Welcome to www.dakar.se. Site of Gustaf Bengtsson
The contents of this site is about my planning for my first motorcycletrip. The tripdate is planned to be late october 2004, but it all started in my mind over a year ago.
I've always had a facination and passion for two-wheeled vehicles. Until recently that's been limited to bicycles. Riding mountainbike and working as a bikemessenger in Stockholm.
The trigger was a documentary about seven UK motorcyclists, Mark Friend (Business Accountant); Dr Clive Greenhough (Doctor of Dispatch); William Penty (French and Japanese Teacher); Chas Penty (Journalist); Nick Stubley (Aircraft Engineer); Austin Vince (Maths Teacher); Gerald Vince (Railway Clerk and Walking Encyclopaedia), calling themselves "Mondo Enduro" trying to ride the longest land route round the world, 28,000 km, in the shortest possible time. I started to look around the net and found alot of good information for making such a trip. After some planning and a Tv-documentary of Anette Bovin riding her Suzuki DR350 från Akalla (Sweden) to Accra (Ghana) I decided i would plan my trip to westafrica.
I started to look for travelguides and books covering the subject and found an array of useful stuff.
Some overlanders with useful books and websites that hevily inspired me would be:
Ted Simon, wrote a book about his 4 year around the world motorcycle ride, made in 1976 Ted Simon on a 500cc Triumph Tiger. Author of; "Jupiter's travels" ISBN: 0140054103 "Riding high" ISBN: 0965478513
Chris Scott, extremly experienced sahara rider. Author of; "Adventure Motorcycling Handbook" ISBN: 1873756372 "Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide" ISBN: 1873756267
Any overlander link list would be incomplete without Horizons Unlimited. A huge site packed with information, tips and a great bulletin board for up to date information and any question you might have. The site was made by Grant & Susan Johnson. The couple have covered most of the globe with their BMW R80G/S. The site can be found at; http://www.horizonsunlimited.com.
Ted Simon, wrote a book about his 4 year around the world motorcycle ride, made in 1976 Ted Simon on a 500cc Triumph Tiger. Author of; "Jupiter's travels" ISBN: 0140054103 "Riding high" ISBN: 0965478513
Allt började med några böcker och en dokumentärfilm om 7 britter som fick för sig att åka jorden runt på mc. Provar man inte vet man aldrig om man kunde gjort det, så börjar det.
En mc behövs, efter lite letande köpte jag en Yamaha XT 600E från -95.
Lite tidiga provturer i aprilväder.
