And of course the biggest obstacle in fulfulling ones dream is the fact that it costs a fortune.>>
And there's the enormous gap in talent...
Money? Irrelevant. You can't buy your way into Dakar success. Well you can, but you won't last a week...
Dakar riders differ from us off-roading overlanders like a kick-about on the beach differs from the European Cup. Three weeks, flat out, stood on your pegs, 300 miles a day. Off the pace? No problem - who needs sleep anyway?
Serious? Build up to it. Try some smaller desert races. Optics. Masters. Baja 1000. That kind of thing. But don't make the mistake of thinking that the Dakar is just about the entry fees...
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