le dakar

greg-h

dakar


Hello since the age of 7 I have wished to compeat in the dakar rally.It is something I must do for if I did not I could not look back on life and say I lived it to the full.I am curently 17 and have just started thinking about how this Is going to happen and I have no idea were to start I wish to start of on a bike and hopefully progess to a car at a alter stage so here is my question. 1) were the hell do I start 2) who easy hard is it to start in this form of motorsport. 3)what sort of bike should I get etc. so far the only step I have taken is filling out the entry form for 2015. please any help given would be so greatly appricated

Garibaldi

You'd need an FIA licence. They have an office in Belfast, I think. A quick Google should sort that out for you. They'd probably be able to point you in the direction of some decent resources for advice and training aswell.

A few experienced riders do occassionally swing by at www.ukgser.com, so you might get more informed advice there.

Good luck with it. It's something I wanted to do for years, but I left it too long, and now, unless I won a ****load of cash, there's just no way. Sigh.....

Hotblack Desiato

The best thing to do is probably motocross/enduro for a few years - if you win everything in sight here in Ireland then you might be good enough to consider entering the Dakar - after another couple of years spent doing some pretty extreme endurance training. You'll need to be a top athlete to be able to cope with the physical stresses involved. There are a few sites about which have been written by competitors, GIYF. Most of the entrants are in their 30s - you need experience and stamina that only comes with years of very hard work. Good luck!