Riding in African takes a different mindset, there are many unexected hazards and no 'health and safety police' to keep the roads safe.
There'a thread on AdvRider from an enthusiastic youngster who wants to head into South America, buys the gear and the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook and heads out. To cut a long story short, he hits some donkeys, is paralysed for life, then two years later tops himself.
So... some form of advanced motorcycle training is essential. I'm not talking about offroad so much as onroad, something like ROSPA or IAM in the UK where you have it drilled into you to be aware of potential hazards.
My first motorcycle trip to Africa was in 1972 when I was 21, riding a TriBSA Cafe Racer. Someone had just tried to assasinate the King of Morocco and I came round a bend at speed and only just, somehow, managed to avoid hitting a police roadblock with some rather triggerhappy cops.
Tim
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