With legendary helicopter footage of riders speeding through the African landscape, making it look effortless, it could be easy to ask what does it take to ride a massive twin-cylinder ADV bike from Monaco to Dakar. But Paolo chuckles to himself when …
“For me, my biggest thrill so far was getting to my first Africa Eco Race finish in Dakar. And, to be clear, when I make this distinction, I’m not just talking about rallies, but from my whole life. Only those who have …
“Looking back on my early days riding, or even now, I wonder at times why I love to ride? For me, I think it’s been many reasons. The most important being that I’m alone. I love being alone. I don’t ever remember …
“I get pretty romantic about motorcycle travel and am constantly having visions about what I want to do, or where I want to go. When I am traveling by myself, I find that I can fulfill those dreams, because I can be …
“A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind.” – Thierry Sabine The idea for the classic Dakar Paris Rally came about when founder Thierry Sabine became lost racing his motorbike during the 1977 Abidjan-Nice Rally in the …
“We have been in South America for the past five months and are just amazed by the ever-changing scenery. We have never seen so many motorcyclists in all our lives as we have here. And why wouldn’t it be? It is a …
The image of a lone rally raid rider speeding across the desert. A thin plume of fesh-fesh rising into the air behind him as he throttles it through the Morrocan landscape. The back end of his machine dancing as it skirts over …
