The Darkcyd Racing Team’s Desert Warrior, a custom-built off-road racing vehicle designed to endure perhaps the toughest race on the planet—The Dakar—sat at the team camp at Estero Beach just south of Ensenada. Unsure if the Desert Warrior, made by well-known British builder Rally Raid UK, would be able to run in the 2011 Tecate […]
The day before a big race always creates a halo of excitement, tension and tentativeness among race teams and crews and even blogger photographers. Darkcyd Racing and driver Robb Rill had little experience with the lastest steed in its stable: The Rally Raid UK built Desert Warrior — a complex and sturdy machine engineered, initially, […]
When it comes to adventure and travel spontaneity can be a friend or it can be a foe. When friend, fellow motorcyclist and rally racing car driver Robb Rill asked me to join him once again for another race in Mexico, I was excited and ready to continue to learn and explore this exciting sport. […]
On the heels of its successful showing (2nd place in class) the Darkcyd Racing Team has been busy preparing a new vehicle for entry into the legendary SCORE Baja 500 – a brutal and grueling race down the roughest terrain on the Baja California Peninsula just south of San Diego. With a lifelong dream to […]
To Finish Is To Win – WRC Rally Mexico As a reader of this blog, you’ll remember the trials and tribulations of the Darkcyd Racing Team and its bid to finish at the World Rally Championship (WRC) in León Mexico. During the race several photographers and videographers contributed pictures and footage that has now been […]
WorldRider Presentation Southern California BMW Motorcycles of Ventura County You’re invited to attend Allan Karl’s only Southern California appearance Thursday evening at 6:30pm at BMW Motorcycles of Ventura County in Newbury Park. An evening of storytelling, photography and exciting video along with an always dynamic Q&A session. Come see what it’s like to travel the […]
While I’ve been working and hanging out in Southern California, I am excited for two reasons. First, I’m pleased that my adventure motorcyclist friend, Daniel Robla from Argentina is visiting me for a few days here in California. It’s been nearly four years since I last saw him in Argenina in Buenos Aires. We traveled […]
Yesterday I heard from Gregor, the Slovenian biker I met in Jordan a few years back. As I noted in February, Gregor and his wife made plans to visit the United States. This was actually a backup plan since they’d originally planned to ride from Slovenia to Egypt. But the tumultuous mideast caused them to […]
With the team feeling better about Saturday’s successes, rolling into Sunday with less apprehension and the level excitement seen on everyone’s faces. Though the crew knew that lurking above was the harbinger of doom: will the brakes last another day of racing? Trailing just a few minutes behind Fricke and his Rally Team of Dreams […]
By the time the second day of WRC Rally Mexico started, only 5 Rally America group cars were still in the race. The rough roads, intense heat and constant beating of cars had whittled the pack in half. The Darkcyd Racing Team strategy was simple: finish the race. Around the pit there was apprehension about […]
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