RallyMoto Magazine Jan/Feb 2022

Jan/Feb 2022 

JAN/ FEB 2022 

THE APP 

LIVE AND TRACKING! 

• COTSWOLDS ACB 

• DAKAR SPECIAL 

• ICE BREAKER REPORTS

RallyMoto Magazine 


IT’S AS COLD AS ICE 

Contents 

We have done something new again, 

maybe a world first. The Ice Breaker 

Challenge, as a digital roadbook, 

remote adventure rally is up and 

running, with many of you out on the 

tracks already. 

WRITTEN BY ROBERT HUGHES 

Back to our more traditional events now, 

and the Kielder 500 is coming together 

nicely with a new extended route, some 

trickier navigation and a new forest to 

explore. We are really looking forward to 

this one. 

4 COTSWOLDS CANNONBALL 

FIRST ONE FOR 22 

6 HOW DID THE DIGI DO? 

WE ASKED THE RIDERS 

8 ICE BREAKER STORIES 

MAKING TRACKS 

12 DAKAR SPECIAL 

THE REVIEW, THE REALITY AND THE ROADBOOKS 

16 TIPS & TRICKS 

RIDING RUTS! 

It’s been brilliant. 

Over 130 of you signed up for the 

challenge, giving the digital format a 

very positive thumbs up. 

Our next adventure is again something 

new for us, a 100% tarmac adventure 

rally The Cannonball Rally Challenge 

will be run as a digital remote rally and 

I know there are a lot of riders eagerly 

awaiting this long distance fundraising 

challenge. If all goes to plan we will do 

more big rides and fundraising for good 

causes whilst enjoying our adventures 

both here and abroad. 

The calendar for 2022 is still being a bit 

difficult to finalise but we may have a 

new UK based rally to bring to you in a 

few weeks time along with training and 

Adventure Cannonball dates. 

3 - 2 - 1 Goooo!!!!!! 

Burt and the RallyMoto Team 

In partnership with 

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COTSWOLDS ACB 


COTSWOLDS 

ADVENTURE 

CANNONBALL 

IT MAY BE MUDDY 

IT MAY BE COLD 

BUT ADVENTURE RALLYING 

WARMS UP THE SOUL 

A diverse range of bikes and 

riders at the year’s first ride out. 

2022 was off to a great start with 

one of the best turnouts to an 

Adventure Cannonball we’ve ever 

seen! 

Based out of Burt’s local venue in Cheltenham, we 

warmed up the riders with some hot beverages 

and sent them out on a 170km route around the 

Cotswolds. Riders had a choice of either an all 

tarmac route or a traditional style on and off road 

route. 

This event also doubled up as a test run for the new 

digital roadbook app. Whilst we’ve been using it 

behind the scenes for recces and testing it out it a 

lot ourselves over the past year, this was the first 

time we’ve included it as an option for our members 

to use on one of our events. Apart from a few minor 

teething problems, overall it worked a treat! 

So it was a mixed bag of RallyMoto members - 

newbies, old timers, dirt lovers and road riders. 

There was even a father son duo, with the son not 

only copping the bulk of the mud splatter, but also 

taking on the role of digital navigator from the seat of 

his sidecar! It was great to see and despite the chill 

in the air, the sun shone throughout the day making it 

a great day to be out on the bikes! 

Dangerous Dave.C devouring 

the dirty back lanes for dinner. 

Dan and Roberta were all smiles after 

their first roadbook event. 

Could this be a Dakar navigator in the 

making? Great to see members getting 

their family involved in the fun! 

Slippery trails keeping 

riders on their toes!

SO, HOW DID THE 


DIGI DO? 

Digital Roadbook App 

We asked riders for 

their first impressions 

-RICHARD- 

Normally uses: RallyMoto Hire unit 

(lunchbox) 

“I think it’s better than the paper roadbook. One 

thing I will say about it is at one point I touched the 

screen and I lost the roadbook. I reloaded it and 

then had to scroll all the way to 153km. On this black 

view (phone) it’s slightly small to be honest, I can’t 

read the small narrative that’s given in the boxes 

but otherwise it worked very well.” 


-SIMON- 

First time roadbooking. 

