Cyril Neveu, winner of the first ever
Paris - Dakar Rally in 1978/79 on a Yamaha XT500
Season's greetings and all that stuff to one and all....
Things have been a bit quiet on the rally front as House
moves and other stuff get in the way, the rally bike hasn’t even made it to the
new house yet as the garage is still full of boxes, so it’s currently stored at
a friend’s place.
Around now I’m usually preparing for the Dakar Rally, using
the great coverage that is available on the ADV Rider forum:
Unfortunately
BT can’t connect up the phone line (and therefore provide internet access) at
the new house until the 5th of January. So at the moment I have to
rely on my fast dwindling mobile data allowance and the not very consistent
free BT WiFi available at the house. Luckily it will just about stream
Eurosport player so at least I can watch the highlights from the first few days of the Dakar until normal service is resumed!
I have also been contacted by a fellow Dakar enthusiast in
the shape of James Budd, who writes for the advjoe.ca blog, with some great historical information
on the first Dakar in 1978/9, check out the blog…
http://advjoe.ca/2015/12/the-story-of-the-first-dakar-rally-1979/
Happy New Year to you Tony - all the best in the 2016 Rally Season sir.
ReplyDeleteThanks for working with James and sharing the site, we really appreciate it. Hoping your internet issues are solved in a few days man,
Cheers,
Joe 'advjoe' Enberg