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Offline Mike52

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« on: January 05, 2012, 11:53:24 am »
Rodney Faggotter in 26th , 1.02 hr down but still traveling.
Go you good thing. :)

http://www.sbs.com.au/dakar/results/index/v/bikes/sts/overall/stg/3

All the Aussies are starting to claw their way up through the field.
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2012, 10:04:35 am »
Used to talk to Rodney heaps in 98/99 when we were living in Longreach and he and Richard Moore were the Central Queensland young guns. Genuinely nice bloke, wish him all the best.
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 11:03:27 pm »
Sadly Rod is now listed as having withdrawn. Two other Aussies have also fallen by the wayside. There are still 3 in the hunt though.

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Re: Dakar
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 09:05:35 am »
Yes, Rod was doing well, they decided to throw a new piston into his bike just as a precautionary measure.  Next day had a piston failure of some sort.  Murphy's law. 
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 11:23:46 am »
Ex Ballarat rovers rider (Ex Vic trials champion) Dean Nuttall is currently running 40th outright in the Dakar currently in front of NZ enduro star Chris Birch ;) and Australia's highest placed rider .What an effort .Just goes to show how trials riding can benefit enduro riding.Go Dakar Dean ;D
Link to Deans Dakar profile.
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2012/us/rider/dean-nuttall.html
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 11:35:57 am »
Just goes to show how trials riding can benefit enduro riding

All juniors in all disciplines should start in trials. It is the basis of two wheeled motorsport and I wish I'd had the chance to ride it when I was younger.
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 08:11:05 pm »
Chris Birch is also a former trials rider, pretty sure he still does the occasional trial
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 08:51:48 pm »

Dean is a current member & he has set up a facebook page "Dakar Dean" & we had 500 stubby holders made to commemerate this.
He went away with about 150 to throw out to the locals along the way.
Go here to have a look http://ballaratroversmcc.com.au/(Scroll down a bit)
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2012, 08:00:07 pm »
After todays effort Dean is now running 38th  :o
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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2012, 05:54:02 pm »
Dean Nuttall is now moved up to 37th .An amazing effort for a first time effort. :o
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2012, 06:10:58 am »
Story about Deans Dakar effort in Ballarat Courier News Paper for those who are interested.
http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/news-features/ballarat-biker-in-dakar-rally-midrace-mineshaft-rescue/2418407.aspx
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2012, 10:27:31 am »
Kiwi Chris Birch (red bull motomaniacs) smashed bike,going again up to 42nd overall/
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2012, 10:28:32 am »
Hardex,
that's the true Dean that we know. What an effort for a first timer. Go Dakar Dean ;D

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Re: Dakar
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2012, 03:42:27 pm »
Hi Stan,
Yes Dean is certainly a great sportsman and a role model to the next generation,something the other competitors could learn by .
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Re: Dakar
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2012, 01:42:28 pm »
Dean Nuttall finished a very credible 40th. As for the other two Aussies who finished, David Schwarz came in at 43, and Jamie Chttick was 54. Chris Birch (NZ) finished in 27th place.

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