Guinea-Bissau to Denmark on a DT125
 

I have the dream about driving my old Yamaha DT125 back to Denmark.
I have lived in Guinea-Bissau since September 2015 and I've been driving around West Africa on my bike. I've drove 7.500 km through Guinea Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and Senegal. I haven't drove a bike before I came to Africa but buying a motorcycle seems to be the best decision ever :mchappy: I am planing to drive from Bissau around the end of march or beging of april.
Is it safe to drive alone? I reasonly had a couchsurfer how drove from Spain to Bissau on his bicycle.. So I guess it's relatively safe? I haven't had any problems so fare and people have always been friendly and helpful.
Do anybody have any suggestions for spare parts to bring? I am currently home to have a operation done so I really want to buy what ever I need while in Europe.
Driving from Guinea-Bissau to Saint Louis/Rosso is no problem and I know to roads very well. But I've never been to Mauritania, Western Sahara or Morrocco and I would like to hear from anyone who have experience with driving through those countries. Anything to be aware of or things to avoid.
Thanks
Kristian

The biggest difference you'll find is that there are some long and lonely roads once you're north of Nouakchott - until you get to around TanTan / Agadir in southern Morocco. So you'll need to be self contained with stuff like two stroke oil, spark plugs, and particularly, fuel range. You'll need to be able to cover about 250 miles without refuelling, which I don't remember our DT being able to do without extra cans.

It's going to start getting hot in WS by the start of April so consider how much water you'll need (more than you think) - particularly if the bike breaks down somewhere remote. Look very carefully at stuff that might stop you - chain and sprockets need to be in reasonable condition. Similarly tyres and particularly tubes / puncture repair. Also some kind of pump if you do get a puncture.

The DT125 is a great little bike and if it's in good condition I wouldn't have any problems with doing the trip on it - cruise along around 70kph, enjoy the scenery and it'll take you about two weeks.

You could consider taking out breakdown insurance - I've seen ADAC being called out in WS by the Mauri border, although that was some years ago and I don't know whether they'd still do it.