Motorcycle Explorer August 2014 Issue 1 | Page 11

For more information about the Taffy Dakar or to get involved just click the All shapes and sizes of 2 wheeled perambulation showed up, everything from pristine Beemer GS’s to humble c90’s and just about everything in between. The stipulation was no out and out Enduro bikes, as there are plenty of events specifically for them already, plus they’d be a piece of the proverbial to navigate the green lanes of the Brecon Beacons and beyond aboard. Maps and instructions for the coming day were duly issued, wrist bands and goody bags handed out and still they came, right up until 1.00a.m., when the last hardy souls rocked up. Saturday dawned a little nippy, but mercifully dry, with little prospect of rain, surely this was a sign from above! At first light, many could be found busy with “sharpies” marking maps and planning routes to take in all the waypoints, while queueing for the ubiquitous breakfast bap (which was gratis for competitors)