where competitors help each other to the end . And so , in 1979 thirty-year-old Thierry Sabine gave his newly formed long distance automobile marathon from Paris to Dakar the title of Rally-Raid , and thus was born a legend .
Since that very first Paris-Dakar , motorcycle rallying has grown in popularity and one such event that is growing quickly is Australia ’ s Openroads Rally .
A rally in the truest form , Openroads is a congregation of bikes and riders of all levels ; the young and reckless on small capacity enduro machines ; the middle aged on larger adventure bikes , looking for something long since passed on by youth ; and those who are just wanting an exciting time with friends , old and new . The Openroads Rally provides it all .
Now in its third year , Openroads had riders coming from most states of Australia to base themselves at Alexandra , around 100 kilometres north-east of Melbourne . A perfect location that had riders congregate at the local speedway and
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