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Morocco Fly&Ride 2024 gallery

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A few shots from November tours on the new KTM 390s. Severe September floods in the south wrecked many routes, or made them rougher than normal.

A swath of near-new 390 Adventures in Marrakech
But one zero-miler has no brakes so we come back for a 310GS
We set off up the dusty N7 Tizi n Test road
Next day we cross the 2500-m High Atlas watershed
And come down the other side
We spend a relaxing evening separating the saffron stamens from crocus flowers.
Group 1 came two years ago so I try a new route on them – A3 from the new book.
Then I rope them in to a crass publicity stunt for the TMT (Trans Morocco Trail)
From Anissi village the track is unused, pretty rough and slow. Many of us over-balance negotiating run-off gullies, even me! Good to know I can pick up my MT450. Above, the Tawzart pass back down to the Issil plain
Not for the first time my instructions to ride ahead are vague and an hour is lost. We ride into the night and top up on fumes
Dawn over Amerzou
I let Keith ride my 450. He might want to buy it later
I have a blast on the 390 but as expected, I am not thrilled. No worse than a 310 on the dirt, I suppose.
We reverse Route A11 to Agdz – a fun haul road little damaged by the rains
Next day we try Z3 up into Saghro, but it’s now a bone shaker in places. Give it a few months.
It may be the main N9 road but the Tichka pass is a blast and a 390 is just the job.
‘Everyone, just step back a bit…’
group 2 and for the first time in a dozen Novembers, we leave Marrakech in the rain. The roadworks up to Ijoukak are messy and rocks are rolling down the hillsides and blocking the road for cars
Evidence of fresh rockfalls (alongside earthquake debris from last year)
The rain fell as snow on the High Atlas summits
And the streams are running.
We hose the mud-splattered bikes off in Taliouine
And head into the Anti Atlas
And down into the desert – greener than normal after the September rains
Lunch at Sinbad’s
Capt Sinbad himself
Up into the Aguinane valley. Note the plunge pool below the ford gouged out by the rains
RJ and Luke at the top of the dry waterfall
Leaving Assaragh for the last time. Finally found a better place down in Aguinane
The big descent
Checking the socials
A day ride up A11
We decide to try out the Tinzolin OUT. Now it’s a VOR (Verified Other Route – all explained in the book)
It’s both rough and sandy in places and above takes a big diversion round a washed-out oued bank.
I’m getting beaten up again and need to have a fiddle with my MT’s suspension
The gang on the plateau above Tinzolin
The group demands a visit the film studios at Ouarzazate. I watch the bikes in the car park.
Back in muggy RAK. All’s well that ends well.