2017 Dakar Rally – Stage 12 Results

2017 Dakar Rally – Stage 12 Results That’s it. The 2017 Dakar Rally is finally over, with Stage 12 concluding today in the capitol city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a short 64km timed special, the results were unlikely to change much, barring some sort of unexpected catastrophe. Anything can happen in the Dakar Rally,…

Girl Meets World on FZ-07 Motorcycle: Chapter 2, Part 20

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Supertrackers: Dirt Track Looks to the Future

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Colombia Motorcycle Adventure Log: Day 02

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2017 Dakar Rally – Stage 5: Short, But Not So Sweet

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Colombia Motorcycle Adventure Log: Day 01

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