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Factory teams are fascinating and all...but these dudes are the true spirit of Dakar 🔥

Would like to see more coverage of these guys working on their bikes and talking about their stage adventures

Ok, the factory riders they are amazing for speed, but the true essence of the Dakar are these riders, the Malle Moto riders, there is everything here, passion, desire for adventure, determination, and an always positive thought .... True modern heroes.

Massive respect for those guys & gals: Truly hardcore!

Amazing!,! There should be so much more coverage of these guys

Phenomenal, wish we could get even more coverage and behind the scenes of small teams like this for next year!

This guy Justifies the whole event! Cheers to him and his limited crew

These are the true warriors of Dakar. All Heart and soul.

Thanks for this video, this perspective which makes Red Bull so special. No one talks about this riders,. Thanks for sharing those challenges with us.

finishing the dakar without support is something to tell to kids and nephew CONGRATS

To do something you dream and love doing is just pure natural high. Period. Respect to those who are unsupported and respect to those who help others who needs a hand for times of repairs mental support. Amazing!

ALL you originals you are the essence of this adventure good luck to you all.

I see only one left out of five in the final stage. Congratulations to him and to the team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

An incredibly humbling experience. I've been dreaming of Dakar myself. Well done guys. Been riding since i was 6yo,but don't reckon i would survive a day. Respect.......

Carlo de Gavardo was the first American in Malle Moto, in fact he was the first privateer, and the first American who makes podium in Dakar Rally in late 90's, only half an hour of some Italian guy called Fabrizio Meoni (Multiple Dakar Winner, who tragically lost his life, racing the Dakar a few years later), his assistance by the time of the Podium, if I don't recall bad, was a close friend as Mechanic and his Dad, in a privateer KTM 660 Replica, against all the KTM Factory bikes of that time, and Some Yamahas After that accomplishment came the KTM Factory Team and give Carlo official driver Status, Carlo was instrumental in developing the KTM 450 Rally, before that, all the bikes were 660cc He was the first American, he was so respected in the Biouvac than knowing him was instrumental in the decision of moving the Dakar to America in late 2000's

I'm also a little disappointed by the lack of coverage for those who do the Dakar without assistance!! They are indeed heroes of this endurance test💪

Paul Neff is the KING! Good job Buddy! Go American Rally Originals!!

I can’t LIKE this enough.

@0:15 you say no American has finished the Dakar unsupported. Chris Jones finished the Dakar in 2007 unsupported. There's probably been a few others as well.

I've raced against Paul Neff. He's fast a F, boi

The drivers are there own mechanics, techs, engineers and drivers of their vehicles... the true motor/ car guys

„We have a red box“. Love these guys. Well done.

Much love for Paul neff!

This is the Dakar, true people.

And Paul looks like a guy you'd only cross paths with at an in & out burger. Massive respect.

THIS is my favorite Dakar !

THIS IS BEST VID ON YOUTOOBE! The Doodes a badass warfighter legend! God speed brother. STAY HARD!

These riders are the true heroes

I love it when people from all parts of the world get out of their own ponds and find adventures that their neighbours not necessarily knows anything about. But those that know, they know... 🥰

Why not show the unsupported Lady of the race? Kirsten Landman....

Heroes, every one of them

The real heroes of the Dakar

Did a course at touratech Rally with Paul, excellent trainer and such a good man. You go Paul !

Well done Paul

This category is too little promoted, generaly speaking, including the other channels too, Dakar ch. especially. And they do the real Dakar race, being drivers, then in the 2nd part of they day, mechanics.

Amazing! Would love to see more of these guys. Huge respect to all finishers and participants!

i m more impressed by these guys than pro teams

It should be titled "The unsung heroes of Dakar". The limelight on the stars is so huge that the passion of motorsports is lost.

This is the true spirit of the Dakar rally. For me.

these dudes are crazy! awesome

This is brutal! Respect to them!!

WE NEED MORE IN DEPTH VIDEOS LIKE THIS !!

Legends, living the dream. Good on em for making it happen :')

This is just completely unbelievable, that people can do this... that people choose to do this. Bravo.

The TRUE HEROS.Well done guys.

Hardcore racing 🤘

Klim gear looks good on you, and I know you appreciate wearing Klim and the Atlas throttle lock sure helps giving that right hand a rest

Now THAT is Hardcore!

That smile at 2:30 was just lovely

these are the really the true Dakar riders.

This is what Dakar and rallying is about.

