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Ah what a trip! You did much better in the sand than we did but I suppose actual grown up bikes are a help!
The heat is actually OK as long as you cover up and keep moving but it's serious stuff when you stop alright!
Would be keen for forum Maroc trip in future if others fancied it?
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I'd be keen. Haven't ridden a dirt bike for 10 years though...
@MrBaklava I have serious adventure envy, looks like a real experience
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Sure. We had a bunch of adventurous mishaps along the way...
Day 1 - We found a man stranded in the middle of nowhere on a rental bike, with no tools and no spare tube. Broken down at the side of the road in a panic. We managed to fix his bike and send him happily on his way. good deed for the trip done
Day 2 - First entry to the desert. The temperature was 42c. Pretty tricky when you stop moving
Day 4 - We finished the desert section of the trip at Merzouga, and I decided I'd like to drop the bag to surf the big dunes, with great success. Afterwards I convinced my mate to follow, so we dropped our bags at the only tree for miles around and took off on a little loop. 600m and a couple mountains of sand later, my bike broke down. We spent an hour pushing, one metre at a time, at 3pm in the afternoon (see foot steps and tyre tracks in photo). Exhausting. Made it back to the tree for water & shade, and then my buddy rode to find someone with a jeep to tow the bike back to the tarmac.
End of Day 4 - After the bike had broken down in the sand the ignition barrel was clogged up and the key stopped working. Found this out when I removed the key to fill up with petrol. 3 hours of wiggling and a new key later and we were back on the move.
Things got easier when we headed north from the desert towards the mountains. Well, cooler at least.
@Jung the deep sand was lovely to ride and much easier than I expected. You just sort of surf over it. The more difficult sand was on the flat lands, where 4x4s have carved in tracks that pull the bike all over the place.
10/10 experience though, and I've finally found a type of motorcycling I love.