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Planning on exploring both the high Atlas and down to the dunes so I guess we could experience both extremes, mmmm, getting more unsure by the minute.

Really don't enjoy being too hot hence my original plan to go in mesh...
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Planning on exploring both the high Atlas and down to the dunes so I guess we could experience both extremes, mmmm, getting more unsure by the minute.

Really don't enjoy being too hot hence my original plan to go in mesh...
That would swing it for me!
I would rather be warm(ish) on the high ground and sweating like the proverbial lower down (you can always take something off - even the jacket, at your own risk blah, blah), than vice versa.

As Tim says, those mountains are high.
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It’s often cold to cross Europe, beside the temperature-issue you often have long days in the saddle and it makes thing worse.

When I go to Morocco I carry a lot of clothes, and leave most of it in Spain. With the mesh, t-shirt, a thin wool-shirt and a light jacket I can manage 10 °C, it’s normally not colder then that - at least not for days.
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Hooning around on and off piste in January, I wore a waterproof Textile jacket over an MX shirt & sixsixone body armour. The jacket stayed on in the mountains then came off as we got further south. It was still quite cold early in the day. I like wearing separate armour because it allows me to loose some layers whilst still having the protection.
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I'd agree with big yellow tractor - layers are the key...

Are you going to be riding dirt roads/off-road/piste as well as tarmac?

I was out there at the beginning of April (Tuareg Rally) and it was pretty roasting already (comparatively, 30°+) in the desert... South of the Atlas mountains it will be warm/hot, especially if riding off-road... I only ever wore MX pants and my jacket over a vest and my body armour, and in the dunes an MX shirt. Racing or not, if you drop your bike you'll be sweating like a sod!

I use an enduro jacket (Alpinestars Venture) which has plenty of vents and it pretty shower/rain proof unless it's torrential. It doesn't have armour in it though so you'll need some elbow guards (at least) or a pressure suit type all-in-one.

Layer that with a thermal vest and/or MX shirt and armour, and take a windwall type fleece/mid layer to wear under the jacket in the mountains/cold mornings etc. A cheapy rain smock (pack away type) over the whole lot should sort you out if it rains in Europe...

Afterall, it is nearly summer now!

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Thanks all,

I think with the summer on it's way and the temperature in the dunes rising I think I'll stick with my original mesh jacket plan. Not really planning too much hooning, we're both on more road-biased bikes (Transalp and GS650) so it'll be more pottering and pedaling!

Thinking I'll take my waterproof liner and wear it under the mesh if it's cold or wet; I'll let you know how I get on.

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PS always have been rubbish at making decisions!
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I would go for the mesh with lots of layers...and some all-in-one waterproofs as its been raining on and off for the last few days.
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