/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanSo a few weeks back I finally dusted off Doc and took my venerable F650GS Dakar out for a long deserved cruise. Southern California isn’t the most favorable environment to be riding a dual-sport motorcycle—the urban areas, that is. But just a short hour or two ride and you can find great mountain riding, beautiful […]
Retreat, Recovery & Rescue. Baja 500. The Bizarre Outcome.
/0 Comments/in Mexico, North America, Travelogue /by allanAfter scanning the maps and confirming with The Weatherman the Race Mile position last reported for Darkcyd Racing’s Desert Warrior, Raff led our convoy west toward Heroes de la Indenpendencia, a tiny village about halfway between Ensenada and San Felipe on Baja California’s Route 3. Without an accurate GPS position and useless GPS maps, Raff […]
If El Diablo Can’t Stop The Desert Warrior, What Can?
/0 Comments/in Mexico, North America, Travelogue /by allanThe Darkcyd Racing Team’s Rally Raid UK built Desert Warrior blasted through the Ensenada Aqueducts and onto the track heading to Ojos Negros, about 35 miles into the race where the track crosses Baja California’s Route 3. Tara, Gary and I throttled our rented Buick SUV down the pavement while Raff, Bill, Tommy and the […]
Putting the Desert Warrior Back Together Again.
/0 Comments/in Mexico, North America, Travelogue /by allanThe Darkcyd Racing Team’s Desert Warrior, a custom-built off-road racing vehicle designed to endure perhaps the toughest race on the planet—The Dakar—sat at the team camp at Estero Beach just south of Ensenada. Unsure if the Desert Warrior, made by well-known British builder Rally Raid UK, would be able to run in the 2011 Tecate […]
Always Plan With Contingency In Mind: Tecate Score Baja 500
/0 Comments/in Mexico, North America, Travelogue /by allanThe day before a big race always creates a halo of excitement, tension and tentativeness among race teams and crews and even blogger photographers. Darkcyd Racing and driver Robb Rill had little experience with the lastest steed in its stable: The Rally Raid UK built Desert Warrior — a complex and sturdy machine engineered, initially, […]
Baja 500 – Mexico – Inspection & Pre-run
/0 Comments/in Mexico, North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanWhen it comes to adventure and travel spontaneity can be a friend or it can be a foe. When friend, fellow motorcyclist and rally racing car driver Robb Rill asked me to join him once again for another race in Mexico, I was excited and ready to continue to learn and explore this exciting sport. […]