TRAVERSE Issue 03 - December 2017 | Page 86

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 86