Hello everyone,

I'm currently working in Morocco. Staying in Tarfaya, It looks like I will be here until next summer, anytime from May until August.

I need some advice on which bike to buy.

I might be driving a van back to Ireland(home) for the Christmas holidays, therefore i might be driving said van back to Morocco, in which case i would put a bike in the back of the van and bring it into Morocco that way.

If i do it like this i was thinking of bringing a motocross bike like a CRF450 Honda, to play in the dunes with. I have a pick up that i could move the bike around in so it would'nt need to be road registered.

That's one option.

If I'm not driving a van back to Morocco from Ireland, the other option is to buy an enduro bike like a Honda XR650R(road registered) put a high capacity fuel tank on it and ride it out to Morocco, if i do this I'll only be able to keep the bike in the country for 6 months at a time or pay the customs duty and permanently import it.

Or I could buy a bike in Morocco.

I want a bike i can ride hard off road for sure, but if I had a bike I could ride on road and travel around the country on I think it would be fun also.

So It's either an offroad bike(CRF450 etc) or an offroad biased road registered bike(Yamaha WR450/Honnda XR650R etc).

I know i have to weigh up the pros and cons of each choice and ultimately make the choice myself.

Must consider
Customs Dutys
Insurance, for a road registerd bike
reliability/parts availabilty

If anyone can give me any advice on which bike/s i should be looking at and any other advice in general it would be very much apprieciated.

Budget, 3 to 4K Euro