The Speedbrain bike is built to go for an overall win in Rally racing and more specifically the 2013 Dakar. It is a purpose built bike that is ALL factory. While the other bike looks great also, you have to give kudos to Speedbrain/Husky for an all out assault on Dakar with a truly factory design build. And with Honda now 100% in the mix and KTM continued factory efforts, this is shaping up to be a great Dakar. Can't wait to follow online/TV
Husqvarna news letter: 11/20/2012 At the Motorcycle Fair of Milan, surrounded by a tremendous expectation, the Spanish rider from Castellón presented his new Husqvarna TE 449 RR by Speedbrain to the media. Barreda is very satisfied with the work of the Italo-German brand, especially with the great progress made in the new frame and the engine, which he described as "very powerful". The HUSQVARNA RALLY TEAM by Speedbrain, led by manager Wolfgang Fischer, has entrusted the technical side to Stefan Krause supported by the Dakar Project Manager of BMW-GROUP Berthold Hauser. Joan Barreda, recent winner of the Rally of Egypt and second in the Rally of Morocco, will be joined in by the Portuguese Paulo Goncalves and the Australian Matt Fish. The fourth rider of the Husqvarna Rally Team by Speedbrain will officially announced in December. Joan Barreda: "I can say that in the lasts Rallies we could compete directly with our competitors and show the potential of our bike. Now we don't have a really disadvantage compared to the others, so we should aspire to take the victory. For sure it's not going to be easy, but it's the ultimate goal of our project."
Entry list. http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/rider/rider-list-bikes.html#ancre 11 Husky's entered. Gotta be a new record for the Dakar NameMarkModel 1 DESPRES Cyril (FRA) KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 2 COMA Marc (ESP) KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 3 RODRIGUES Helder (PRT) HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 4 VILADOMS Jordi (ESP) HUQSVARNA 5 BARREDA BORT Joan (ESP) HUSQVARNA TE 449 RR 6 SVITKO Stefan (SVK) KTM 450 RALLY 7 LOPEZ CONTARDO FRANCISCO CHALECO KTM 450 RALLY 8 ULLEVALSETER Pal Anders (NOR) KTM 450 EXC 9 PAIN Olivier (FRA) YAMAHA 450 10 CASTEU David (FRA) YAMAHA 450 YZF 11 FARIA Ruben (PRT) KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 12 PEDRERO GARCIA Juan (ESP) KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 14 DUCLOS Alain (FRA) SHERCO 15 VERHOEVEN Frans (NLD) YAMAHA 16 ZANOL FELIPE HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 17 BOTTURI ALESSANDRO (ITA) HUSQVARNA TE 449 RR 18 PRZYGONSKI Jakub (POL) KTM 450 RALLY 19 CZACHOR Jacek (POL) KTM 450 RALLY 20 GONCALVES Paulo (PRT) HUSQVARNA TE 449 RR 21 FRETIGNE David (FRA) YAMAHA 450 22 SUNDERLAND SAM HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 23 FARRES GUELL Gerard (ESP) HONDA HM CRF 450 X AR 12 EVO 24 WEST JAMES SHERCO SR 450 25 STANOVNIK Miran (SVN) KTM 450 RALLY 26 GOUET Daniel (CHL) HONDA CRF450 27 KNUIMAN Henk (NLD) KTM RALLY REPLICA 28 AZEVEDO JEAN (BRA) KTM RALLY REPLICA 30 PIZZOLITO Javier (ARG) HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 31 GUASCH Marc (ESP) GAS - GAS ECD 32 JAKES Ivan (SVK) KTM 33 CAMPBELL Johnny (USA) HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 34 METGE MICHAEL YAMAHA 35 BERGLUND Thomas (SWE) HUSABERG 450 RALLY 36 SANZ Laia (ESP) GAS - GAS ECD 37 CURTIS Darryl (ZAF) KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 