It is with much regret that I am contemplating selling my Dakar. I am currently on tour from South Africa to Ethiopia, and am looking to sell at the end of the trip (approximately September/October, 2004).

The bike is Africa ready...

Suspension Upgrades: New Ohlins rear shock. Fully adjustable (compression, rebound, preload) and much, much better than stock. I also installed aftermarket progressive springs for the front forks (and dust boots), and the upgrades have totally transformed the bike's handling off road.

Panniers: 41L Touratech aluminium panniers with rack, plus Touratech tank bag...plenty of capacity for a long journey, and strong enough to take the falls.

Drop-ability Upgrades (Pingproofing): BMW bash-guard; Touratech hinged footpegs and break/clutch pedals (much stronger than stock); and flexible front indicators and protected rear indicators/number plate mount (the origionals broke just by looking at them).

Engine: Nothing, it's a Rotax.

Interested? I'm looking for $5000. Am flexible to sell within the Horn of Africa region, or South Africa.

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[This message has been edited by Grant Johnson (edited 24 May 2004).]

[This message has been edited by hunternielson (edited 07 June 2004).]

Attention South Africans,

I'm far more likely to resell this Dakar in RSA (where I bought it), so I've edited the post above to include you...(but can't figure out how to edit the Subject line...)

FYI

The only way to edit the subject line is to make a new post, sorry.

I'd suggest TWO browser windows, this message in both, and in one click "create new Topic" and copy and paste from the other what's relevant. Then DELETE the old topic - as the "topic starter", you can.

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