2011 Australian Safari

Looking forward to following the Safari very closely when it starts.

I will certainly be keeping a close eye on all the 'Berg riders .

Its on!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/9046404515/

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... 302&page=2

http://www.australasiansafari.com.au/website/home.html

[youtube:1d88b5p0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6peI83ohc[/youtube:1d88b5p0]

couple more links, really enjoyed Magnus the mechanics blog last year

http://anniedakar.wordpress.com/

http://rallybackstage.wordpress.com/

2 new vids

FWIW the advrider thread is the one to follow as allways

[youtube:16mhr2an]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_oLcdfe-IU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube:16mhr2an]

[youtube:16mhr2an]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t7xAFAZT2A[/youtube:16mhr2an]

Provisional MOTO results - overall - after LEG ONE

1st Todd Smith (Honda)
2nd Jacob Smith (Honda)
3rd Rod Faggotter (Yamaha)
4th Ben Grabham (KTM)
5th Matt Fish (KTM)
6th Cyril Despres (KTM)
7th Shane Diener (Yamaha)
8th Damien Grabham (Husberg)
9th David Schwarz (Husaberg)
10th Garry Connell (Husaberg)

[youtube:2oclkobx]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbXaJR7InU[/youtube:2oclkobx]

updates to the blogs linked above

http://www.ladakar.com/

http://anniedakar.wordpress.com/

http://rallybackstage.wordpress.com/

http://www.marathonrally.com/news/14082.0.html

[youtube:sz6hz5hj]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiNJMNa3XPw[/youtube:sz6hz5hj]

provisional top 10 overall after SS9 courtesy Troy on the advrider thread

1 2 SMITH Honda CRF450X 17:05:57

2 6 SMITH Honda CRF450X 17:15:50

3 31 DIENER Yamaha WR 450 F 17:16:19

4 56 FAGGOTTER Yamaha WR450F 17:35:19

5 5 DESPRES KTM 450RR 18:06:14

6 72 GRABHAM Husaberg FE570 18:17:39

7 41 WILLIAMS HONDA CRF450X 19:00:34

8 4 SCHWARZ Husaberg FE570 19:23:43

9 27 GEEVES Honda CRF450X 19:58:56

10 36 SCOBLE Honda CRF450X 20:00:55

Marathon stage tomorrow

also check the "news feeds"

on the aust safari youtube page

contains some good footage of some of the bikes

[youtube:n62yfgts]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xAFnmbDu1I[/youtube:n62yfgts]

from http://www.ladakar.com/

Manuel Lucchese said:

Sometimes it’s better to pull off

Click to expand...

:cheers:

[youtube:1jhc2of0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfdgxRBvkI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube:1jhc2of0]

Sams had a stage win, Annie and David are both being super consistent and Mick Heuchan #73 is doing very well (all on bergs)

unfortunately in things bergish Manuel crashed and got the chopper, Gazza crashed also on the same obstacle and Damien's engine died.

http://www.ladakar.com/

http://anniedakar.wordpress.com/

http://rallybackstage.wordpress.com/

[youtube:1yinciax]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rslGFZ8L_Ik&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube:1yinciax]
[youtube:1yinciax]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vziCn_d4eFY&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube:1yinciax]
[youtube:1yinciax]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ftQktVqnmk&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube:1yinciax]

from ADVrider... Gazza airlifted to hospital broken shoulder and punctured lung, Cyril out with a bit of metal through his boot into his foot, Manuel unable to continue during the stage got a lift on a truck. Damien s got a timber puncture in one of his lower limbs and sam although flying has problem with his clutch and did not finish the stage

looks like Annie and David still doing well and privateer William Coole on a berg now in top ten and Mick Heuchan still doing an outstanding job.

Deiner after cooking his engine and getting a max penalty is back out there and provisionally looks like now in 6th overall, amazing stuff really.