38 ZANOTTI Alessandro (ITA) TM 39 FISH MATT HUQSVARNA TE 449 RR 40 VAN NIEKERK RIAAN KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 41 PROHENS FELIPE HONDA CRF 450XC 42 PROHENS Jaime (CHL) HONDA CRF 450XC 43 WATT Stanley (GBR) KTM 450 RR 44 BIANCHI PRATA Pedro (PRT) HUSQVARNA TE449 45 RODRIGUEZ CLAUDIO (CHL) HONDA CRF450 46 GOMEZ MAURICIO JAVIER (ARG) YAMAHA WR 450 F 47 DABROWSKI Marek (POL) KTM 450 RALLY 48 LIEFHEBBER Hans-jos (NLD) KTM 450 RALLY 49 RODRÍGUEZ Pablo (ARG) HONDA CRF 450X 50 SALVATIERRA Juan Carlos (BOL) HONDA CRF450X DAKAR 51 PAVEY Simon (AUS) HUSQVARNA TE 449 52 RIOS Felipe (PER) KTM 450 Rally Replica 53 VERHOESTRAETE Frank (BEL) SHERCO 56 MENARD Jean-Christophe (FRA) YAMAHA YZF 450 57 GRABHAM Ben (AUS) KTM 450RR 58 PUERTAS HERRERA Miguel (ESP) YAMAHA 450 WRF 59 CARILLON Patrice (FRA) KTM 60 PICCO Franco (ITA) YAMAHA WRF 450 61 MOREAU XAVIER KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 62 ARREDONDO Francisco (GTM) KTM 2013 63 LAZARD Laurent (URY) YAMAHA 64 GUIRAL DEMIAN (ARG) HONDA CRF450X 65 PABISKA David (CZE) YAMAHA WR 450 F 66 HEINRICH Eduardo (PER) HONDA CRF 450 X 67 SNIJDERS Marcel (NLD) HONDA CRF450X 68 VESELY Jan (CZE) YAMAHA 450 WRF 69 PAYEN Hugo (FRA) YAMAHA WRF 70 DEMELCHORI Diego (ARG) KAWASAKI 2012 71 BUSIN PABLO ALEJANDRO (ARG) YAMAHA WR450 72 PASCUAL Pablo oscar (ARG) JINCHENG JC450Y 73 CIPKA DUSAN (SVK) HUQSVARNA TE 449 74 MARTINEZ PACO (ESP) KAWASAKI KX450 75 O’CONNOR Troy (AUS) KTM 450 RALLY 76 FESANI ANDREA (ITA) TM 450 RALLY 77 CARDONA VAGNONI NICOLAS ALBERTO YAMAHA VR450 78 ERASO ANGLADE RAFAEL ERNESTO YAMAHA VR450 79 QUERALES MALAVE GUSTABO ADOLFO YAMAHA VR450 80 IGARIS GINTAUTAS (LTU) YAMAHA WR450F 81 ALAN Eduardo (ARG) YAMAHA WR 450 82 GUINDANI VINCENT (FRA) YAMAHA ZF 450 83 VAN GINKEL ALEXANDER KTM 450 EXC 84 ILLANES Rodrigo (CHL) HONDA CRF450X 85 BELLOC FREDERIC KTM 450 86 GADIOUX Francis (FRA) HONDA 450CRF-X 87 SOUVIGNET Romain (FRA) YAMAHA YZ-F 450 88 REINIKE MARCO (CHL) KTM 450 RR 89 CUMMINGS BRETT HONDA CRF450X 90 DIGUIET Gilles (FRA) KTM 450 EXC 91 GRUNDY GLEN HONDA CRF450X 92 ISRAEL ESQUERRE Jeremías (CHL) HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 93 VAN BERGEIJK Henno (NLD) HUSABERG 94 WEI GUANGHUI (CHN) JINCHENG JC450Y 95 HEILENKOTTER Axel (CHL) SHERCO 96 COTTET Philippe (CHE) KTM 450 REPLICA RALLY 97 PYTHOUD MICHEL KTM 450 REPLICA RALLY 98 LUCCHESE MANUEL (ITA) HUSABERG FE 450 RALLY 99 MUTELET Olivier (FRA) YAMAHA 450 WRF 100 CROQUELOIS Eric (FRA) YAMAHA 101 WALDSCHMIDT Ingo (NAM) KTM 2013 102 REEVE DAVID GREGORY KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 103 PATRÃO MARIO SUZUKI RMZ 450 RALLY 105 ZATKO JAN (SVK) BMW G450RR 106 BOURGIN THOMAS KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 107 BOUNDS CRAIG KTM 450 RALLY 108 GABARI Harite (MAR) YAMAHA YZF RALLYE 109 SAGHMEISTER GABOR KTM 450 110 HATTON DONALD HUSQVARNA 111 VALERO RAMOS ANTONIO YAMAHA WR 450 JVO RACING 112 GUYOMARC’H Yannick (FRA) YAMAHA 450 WRF 113 BARRON JACQUES KTM 450 EXC 114 AMENGUAL Martin (ARG) YAMAHA WR 450 115 BOLLERO Rodolfo osvaldo (ARG) KTM 450 RALLY 116 BORRELL GONZALEZ JOSE ISRAEL KTM 450 RALLY 117 GARDULSKI JOSEFINA YAMAHA WR-450F 118 MCKENDRICK John (CHL) YAMAHA WR-450F 119 DESPONTIN MIKAEL KTM RALLYE 120 BASSI GUSTAVO (ARG) YAMAHA WR450F 121 SERRA RIPOLL David (ESP) YAMAHA 450 RALLY 122 PALANTE Eric (BEL) HONDA 450 123 FAGGOTTER Rodney (AUS) YAMAHA 450 RALLY REPLICA 124 KARATHANASSIS THEOCHARIS (GRC) YAMAHA WR 450 125 KREIDL FERDINAND KTM 450 126 BARBERY Juan Jose (ARG) YAMAHA 2012 127 BOYER Nicolas (unk) HONDA 400 XR MONNIER 128 KNUIMAN Sten (NLD) KTM RALLY REPLICA 129 CAREVIC Andrés (CHL) KTM RALLY 450 130 DE BOIS Thomas (NLD) KTM 450 131 STRANGE Warren (AUS) HONDA CRF450X 132 DE GROOT R.M.J.N. YAMAHA WR 450 133 VILLAGRA Jorge (CHL) HONDA CRF 450 X 134 GOMEZ PALLAS Francisco José (ESP) HONDA CRF450X 135 GARD GILLES (FRA) YAMAHA 450 WRF HFP 136 SANTOS Marcelo José (ARG) HONDA CRF450X 137 BUSQUETS ALEX HUSQVARNA TE 449 RR 139 PETRONE Sergio Miguel (ARG) BETA RR450 140 MEIER VON SCHIERENBECK ERICK KTM 450 141 MASSADOR Patrice (FRA) HONDA HM 450 X 142 CID DE LA PAZ Pablo (ARG) X PCP 143 SMITH Esteban (CHL) KTM 450 144 JOHNSON MIKE HONDA CRF450 DAKAR X 145 KAZMIERSKI Mariano (PER) KTM 450 EXC 146 MARTENS SJAAK KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 147 VAN PELT Robert (NLD) HONDA PE06 148 VAN GERVEN JAN (NLD) KTM 450 RALLY 149 ZAHN Ingo (DEU) KTM 450 RALLYE REPLICA 150 BELAUSTEGUI Luis (ARG) KTM XC 150CC JVO 151 BELAUSTEGUI JUAN MANUEL YAMAHA WR 450 F 152 PANIGALLI FRANCO (ITA) YAMAHA WRF 450 153 MAURI FABIO YAMAHA WR450F 154 BEAULÉ Patrick (CAN) KTM 450 RALLY 155 ECHEVERRI MEJIA JUAN ESTEBAN YAMAHA WR 450 JVO RACING 156 SMITH Todd (AUS) HONDA CRF450X 157 CAVELIUS Philippe (FRA) KTM 450 RALLY 2013 158 VELLUTINO Carlo (PER) KTM 450 RALLY 159 AGUILAR JORGE KTM 450 REPLICA 160 CABRERA Patricio (CHL) KAWASAKI KLX450R 161 CHICHIZOLA Bruno (PER) KTM EXC 450 162 FORMAN TIM KTM 450 RR 163 HUIGEVOORT MARTINUS KTM 450 RALLY 164 HIRIGOYEN ANDRE KTM RALLYE 165 ORTIZ YAMIR HONDA CRF X RALLY 166 JUDEZ RIVAS FEDERICO JOAQUIN YAMAHA WR 450 167 ORTIZ JUAN CRUZ YAMAHA WR 450 R 168 POSKITT Lyndon (GBR) KTM 450 RR 169 CHIVITE Ignacio (ESP) BULTACO 370 MK11 170 RAMPOLLA STEFANO HONDA CRF 450 X 171 NAPODANO LORENZO HONDA CRFX 450 172 VIGLIO LUCA KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 173 TORO JUAN SEBASTIAN YAMAHA WR 174 NAMCHIN LKHAMAA YAMAHA WR450 175 DAMDINKHORLOO BOLDBAATAR KTM RALLY 450 176 JAY PAUL HONDA CRF450X 177 JARAMILLO BOTERO LUIS FERNANDO YAMAHA WR 450 JVO RACING 178 OFFRINGA Jan Wouter (NLD) HUSABERG FE 450 179 NIJEN TWILHAAR JAN BASTIAAN KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA 180 CERDERA SERGIO (ARG) YAMAHA WRF450 F.PICCO RACING 181 SCOTT Andrew (AUS) HONDA CRF 450 182 SABBATUCCI PAOLO YAMAHA WRF 450 183 QUINTANILLA PABLO HONDA CRF 450 X 184 MORENO KRISTIANSEN MATEO KTM 2011 450 XC-W 185 THIERRY HERVE YAMAHA 450 WRF 186 MUGGLETON Kevin (USA) HONDA CRF 450 X 187 MUNSTERS Leon (NLD) HUSQVARNA TE449RR 188 CIAMPI Ariel (ARG) BETA RR 450 189 SALDARRIAGA MARCO ANTONIO KTM 2011 450 XC-W 190 SARMIENTO JUAN ESTEBAN HONDA HM CRF 450 X AR12 EVO 191 SCHELLEKENS CASPAR KTM 450 RALLY 192 VAN GEEL MARCO (NLD) KTM 450 RALLY 193 VAN HEERTUM CASPAR KTM 450 RALLY 194 VANDERWEYEN GILLES BMW G450X 195 ZUMARAN CESAR YAMAHA WR 450W 196 VILLARRUBIA Julián (ESP) YAMAHA YZ 450
Why not? They're proving to be fast & reliable & costing considerably less than the KTM equivalent? With team SpeedBrain, Bianci Prata, Simon Pavey & BMW involved things can only get better. That kind of torture racing hopefully will trickle down their technology making the Brand Husqvarna better than ever. Maybe even get a wide ratio gearbox one of these days.
We just got one. But it is ill equipped and not eligible for that race (TR650)... but project forward in time and just maybe some of the others will get it.
