The Hog Wild Boys!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

http://www.hogwildracing.com/blog/in...tid=1&blogid=1

Go to this link and read their blog... Wow! what a bummer.

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[Hog Wild]

Go to this link and read their blog... Wow! what a bummer.

Yes, battered but not broken. We're actually pretty happy with most of our experiences in Dakar. A few more days would have been nice, but we still learned a ton! And other than the strange sprocket problem, the bike was working fantasticly. We'll need a big sponsor to get there again, but that's where our focus is now. Dakar 2007!

One thing that went way beyond our expectations was the crowd and media response to our participation. Though most were a bit skeptical about a Harley in such an event, everyone seemed enthusiastic about it. We got way more media exposure than I would have expected (one TV example). Now that we have a better idea what to expect in this race, and another year to refine the bike, we should be in good shape to take it on again.









Oh, and thanks Fly for your excellent blog!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Dude, you are still Nuts!

Glad you liked the Blog, Looking forward to see you and RG next year with a true 100% USA effort! Man and Machine!

Can you race that Hog in the Baja 500?

[1450-ranger]

You guys rock!!!!! Hope to see you guys racing next year!

[Hog Wild]

Thanks guys for the kind words.

Doing Baja on this bike is probably not a good idea. Whoops really kill us. If we ran our lightweight CR500 sidecar it might be possible, but the Harley with all the big oversize Dakar stuff on it is just too heavy. The passenger gets his *** kicked in the whoops, and there are just too many miles of that in Baja. I went to the Parker 250 the previous 2 years, both times with a different young and fit passenger, and both times they gave up after 2 laps. And that only had like 5 or 10 miles of continuous whoops. Now I have a new more experienced passenger who is even more fit, so we may try Parker 250 next year if we are not at Dakar at that same time. I'm going to beat that Parker race one way or another. But we need more suspension if we are going to do Baja. Sure would be cool to fit some of that TT technology onto our sidecar!

A few vids from 2005 Parker 250:
Powerline Road
Sand Wash
Fast Road

[Chase 2]

Sounds like the spring loaded chain tensioner and heat treating the sprockets after welding should fix your sprocket wear problem. You might look into case-hardening the sprocket also prior to heat treating. Really glad you got the bike out of Africa, it would have sucked to have had to leave it there. What was OLN’s problem with interviewing you? They didn’t seem to give you privateers any love.

[Hog Wild]

Sounds like the spring loaded chain tensioner and heat treating the sprockets after welding should fix your sprocket wear problem. You might look into case-hardening the sprocket also prior to heat treating. Really glad you got the bike out of Africa, it would have sucked to have had to leave it there. What was OLN’s problem with interviewing you? They didn’t seem to give you privateers any love.

Yes there are good solutions to our sprocket problem. Actually, the newest sprocket we installed in Morocco after the problem is probably just fine. That batch was welded in such a way that the original hardening at the teeth should still be intact. Plus, we fabricated a chain tensioner in the bivouac. So, the bike is actually better now than at the start of the race. Too bad they didn't let us continue!

Regarding OLN not interviewing privateers, there is a big discussion of that subject on another forum. I don't want to speculate on that. We got covered a bit on OLN while some other Americans got NOTHING, so I can't complain too much. When we get further along in the race next year, I'm confident the worldwide media will follow is even closer to see just how far the Harley will go.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

I think most of the coverage was "boiler plate" that they use all over the world. Then OLN just narrates it for USA.

We didn't get to real USA coverage until the 1 hour special OLN did at the halfway point.

I did notice both VW and Hummer threw down some $$$ for ad spots.


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[partybarge_pilot]

You guys are awsome!
But having a BFG on one side and a Michelin on the other kinda like slapping the tire gods in the face?

[FlyHiFlyLo]

You guys are awsome!
But having a BFG on one side and a Michelin on the other kinda like slapping the tire gods in the face?

Yeah he needs some 40" Toyo MTs on that bad boy!