1991 DR 650 Dakar to the Amageza - Prep Thread

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DeepBass9

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So I decided to enter the 2013 Amageza rally with my DR 650. At this point I have no idea at all what is required, or what I have let myself in for. What I hope to do is take my DR to the event and FINISH. No more, no less. This tread will be about how I get from here to there. Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated, especially from the vintage DR afficianodos, Veemax, Superdave et al, you know who you are. :thumleft:.

So, we start with the bike. Here are the specs from when it originally came out, (the 91 and the 90 were identical):

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Currently the bike looks like this (after taking it out for a mud ride this morning and picking up my first front puncture EVER)

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