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Comment by will on December 17, 2011 at 4:28pm

That there is one ugly parts list WJM. I sure hope the whispers about Honda bringing back the CR are true,I'm due for a new bike.

Comment by WJM on December 17, 2011 at 4:18pm

Why I hate 4-stroke motocross bikes

Comment by will on December 17, 2011 at 3:01pm

A new element for the bikes this year, should make it interesting...

DAKAR BRIEF: SEMI-MARATHON STAGE FOR BIKES-On the evening of the 11th stage (ARICA to AREQUIPA), motorcycle and quad riders will be accommodated in a specific bivouac. This should enable them to avoid a lengthy liaison section the following morning. An additional constraint has been introduced, as assistance vehicles will not have access to this bivouac. Vehicles will be parked in a maintenance area, to which only competitors who are involved in the race will have access.

Comment by J.R. Sands on December 16, 2011 at 9:07pm

I have a Roll-chart box...from the 60's...ha. It's old but work's. Most of the riders in MLDS are GPS guy's

Comment by will on December 16, 2011 at 8:29pm

The coiled wire in that photo is the thumb switch for the roller motor, which is mounted on the left side of the handle bars.

Comment by Mike Kenyon on December 16, 2011 at 8:22pm

the road book is 'roll'd' on the tower

Comment by will on December 16, 2011 at 7:48pm

GPS is not supplied. Only the cordenants  which are in the road book (roll chart for bikes) which you get after completing the previous stage.

Comment by J.R. Sands on December 16, 2011 at 7:41pm

One more thing I been wanting to ask, it's about the GPS for the bikes at Dakar. Supplied by officials ? no prerunn? day by day ? So no notes

Comment by J.R. Sands on December 16, 2011 at 7:38pm

Thanks Will....

Comment by will on December 16, 2011 at 7:36pm

Try this JR-

The term bivouac was introduced into English from French but did not become common until after the Napoleonic Wars; it ultimately stems from the Alsatianor Swiss German word biwacht. (Broken down, it reads bie- (the modern German equivalent is bei-) for subordinate, secondary and wacht for guarding as in secondary night watch.) Originally, the term referred to a guard duty watch set up outside a fortified town to warn of approaching enemy armies, in addition to the main watch inside the town that functioned more or less like a police station does today; these secondary watches used temporary shelter, and the term eventually came to refer to that aspect only.^[3]

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