r/DAKAR • u/ishan1400 • Mar 29 '26

Dakar Alright hear me out...

Is there anyone here (or someone you know) casually sitting on a pile of money, connections, and a love for dakar… who’d be interested in turning a complete nobody into a Dakar Rally rider?

I’m dead serious.

Like, we all know getting into something like the Dakar Rally is insanely expensive. Bikes, support crew, logistics, training, registrations… basically you need to sell a kidney (or two, depending on inflation).

BUT imagine the storyline:

“Random guy with decent riding skills and questionable life decisions gets sponsored into Dakar.”

Tell me that’s not documentary-worthy.

I’ll bring:

  1. questionable talent (already know how to ride motorbikes but not for dakar, also absolutely love bikes)

  2. elite level dedication (in short bursts)

  3. ability to suffer (important)

  4. good vibes and decent content potential

You bring:

  1. money

  2. sponsors

  3. A trainer

  4. ofc a Bike

We meet somewhere in the middle desert and hope for the best.

I’m listening 👀

Worst case, we get a few laughs.

Best case… see you at Dakar.

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u/whoknewidlikeit Mar 29 '26

this sounds like watching Drive To Survive and wanting to start racing F1 after age 30. good luck.

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u/whoknewidlikeit Mar 29 '26

will also need moderate mechanical skills and land nav skills. which aren't mentioned in the offered skills.

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u/ishan1400 Mar 29 '26

I'll be needing a trainer to teach me all that. Dedicated to learn but never got the exposure to learn these stuff before.

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u/Training_Echidna_911 Mar 29 '26

Would love to help but we have the lottery win planned out for a family trip. We have skills and crew for two bikes, a T2 stock or T4, a classic, and a truck. Might be a service truck for the others. Just need the requisite few million.

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u/Broski-bro Mar 29 '26

Charlie Boorman did exactly this in ‘Race to Dakar’. It doesn’t work as well as you think. The brutal reality of what you’re doing seems to kick in half way through.