London - South Africa on a road bike
 

hey everyone, i'm still lurking around here reading huge travel reports and enjoying every minute of it...

anyway what im wondering is if anyone can help me with the possibility of traveling south on my road bike (for your info its a kawasaki zzr600)

from reading a few reports it seems that the majority of the way is passable...and there was talk of lots of tarmac going in down the west. if anyone knows more i would love to hear it.

I am a firm believer that anyone can go anywhere with any kind of vehicle, they will just take longer/quicker and a greater/lesser number of bruises/stories/smiles.So my question: why do you want to do it with a ZZR.

No clue about West coasts so sorry can't help you there.

If you decide to rather go via Easter africa you have tarmac all the way from London to Aswan (Egypt) and all the way from Isiolo (Kenya) to Cape Town. Assuming the tar roads will not be complete by end of this year you will need a lift for you bike from Wadi-Halfa to Dongola (Sudan), Metema to before Gondor turnoff (Ethiopia) and Moyale to Isiolo (Kenya).

I remember an article writen by a Dutch guy who had travelled down the eastern route to CT on a Honda Fireblade. Quite adventuresome :mchappy:

I guess the northern connection between the border of Ethiopia and down into Kenya will be pretty rough, but south of that tarmac roads are plentifull.

Same as Bossies, I believe you can go just about anywhere on any bike. Thinking back, in the fifties the bikes had rather minimal suspension and still the people did surprising feats of travelling to far-away countries on terrible roads :thumbup1:

hrm... just gotta find a bit more grip now!