Dakar 2013: Sherco, the minnows rally

We finish the tour of “factories” have at Havre at the end of last week.

Sherco, it is far from the budgets of the “greats”. Always as assos 1901, CrocoAventures small team continues its path with a completely new bike, the factory Sherco entrusted to him.

The big news is the engine (the frame is also new) that we do not know much. Lawrence, the team mechanic was as talkative a carp on the subject!
This prototype was rolled in Morocco, we will not know more, if only one has a double overhead camshaft head, injection, nothing very secret there. The carbon shell of the rear tank was developed last year for the new vintage.

White Power plant suspensions are always prepared by Mac Racing equipment are serious, Excel, Brembo. Step two podiums in January, the team proved those who doubted with a top pilot, small structures can still play in the big leagues, at least occasionally.

In partnership with the factory CrocoAventures wants to develop this new bike to be able to offer short term model competent customer turnkey rally-raid.
Alain Duclos after a few years is the new Aprilia Pilot # 1, it will have the heavy responsibility to shine the brand. A second driver is newly arrived, riding the bike last year, James West has reinforcements.

Its name tells you maybe nothing, however, he was promoted to water carrier some formal Cyril Despres end of 2010, but a bad injury a few weeks before the 2011 Dakar had returned to oblivion. And boy spin “serious” right handle ……… it will seek the victory ROOKIE CHALLENGE 2013.