Hello All
I've been going to Morocco by jeep so far, but during my last trip I was always thinking that I should be a lot of fun to do it in a motorcycle.
Now I've never riden a motorcycle off road, my current bike is a Yamaha XJ6 Diversion, a road bike .
My plan is to put the bike on a trailer, do the boring bits in max confort and then park it on a nice, safe place and go from there on the motorbike.
So no need to be a bike capable of highway speeds or handling. What is needs is to be light, reliable, the plan is to stay in aubergs, hotels,etc so will only take light luggage.
My conclusion is that somehing with a 250 cc engine would do fine. I know that Yamaha makes a WR250R that is not so radical like the "F" but is not available in Portugal.
electric start is a must, electric + kick ideal, kick only, no way.
what you guys think about the WR250F ? my initial idea is that it would need an increase in fuel capacity, either a bigger tank, or an extra can, or "bag" to be with a safe margin of autonomy. some mods for the saddle might be in order to.
One concern I have is how the high compression engine will cope with the petrol available in Morocco.
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Tito