All things considered, getting your moto out of customs the same day it arrived, with only half a day's work on your part, is pretty damn good for Africa.
It could have been a hell of a lot worse. Before I retired, I worked in lots of delightful places such as Angola, Mozambique, Libya, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and similar.
Even though I worked for a humanitarian organization, getting urgently needed aircraft parts out of customs was a friggin' nightmare... despite having worked in the countries for many years and having a full-time employee who did nothing but try and clear stuff through customs, it often took weeks to get goods released.
Wait till you fly the bike back to Canada. My guess is that it will take you longer than half a day to get it out of Canadian customs - at which point you will be grateful that at least the Moroccans "took you seriously" - by that I mean that although they might not have been paragons of efficiency, at least they paid attention to you and did what they could to get you on the road.
Michael
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