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DARING DESERT RACER

Taye Perry has been racing professionally for over a decade in South Africa, where she has achieved multiple MSA off-road and cross country titles. Being the leading off-road racing motorcycle female for numerous years, with a 97% race finish rate, the next natural step was to seek out international competition.

Taye gained much respect as she tackled the world’s toughest motorsport event and aimed to be the first woman from Africa to complete the rally.

Was the Dakar all you expected?

It certainly was tough but I was expecting much more dune riding and it turned out that dunes made up only a small part of

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