Meet Carl Hagenblad.....

"So, it’s now been 9 months since I broke down in the Andes Mountain after only 2000 km with RRP's prototype bike LC4-50, and I had some time to dwell on it. I quickly found the problem back home, a worn cable grounding the frame. The cable feeds the ECU, so without that nothing works. That also means that this is not a bike-related problem, even the carburetor bikes has a brain. The LC4 is a great bike, I had three of them myself and taught myself riding on it, and I was kind of surprised when they implemented the 450 rule for the Dakar rally. The race is longer than what a 450 Enduro or MX is built for. That's why I still think RRP's idea of a full-sized off-road is a smart choice, especially if you have some kind of economy to think about. Smashed/worn parts is about 1/5 of the 450 rally replica. It's just sad that the problem occurred on the same spot as the organisation, I guess I would have found it in a few minutes. But that's racing and I would do it again. 2016 is not possible for me, but Dakar is still on the to-do-list. We'll see if we can start the project again and put that bike on the finish podium.