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Andy Caldecott – Remembered, Five Years on
Jan 15th
Transmoto Magazine have just put together a feature on a ride to mark the 5th anniversary of Andy Caldecott’s tragic death in the Dakar on 9 January 2006.
Andy Caldecott – Remembered, Five Years on.
For all the excitement of Dakar, it’s worth remembering the seriousness of the event.
A snapshot from the past
Nov 28th
BMW R80GS - Australian Motorcycle Expo 2010
Vorsprung Durch Technik
A prime example of how technology changes all things!
This beautifully cared for piece of motorcycling history was spotted at the Australian Motorcycle Expo recently held in Melbourne. The R80G/S Paris-Dakar Was released to commemorate BMW’s success in the Paris-Dakar Rallies in the mid 1980s.
Although far less wild than Gaston Rahier’s HPN prepared race bikes, this bike embodies the typcial engineering concepts of the day. 25 years later the bikes we see entering the Dakar Rally are faster, weigh far less, and in some cases half the engine capacity.
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