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Planning a trip from London to Cape Town, South Africa on a Harley. Finding that it has been done a few times on various bikes but can't seem to find if anyone has done it on a Harley?
Check Horizons.com web site. You will probably find someone on there that has done it. I have done The southern tip of Argentina to Canada on a Ultra Classic in 2007, but that would be like a walk in the park compared to Africa.
Planning a trip from London to Cape Town, South Africa on a Harley. Finding that it has been done a few times on various bikes but can't seem to find if anyone has done it on a Harley?
chronicling Ewen MacGregor's and Charlies Borman's trip from Scotland to Cape Town on motorcycles. They also had the all wheel drive range rover that followed them stocked with spare parts. Considering paved roads in mid continent Africa don't exist it could be rough going on a Harley. A larger adventure bike like a BMW 1200 GS, Triumph Explorer, Suzuki VStrom 1000, Yamaha Ténéré or KTM Adventure fitted with knobby tires for the ride through Africa might be a more suitable choice. Air cooled engines don't do well at slower speeds in extreme heat either.
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