2011 Dakar > Husaberg has a rider ( team?)

JW · Jul 19, 2010

it seems that husaberg is seriously supporting someone ( Berglund ) with a Dakar mission! Great news, you can follow the build at berglundracing.com . I bet Gazza can share some tips.. I hope this means Husaberg will help devellop some more aftermarket hardware.

good news for my 2012/2013 project! :bounce3:

cypher · Jul 19, 2010

seen this somewhere else a couple of weeks ago.

isnt he either in the Army or at least supported by them?

rode last years dakar on a ktm i think.

Smorgasbord · Jul 19, 2010

They are looking at having fuel tanks made, seeing it as the biggest problem right now.
Maybe the 4 gallon tank is not to their liking?, too top heavy perhaps?

In the Royal Lifeguard, I think.

JW · Jul 20, 2010

the DALE tank + the Aqualine front tank gives 20 liter, if you add the saddletank ik wil be 28. Should be more then enough i'd say...

Jocke_D · Jul 20, 2010

cypher said:
seen this somewhere else a couple of weeks ago.

isnt he either in the Army or at least supported by them?

rode last years dakar on a ktm i think.

Yeah I was sure I posted something about that but now I can't find it.
I'm keeping an eye at the major swedish off road forum, where Thomas sometimes posts (and Annie as well), and you can be sure that when something pops up I'll relay it here :mrgreen:

You can follow Thomas' progress at www.berglundracing.com Well, you can at least look at the pictures :mrgreen:

Smorgasbord · Jul 20, 2010

JW said:
the DALE tank + the Aqualine front tank gives 20 liter, if you add the saddletank ik wil be 28. Should be more then enough i'd say...

Exactly! Which is why I think the possible fuel capacity is not the actual problem, it must be something else that is their concern regarding the available fuel tanks. Like center of gravity for instance?, I don't know.

Smorgasbord · Jul 20, 2010

Is Norwegian Dakar rider P A Ullevålseter getting a Husaberg too? 8O

Gazza · Jul 20, 2010

Smorgasbord said:
JW said:

the DALE tank + the Aqualine front tank gives 20 liter, if you add the saddletank ik wil be 28. Should be more then enough i'd say...

Click to expand...

Exactly! Which is why I think the possible fuel capacity is not the actual problem, it must be something else that is their concern regarding the available fuel tanks. Like center of gravity for instance?, I don't know.

Its $$$$ he has been given bikes but no $$$ for parts, so they are fabricating in the army workshops I believe

Gazza · Jul 20, 2010

Smorgasbord said:
Is Norwegian Dakar rider P A Ullevålseter getting a Husaberg too? 8O

No, Ullevaseter is getting one of the new KTM 450 rallye bikes. He and Thomas will be sharing the same Swedish Army support truck that they have used the last couple of years.

For those that dont know Thomas Berglund came 12th outright last year on a KTM690RR...............he should go well on the Berg, top 15 and probably at times in the top 10.

http://www.husaberg.com/Husaberg-at-the ... 39b99aed06

www.berglundracing.com

With some luck he should bring home the first Husaberg to ever finish Dakar !!

It will be interesting to see if any other privateers decide to use a Husaberg in 2011 Dakar as for them the 570 is still allowed and I know it is a stronger bike than say a KTM 530 etc

Davo · Jul 20, 2010

Are you entering the Dakar this year Gazza?

Gazza · Jul 20, 2010

Davo said:
Are you entering the Dakar this year Gazza?

nah, think I have done my Dakar dash unfortunately.

But I am pretty much locked in to go to Brazil in Aug 2011 to race the FIM Rally dos Sertoes which is a 10 day rallye very similar to the Safari here.

And also I am going to race the FIM Sardegna Rally in Sardinia Italy, in April 2011 which is 5 day rallye a lot like our Condo 750 rallye in NSW.

Both of these events are part of the 2011 FIM world cross country rallye championship series.

For the $$$ 1 Dakar race costs you could afford to do the whole 5 rounds of the FIM world championship cross country rallye events !!

Davo · Jul 20, 2010

Thanks for the update Gazza. I hope you do well in the FIM Rally's.
If you race any in NSW please let us know, I wouldn't mind going to watch a FE570 (or 610) at full noise go past.

