The New Year is only moments away, and every fresh calendar starts with the biggest off-road race on the planet – the Dakar Rally. This will be the second year in a row that the historic African event is held on the South American continent as it runs through Argentina and Chile. The season leading up to the 2010 rally has been full of big announcements and so we embark on another decade of Dakar racing with an event that could reshape the sport as we know it.
It was a back and forth battle with the French Dakar organizers, ASO, who have had concerns about bikes being too powerful and the resulting injuries and death, announcing that bikes no larger than 450cc would be allowed to compete. Well, to Austrian manufacturer and Dakar’s largest OEM supporter, KTM, which has … Details