As KTM seeks its 17th-straight Dakar Rally title, five Americans will compete in the 2018 Rally, including Honda's Ricky Brabec and Husky's Andrew Short.
For the 16th-straight time, KTM has won the Dakar Rally. Sam Sunderland claimed the 2017 Dakar Rally overall results, becoming the 1st Brit to win a Dakar.
The sole American in 2017 Dakar, Ricky Brabec, claimed his first-ever stage win Monday. The Honda rider beat teammate Goncalves at 2017 Dakar Rally stage 7.
The longest stage of 2017 Dakar Rally—stage 6—was canceled Saturday due to some tumultuous rain storms in Bolivia. The teams head to La Paz for a rest day.
Sherco's Juan Pedrero won the opening stage of 2017 Dakar Rally, claiming the position 12 seconds ahead of America's Ricky Brabec (Monster Energy Honda).
National Geographic gives a first-person view of riding the Dakar Rally - with the help of an Australian fashion model, a former Dakar Rally rider, and two Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L adventure motorcycles.
In this week’s first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena tells all about the Aprilia RS 660 Trofeo. The fabled Italian racing marque has produced a track-only version of its excellent streetbike, and Nic gave it a good thrashing around Laguna Seca recently. Even if you’re not a track junkie, you’ll find this to be an interesting take on an already really good machine.
In the second segment, Associate Editor Teejay Adams chats with teen racing sensation Kayla Yaakov. Kayla made a name for herself in the smaller classes as she was growing up, but having just turned 16 a few weeks ago, she was able to move up a class and race 600 Supersport for Tytler’s Racing at the last Moto America race of this year. In case you’re thinking this may be hype—she finished on the podium in 3rd place, having started the race 13th on the grid. That’s a heck of an accomplishment for a first race in the most competitive class of them all. Teejay chats with Kayla about growing up and where it all started.
From all of us here at Motos & Friends… we hope you enjoy this episode!