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Does pilote refer here to car drivers or bike riders? In both cases I suppose the support system of the rally organizers carries their belongings, presumably in a trunk or trunks. For the cars, they'd probably refer to the co-driver/navigator too, and his trunk. And cars would probably have more spares. So I tend to think this refers to bike riders, many of whom will be minimalist, with what is presumably a small trunk containing changes of clothes, their toothbrush, etc. and just a couple of spare wheels.
Drivers / riders in a manufacturer's team undoubtedly have all mod-cons transported for them in vast quantities by their support crew, so would not be pilotes "malles".
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Avec la course à l’armement, inévitable, qui a commencé dès le début, 3-4 ans après la création, le modernisme, les assistances, le GPS, qui a totalement changé le Dakar, et la fragilité des motos, le nombre de « PILOTES MALLES » n’était que de 15 au départ cette année.
CE SONT DES PILOTES QUI PARTENT AVEC LEUR MOTO, UNE MALLE DE 200 LITRES ET UNE PAIRE DE ROUE. Il faut bien savoir que cette malle avec les roues aurait représenté un véritable luxe pour 95% des pilotes qui partaient il y a une bonne vingtaine d’années.
[ ... ]
Hors [sic!] un privé aurait besoin d’une moto dont le moteur peut faire 9000 kms sans rien toucher.
L’an prochain, ce sera des 450cc pour tout le monde et nous savons qu’il n’y a pas, malgré ce que l’on veut nous dire, un constructeur qui fabrique une 450 capable de faire le Dakar sans une énorme préparation.
Ces 15 pilotes repartiront-ils en CATÉGORIE « MALLES », SI ELLE EXISTE ENCORE ?
Cela implique une assistance, donc un coup supplémentaire, 4, 5 ou 6000 euros selon les offres, plus des pièces coûteuses, à mettre au bout de la note. http://moto.caradisiac.com/Dakar-2010-les-pilotes-males-en-v...
Thats what came off the spare bike and it all had to go into a secure box which needed to fit into the STANDARD ISSUE STEEL TRUNK WHICH IS CARRIED AROUND ON THE PLANE FROM BIVOUAC TO BIVOUAC. [ ... ] Maximum weight allowed for the TRUNK is 50kg and the officials do weigh it before allowing it on the plane for the first time, after that you can add to it and nobody checks the weight again.
Thats a good thing as my TRUNK weighs in at 49.8 kg without anything other than the spares in it.
This means that anything else i need in the PLANE TRUNK such as a sleeping bag, extra clothing, towel, wash bag, energy rations will have to be sneaked in later and be carried on one of the assistance vehicles for the first couple of days until we head into Morocco. http://duncansdakar.blogspot.com/
"Not too long ago I was riding on the DAKAR as an AMATEUR with A TRUNK OF SPARE PARTS AND A HANDFUL OF TIRES," said Casteu. "Now to finish second overall and cross the beach at Lac Rose in a podium position is a dream for me. It was a tough race, but I hope to be able to build on this superb result for the Gauloises KTM team." http://www.jaxquickfit.com.au/other-tyre-news-dakar.htm
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Pierrick Bonnet: “The BIKE TRUNK CHALLENGE, that's the real Dakar”. Pierrick will be taking on his eighth Dakar. His huge experience that has now become ... www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/RIDERS/us/equipage/52.html
Two prizes for Turkey in the Dakar Rally ... holders of the cups for second and third place in the MOTORCYCLE TRUNK CHALLENGE (UNASSISTED RACERS CATEGORY). ... www.thy.com/en-INT/skylife/article.aspx?mkl=310
Does pilote refer here to car drivers or bike riders? In both cases I suppose the support system of the rally organizers carries their belongings, presumably in a trunk or trunks. For the cars, they'd probably refer to the co-driver/navigator too, and his trunk. And cars would probably have more spares. So I tend to think this refers to bike riders, many of whom will be minimalist, with what is presumably a small trunk containing changes of clothes, their toothbrush, etc. and just a couple of spare wheels.
Drivers / riders in a manufacturer's team undoubtedly have all mod-cons transported for them in vast quantities by their support crew, so would not be pilotes "malles".
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2010-02-03 11:35:44 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Avec la course à l’armement, inévitable, qui a commencé dès le début, 3-4 ans après la création, le modernisme, les assistances, le GPS, qui a totalement changé le Dakar, et la fragilité des motos, le nombre de « PILOTES MALLES » n’était que de 15 au départ cette année.
CE SONT DES PILOTES QUI PARTENT AVEC LEUR MOTO, UNE MALLE DE 200 LITRES ET UNE PAIRE DE ROUE. Il faut bien savoir que cette malle avec les roues aurait représenté un véritable luxe pour 95% des pilotes qui partaient il y a une bonne vingtaine d’années.
[ ... ]
Hors [sic!] un privé aurait besoin d’une moto dont le moteur peut faire 9000 kms sans rien toucher.
L’an prochain, ce sera des 450cc pour tout le monde et nous savons qu’il n’y a pas, malgré ce que l’on veut nous dire, un constructeur qui fabrique une 450 capable de faire le Dakar sans une énorme préparation.
Ces 15 pilotes repartiront-ils en CATÉGORIE « MALLES », SI ELLE EXISTE ENCORE ?
Cela implique une assistance, donc un coup supplémentaire, 4, 5 ou 6000 euros selon les offres, plus des pièces coûteuses, à mettre au bout de la note. http://moto.caradisiac.com/Dakar-2010-les-pilotes-males-en-v...
Thats what came off the spare bike and it all had to go into a secure box which needed to fit into the STANDARD ISSUE STEEL TRUNK WHICH IS CARRIED AROUND ON THE PLANE FROM BIVOUAC TO BIVOUAC. [ ... ] Maximum weight allowed for the TRUNK is 50kg and the officials do weigh it before allowing it on the plane for the first time, after that you can add to it and nobody checks the weight again.
Thats a good thing as my TRUNK weighs in at 49.8 kg without anything other than the spares in it.
This means that anything else i need in the PLANE TRUNK such as a sleeping bag, extra clothing, towel, wash bag, energy rations will have to be sneaked in later and be carried on one of the assistance vehicles for the first couple of days until we head into Morocco. http://duncansdakar.blogspot.com/
"Not too long ago I was riding on the DAKAR as an AMATEUR with A TRUNK OF SPARE PARTS AND A HANDFUL OF TIRES," said Casteu. "Now to finish second overall and cross the beach at Lac Rose in a podium position is a dream for me. It was a tough race, but I hope to be able to build on this superb result for the Gauloises KTM team." http://www.jaxquickfit.com.au/other-tyre-news-dakar.htm
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 54 mins (2010-02-03 11:38:56 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Pierrick Bonnet: “The BIKE TRUNK CHALLENGE, that's the real Dakar”. Pierrick will be taking on his eighth Dakar. His huge experience that has now become ... www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/RIDERS/us/equipage/52.html
Two prizes for Turkey in the Dakar Rally ... holders of the cups for second and third place in the MOTORCYCLE TRUNK CHALLENGE (UNASSISTED RACERS CATEGORY). ... www.thy.com/en-INT/skylife/article.aspx?mkl=310
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