Unofficial Classifications - OVERALL: after LEG 6 completed
LEONORA BIVOUAC -

Stage Times Summary
Leg 6
Listed By Classification

Pos Veh Crew Vehicle Cat/ SS12 SS13 Time Position Penalty Event
No Class This Leg This Leg This Leg Total
1 2 SMITH, Todd 2011 Honda CRF450X M3.2 02:37:49 01:34:47 04:12:36 2 25:18:43
2 6 SMITH, Jacob 2011 Honda CRF450X M3.2 02:46:38 01:31:27 04:18:05 3 25:36:26
3 56 FAGGOTTER, Rod 2011 Yamaha WR450F M3.2 02:46:28 01:35:58 04:22:26 5 26:14:02
4 72 GRABHAM, Damien 2011 Husaberg FE570 M3.3 02:44:57 01:39:11 04:24:08 7 27:10:53
5 41 WILLIAMS, Ben 2011 HONDA CRF450X M2.2 02:49:50 01:32:32 04:22:22 4 27:56:04
6 31 DIENER, Shane 2011 Yamaha WR 450 F M3.2 02:37:23 01:25:50 04:03:13 1 28:00:08
7 4 SCHWARZ, David 2011 Husaberg FE570 M1.3 02:49:22 01:35:19 04:24:41 8 28:16:59
8 36 SCOBLE, Russell 2008 Honda CRF450X M2.2 02:52:43 01:34:44 04:27:27 9 29:01:19
9 29 COOLE, William 2011 Husaberg FE570 M2.3 02:56:46 01:39:00 04:35:46 11 29:29:28
10 27 GEEVES, David 2011 Honda CRF450X M2.2 03:02:49 01:37:47 04:40:36 12 29:30:43
11 73 HEUCHAN, Michael 2012 Husaberg FE570 M2.3 03:06:20 01:44:24 04:50:44 17 29:59:08
12 51 O'CONNOR, Troy 2010 KTM EXC 530 M2.3 02:49:10 01:40:07 04:29:17 10 30:45:04
13 35 BALL, Charlie 2010 Honda CRF450X M3.2 03:03:42 01:44:13 04:47:55 15 31:07:46
14 25 LARK, Don 2010 Honda CRF450X M3.2 03:43:30 01:45:40 05:29:10 22 31:44:18
15 11 SEEL, Annie 570 Husaberg FE570 M2.3 03:24:43 01:49:22 05:14:05 20 31:56:34
16 26 O'BRIEN, Ben 2011 Husaberg FE570 M1.3 03:04:28 01:41:37 04:46:05 13 32:19:53
17 39 COATES, David 2009 Honda CRF450X M1.2 03:06:29 01:41:12 04:47:41 14 32:32:58
18 74 SHEEHAN, Luke 2009 KTM 530 EXC M2.3 03:16:48 01:54:06 05:10:54 19 32:39:12
19 19 ERCEG, Ivan 2010 Honda CRF450X M2.2 02:43:53 01:39:09 04:23:02 6 32:42:21
20 89 COONEY, Steve 2007 KTM 950 SE M3.3 04:18:08 01:48:29 06:06:37 27 34:04:26
21 40 BOWEN, Stuart 2010 Honda CRF450X M2.2 03:08:17 01:45:47 04:54:04 18 34:47:01
22 15 BOUWKNEGT, John 2011 KTM 450 Rally M3.2 03:31:13 01:59:31 05:30:44 23 34:57:06
23 75 LAWN, David 2007 KTM SE 950R M3.3 04:44:06 MCx2 08:34:36 31 03:50:30 35:05:36
24 50 CHAPPELL, Marty 2011 KTM 530 EXC-R M2.3 03:39:43 01:57:48 05:37:31 24 35:40:36
25 38 SAUNDERS, Allan 2009 Honda CRF450x M3.2 03:56:03 02:05:40 06:01:43 26 36:51:08
26 34 WEXLER, Mark 2010 Yamaha WR450 M2.2 04:05:58 02:24:19 06:30:17 29 37:12:41
27 55 McKIE, Steve 2010 HUSABERG FE 570 M2.3 04:15:51 02:17:05 06:32:56 30 37:16:06
28 42 BURFORD, David 2011 Husaberg FE 570 M1.3 03:31:30 01:55:23 05:26:53 21 40:27:46
29 45 SCOTT, Andrew 2012 Husaberg FE570 M2.3 04:11:23 02:15:45 06:27:08 28 41:21:54
30 28 JONES, Andrew 2011 KTM 530 EXC M2.3 03:49:10 02:10:38 05:59:48 25 43:05:44
31 32 HODGMAN, Dale 2010 Husqvarna TE510 M3.3 03:04:31 01:44:54 04:49:25 16 43:56:58
5 DESPRES, Cyril 2012 KTM 450RR M3.2 02:49:31 02:49:31 *Inc*
*Incomplete*

18 LUCCHESE, Manuel 2011 Husaberg FE450 M1.2 03:58:15 03:58:15 *Inc*
*Incomplete*

1 GRABHAM, Ben 2010 KTM 450SXF M3.2 DNF DNF DNF DNF
8 GRUNDY, Glen 2011 Honda CRF450X11 M3.2 DNF DNF DNF DNF

Date 9/29/2011

[youtube:12fsu2yc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKoai6OiAQ&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube:12fsu2yc]

all done, Annie won a SSS stage :cheers: :cheers:

provisional results and excellent commentary on ADV rider

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... 302&page=6

3 bergs in top 10 and one in 11th, NO katooms

I guess there are a couple more vids to come and then the official results

when Gazza recovers a little he might have some more to add about this years event in general and how the bikes went. hope you recover quickly Garry, punctured lung is a nasty scratch.