Italy’s brutal Hell’s Gate enduro race is over for another year with the Husqvarna Monster Energy Speedbrain team rider Andreas ‘Letti’ Lettenbichler taking fifth place. Water sections, rocky climbs, thick mud and rutted woodland tracks would are hard enough alone – but at Hell’s Gate, they are coupled with truly punishing weather conditions. This year,…
After record sales in 2011, BMW Motorrad has started off the new year with an 11.1% increase in motorcycles delivered worldwide. A total of 5,237 motorcycle were sold in January 2012 compared to the 4,714 sold last year. “After a record year in 2011, the new year has started very pleasingly for BMW,” said Hendrik von…
The 2012 Rally Dakar is finished with the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain managing an 11th place by Joan Barreda in the final standings. While not the overall result the team was looking to achieve, the team did well in their debut event on new motorcycles. If not for what the team is calling an…
The penultimate stage of the Dakar 2012 provided one more strong result for the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain. Joan Barreda and Paulo Goncalves finished not far behind the winner in what was the final demanding test of this year’s race. Barreda and Goncalves were understandably aiming at a top score. They both delivered. Joan…
The Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain brought two riders into the top five at stage 12 of the Rally Dakar 2012. Joan Barreda was battling with his fellow countryman Marc Coma for the victory. Coma finally arrived at the finish in Nasca first, 2:43 minutes ahead of Barreda. Paulo Goncalves, still frustrated with yesterday’s jury…
Stage 11 of the Dakar 2012 provided mixed feelings for the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain. Joan Barreda scored yet another top five result but Paulo Goncalves’ battle for an overall podium is over following a decision by the race jury, which the team finds incomprehensible. Goncalves received a six-hour penalty and is now positioned…
Joan Barreda and the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain celebrated a win at stage 10 of the Rally Dakar 2012 — a 431 mile run with 234-mile special test stage from Iquique to Arica, Chile. Barreda managed to close the gap to his fellow countryman Marc Coma right after the start. He was able to…
Being the longest special of the rally, stage nine of the Dakar 2012 was expected to be a crucial day. The Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain enjoyed a great day with Joan Barreda and Paulo Goncalves both finishing inside the top five. Barreda made up a lot of ground in the standings and Goncalves moved…
Stage eight of the Dakar 2012 saw mixed results for the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain. Joan Barreda was fighting for another podium finish before ending the day in fourth. Paulo Goncalves meanwhile had a difficult stage. Lying fourth overall in the morning, the Portuguese lost one place. He was finally content to complete today’s…
The Bavarian-Italian Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain has reached the halfway point of the Dakar 2012 with Paulo Goncalves now in fourth place after another podium finish. Ahead of a rest day, the team raced in the seventh stage which started and ended in Copiapo, Chile after a 356-mile loop with a 260-mile special test. Goncalves…