It might be a worldwide financial crisis for many with thousands of people out of a job and home, but for some passionate racers, it just doesn't really matter. In the space of 2 months, the Dakar  rally has sold out all its spaces for motorcycles.
A total of 305 motorcycles & quads have registered for the race that starts next year in Santiago de Chile. But only 220 of them will actually start on the 5th of January 2013.
  Dakar 2005 © Motorbiker |
10 Latin-Americans, and the rest are motorcycle racers from 51 different nationalities. It's interesting to see so many people want to race in a "dream of a lifetime". Typically, it'll cost some $75,000 to participate, counting your bike, spares, transport, etc. Some people have even mortgaged their house so that they can participate.
 Dakar 2005 © Motorbiker |
At this moment I'm still contemplating to attend the mythic event, but it depends on me finding a magazine or newspaper that will help finance the trip (it costs a lot of money as accredited press to attend). We'll see...
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