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Iv seen your RR from Siberia with the old beast

I can squeeze about 250km max from my tank, was debating to strap an extra jerry can on or just fill up some plastic bottles when i need them
Plastic cola bottles as/when needed is a much better idea imho.
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I love Honda V Twins: I own 2 Transalps (87 and 88) and an Africa Twin (95). I know a lot about them. That's why I'm riding an XChallenge in Morocco on this trip. An AT with a lot of luggage (and stock suspension? And road tyres?) won't be a lot of fun in the sand or even if the track is vaguely interesting. I've toasted 2 clutches off-road on a Transalp, never on a DRZ or XC.

Then again you might be a demon off road...

Riding in sand on a shed of a bike isn't just something you can learn just like that.

Probably best to buy tyres in Spain and know how to fit them yourself. Others are unlikely to want to do it for you.

Beers en route are always fine. I don't think anyone wants to be frustrated because they're being left behind/having to wait excessively. Everybody should be on their own trip and willing and able to be self-sufficient.
I am an experienced snowboarder, and I know exactly what you mean with that

but are you only going to ride sand?
If you woud have nothing against it, it really woud like to try riding with you guys...
If it doens't work out, then no problem, but at least I want to give it a chance. and I am not intending to follow you in the dunes...



maybe Jamie, if we do some riding around gibraltar, you can evaluate if i will be able to catch up or not...

about the tires, i have no choice. I will buy some here in spain, but i will have to find a garage in morocco where they can help me changing them. If they do it once for me/with me, I will be able to do it alone i think.


and if nothing of this all works, i'd still be glad to have a with you so you can tell me a few good routes to take
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oh and about the cooling system.
it just don't work properly. thermostat was totally finished, so I changed it.
put new coolant in...no result.

or a radiator is stuck, or water pump is broke (it doens't leak tough)
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I am an experienced snowboarder, and I know exactly what you mean with that

but are you only going to ride sand?
If you woud have nothing against it, it really woud like to try riding with you guys...
If it doens't work out, then no problem, but at least I want to give it a chance. and I am not intending to follow you in the dunes...



maybe Jamie, if we do some riding around gibraltar, you can evaluate if i will be able to catch up or not...

about the tires, i have no choice. I will buy some here in spain, but i will have to find a garage in morocco where they can help me changing them. If they do it once for me/with me, I will be able to do it alone i think.


and if nothing of this all works, i'd still be glad to have a with you so you can tell me a few good routes to take
I can't honest say where I'll be going. It'll depend a bit on the weather but I will be actively looking to get off the beaten track. The tracks from my 2 2007 DRZ trips were on an old gps that broke. I'll be generally following Chris Scott's guide book and some other tracks I do have. Maybe just see a track on the ground and just follow it? I don't have the answer to the question "What are the tracks like?" nor am I anyone's guide.

If not already done so, I suggest you buy a guidebook/ a map/ download Olaf on your GPS unit if you have one. That way if people's itineraries are similar we can ride the same way at the same time.

What I do remember from 2007 is that some parts of some routes were most definitely not suitable on a big and overloaded Africa Twin with stock suspension etc. They were hard enough on a light DRZ with good suspension and minimal luggage. You also need to sort out your cooling issue! It'll be very hot going on any bike.

Lots of places won't have so I might bring a bottle of Scotch from Spain.
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ok ok i got the message.
good travels everyone!


i ride already before in morocco, I know it's hard to find s
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Ratte i don't mind showing you how to change a tire, I will be changing my front when i get down there, its easy.

I have no fixed route or itinerary so im pretty flexible on where we go

Also although iv never been on a bike to Morocco before i think a lot of tracks are hard pack gravel/rocks (mud with recent weather) with some sand thrown in for good measure.

I don't imagine I will be Paris Dakar style dune bashing across miles of open desert
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i do imagine i will be paris dakar style dune bashing across miles of open desert! haha
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ok i will keep you updated how it goes...in granada till sunday maybe....
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Does anyone know anywhere in Gibraltar or near by that will stock any decent 21" off road tires?

I could get one in the UK but don't fancy carting it all the way down!
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Does anyone know anywhere in Gibraltar or near by that will stock any decent 21" off road tires?

I could get one in the UK but don't fancy carting it all the way down!
Contact Quick Fit in Gibraltar. Sorry, don't have a number, but probably googleable. After crossing the frontier and crossing the runway, they are left at the first roundabout, a little way along on the right. I was last there in 2005.

Also try contacting Malaga based bike tour companies. They must have to satisfy their demand for off road rubber from somewhere.
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Hi guys,

Im hanging out in Agadir at the moment and will be heading back up to Rabat in the next week or so to sort out my Visas.
I was traveling with Chris but he had a small accident and has had to head back to UK. Hope all is well Chris. So if there is anyone that would like to catch up get in touch.

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Hope all is well Chris.
Arrived back in the Uk last night. Had to wait a couple of days in Spain for a flight. Snow and ice here. No trains running and multiple roads closed. A friend was nice enough to collect me from the airport in his Landrover.

Enjoy the trip. Hope the pump is still working...
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Arrived back in the Uk last night. Had to wait a couple of days in Spain for a flight. Snow and ice here. No trains running and multiple roads closed. A friend was nice enough to collect me from the airport in his Landrover.

Enjoy the trip. Hope the pump is still working...
Hi Chris, Pump is doing well!! I changed out the tube with one of the ones you gave me and all is good now. I used my old tube to make a new liner for the wheel. Should not have to worry about the spokes damaging the tube?
Been hanging out at my mates for the last few days just chilling.
Went for a run down the beach the other day and ran over a fisherman's net and really mad a mess of it. Wrapped it around the rear wheel quite a few times before I pulled it up.
What was the name of that place or a GPS or google map location of where we were going to get those pictures of arches?

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The arches are at Legzira beach

Legzira Beach - Sidi Ifni
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We (2 bikes) are also planning a trip to Morocco from the Netherlands between 9 and 17 May 2015. If anyone interested in, let me know.
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