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Old 23 Apr 2017
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Selling a bike in Senegal ?

Hey everyone,

I'm planning a trip next september from Switzerland to Senegal with my bike.

I don't have the time to ride the thing back to Europe, so I'm planning on selling it there...

It's a Yamaha XT 660 R (2008) and it will have around 30'000Ks....

I'm realizing that it's kinda complicated to sell a motorcycle abroad. I've read a couple threads saying that selling a car in GAmbia is easier...

Is that also true about motorcycle ? Does anyone have advice about it?
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I too heard that it is easy to sell a vehicule in The Gambia. I don't have any experience on this and i don't know for how little they sell their vehicules.

If it is just a matter of getting rid of the bike, Guinea-Conakry does not issue a TIP and many people wanted to buy my DR650. Could be quick to sell for a low price

If the bike has some value for you and you don't want to "give it", I would look at those options:

1) ship the bike home from senegal
2) ship it from Dakhla in Morocco
3) leave the bike in morocco and come within 6 months to ride it home
4) ride back to Spain and leave it there until you or a friend will ride it back home. It is almost all pavement from senegal to Spain. The distance could be covered maybe faster than completing a sale in Senegal.


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Yeah, you're probably right. I simply didn't want to pay for a shipping that would cost more than what the bike is worth.

I have sent a few request to operators.... I am wondering how much they would charge. I found something about it on this site. A guy shipped a bike from Dakar to Le Havre for around 400 euros in 2005.

I am considering the options.... riding back would mean I would have to spend around 10 hours on the bike every day

How about selling the bike in Senegal to someone from another country willing to travel? Is that even possible?
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A guy shipped a bike from Dakar to Le Havre for around 400 euros in 2005.

That's about what it cost me to ship back to Southampton from Banjul in The Gambia back then - and about the same as it would have cost to ride it back by the time you've paid for fuel, accommodation, a couple of ferries, food etc.

The hardest part was finding a shipping agent. You're totally dependant on someone doing what they say they're going to and, of course, you'll have flown back long before the shipping world grinds its gears. I fully expected never to see the bike again but a couple of months later I got an email saying it was ready for collection in Southampton so my suspicions were unfounded.

Dakar's a much bigger city and will have much larger shipping companies based there. In Banjul it was all done at a much lower level - you were dealing with a person rather than a business. It took a while as they had to get enough stuff to fill a container before it could go.
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Thanks for the reply

Do you still have the contact info of your man in Banjul by any chance ?
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Thanks for the reply

Do you still have the contact info of your man in Banjul by any chance ?
Believe it or not I found it! I can't find stuff I was dealing with yesterday but the file from over a decade ago was exactly where I left it. Not sure how much help it'll be as it was a very long time ago, but for what it's worth:

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Thanks that's amazing thank you so much


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Edgar holdings are very good friends of mine. You can call Stef Banna on 00220 7760906 and he will sort you out with the shipping. He often has things going back to Europe.
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