Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta Dakar. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta Dakar. Mostrar todas las entradas

martes, 10 de diciembre de 2013

Serious Crash And HILARIOUS End (VIDEO)

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Breaking News: Canard OUT for 2014





Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Trey Canard was involved in a crash during practice over the Thanksgiving weekend while preparing for the 2014 Supercross season, sustaining a broken arm. Canard underwent successful surgery on Tuesday December 3, and will begin rehabilitation in preparation for the 2014 Supercross season.

“Of course we are disappointed that Trey will miss the opening  rounds of the 2014 SX season,” said Director of Racing, Ray Conway. “He has been going really fast at all our pre-season test sessions. We all know how hard Trey will work to get back as soon as he can, and the whole team can’t wait for his return.”








 From all the motocross fans and myself, get well soon Trey we will miss you in A1!
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jueves, 7 de noviembre de 2013

YZ 2014 YAMAHA

Back in 2001, Yamaha introduced a bike that changed modern motocross racing before our eyes. The YZ250F quickly rose to the top of professional racing. Other manufacturers were forced to catch-up while Yamaha enjoyed having a superior bike. Yamaha remained the only manufacturer without a fuel injected 250. 
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The term “all-new” is often times used loosely, but in Yamaha’s case, it’s easier to point out the few parts they carried over from 2013 rather than review the many changes made to the 2014 model. It’s literally an all-new bike. The chassis, cylinder, transmission, clutch, intake, exhaust, gas tank, handlebar mounts...
Many of the characteristics from the YZ450F carried over to the 250.  Their goal—and also the recent trend with other manufacturers—is to improve mass centralization, which aims to improve overall handling.
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The suspension changes to the 2014 model weren’t as drastic as most of the changes to the bike, which may have led to a more familiar feeling in the way it handle. Yamaha hasn’t claimed a 250 title here in the U.S. since Jason Lawrence won the 2008 Supercross West Region. 

lunes, 19 de agosto de 2013

Juan Carlos ''Chavo'' Salvatierra



Having Chavo Salvatierra as a family member can be honorable but at the same time risky. I say this due to the fact that he expects me to train at the same rythm he is training. I try to avoid his training calls but at the end of the day, training makes the master. Chavo has come a long way to become who he is today. He is considered to be the most successfull athlete Bolivia has ever had. To begin with, he used to race in Bolivia and won 9 national championships. He began racing at an old age when he was 15 years old. I think what helped Chavo was the fact that his dad distributed Honda and Kawasaki. This allowed him to see and be passionate about motorcycles. 




                                  

Question: What did it take to become a national champion?

Answer: I had to train at least four times a week on the motorcycle. At the track, i would practice start drills and corner drills. I would go for a cycle run at 5 am each morning. To create muscles, I would go to the gym three times a week.

Chavo was always looking to race international races until he heard about the Dakar. He got really interested in it and decided to give it a try. He knew it was one of the most physicall demanding races rally has to offer so he started training. He told me that he felt he could have trained a little more but he felt he needed to race. His first Dakar went extremely well breaking the stadistics. He finished top 35 out of 250 racers who many of them didnt have the ability of finishing. 


                                             Chavo was welcomed back home

Question: How was your first Dakar?

Answer: It was more than what i expected. Everything was harder and i knew i had to work 10 time harder to be able to accomplish something.

Chavo's second Dakar went pretty well. He improved and even got top 10 in one stage. He was third in various checkpoints and finished top 25 overall. He proved what he was made of. He told me that he knew what he needed training and pushed even harder for the 2012 Dakar. Overall, he was kind of satisfied because he knew he could have done better so he decided to wait for 2013.

                                                      Chavo hitting that dune.

Question: Did you feel anything different this edition?

Answer: Everything was different. The bike, my stamina, my knowledge everything improved. This is why i had a better result.

2013 was a successfull year for Chavo. After hiring the all time Dakar champion, he was more ready than ever. He decided to switch teams and trained even harder. I must say that 2013 was a better year for him because his whole family supported him throughout the whole race. We supported him and the expectations are getting higher every year. Chavo is expecting a top 10 for the next year or so. We hope he accomplishes his goal and puts Bolivia's name in Dakar history.

You can see my cousing pointing at Chavo sinc
-e we were tired of waiting for him. We missed him!


Podium

Question: Are you proud with this years result?

Answer: I am not that proud of this years result. I mean, I improved but due to bike problems I couldnt show everything i had. We will do it next year.