When you think of tearing up sand dunes on your favorite 2-wheeled machine, a sport bike has to be at the bottom of your list for likely suspects. And I don’t blame you. These days motorcycles are built with very specific intentions. Gone are the days of taking your ‘street bike’ and turning it into a desert sled…
…or so we thought anyway. Enter six-time Dakar Rally winner Stephane Peterhansel. Yahama France let him loose in the sand dunes of Merzouga, Morocco on a Yamaha YZF-R1. With exquisitely hand-cut Michelin tires, Peterhansel shows us that you can rip a 180bhp ‘street’ machine over through the sand! We’d love to see a video of this action!!
via Asphalt & Rubber
