2005 Maxxis 12 Hours of Pont de Vaux, France

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Check out those front arms!

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Gotta love the dual rear shocks and center mounted exhaust.

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This is a KTM 950 V-twin. The instrument panel is illuminated and looks cool at night. The plastic is right off of a Dakar quad.

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The 950cc motor has to make this quad an arm-ripper. The weight of the quad may have been a factor in the team breaking an axle during the event.

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This YFZ450-powered quad sports dual radiators and a down-swept pipe mounted onto the nerf bar.

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This is the #5 Honda of the KIK HM Plant Team. This 3-rider team was led by multi-time PDV winner and current top UK rider Paul Winrow.

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Here's the #10 machine with a 525 KTM motor in an aftermarket chassis. Check out the massive single round frame tube where the lower a-arms bolt to the frame.

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Another view of the #10 quad shows the very unique swingarm design that incorporates an inboard-mounted disc brake and sprocket. Also notice the rear bumper and chain/disc guards that are mandatory at the PDV. Any quads not having these items would not pass tech inspection; and if a quad was spotted during the race without these guards they would be black-flagged to fix it.

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One of only a hand-full of 2-stroke entries was this KTM 560cc quad. The Down-swept expansion chamber was massive!

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Here is the #6 Duncan/ATV World team of Chad Lohr and Tavis Cain. They campaigned a YFZ again this year after coming so close to the podium on one last year.