Honda's new Dakar 450 bike.. Have you seen it ?

[JaimeV]

Where are those pics from? Why wouldn't they crashbar the bike?

This guy is an italian enduro champion called Catanese.
I did the Pharaons rally with this Super T. As a racing bike he is looking for avoiding weight so, no crash bars

 

[sail2xxs]

That is the coolest Tenere out there. Catanese is in incredible rider. I wish I could throw my S10 around half as well as he does his!

Chris

 

[True Grip]

He is a beast of a man :exclaim:

 

[JaimeV]

He is a beast of a man :exclaim:

Yeah, he is 2 meters tall, he needs a BIG bike

 

[wfopete]

Looks like the Honda is off to a good start!

http://cyclenews.com/articles/off-road/2012/10/15/honda-starts-strong-in-morocco-rally/

 

[GrahamD]

Looks like Honda was aiming too close to KTM

KTM's Cyril Despres finished second in today's stage four of the Morocco Rally to take over the overall lead after Honda's Helder Rodrigues suffered an engine problem that knocked him out of the stage.

They might have to start a RED Crush thread over at ADV.

 

[erenet]

Looks like the Honda is off to a good start!

http://cyclenews.com/articles/off-road/2012/10/15/honda-starts-strong-in-morocco-rally/

Go Hélder Rodrigues go ::012::

 

[erenet]

I've seen bits of two Dakar races in the old Portugal, It was really something special when I saw it for the fist time. We went to some remote places 2-3:00 AM, wile waiting for sunrise we made fires and barbecued the meat on them, bread, beer and wine .

Shortly after sunrise I see a fast Mitsubishi SUV coming down the hill loud like a rally car, my friend tels me "he's not racing, that's just number 0", we had seen it on a trailer at the gas station on our way there, from the outside was a SUV, inside was all tube frame.

Finally the fist competitive, bikes then the quads, side cars, jeeps, buggies, trucks, helicopters in between, dust and lot of camp fire smoking everywhere, it was a good time with some old friend.