“I’ve never road booked before this was my 

first time. Really liked it, it was well good 

fun! The app was really good, really easy 

to use, nice and clear instructions. One 

thing I will say, I don’t know if it’s my phone 

or what, is the trip meter was jumping around 

all over the place. So I’d get to a point and 

then it would jump to 195km, and then back 

down to 180 something. But it worked, and it 

was good fun.” 

What would you choose to use again between the 

digital set up and the hire unit? 

“I’d choose the app. The battery has gone down 

less than half and wasn’t plugged in all day. So that’s 

good!” 

Our Mini Fairing has a secret. 

You don’t need the fairing. 

Which means that if you have an ADV bike. 

And want to mount a roadbook. 

It’s the quickest and simplest solution. 

Ride to the 500. Mount it. 

Ride the 500. 

Take it off. Ride home. 

Shhhh... 

Don’t tell everyone. 

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- STEVE - 

Normally uses: F2R holder with thumb controller. 

“Taking your hand off the bars, especially off road, isn’t the best. Other 

than that very clear, (the trip) is absolutely spot on. Absolutely on the 

money. I haven’t had to touch the trip today and I normally do. If you 

could devise a method of scrolling the roadbook from the handlebars 

then that would be great. It’s alright on the road but off the road it’s not 

great. 

All the big rallies have gone electronic. WIth the thumb controller it 

would be brilliant. 

In regards to the positioning, 

I’ve put it where I normally 

put the roadbook holder but I’ll 

have to move it closer so I don’t 

have to keep reaching my hand 

so far forward. 

The other thing is when there’s 

a film of water over it it won’t 

scroll.” 

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Ice Breaker Challenge 


Photos and words 

by Simon and Steff McGarrigle 

All of the stars aligned and 

the weather was looking 

lovely up north so 

we packed out bags and 

jumped on the bikes and 

headed to Hexham. The 

weather was glorious when we set off. 

As you can see from some of the pics it 

was a little damp in places and Steff the 

human dipstick was deployed multiple 

times (I know it seems really unfair but 

she loves wading in water for some 

reason haha) 

TWO HONDAS AND 

THEIR HUMANS 

HIT THE NORTH 

THE LITTLE RED RALLY 

BIKES ARE AT IT AGAIN! 

The plan was to then ride from the end 

of the Hexham ice breaker to a hotel in 

the north York moors ready to do that 

ice breaker the following day. Unfortunately 

I got a flat and had to change it 

trailside so we finished the ice breaker 

and headed back to Hexham for a much 

needed beer. 

The next day we rode to the North York 

start point and set off on the ice breaker. 

Another glorious day lots of fun and 

giggles until unbelievably I got another flat towards 

the end. As we’d come so far and we were 

route checking it we decided to try and press on 

and get it finished. The last 40K was done very 

carefully on a flat front in the dark. Looking back 

it was funny. Perhaps not as amusing at the time! 

We stayed the night in North York’s and as I was 

running out of tubes and patience we found a local 

dirt bike dealer and bought a couple of new 

tubes and got them to change the flat front. 

We then set off to the peaks, stayed the night 

and did the ice breaker the next day. As that 

one was the first one we’d done that had already 

been checked it was faster and we avoided any 

mishaps! A drama free fun day. 

We then went back to the Midlands as I had to 

go to Baltimore the next day for work. Just before 

I flew back I got a message from Steff saying the 

weather looked great the day after I got back so 

we did the Welsh ice breaker as soon as I was 

back. 

It was an awesome little mini holiday touring 

around the north doing the ice breakers. 

Powered by


Riders on Route 

THE ICE BREAKER CHALLENGE 

KRISTIAN.G 


“I loved my first Icebreaker today (Hexham) amazing 

route! 

I used my phone for the app and at 100 km it changed to 

‘100...’ losing the km details. If this happens to you this 

might help... 

I went to my phone settings/display/font and screen 

zoom and turned my font size smaller and after that it displayed 

fine, just couldn’t fit the extra digit on the screen 

as it was. 

Also found the app was great, really clear and great fun to 

use...totally addicted! 

Glad I had a usb charger on the bike because the app 

HEXHAM 

munched a bit of phone battery (although I did have 

loads of social media running in the background which 

saved power once I switched it off). 

