Honda Goes to Dakar in 2013!

Will Big Red be able to conquer the Dakar as they did the Baja and many other grueling endurance events the world over? They lost out at the Baja 500 this year for the first time in 15 years to an upstart Kawasaki team (not really - the THR Monster Team was very strong as evidenced by the results), but Team Green does not yet have a factory-backed bike in the Dakar and it is Honda after 23 years away. It will be an interesting few months as we hear more from Honda about their Dakar 2013 machine.

We know the team, though: Helder Rodrigues, from Portugal, motocross and enduro rider Felipe Zanol of Brazil, Sam Sunderland from the United Kingdom and Javier Pizzolito of Argentina. For a little more have a quick read here:

http://tinyurl.com/6rgstwk

Early Results from Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Desert Race

Well, probably the most well-known motorcycle racer in Baja 1000 racing, Johnny Campbell, had his team on the top spot in Class 22 on their Honda CRF450X. The team consisted of Kendall Norman, Tim Weigand and Quinn Cody - also some well recognized off-road racers. The race consisted of a 672.85-mile course of natural desert terrain; it started for the 35th time and finished for the 20th time in Ensenada, Mexico, 65 miles south of the U.S. border at San Diego. Over 250,000 fans were in attendance at the historic race...

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Honda CRF450X ISDE Bike Build - Chilly White

Chilly White will be riding in the Portugal ISDE in October of this year. On this page, he gives an extensively detailed write-up on the modifications he and his team made to his Honda CRF450X for that event.

http://tinyurl.com/nvgauf