Taffy · Jul 21, 2010

Smorgasbord said:
Exactly! Which is why I think the possible fuel capacity is not the actual problem, it must be something else that is their concern regarding the available fuel tanks. Like center of gravity for instance?, I don't know.

it's also a great opportunity to move weight around on the bike.

fuel, battery, gubbins

regards

Taffy

Gazza · Jul 21, 2010

Davo said:
If you race any in NSW please let us know, I wouldn't mind going to watch a FE570 (or 610) at full noise go past.

I'll be coming over for Condo 750 next Easter for sure, wouldnt miss it, its a great event, did it '08 & '09 had to miss it this year due to the post Dakar time & $$ black hole :cry:

We should have a good Berg rallye team at Condo next year and yes the 610 WILL be there, gunna try it with a Rekluse EXP clutch.............should be a real fast lazy man's bike with all the grunt and auto clutch :lol: :lol:

Smorgasbord · Jan 1, 2011

http://forum.soe.se/showthread.php?t=45810&page=14

Smorgasbord · Jan 16, 2011

1st Husaberg, Berglund, DNF due to a broken collar bone.
2nd Husaberg, Bodinger, DNF, the motor stopped running, they found later that no coolant was left in the motor and at least the piston was damaged. He did not see it boiling and it is still unknown where the coolant went.

JW · Jan 16, 2011

Its really yoo bad both didnt make it. Bodinger came a long way, it was a tough one this year. The only good news is i could be the first to bring in a husaberg in the dakar, but i sure hope next year more bikes wil enter and finish the race. One is beiing built in hollande, where i am, right now. I will use some of the solutions this march in the libya rallye.

If you want to follow this log on to www.dakar2012.nl and tap the language you like best, google should translate this site fine for you?

Jw

Gazza · Jan 16, 2011

Smorgasbord said:
He did not see it boiling and it is still unknown where the coolant went.

My bet would be the laminates leaked on the head gasket and it was pumped out the over flow.

We had this happen on 2009 Safari till we fixed it by using Hylomar glue to glue the laminates together before use, never happend since. It only shows up on sustained fast high speed or high revs desert use as the frame head stay ever so slightly detensions the head enough for a leak to start on the inlet side where the water jacket is closest.
With now close to 50,000km of desert rallye racing over 2 years on the new Bergs we think we have seen most of the things to watch out for, this is one of them.

Overall the bike & motor is very reliable and with good prep will not doubt finish a Dakar or any other rally.

ElSnorro · Jan 17, 2011

JW said:
Its really yoo bad both didnt make it. Bodinger came a long way, it was a tough one this year. The only good news is i could be the first to bring in a husaberg in the dakar, but i sure hope next year more bikes wil enter and finish the race. One is beiing built in hollande, where i am, right now. I will use some of the solutions this march in the libya rallye.

If you want to follow this log on to http://www.dakar2012.nl and tap the language you like best, google should translate this site fine for you?

Jw

Hi JW I just read your site, great job and all the best in the 2012 Dakar!
Greetings from the Netherlands :cheers:

Davo · Apr 19, 2011

Gazza said:
Davo said:

If you race any in NSW please let us know, I wouldn't mind going to watch a FE570 (or 610) at full noise go past.

Click to expand...

I'll be coming over for Condo 750 next Easter for sure, wouldnt miss it, its a great event, did it '08 & '09 had to miss it this year due to the post Dakar time & $$ black hole :cry:

We should have a good Berg rallye team at Condo next year and yes the 610 WILL be there, gunna try it with a Rekluse EXP clutch.............should be a real fast lazy man's bike with all the grunt and auto clutch :lol: :lol:

Good luck in the Condo 750 this weekend Gazza. Hope the 570 (or 610) goes well :cheers:
Davo.

Search

Search

2011 Dakar > Husaberg has a rider ( team?)

JW

cypher

Smorgasbord

JW

Jocke_D

Smorgasbord

Smorgasbord

Gazza

Gazza

Davo

Gazza

Davo

Taffy

Gazza

Smorgasbord

Smorgasbord

JW

Gazza

ElSnorro

Davo

Similar threads

Register CTA

Recent Discussions