Pikes Peak Hill Climb - this weekend

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Would love to go and see this one day. From what i gather as well as the factory efforts, a fair few turn up in a van and just do it for the hell of it.

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For sure this is on my bucket list.

Looked this year but I was on shift (envy)
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The official Pikes Peak twitter page has loads of great photos and videos. Such an array of vehicles of all types. Looks amazing.

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Sun rise at the top.

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Lol.. I was just thinking that a mutly would be the perfect tool for that job.
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The Multi held the bike course record from 2012-2017. So definitely a great bike for it. Those 2018 1260cc Multi setups look awesome!
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I like the fact that the best car for the mountain is some tricked-out course-specific one-off....the best bike is one off a dealer lot.

The "Everyman Race".... sort of.
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Is it on the telly?
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ESPN are filming it for showing at later dates...by category, apparently.

I didn't realise there was a class for big-rigs!!
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