The Orion – Moto Racing Group team is preparing for the Dakar Rally
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Swimming in the pool, watching Czech series … The calm of the Dakar Rally in recent days has been replaced by a drop around the provision of equipment. The ORION – Moto Racing Group team managed to pick up the new KTM specials. He will try them out in the field on Thursday.
“During the test training, we have to find out if everything is running and something has not broken. That’s why we have to catch the shakedown, “said Milan Engel. Another racing member of the Czech team, who together with his partner trained in inflating airbag vests in a hotel room.
The Orion – Moto Racing Group team is preparing for the Dakar Rally
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These are now part of the motorcycle suit, specifically complete with protectors for the chest, spine, shoulders and elbows. The airbags deploy after an accident at a minimum speed of around 30 km / h. After the start, the competitors must then inflate them again.
“We tried to replace them as soon as possible at the hotel. It took me three minutes. But I will hope that no fall will happen to me, “added Martin Michek with a smile, who finished 23rd in the previous year as a newcomer. The seventh Dakar Rally awaits Milan Engel.
The Orion – Moto Racing Group team is preparing for the Dakar Rally
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“The atmosphere here is specific. We must not talk to the local people at all, they work as if no race was taking place here. But it will sit down, we are looking forward to the starting ramp, “said Engel, who finished in 15th place in 2019.
To improve their maximum on the Dakar, the KTM 450 RR motorcycles, which have undergone engine modifications and are equipped with top Czech components, will help.
“Fortunately, we have not lost anything and we have everything in Saudi Arabia, in the bivouac we are now preparing all the details and installing navigation devices on motorcycles,” described Ervín Krajčovič, head of the ORION team – Moto Racing Group.
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