Check this bike out: 7x @ Baja 500

This was Chris Blais' bike from the KTM/Redbull team, the KTM 690 Baja:






here it is in pre-runner trim:






for any offroad enthusiasts the name Chris Blais might be familiar because he has been running the Dakar on the KTM team for four (IIRC) years now. Used to be part of Team Honda in their Baja efforts. They came in second to 1x (Hengeveld - Team Honda).

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"Obama is going to make Hitler look like a boyscout."

he must have a butt of iron.

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"Many of our fellow citizens no longer have the tolerant souls and morals of free men and women. They have the souls and morals of busybodies and petty tyrants who want to run their neighbors' lives." -- Edward L. Hudgins

"Those who give up ESSENTIAL LIBERTY to purchase a little TEMPORARY SAFETY deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

Harley Davidson:
The most efficient device for converting fuel into noise without the adverse side effect of horsepower...

If I'm not mistaken they spend a good portion of the time they're riding standing up during the Dakar.

In offroad races its ~ 70% standing up, with 20% in a crouch with your ass just barely touching the seat and 10% sitting down. Sitting down while racing at 70+ mph in silt on a dirtbike is suicide. I think there was one team member with Blais and they swapped off at different times.

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"Obama is going to make Hitler look like a boyscout."