Desert Wolves
Those riders that do take on the challenge
of desert riding are usually seasoned off-road
racers on highly modified dirt bikes set-up for
the extreme conditions of riding through endless miles
of featureless sand. Then there are people like David Bor-
ras. Borras is the driving force behind Spanish custom
bike collaboration El Solitario. He didn’t just dream about
riding across the Sahara Desert, he and two friends did it.
In 10 days. On Harley-Davidsons. Yes, that’s right on Har-
ley-Davidsons.
Working under the banner of Desert
Wolves, Borras and the El Sol-
itario
TRAVERSE
crew knew that the standard 1200cc H-D
Roadsters, supplied especially for their ad-
venture by the Motor Factory, would not be up
to the task of crossing the Sahara Desert. In order to
make the bikes capable of under-
taking such an epic
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