2009 Australian Safari Husaberg Rallye Racing Team

The 2009 Husaberg Rallye Racing Safari team is now in place without doubt the most experienced rallye racing team in the Safari field this year

The team this year will field 8 riders with the lead riders being

Andrew Coaker..............over 30 rallyes, inc 2 Dakars, 6 Safari's inc outright 3rd twice
David Schwarz..............2 Dakars, 6 Safari's inc multiple class wins & outright 3rd & 4th
Annie Seel...................10 years rallye racing, inc 3 Dakars
Brandon Keinhaus..........8th outright 2007 Safari
Mick Heuchen...............rallye newcomer, top 10 stage times '09 Condo 750

The other team riders are:
Garry Connell...............'01, '07 & '08 Safari's
Ben Green...................'07 Safari
Geoff Dean..................rallye newcomer

This team will be the largest Husaberg rallye racing team ever assembled at a rallye and the first to use the new 2009 Husabergs on a multi-day international level rallye .

This Safari will be dedicated to the memory of Anthony Crago, team mechanic for the 2008 Australasian Safari who recently passed away due to cancer RIP Anthony

The team wishes thank for their extensive support:
* Husaberg Australia
* Valley Force Husaberg - Lilydale VIC
* Wanneroo Motorcycles - Wangara WA
* Top Gear Motorcycles - Seaford VIC

see photos here http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... ost9817273

got a Berg Safari rallye bike build thread going on over in Oz Adv Rider forum

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=416713

I'm gonna look at the 610 kits late this year after the Safari is all done & dusted.

Hmmm the 700-750cc kits are tempting as well for the old motor

cant beat cubes

okle said:

I personally tested the 2009 berg in an international 6 day rallye in Spain, ( 22-29 may) wich is supposed to be the toughest rally in Europe.

never the less, this looks like a great team, so maybe you're not the first, probably you are the fastest...

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cool, which rallye was it ? do you have a link ?

what mods did you do to the bike ?

Top 5 Safari finish !!!

The Husaberg Rallye Racing team had a great Safari this year with two top ten placings and 6 bikes to the finish in what is considered to be the toughest Safari rallye of the last decade.

David Schwarz put his 2008 FE650 into 5th outright and Andrew Coaker his 2009 FE570 in 7th outright................top stuff guys

Annie Seel did her usual amazing iron woman rallye ride by overcoming pain big time to place 16th outright.

eight rider team with 15 service/support crew, largest Husberg rallye team at any multiday rallye ever

#7 David Schwarz - '08 FE650
#8 Andrew Coaker - '09 FE570
#10 Brandon Keinhaus - '07 FE650
#11 Annie Seel - '09 FE570
#29 Garry Connell - '09 FE570
#41 Geoff Dean - '09 FE570
#57 Ben Green - '09 FE570
#73 Mick Heuchan -- '09 FE570


In the teams debut year in 2008 we put a Berg into the top 10 with essentially novice Safari/rallye riders.

This year thanks to great consistent rides from David & Coake the team made top 5 in what is considered to be the toughest Safari in 10 years with the most competitive field racing at a flat out sprint pace the whole event

Of note there were 10 riders capable of making the podium this year or have done it before - Grabbo, Damien G, 2 X Smiths, AJ, Rod F, Fishy, Coake, David S, Ivan & Tim could have sneaked it

If you see the final times of the top 3, they were within 16 mins of each other, they were racing it like it was Finke not a 7 day 4,000km rallye

There was then almost a 2hr gap back to the the next bunch of Ivan & David etc

Both David and Annie commented strongly on how hot the pace was compared to other rallies and Safari's they had done

Also the dnf rate at 25% was the highest this year for the last 10 years

If Dakar regs were used that dnf rate would have gone up to 45%

So yes it was a TOUGH event this year, just as it should be

In 2010 the Husaberg Rallye Racing team's gaol is very much a podium finish

Lots of photos etc here http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost ... tcount=106