Once we land on Mars...this is the first thing we should do there.

Still one of the best Dakar vids on here.

I'm from California, I know about Baja and I totally agree...DAKAR IS THE BEST! Starts on the European side in wintertime, through the sahara, and finishes in Dakar, Senegal in the African continent. Extreme conditions from day 1, nothing compares or comes close.

Um verdadeiro espectáculo de rally........isto sim ...... fantástico....

The Progression of the Camera (1979-2009)

@ 4:40, nothing like a pissed off french rider LOL. Great video, some great riders and drivers there. Not being sarcastic either! Anyone that competes in rally raid has my respect

watched while listening "Requiem 1 Giuseppe Verdi - Dies irae, Libera me"... perfect synesthesia.

The faster you go the more you see great watch amazing ride.

.....isto sim um verdadeiro espectáculo de rally.....fantástico......

very very nice video can any one please tell me the name of the last rider wears yellow

Whoa, the spectators are coldblooded at 1:06. I would piss my pants and the leftmost one didn´t even move.

Im going to compete in this one day. its been my dream since i was a kid.

great video .....after muted

I have done what he did at 3:44. Twice.- it hurts like hell. This is an awesome vid!

the first things they only get stuck?? but great vid

Textbook montage, perfect. The music... pity. I'd rather hear the original sounds.

@bulletmunger the bikes are like the coolest category! They're really on their own out there. They don't have spare wheels or anything with them, they can only rely on their own skills and own mechanical knowledge. That is the real deal!

Good job man!! You are right, Baja can not be compared to the Dakar.

nice movie!

very nice

Bloody awesome! Nice post mate! :) :)

In the Dakar rally you have 3 main classes : bikes, quads, cars and trucks. There's no overall winner Bikes are now limited to 92mph so most people are using 450cc bikes. Quads are limited to 75mph but people are still using a kinda-wide range of engines Cars are limited to 92mph and divided into T1 (AWD racing vehicles), T1.2WD (big buggies), T2 (almost-stock homologated street vehicles) and T3 (mini-buggies) Trucks are limited to 75mph and divided into T4 (4-wheel drive) and T5 (6-wheel drive)

It's soul destroying to pick up a heavy bike again and again on soft ground !

Nice video!

Dakar.....Is THE BEST!!!

Wow! Thats some hectic stuff 8-)

AWESOMENESS

This is and will be the hardest race forever. How much is it allowed to tune the bikes? Brighter front and rear wheels allowed?

There's a set of regulations. Modern fuel tanks are around 32L (like 8 gallons) and those bikes are kinda comfortable, something needed when you have to do 150-400 miles of racing every day for 2 weeks plus the link roads. Also, right now they're limited to 92mph so most use 450cc "lightweight" bikes (in 2002 the main bikes were around 950cc and did 140mph on sand)

All drivers done a god job!

I wish you good luck

Great Stuff!

someone really needs to make a game based on the dakar rally. there was one on the Gamcube but it kinda sucks.

2 to 3 racers die every year in this competition.. they have to go over 70 mph so they dont get stuck in the sand or fall "stupidly". Today was the first day of the Rally Dakar 2012, and 1 competitor died already.

I love Le Mans, and ALMS, and MotoGP. However, I've never seen this kind of rally motorsport before. I see there are a variety of vehicle classes being used. Is this a multi-vehicle rally race? Someone explain. . .

@Redoralive but it crashed a few years ago didn't it? :D

but why this stupid music...

the crashes do look ridicolous but it's amazing that they even are able to drive 1 wheel drive MOTORCYCLES on the finest sand! :O

NICE :)))))))))

awsome vid

Video title should read: "30 Years of Mostly Motorcyclists Falling Gently Into Soft Sand."

Grandes los motoristas!

4:11 , nice fall!

filmed with what exactly an hairdryer or a soldering iron, 4 k it aint

Как узнать название 3-й песни??? Помогите пжста!!! 3th song name please!!!

nada volverá a ser como antes...el lago rosa,africa....

try dakar 2010 music version 2 for stunning dakar imagery

240p ? Not everyone is watching youtube on a iPhone 1.

This is real adventure; I think the worst part is the risk of someone crash on you from behind.

how many of them died ?

@8geartodown over the history of the paris dakar there have been 25 competitors that have died and about the same or a bit more of spectators who have been run over etc... and died

Who had the brilliant idea to organise a race through loose sand for motors?

horrible music, awesome vid

the first things they only get stuck??

0.41 nice

i know the crashes probably hurt but some of the motorbikers crashes look so funny when they drive like 2kph and just fall to the side hihi

dear codemasters, new idea for a game and i want the while thing not just bits of stages

can someone give me the music list over this movie ? :))

haha 3:44 nice stunt xD

3:44 Classic flying W.

last crash with pharao pose is Kari Tiainen

why dont they take some bike with smaller weight ? like xl250 ? or something .. i mean those bikes are really huge .. and prize for motorbike must be more then those for cars and truck ..

@positech123 and probably since a week or so through sand. this is enormous!

Argentina... Main and best place of Rally Dakar in the world

crazy people! I like them! :)

Супер!!!

@bulletmunger if u dont watch bikes doesnt mean nobody does :D

Does anyone know why they use these kinds of bikes? they look nose heavy and the tires look like street tires??? If i was riding that desert, i'd rather have a WR450 or something a little more off road ready...

that last one. XD

last soundtrack who knows this music????? puddi puddi yeaaa

It's Bruno Saby at 3:25

man's game!

0:40 He was just hungry from working his ass off for that save. lol

@msxxfast Pretty acrobatic though! :D

0:07 Omg a real crash :D

Yeah, all of the people posting how bad of riders these guys are for crashing. You have no idea what its like racing in this environment. Guaranteed, they'd all place higher than you. Not to mention they're not out there just cruising around. They're riding as fast as they can to win a race.

too many bike crashes, not enough car or truck crashes.

music track please @ 2:23 ?

já fui bom nisso

@golferchin76 sorry, it is 3:18

That is a tough race but i think i could do it!

French rider Thomas Bourgin was killed yesterday in 2013 race. R.I.P.

@positech123 and the locals also set traps to make them crash

This was the good Dakar what a shame the 3 decade heritage was killed after moving it to South America :(

at 0:42 thats pro ;)

@thetoni87 not sure but lyrics sound indian.. from punjab

3:44 the best ;]

@thetoni87 Nobody knows the name of the songs, including me... xD

4:40, i dont think we need subtitles to know what he was saying lol

@bullstefanodog it is. start or finish

well most are big cause of gas tanks and there like ktm adventure bikes

2:45 OMG!!

@positech123 not to mention that they are racing for thousands of miles.. your gonna get tired andmake mistakes

These guys aren't allowed to use paddle tires right? Yes I know it's a dumb question and it would help them

@tjoef1992 LOL You feel it in the morning though ;)

0:42 good

once they brought 4 wheels into the race everythlng changed -two wheels-good-4 wheels-bad "dawin"

5:49 if he didnt lock up his back wheel, he woulda made it =P

I love blasting the dunes on my dirt bike! But I gotta tell ya, some of those guys on bikes are noobs to the max! I'll take their jobs from them!! Where do I sign? Yea yea yea, their bikes are heavy and they have been riding all day... all day seems like a fair amount of time to figure out how to ride on soft sand!!! Sure, I've had my fair amount of crashes, but most of them were from hooking 100ft lips!!!

haha all these crashes are just guys falling over. doesnt make for a great crash vid but im sure its a pain in the ass to to do it