Sahara Overland: M.A.N truck and desert biking in Algeria

Some clips from motorcycling tours I ran in the Algerian Sahara in 2007 and 2008. I drove down with the bikes; the riders flew in and off we went for a few weeks. They rode 450 KTMs (1 DNF), XR400 (1 DNF) XR600 (DNF), DRZ400 (DNF), NX650 (heavy), XR250, TTR250 (light) and XR650R. Jon the pace bike ran his ex-Desert Riders XR650L with a giant white 38L tank. I used an M.A.N 8.136 truck and a Mazda B2500 pickup.
For the full Desert Riders dvd see http://www.adventure-motorcycling.com/desert-riders/index.htm see the preview here on youtube, same goes for the Desert Driving dvd http://www.sahara-overland.com/desertdriving/index.htm

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• Sahara Overland
• Chris Scott
• Desert Biking dvd
• Desert Driving dvd
• Algerian Sahara
• MAN 8136 truck
• Mazda B2500 pickup
• Hoggar
• Tassili N'Ajjer
• Tededest
• Immidir
• Tamanrasset
• Assekrem
• Honda XR650L
• KTM 450
• XR400
• XR600
• DRZ400
• Honda Dominator
• XR250
• Yamaha TTR250

[streetsNY]

What part of Algeria you were in on the clip? Can you position your video position on google map? Thanks.

[ChrisvonS]

Not really. Algeria is a million square miles and the clips from the two trips cover the lower half million - mostly south of In Salah and around Tamnanrasset and Djanet in the east.

[MysticdoubleX]

i am getting a xr650l. where you get that 38l tank? great video by the way.

[ChrisvonS]

They were the last of the Acerbis units for XR600s and I think we got the last three in 2002.

[motomarrakech]

very nice thanks !

[desertgeologist]

XRL rules. *gasp* 10 gallon tank!!

[MrTee0610]

the XR650R is better than the L i think (get the 650R)