On the southern side of Morocco’s High Atlas, two rivers have cut a pair of canyons through red and ochre rock: the Dades and the Todra. They sit about 50 km apart, and between them they hold some of the most photographed riding in North Africa: a stack of hairpins in the Dades and sheer…
The Tizi n’Test is a 2,092-metre pass over Morocco’s High Atlas, linking Marrakech to Taroudant on the R203. It is not the highest road across the Atlas, but ask riders who have done both and most will tell you it is the better ride: narrow, technical, and almost entirely hairpins and blind bends for the…
Besides the obvious engine guards and skid plates, out bikes are equipped with other protective equipment, either to avoid bigger damage in case of a fall, or to protect some vital parts that are fragile on the motorcycle. We know many riders will go for overkill and put every available protection on their adventure bikes,…
We continue our series of insight to the various parts and accessories we use on our motorcycle fleet. In this post we will provide some information on the most needed set of protective equipment – crash bars and skid plates. As with most accessories and parts, we have tried and tested various models of different…
As we organise tours in Morocco 10 months out of 12, our fleet and guides cover a rather impressive mileage each year. We ride all kind of terrain, from perfect twisty tarmac roads, through potholed small roads, rocky riverbeds fast gravel tracks to deep sand. We therefore use dual sport tires as those offer the…
