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David934 1/4/2021 4:05am
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Boomslang wrote:
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the...
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short

After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the second stage. He ground to a halt after 273 km of the special due to a mechanical problem that he has not been able to fix. Convinced that it was not necessary to wait for help from his assistance team, he has thrown in the towel and has been airlifted from the stage by one of the organiser’s helicopters

Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
Remember last year last stage..
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Stuntman949 1/4/2021 7:50am
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BigBoreFan58 wrote:
"Brabec and Barreda said a GPS error sent them the wrong way, we’ll see what (if anything) come of that." I dont know enough about the...
"Brabec and Barreda said a GPS error sent them the wrong way, we’ll see what (if anything) come of that."

I dont know enough about the navigation, but if they don't navigate via GPS, how did a GPS error cause an issue?

If I understand it, the GPS does unlock once you're close the the waypoint. Perhaps that was the issue?
On certain virtual checkpoints, a GPS arrow will point in the direction of the waypoint once inside a certain vicinity
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Stuntman949 1/4/2021 7:50am
1/4/2021 7:50am Edited Date/Time 1/4/2021 7:51am
Boomslang wrote:
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the...
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short

After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the second stage. He ground to a halt after 273 km of the special due to a mechanical problem that he has not been able to fix. Convinced that it was not necessary to wait for help from his assistance team, he has thrown in the towel and has been airlifted from the stage by one of the organiser’s helicopters

Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
Happens to everyone. Sucks it happened so early on though
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Boomslang 1/4/2021 7:53am
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Boomslang wrote:
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the...
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short

After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the second stage. He ground to a halt after 273 km of the special due to a mechanical problem that he has not been able to fix. Convinced that it was not necessary to wait for help from his assistance team, he has thrown in the towel and has been airlifted from the stage by one of the organiser’s helicopters

Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
Stuntman949 wrote:
Happens to everyone. Sucks it happened so early on though
Shorty's engine must have suffered a catastrophic failure for him to walk away and in my opinion rather sooner than later.

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Motofinne 1/4/2021 8:10am
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Boomslang wrote:
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the...
13:09 Exit for Andrew Short

After three very impressive participations and especially a 6th-placed finish obtained in 2019, American Andrew Short has met with disappointment on the second stage. He ground to a halt after 273 km of the special due to a mechanical problem that he has not been able to fix. Convinced that it was not necessary to wait for help from his assistance team, he has thrown in the towel and has been airlifted from the stage by one of the organiser’s helicopters

Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
Stuntman949 wrote:
Happens to everyone. Sucks it happened so early on though
Well that's is what i mean by not a good look for Yamaha. Mechanical failures are part of that race, but this early? Yikes.
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DudeImSoRad 1/4/2021 8:31am
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Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
Stuntman949 wrote:
Happens to everyone. Sucks it happened so early on though
Motofinne wrote:
Well that's is what i mean by not a good look for Yamaha. Mechanical failures are part of that race, but this early? Yikes.
Look at F1, some of those guys end their races in the first turn. Hell, some don't even make it through the formation lap.
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LungButter 1/4/2021 8:43am
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Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
What won't be good is if it was a top-end related failure as all of his teammates still have 10 days to go and only one Piston Change without penalty this year.
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LungButter 1/4/2021 8:52am
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What a day again! This one might be a barn burner, we haven't even made it far enough in for tires and pistons to really come in to play yet and we already got drama!

Super bummed for Shorty, just gut wrenching really.

Seems like with the way it's gonna play out this year there is no reason to get too wound up about the results until after the rest day. Ricky and Toby did basically another flip flop today.

Bummed for Walkner to have a bike problem, but he's still in the race so now KTM has easily the fastest "water boy" on course, could be an advantage in the second half of the race for sure.

Cool to see Barreda get a Stage win, this is his last Dakar on the bike and although the Overall win has eluded him to date, he's a Dakar legend by any stretch. 25 stage wins is incredible!

10 days to go!

