2011 SAFARI Takes Off

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  • #209741

    Greg
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfdgxRBvkI

    I dont think thats SB’s foot at the 41 sec mark his was in the shin I am sure. Old mates through the bottom of the sole as well :ohmy: Must be common it those there deserts :huh: That is the same size as yours Nick you rode for 200kms with it in and had a beer before you rode up to the hospital :laugh: :laugh:

    Some great footage in that clip, I love Safari time

    Hey Nick we should make sure we are in WA next year when the Safari is on

    TB

    #209764

    Wayne
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    DY4 has put the mocker on Team Blue!!!!!

    Just when you thought Deiner was going to stir up the Red front runners………………bang – mechanical failure!!

    #209501

    Dwayne O
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    And now Cyril has made a late move up the ladder with the front in his sights:woohoo:
    Made up some time today ;)
    Never rule him out for a podium place ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    #209768
    EAGLE`02 wrote:
    And now Cyril has made a late move up the ladder with the front in his sights:woohoo:
    Made up some time today ;)
    Never rule him out for a podium place ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Bugger……….
    Do you no what happen to the yammies eagles.

    …DY4…

    #209502

    Dwayne O
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    Mechanical as far as I can make out mate :whistle:

    Cyril is still an hour and a bit of the lead, but not that far off 3rd ;) especially since Diener`a Yamaha suffered a mechanical today and dropped his place. If one of the GHR bikes goes down or suffers mechanical problems it will be real interesting indeed :whistle:

    He most likely won`t push hard enough to make up the whole hour with Dakar looming, but I reckon he will give it a good shake :woohoo:

    Two days to go yet and close to 800k or more !!!!!

    #209774

    Greg
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    EAGLE`02 wrote:
    Mechanical as far as I can make out mate :whistle:

    Cyril is still an hour and a bit of the lead, but not that far off 3rd ;) especially since Diener`a Yamaha suffered a mechanical today and dropped his place. If one of the GHR bikes goes down or suffers mechanical problems it will be real interesting indeed :whistle:

    He most likely won`t push hard enough to make up the whole hour with Dakar looming, but I reckon he will give it a good shake :woohoo:

    Two days to go yet and close to 800k or more !!!!!

    Your dreaming Beags :laugh: Last stage yesterday Cyril was 11 mins slower than the Todd :huh: Have you read Cyril’s blog the bloke should have a little cheese with his whine :laugh: :laugh: He has more excuses than a married woman dodging sex :P
    I see with interest that Matt Fish’s KTM has blown an engine, that now leaves 1 KTM (be it Cyril) in the top 10 and only 2 in the top 15 by day’s end if they are lucky :pinch:
    Faggotter has a broken / knuckles he won’t be catching the GHR boys, and he has 35 mins on Cyril and if you read his blog he is worrying about riding in the rain and catching a cold
    TB

    #209861

    Greg
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    This afternoon Beag there will be NO ktms in the top ten it seems as Cyril has had a stick or something sharp puncture his boot and hurt his ankle. At Leonora hospital now…..

    TB

    #209866

    Greg
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    Overall
    Pos No Crew Vehicle Total

    1 2 SMITH Honda CRF450X 25:18:43

    2 6 SMITH Honda CRF450X 25:36:26

    3 56 FAGGOTTER Yamaha WR450F 26:14:02

    4 72 GRABHAM Husaberg FE570 27:10:53

    5 41 WILLIAMS HONDA CRF450X 27:56:04

    6 31 DIENER Yamaha WR 450 F 28:00:08

    7 4 SCHWARZ Husaberg FE570 28:16:59

    8 36 SCOBLE Honda CRF450X 29:01:19

    9 29 COOLE Husaberg FE570 29:29:28

    10 27 GEEVES Honda CRF450X 29:30:43

    No KTMs in the to 10 Eags and Cyril is gone

    5 Mighty Hondas, 3 Bergs (all 570’s) and 2 WRs

    Honda 1 2 Beags :woohoo:

    Here borrow from Troy at ADV a Safari Legend

    “Cyril had a piece of metal go through his boot. He is in hospital at the moment. You could see a hole through his boot, which I got a picture of.
    Speaking to Roland, its over.
    Spoke to Jake and Todd, who said it would have been dangerous to push today, since they have such a lead, they just consolidated.

