Trouble in Morocco? Seeking local advice

[Gavster]

Hi All

I'm in the Pyrenees with a friend and we're turning down to ride towards Morocco today - Our plan is to cross over in a day or two and then ride a loop that runs down the interior, along the edge of the desert, down into the Western Sahara, and then back up the coast, entering and exiting via Tangier Med. We'll be on the main roads, not the pistes

We're not doing this on the usual bikes, so I'm certain we will stand out - we're on a Ducati Diavel and a Z1000. It probably doesn't help that my backpack is a UK military Desert Camo piece either, but the last couple of days we've been advised (by a Moroccan in Southern France and also by locals in Northern Spain) that this is not a smart trip to take on now due to word of increasing tension/issues with fanatics in Morocco.

I've been around enough to know that you can't always trust the gossips, but we do want to find out if we've missed something over, or if there's some risk to factor / areas to avoid.

Has anyone got local knowledge? Are we being daft bringing ourselves down that way and standing out like a sore thumb? Is there tension / risk?

Thanks
Gav