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TRANSAFRICA: "Milan - Cape Town" on a Harley: Mission accomplished
Hi everybody,
just back home from our journey from Milan to Cape Town on my harley davidson road king 1998.
We ran 14.770 km in 37 days, starting from Milan, to get the ferry Genua to Tunis, then crossing Lybia, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and reaching South Africa.
We crossed the nightmare Moyale, Marsabit, Isiolo stretch but the Harley was strong enough. We made also other 500 km off road in Namibia.
My friend was on a BMW GS Adventure and suffered a lot either corrugations as well as sand. He dropped down once and destroyed the touratec luggage set. My Harley was definitely more off road suitable that the above.
I'm open to answer to all the questions and requests of information you may need on the trip.
Ciao
Roberto Parodi
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19 Apr 2012
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Well done, its nice to hear complimentary remarks about Harley Davidsons, especially your remark, 'My Harley was definitely more off road suitable that the above'. (BMW GS Adventure!)
Would be nice if you posted some pictures.
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Nice trip and beautiful pictures.
Are the tires you have on the Harley car tires ?
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no, the tyres were 16" zundapp sidecar tyres
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Looks like a fantastic trip and loved the photos on your website!
There are so many threads about "which bike?" on HU that it's nice to see someone take the bike he loves or is most comfortable on.
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Love it. I really do.
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ciao Ekke, you probably will not remember, but we had some chats in the past as I was asking you infos on the trip.
It seems incredible that evenctually, I really made it!
ciao and thanks
roberto parodi
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Enjoyed looking at the photo's Roberto. Thanks for sharing.... just makes me want to go even more....
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Hi Man,
You took some really nice pics even 37 days seem very short. The same trip took me 9 Months. You probably didnt even carry a tent but just sleped beside your bike like a real cowboy
Greetings from Brasil, Tobi
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25 Apr 2012
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Yes, I do remember Roberto. It looks like you had a fantastic trip, ciao!
Ekke
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Originally Posted by bomboliere
ciao Ekke, you probably will not remember, but we had some chats in the past as I was asking you infos on the trip.
It seems incredible that evenctually, I really made it!
ciao and thanks
roberto parodi
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'84 R100RT 141,000 km (Dad's!)
'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
'07 R1200GS Adventure 100,000 km (just finished Circumnavigating Asia)
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Super set of Photos, Looks like you had a heck of a great time! 37 days - that's pretty quick!
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family - biker!
yes it was quite quick but the scope was not to make turism but to live the journey meeting people on the road. Furthermore I am used to do trips more like "RAID" than life-journey. ,
Milano-New Delhi in 21 days,
Milano-Dakar in 15 days,
Milano - Tamanrasset in 8+8 days (going and coming back),
Dakar- Timbouctu- Lomè in 20 days
Family is waiting for me at home: I miss them so much!!!!!!
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That's an epic trip, you're some dude to do it on a harley too. We'll done too for keeping the trip report online, so many seem to fall by the wayside leaving only an error message on the screen.
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