Bring on the next one! 

Thank you Rallymoto.” 

ANT.B 

WALES 

“Wales IBC done .....what an amazing route on my door step 

and a few tracks I have been down many times ..some amazing 

views, too many to stop and photograph them all . 

Who put the route together? 

A good training day too, many missed junctions but great fun And testing at times maybe more 

aggressive tyres would help ..but can’t wait to do the next one. 

Cheers team” 

LAKES 

PHIL.H 

“Had a great time slippin and 

sliding my way through the 

Lakes ice breaker Road book. 

Lordy, it started with a hard 

rocky (wet babies heads!) 

uphill that had me lay the bike 

down very gently. 

Some really slippy lanes, and 

roads! 

Had a blast.” 

Thanks Burt and the team. 

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Join the Ice Breaker Challenge 2022 facebook 

group or email robert@rallymoto.co.uk to 

share your photos and stories. 

SALISBURY 

MARTIN.L 

Salisbury IBC - first time 

off road on my 1290R and 

first road book event. 

Great day out with these 

guys, here’s to the next 

one ! Thanks to all , 

especially Burt and the 

RallyMoto team. 

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For many a rally rider the ultimate 

dream is to compete in the Dakar Rally. 

Whilst there are many other desert 

races available to enter, some which even 

resemble the original Dakar route more 

closely than the current Dakar Rally does 

(think Africa Eco Race), and have a much 

more achievable price tag attached, there is 

something pretty enticing about the prospect 

of racing in the Dakar Rally. 

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For most of us though, we are content 

DAKAR 

THE HOLIDAY 

DAKAR SPECIAL 

with the navigation events on offer on home 

soil, and are happy enough enjoying the 

stories of those who have made the journey 

to the desert themselves, be it as competitor, 

supporter, or reporter. Therefore, we 

reached out to our very own Rallymoto 

members and supporters, Dot and Jim Jones, 

for their take on the Dakar experience and 

any tips for the more ambitious amongst us. 

fellow competitors may seem like a good idea it is 

more important that you follow your checklist and 

make sure the bike is prepared for the next day’s 

adventure. 

For the first few nights the sheer excitement and 

wonder of all that is around you in the bivouac 

make sleep almost impossible. There will be late 

arrivals, generators humming, compressors buzzing, 

hammers banging, welders sparking and 

engines revving all around you. After a few nights 

you will become accustomed to the noise and exhaustion 

will make you sleep like a baby, so much 

so that when you get back home you will be asking 

your neighbour to rev his car under your bedroom 

window so you can sleep! 

Your starting position near the back of the field 

with all the other amateur bikers who are now your 

friends will often mean that you learn to ride in the 

dark and the lights of the 

bivouac in the distance become something you 

yearn to see each night. Then you realise that 

there are only a few precious hours before you 

must be back on the start line to do it all again, and 

again. At last rest day arrives and you can stay put, 

send some photos and messages back home to 

your loved ones, have a wash or maybe a shower, 

change your socks and undies if you can find them 

in that small tin box that contains all your equipment 

and give the bike a full service. Not so much 

a rest day as a regroup day. 

The second part of the rally begins, you have 


found your limit, survived many minor crashes, 

been on a few detours and ridden through some of 

the most amazing scenery. This is when you need 

all of your willpower and mental strength to keep 

going, however tired you think you are the bike 

still needs to be checked and kit prepared again. 

Riding up the finishing ramp with tears in your 

eyes will be your reward and when friends ask 

where did you go on holiday, what will you tell 

them? 

Dot and Jim Jones. 

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OF A LIFETIME! 

By Dot and Jim Jones. 

Everyone of us that followed the Dakar 

in Saudi Arabia wished that they could 

be there either as a mechanic or as a 

member of a support crew or best of 

all as a competitor. 

You have already taken the first step by riding in Rallymoto 

events, navigation is an essential skill and for 

most amateur bikers the Malle Moto option is the way 

to achieve the dream of having that special number 

plate on your machine. You need to plan at least two 

years ahead because apart from raising the funds you 

must compete in other desert rally events in order 

to satisfy the qualification requirements of the Dakar 

organisers. 

