Off-Road trips
Any dual sport bike of around 500cc or above is suitable for our off-road trips, though some of the ’softer’ models do benefit from things like progressive fork springs and harder, more protective bash plates as we do cover some bumpy and rocky tracks.
We’ve had everything from the venerable Serow to the ‘unstoppable’ R1200 GS adventure on our off-road trips- all have advantages and disadvantages but as long as a bike can keep up on the road sections but still handle the off-road tracks, it’s fine.
(We will accept smaller bikes like the Serow and the TTR 250 on some trips but please contact us first so we can look at the mix of bikes already booked on a trip to try and keep things balanced for everyone’s enjoyment- the normal size of bike we have tends to be the 600/650 and upwards large trail or enduro bike- our staff bikes include an 1150GSA, a modified DR650Se and a full-on BMW 650 Rallye bike as well as a rather well modified V-Strom in the past!)
Between us, we have many years experience in setting up bikes for longer distance travel and off-roading, so please contact us if you have any doubts about your bike’s suitability or want to know about modifications we can suggest or would recommend for a particular model
Our off-road tours cover a wide mix of surfaces ranging from hard-packed gravel to sandy pistes and some loose, rocky tracks as well- there isn’t much clay type mud in Morocco so we don’t often get tyres getting ‘clogged up’ like we do in the UK and Northern Europe, so in general, the harder grades of tyre are better.
As a minimum, Pirelli scorpion MT60-R tyes as fitted to some models of larger KTM or the Continental Escape tyres are OK, but a more aggressive tread pattern is recommended.
Our favourite tyre for these trips would probably be the Conti TKC80 which gives a very nice compromise between on -road manners and off-road performance- several of our lead bikes use these and they are surprisingly good both on and off-road.
For the lighter bikes, we often use the superb Pirelli MT21 Enduro tyre which is both road legal and yet works extremely well on rocky and hard terrain.
Again though, please contact us for advice on tyre choices if you have any doubts.
We are very happy to transport your own tyres down with us and arrange to have them fitted in Spain before we set off for Morocco on the first day of a trip (you would need to arrive in Spain on the Saturday rather than a Sunday for us to have this done) – we also often supply tyres as well and have linked up with an Enduro bike outfit/shop that has supplied the BMW enduro team with tyres for their training in the hills around Malaga
