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We're Ready!
The truck, the bikes and the team are ready. We've got everything prepared for the 2026 Dakar Rally, every boxed is ticked. We still can't believe that we're here, the final part before the race starts. The amount of effort, time and money that has gone into getting to this point has been incredible. We can't thank our sponsors and all of you enough! The bikes have been fully stripped down and rebuilt, literally every nut and bolt. Shocktech have serviced the suspension. Metr
searles2dakar
Dec 26, 20251 min read


Our Official Numbers for Dakar!
It's all getting very real now! With less than 60 days to go until we'll be on the start line of the 2026 Dakar Rally. We're getting lots of information through from the officials at Dakar, including our official race numbers! Craig is 109 and Carl is 110, we can't wait to get these on the bikes.
searles2dakar
Nov 5, 20251 min read


WE ARE IN DAKAR 2026!
We knew that qualifying to race in the Dakar Rally wasn’t going to be easy. Between us, in the last two years, we’ve covered over...
searles2dakar
Jul 21, 20251 min read


Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2025
This was a key event for us, the Dakar officials had indicated that we needed to do another desert-based rally to qualify for 2026 Dakar...
searles2dakar
Mar 31, 20252 min read


Qatar International Baja - 2024
We’re back from racing the fifth round of the Baja World Championship in Qatar, we just thought we'd drop an update on how we got on. Our...
searles2dakar
Nov 20, 20243 min read


The Bennetts Bike
How did we end up with a factory looking Bennetts bike? It all started off with Dad calling Bennett’s Motorcycle Insurance to insure...
searles2dakar
Apr 9, 20242 min read


Rallye Du Maroc - 2023
Firstly, sorry we've been a bit behind with keeping our Blogs updated. We promise we'll be better at this! So, Rallye Du Maroc... where...
searles2dakar
Feb 6, 20245 min read


A 24 hour Enduro!
So there’s this crazy event called ‘Dawn to Dusk Enduro’, it’s basically a 24hr enduro race around Walters Arena down in South Wales. The...
searles2dakar
Sep 20, 20235 min read


Adventure Bike Rider Festival 2023
Attending the festival wasn't in the diary for us this year, but after speaking with Neil Hawker he told us that we should be there to...
searles2dakar
Jul 11, 20233 min read


Welcome to Searles2Dakar!
Welcome to our website and thanks for taking the time to look at our Blog. We're aiming to keep this updated with little updates here and...
searles2dakar
May 26, 20231 min read
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