The next step involves money, a lot of money, but that 

can be sourced with a carefully constructed campaign, 

or you cash in your life savings or re-mortgage the 

house!While all this is going on you will need to work 

on your fitness as riding for eight hours for fifteen 

days is a formidable task. Many would be competitors 

assume that after each day’s ride they can crash out in 

their motorhome and wind down. This is only possible 

if you are fortunate enough to be part of a well-funded 

team with support crew and mechanics to cater for 

your every need. The reality is very different, you will 

be your own mechanic, tent erector and food delivery 

person. While a couple of beers and a long chat with 

“WOW, WHAT A FEELING!...” 

England’s very own Sam Sunderland 

described his stunning second win on the 

Dakar Rally as he became only the third rider 

in history to win the event in two different 

locations (south America and Saudi Arabia). 

With less than three-and-a-half minutes between 

Sam Sunderland and Pablo Quintanilla it 

was the slimmest margin at the top of the leader 

board since 1994, when Orioli finished just 

over a minute ahead of Arcarons. Sunderland 

was back to his winning ways after a drought 

stretching back to 2017. 

Huge respect is due to the riders without assistance 

in the Motul (previously Malle Moto) category. 

The results this year closely resembled 

last year’s, with Lithuanian Arūnas Gelažninkas 

retaining the title, Czech Milan Engel was runner-up 

and Frenchman Benjamin Melot defended 

his third place. 

PHOTO: HAMAD I MOHAMMED / REUTERS – stock.adobe.com 

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SO YOU THINK 

YOU CAN READ 

ROADBOOK? 

Can you decipher this section of 

roadbook from Dakar 2020? 

We made it easy for you and 

included a lexicon for guidance. 

FYI 

• An orange outline around a selection of 

boxes indicate a speed control zone. 

• A purple outline indicates a checkpoint, 

with the CP number also written in 

purple. 

DAKAR SPECIAL 

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DOT AND JIM JONES 


DID YOU KNOW? 

In 1982, Margaret Thatcher’s 

son Mark went missing for 6 

days in the Algerian desert after 

getting lost whilst competing in 

the Dakar rally. He had stated 

beforehand: “I did absolutely no 

preparation. Nothing.” 

After a large-scale search was 

instigated, an Algerian military 

search plane spotted their white 

Peugeot 504 some 50 kilometres 

off course. Thatcher, Verney, and 

the mechanic were all unharmed. 

SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 

Dakar_Rally#Incidents 

LEXIQUE ROAD BOOK DAKAR 2021 - 2021 DAKAR ROAD BOOK LEXICON 

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TIPS AND TRICKS 

RUTS! 

For many riders the thought of riding muddy ruts on a big bike 

invites feelings of dread and panic, but there’s no need to fear! 

With a few pointers you’ll soon be cruising along these 

narrow ditches of despair with confidence. 

TIP #1 - RIDE IN THE RUT 

For big bikes, the best place you can be usually is in the rut. This is because 

the bottom of the rut is often hard packed, perhaps with gravel at the bottom. 

Often the alternative routes on either side will be more slippery mud or 

grass, and while it may look like the easy option, it’s likely you’ll lose tractiion 

and slip about. 

TIP #2 - UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS 

Dual sport or knobbly tyres are great for traction off road, however when 

riding in ruts, the knobbles on the side walls of the front tyre can catch the 

side of the rut, causing the front wheel to grip the rut, turning the front wheel 

sharply and sending you off balance. To avoid this the trick is to keep the 

front wheel driving through the rut by keeping on the throttle, even if only in 

short braaps. This will keep you driving forward in a straight line. 

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TIP #3 - STAND UP! 

One very common way riders get themselves 

through a rutty section is to sit down 

in the seat and paddle their feet along the 

high parts either side of the rut. This is not 

a good habit and can get you in trouble if 

the trail is slippery and your feet can’t get 

traction. Standing on your pegs not only 

lowers your center of gravity, making it 

much easier to balance, but it allows you 

greater visibility over your navigation 

equipment and front screen so you can 

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sure however, your gaze is directed ahead 

of you to where you want to be traveling, 

using only your peripheral vision to see the 

front tyre. 

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To all RallyMoto members for providing 

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promoting Adventure Rallying in the UK. 

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