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Xeno 1/4/2021 9:15am
1/4/2021 9:15am Edited Date/Time 1/4/2021 9:17am
Motofinne wrote:
Not the best look for Yamaha.
It is very possible that Andrew Short received fuel contaminated with water. The fuel is not supplied by Yamaha, it is supplied by the organizer, ASO.
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DudeImSoRad 1/4/2021 9:37am
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All aboard the speculation train. Still super bummed for Shorty.
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Xeno 1/4/2021 10:19am
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LungButter wrote:
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" :laugh: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny Campbell...
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" Laughing

The team is very specific about what can and can't be shown in pictures.
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Ingjr1 1/4/2021 10:30am
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LungButter wrote:
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" :laugh: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny Campbell...
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" Laughing

Xeno wrote:
The team is very specific about what can and can't be shown in pictures.
Yet anyone with the cash can buy a KTM rally bike. Not a good look for Honda.
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Stuntman949 1/4/2021 10:38am
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Harley Davidson isn't racing Dakar. Not a good look for Harley Davidson.
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Xeno 1/4/2021 10:46am
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We all want a CRF450 Rally Replica. But it's just not going to happen.
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kiwifan 1/4/2021 11:29am
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LungButter wrote:
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" :laugh: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny Campbell...
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" Laughing

Xeno wrote:
The team is very specific about what can and can't be shown in pictures.
Ingjr1 wrote:
Yet anyone with the cash can buy a KTM rally bike. Not a good look for Honda.
huh??????

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crowe660 1/4/2021 12:40pm
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I don't know, looks pretty good to me.


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tobz 1/4/2021 2:28pm
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Price had a fuel tank issue. He’ll bounce back Cool
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crowe660 1/4/2021 6:45pm
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If they’re all provided the same fuel from the same supplier, does this point to sabotage? Thats a colossal waste of time and money wasted on something you have zero control over.
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Crush 1/4/2021 7:22pm
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Wow that is shyte for Shorty and Toby!
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LungButter 1/4/2021 8:30pm
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Crush wrote:
Wow that is shyte for Shorty and Toby!
Can you imagine if his bike woulda quit too and KTM woulda lost 2 contenders on Day 2.

Good on Toby bringing it home.


The he first riders are starting to take off for Day 3 special test now.
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fullysicmate 1/4/2021 9:44pm
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LungButter wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/04/470176/s1200_8C2E8CAA_70FA_4CB3_AC0A_184431896F76.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/04/470177/s1200_55BB50DC_3BC1_44F5_A06C_62491DBC36B3.jpg[/img]


If this is true then it is a fuck up of epic proportions on the event organiser/fuel supplier, colossal fuck up.
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Motofinne 1/4/2021 10:41pm
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Ffs. How the hell can the fuel provider fuck up like that?
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Bearuno 1/4/2021 11:23pm
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LungButter wrote:
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" :laugh: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny Campbell...
Never seem to get a look at those HRC 450s with their "clothes off" Laughing

This is a picture from a fair few years ago - that Engine has No similarity to any 450 Honda make for sale - or, even their MXGP 450s.



Just look at the cam cover, for a start.

I'd say it's still a totally different engine. If it had Any similarity to production or even Works MXGP engines, I'd think you'd see more 'unclothed' pictures. And Honda spruiking that it was 'production based'.

I hope we get to see some pictures this year to get an idea of what they are, underneath all that bodywork, currently .
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TallonT911 1/4/2021 11:50pm
1/4/2021 11:50pm Edited Date/Time 1/5/2021 12:30am
Still early in the stage but saw Skyler was leading so had to screen shot haha
He’s been solid top 10 the first few stages, I hope he can just keep it steady!! Sold pretty much everything he owned to get to Dakar this year.. he definitely deserves a good result/team for next year!



Edit: soo I was cherry picking a little bit with the screenshot since not all the riders had been through the waypoint yet, looks like he’s sitting around 4th
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