Taken from: Gazzetta dello Sport 16 January 1988 Text of: Text: Enrico Minazzi TESSALIT (Mali) — The Customs Officer of Niger, basque green on the head identical to that of our Yellow Flames, had just finished asking for the ritual" cadeaux, monsieur" (Gifts, Sir) in the purest local style. Shirts (also dirty and used), skidded trousers, Stickers, Cappellini. […]
Source: Messaggero Veneto and Desert Pistons The tormented path of Transafrica 80 (the race of six thousand kilometers through the African savannas and deserts) was the best development for a prototype of the Morini motorcycle from which the Carne model was obtained! 500, today offered on the market. The preparation of that prototype […]
Typically when it comes to twin-cylinders for African rallies until recently you could only refer to BMW, and after the Rally d'Algeria in November also at the Ligier-Cagiva with Ducati engine. But there's another one of twin-cylinder, italianissima moreover since it is the Morini, which also maintains the […]
Born in 1957 in Bergamo, Franco Gualdi approached the world of motorcycles for the passion transmitted by his father who was riding Motobi, MV and Devil and so as a young man he took part in the very first regional enduro races. His biography tells of only two Dakar, one of which is not even finished and of […]
Concluding the “Dakar” 2002 Sixth Giovanni Sala scored its best performance since, in ' 98, He began his adventure in the most established and hard African rally. At the onset had in fact concluded 17°, in ' 99 he was rated 7° and had grasped the first stage win, in 2000 had been forced […]
The helicopter envied him all. They could hear him coming from afar as we trudge on the track. Holes, Jumps, Dust. Especially dust. That impalpable fech fech through which not only can you not see, but you don't even breathe. He passed and from the belly of the Ecureil of Aerospatiale a giant lettering fired: Thierry Sabine. It was not possible to confuse him. Is […]
Were 4 years that I no longer did the Dakar, i missed it, i finally get better organized and fix the work commitments. In 1991 Nikon decided to assign the distribution to our group, and you had to make a new company the nital in the footsteps of the swa, have been years of fire where obviously not […]
The former Catalan driver participated 16 times at the legendary race, debuting in the 1987 and running for the last time and in the car in the 2003 with the BMW. “The Dakar for me is a race that has a very important human part and a competition that requires following a roadbook in the race and is a constant […]
In 1994 Dakar changed ownership and the event became the property of the ASO Group, which by the way had and continues to have sporting events such as dakar itself or the Tour de France. The course was an experiment that hasn't worked since the race left Paris to reach Dakar and then come back […]
This time motorcycles 2×2 (two-wheel drive) on duty are those of the Auribault brothers (Philippe and Erik) who have modified Yamaha XT 600. Additional transmision takes strength outside the chain pinion where a conical pair is placed; there is also a cardan joint with an extensible rigid shaft (to allow you to steer) conneo to the […]