    Shane had a good day as did Rod. No issues.

    Damien’s )(Grabham) leg is bandaged from his stick entry. Don’t know how he is still in it”

    TB

    #209503

    Brett
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    A big congrats to the Smith boys, great effort, and to Jake and the GHR Team;)
    And Rodd and Wombat and the Yamaha Team.
    Well done boys!!!!!
    Great result no bloody orange on the podium!!!:lol: 😆

    Cheers
    MacKa……

    #209504

    tim
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    Hats off to those that entered and well done to all that finished, Good on you Damian Grabham about time you had a go show at this event
    Interesting when you look at each brand results

    Honda 11 finished 3 DNF
    Husaberg 11 finished 2 DNF
    Yamaha 3 finished 2 DNF
    Husqvarna 1 finished 0 DNF
    Suzuki 0 finished 1 DNF
    KTM 6 finished 5 DNF

    As a Berg rider it is good to see the brand was supported well and the bad reliablity tag the brand has carried looks to have gone

    #209930

    Greg
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    medogrocket wrote:
    Hats off to those that entered and well done to all that finished, Good on you Damian Grabham about time you had a go show at this event
    Interesting when you look at each brand results

    Honda 11 finished 3 DNF
    Husaberg 11 finished 2 DNF
    Yamaha 3 finished 2 DNF
    Husqvarna 1 finished 0 DNF
    Suzuki 0 finished 1 DNF
    KTM 6 finished 5 DNF

    As a Berg rider it is good to see the brand was supported well and the bad reliablity tag the brand has carried looks to have gone

    Yeah good on Damian :) what a nice guy great result for him. Not sure if one good event for Berg means that they are now all good but reckon it’s a start :laugh:

    Here his what first, second and third look like. First and second Honda mounted ( congratulations to GHR, Todd and Jacob) well done to Rod as well as I heard he rode the last four days with broken knuckles?

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    Sb250 finishing

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    Ridden hard and happy, a Yamaha pilot living the power of dreams on a Honda, happy 40th SB for whenever it is, lived the dream

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    Winner are grinners and ride Hondas ;)

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    TB

    #209937

    Greg
    Member

    Results here

    SB finished 20th out of 33 if I counted right just in front of Don Lark. Feel a bit sorry for Don, he is a long time supporter of all that is Condo bikes and events there. He was running real strong further up the field and had some sort of problem during the last day or day before I can’t remember exactly and dropped a fair few places. Thats racing I guess ;)

    TB

    #209938

    Mal
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    Cograts on the finish SB.

    Nice job, what next on the bucket list?

    #209505

    Brett
    Member

    You were right on it there TB Rod ran the last 5 days with a busted hand,
    and a great effort by Damo, he also came in with some ‘broken’ bits, stick through the boot I hear:ohmy:
    tougher than a frenchman they sayB)

    Don had a ‘mechanical difficulty’ that put him back a bit,

    from what I am hearing all the lads had fairly decent off’s at some stage or another..
    Todd probably coming out the least injured..

    #209939

    Stuart
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    mal5.1 wrote:
    Cograts on the finish SB.

    Nice job, what next on the bucket list?

    Thanks Mal

    Safari 2011 was a tough event, mentally & physically. With the biggest competitive section of 320 km’s after lunch on day 3 & following a morning 230 km competitive it was areal test. As much as I was glad to be at the finish I would of been happy to do a couple more days. ( in perspective it would be the same as racing Sydney to Nambucca heads over rough farm tracks & trails then doing a another 200km of trail & roads to get home in one day.)

    I was seeded each morning to start either before or after Anny Seel, she is an awesome woman & rider, to be competitve with her is an achievment in itself.

    Top speed of the honda was 164k with a tail wind, the first stage on the last day started straight into a long straight about 10k long and sat the bike up there for most of it.

    Safari, I would recommend to anyone to do at least once.

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