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On the Dakar web page under the withdrawals tab, it list the competitor as a withdrawal or as excluded. I see that competitors that crashed are listed as withdrawals. Have the excluded competitors breached some rule and have been disqualified?

Red ones would be great.

I recently bought a Nissan Np200 and took my 450 away for a weekend. I loaded the bike across the bakkie and the rear wheel rested on the floor of the bakkie and not the tailgate. I then strung a tiedown from the tow hitch, over the tailgate and onto the roll bar. This lifted the tailgate, but...

What time does this start?

Nice report Striggs. Reading with anticipation as we leave on Thursday for the June trip.

Sorry Sundays are out for me.

I would like to join, 22 or 29. Honda CB1100RC. Obviously road only.

Afternoon, Sorry I have to pull out of the ride on Saturday, deadlines etc. Enjoy the ride.

AdventureBoy - KLR650 350 - 400km

Will be keen on joining on Saturday, not Sunday.

Thanks

Hi Lukestrugnell Thanks for the reply to my mail. Here is a track I imported into Basecamp and have now exported it to a .gpx and .gdb file. I would usually get these in the .gpx format. Hope you are able to import and see that they are not corrupted. Regards

I recently took my bike and Garmin Zumo 550 for an unplanned swim. The unit works, but sometimes just freezes and the bike mount has been damaged by the water, so cannot attach to the bike.  I have just received the payout from the insurance, so am in the market for a replacement. I have looked...

looks very nice. I see there is a number plate. Are papers up to date and licensed for the road?

The guy who did this for me is actually located in the Nelspruit area. My brother who lives there (and does bike repairs and rebuilds from his small holding) arranged it for me. I can put you in contact with him to avoid me being the middle man and adding to the postage. I just took off the...