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    Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    Anton 88 got my head going with all the mad work he did to his bike . So off I went spanners in hand . In the middle of the strip ,I'm in the grip youtube Paris Dakar tributes , and now cannot bring my self to changing the paint work , feels like Id be covering what the bike is ,what the bikes have done , I be kinda making it anonymous if I changed the colors .
    So my quest within a quest is to ask you, the keepers of the asylum who is the one rider most widely accepted as the face of the Africa twin? excluding your self of course.

    I'm going to Dakar my bike i.e. a replica of a famous riders mount.

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    Im not going to Dakar ,Im going to add to the existing colour scheme to make it look like a twin that ran in the famous Paris to Dakar Races.

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    Re: Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    Well it really can be any of the Dakar RD03/4 riders, if you are making a replica what about a set of rear Marathon panels, several of us on here are building bikes with the Marathon panels that I now have available.
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    650 1988 Guy Tardieu
    650 1990 Toni Boluda

    OK look good . Question was the marathon the only official Honda XRV @ to take part in the race. Ive started trawling the web to put the story together so apologies if I get it side ways around this.

    Are you guys running a group within a group ( XRV Dakar Specific?)

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    Re: Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    Eddy Hau

    1990 RD04
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    1990 RD04
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    Re: Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    Quote Originally Posted by kitped View Post
    Well it really can be any of the Dakar RD03/4 riders, if you are making a replica what about a set of rear Marathon panels, several of us on here are building bikes with the Marathon panels that I now have available.
    Kitped

    How much for the panels also are they made to take the back up tank in the rear? Im in correction land now so correct me.

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    atgreg I think Ive opened a door with you , think your going to be flooding my head with Toussaint and Sireyjol !!!!!

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    Re: Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    bloody hell I don't know which is worse this forum or the shed , when I'm in the shed I want to be on the forum , when I'm on the forum I want to be in the shed

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    Re: Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    I think Cyril Neveu should get a mention, Winning twice on the NXR750,once on the xr550, and twice on an xt.That's about as good as it gets.Though Boboneleg has been known to give a twin a good thrashing......


    And for a modern rider still riding an RD04,The winner is.........Francesco, by a sandy mile.

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    Re: Greatest RD03-RD04 Dakar Riders Ever

    Mel

    Thanks for the info .

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