Mon 26 September 2011
The Dakar edition of 2012 is coming closer and closer and with that the preparations of Team Honda Europe for the Worlds biggest long distance rally is gaining momentum. After months of developing and planning on the special parts needed to make from the Honda CRF 450 X a fully equipped rally bike, these parts are ready to fit on the new CRF450 DakarX Rally bike.
Meanwhile we can introduce to you most of our team members. The members of the Dakar 2012 line up for Team Honda Europe are:
Daniël Willemsen, nine times World champion sidecar motocross and twice finishing the Dakar Rally.
Jamie Chittic from Australia
Russian Alexey Naumov, last year on the Honda 75th
From Ukraine Vadym Prytuliak also a member of Team Honda Europe in 2011 and 90th overall.
For the Bolivian Jose Carlos Salvattiera the Dakar 2012 is almost on home soil, because the finish of the upcoming race is this year in Peru.
The Dutchmen Jan van Woerkum, Jan van Gerven, Marco van Geel, Ronald ter Beek en Geert Mulder will also join Team Honda Europe for the Dakar race from 2012.
The next step for the team in preparing for the start on January 1st of 2012 will be a test and a training in Morocco. By then we will introduce you to our top-riders.