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For normal type bike have a look at the bajaj boxer 150 bm,
Sold in a lot of African countrys.
For big bikes you have to put down serieus money in africa.
Found this youtube video Fanny especialy the music behind it
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEUxryanqQ
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For normal type bike have a look at the bajaj boxer 150 bm,
Sold in a lot of African countrys.
For big bikes you have to put down serieus money in africa.
Found this youtube video Fanny especialy the music behind it
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEUxryanqQ
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Sorry this is the link of the boxer bike,
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=udzLa6WXnpI
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Chinese Bikes

Hi Matt,

If you are going to Nairobi, Chris at JJ's will buy the bike and prepare it for you.

The Jincheng 150 which I got from him took me 15,000 km from Nairobi back to UK going west across the continent.

I re-engined in Morocco for £220, including taking out the original and fitting the new one !

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chines shit

i would never buy a chines bike any thing made in china brakes and then brakes again and again thats a fact iff yuo ar smart buy a second hand honda 250 yuo can find this bikes sheap 1000 us change the piston rings and goo yuo buy a chines bike and yuo whil spend alot of time and money in repair shops around africa
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So excited I found this thread, as buying Chinese was my plan! (Like MennoMoto, there's a long story behind this decision)
Any idea on what's available in Mozambique?
Or would it be cheaper to buy in SA?
For spares, based on typical problems with these bikes, what spares should I buy?
Tires? Are people buying Chinese too?

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