As KTM seeks its 17th-straight Dakar Rally title, five Americans will compete in the 2018 Rally, including Honda's Ricky Brabec and Husky's Andrew Short.
For the 16th-straight time, KTM has won the Dakar Rally. Sam Sunderland claimed the 2017 Dakar Rally overall results, becoming the 1st Brit to win a Dakar.
The sole American in 2017 Dakar, Ricky Brabec, claimed his first-ever stage win Monday. The Honda rider beat teammate Goncalves at 2017 Dakar Rally stage 7.
The longest stage of 2017 Dakar Rally—stage 6—was canceled Saturday due to some tumultuous rain storms in Bolivia. The teams head to La Paz for a rest day.
Sherco's Juan Pedrero won the opening stage of 2017 Dakar Rally, claiming the position 12 seconds ahead of America's Ricky Brabec (Monster Energy Honda).
National Geographic gives a first-person view of riding the Dakar Rally - with the help of an Australian fashion model, a former Dakar Rally rider, and two Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L adventure motorcycles.
In our product Snippet this week, I chat with Teejay Adams about the new Cortech Lite gloves. Essentially, Cortech has utilized a new type of material that is both super-thin yet tough, and perfectly suited to lightweight riding gloves.
In our second segment Teejay Adams has a fun chat with an influencer she recently met on the Kawasaki Eliminator launch in California. @AyaLolwut (Instagram) is a motorcycle enthusiast through and through. Aya is a software engineer for a healthcare provider, and she also models—sometimes with a motorcycle, sometimes without. Aya is a busy lady and seems to split her time between riding, modeling, riding, working, wrenching, and then apparently, riding some more.
So, from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling—we hope you enjoy this episode!