Looks like both bikes have oil tanks in skid plates...dont see how the Pavey bike is plumbed, but they arent going through the oil filter cap.
It's water in the skid plate, per requirement of regulation. I don't think the Pavey racer has an oil cooler, though it needs one. It could get away without one if it had an oil breather with return. The rear fuel cell on the TE449SPR is awesome, I'm totally making one of those.
Looks like Quinn Cody had signed to be the fourth Speedbrain rider, due to his injury he will be replaced by Alessandro Botturi.
Quinn Cody, from his FB page: "I truly never expected to be writing this statement under these circumstances, on my couch, with a broken leg that is. But let's face it, things don't always go the way we plan in life, in fact, sometimes they continue to take us away from our planed course. Some of you may have heard rumors about me signing with a new team for next year, so I thought it would best to set the record straight. So here are the facts: I have signed with the Monster Energy Husqvarna Rally Team by Speedbrain to race Dakar and the FIM World Championship Rally Series for 2013-2014, unfortunately after my recent injury, I will be unable to compete in Dakar 2013, but plan to be fit and ready for the first round of the World Championship Rally Series in April and of course ready to tackle Dakar 2014. I was completely devastated after learning that I would not be ready for the upcoming Dakar and felt awful that I had let my new team down before I had officially been announced as their new rider. Speedbrain, Husqvarna and BMW have put forth great effort to develop the Husqvarna TE449RR into an incredible rally machine and have exceeded all of my expectations at every step of the process. I am honored to have been given the opportunity to race for this great team and will do everything in my power to make this a successful relationship. It has been a dream of mine for years now to do a full season of rally racing and try to master the art of road book navigation so that I can go into Dakar fully prepared with a year of real racing experience under my belt. This opportunity is the best platform for me to become a true rally racer and achieve my dream of a podium finish at Dakar. I have been racing in Baja for the past 10 years and it has formed me into the person I am today. Baja has been great to me, given me opportunities to race all over the world with some incredible teams and has introduced me to most of my best friends. But after 10 years, I have found myself eager for new challenges and have found new motivation in the Dakar. Just like Baja, Dakar is something that you can't explain, It is something that infects you, it is something so grueling and painful that gets in your blood and keeps pulling you back for more. The Dakar is the largest, most challenging motor sport event on the planet and is the obvious top tier in off-road racing. Moving forward, I am excited to be able to compete with such a high level team on the best equipment available. Along with the World Championship Rally Series, I will also be competing in selected events for Husqvarna in the U.S. and possibly even get our feet wet with some racing in Baja. I am looking forward to 2013 and hope that I heal fast so I can prove myself to my new team. Thanks to all my sponsors for sticking by me through all the injuries I will overcome all of it and come back stronger and smarter. Thanks, QC"