So happy and proud of you guys God bless and stay strong warriors.

Great class and it’s done for the love of Dakar racing. Congratulations guys👏🏻👊🏻

There's an even harder class: FIA T2 FIA T2 is basically to rally-raid what group N is/was to normal rallying: you gotta use a very normal car and can't do much about it. The class is harder than "originals" because of a couple of differences: · While in both classes you have to service your own vehicle and in T2 you have your co-driver to help you, a roadlegal car isn't prepared to be serviced the way a KTM 450 Replica is. Changing any remotely internal part in a Toyota LandCruiser (only good car nowadays for T2) is a huge problem. · Do you really think the military-style trunk all original riders have is small/not enough? Imagining carrying your own spare parts all the time. FIA T2 vehicles do not get any external help at all. You carry your own clothes, your own tent and all the spare parts the LandCruiser might need. That includes rims, suspension, differential, tubes, wires and some teams over the years have carried along even whole transmissions and gearboxes. There is a reason why "originals" gets like 30 entries and FIA T2 hasn't reached more than 6 since the African days!

How awesome is that! Being able to have a go and follow the dream.

Dead impressive, I'd like to see more of these guys

The race is only half of the effort. The logistics of it all is the hard part. Customs, credentials, your gear & bike is a massive undertaking that obviously takes place long before race begins.

This is me, rocking up to every race, BY MYSELF, tool bag in hand, ready to kick ass alone. Idk what to do to get sponsored. It would be nice to at least have a team though...

Finishing Dakar by an ordinary racing enthusiast is a lifetime achievent

That's so impressive

LLLEEEEETTTTTSSSSS GOOOOOOOO MÁRIO PATRÃO!!! Estamos a contar contigo 🇵🇹

DO IT ONA 2 STROKE RACE BIKE ILL BE IMPRESSED....LMAO

❤️❤️❤️ Respect !!!

they deserved a 15 minute video on them.

love these guys

So these "red boxes" get transported from camp to camp for them? Because I didn't see them strapped to the bikes.

Nice work boys!

Warriors!

Absolutely amazing

One day DEFINITELY

I look up to that guys. Must be awesome 👌

Awesome job lads. What a journey that must be Good on yas

We need more of this!! How did he finish?

amazing and inspiring! one day i will finish malle moto dakar race!

That’s pretty cool .

It must be a fascinating journey! But out of curiosity, does getting help from your 'teammate' to fix your bike against the melle moto rule?

Wow 😱👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏽

This video was way too short, we need a docu about the "small" guy of dakar!

Inspirational

Looks like Mathias doppelgänger

Yeah!

I want more of this. This is real racing. Couldn't care less about million dollar prototypes driven by people who have never had a real job.

All credit to these guys, unbelievable tough but this is how it all started. The first Dakar's were private individuals with no back up and on old skool Xt500s (OMG!) Imagine how grueling it must have been the year that it was Paris to Dakar, and then back to Paris !!!

You should be very proud of yourself

Nice!👍🏽🙏🏻

No offence to this guy, but Malle Motto category in Dakar has some regular competitors who do reach finish almost every year. And they do make a big story out of it by the huge media house, do not wear gear with gold accents, work on their bike purely by themselves, and do not wake up in a tent with the clipped mic being turned on :D So it would be nice to cover these legends.

Living your dream

It's a different thing when you cant just throw money at it.

🔥🔥🔥

This is the only category I have watched for awhile now. Dakar lost a lot of it's luster once bigger names got into it.

Hello, my Lifan 125 pit bike arrived yesterday from china. When is next Dakar rally?

i wish there were more field(bivouac) repair video's how guys do that on the trip etc.

Just wondering, why do most Americans love cars that are either running around in circles for hours or race in straight lines in less than a minute ? I'm really curious

What are the official requirements to enter and ride the Dakar like this team? Can 'anyone' enter? Are there qualifiers? TIA :)

The Dakar as it once was, an extreme adventure only for private drivers and motorsport freaks with money. Today the Dakar is a gigantic battle of materials with the best professional racing drivers, but no longer differs from all other major motorsport events. Even if there are still enough private drivers, you won't find them in the reports.

Kinda weird a company with the biggest budget in sport across the globe running a story on unsupported competitors, perhaps you could help them out a little 🤦‍♂️

le paris-dakar bientot en chine :')

Every kilometre is etched onto the chubby guys face. Salut.

💪🔥🙌