My blog about travel with a motorbike and thoughts that cross my mind
The party
When the personnel at Bab El Atlas found out that I intended to get my motorcycle driving licence, they said that if I passed, then we would have a big party. In the excitement of not only passing my exam, but of buying my first real motorbike (the Docker doesn't...
Meeting Kali
Four days after passing the driving exam, after a few phone calls, I went to Marrakesh with Brahim. We had a meeting the next day with the boss of a rental agency who had four Royal Enfield Himalayan motorbikes for sale, second-hand. I booked into a very cheap hotel...
Exam day
Exam day (s) The 15th of January came around and I drove to the address in Tinghir (a town about 90 minutes away), the main town of the province, checked in, and was told to wait in a waiting room. I waited for less than ten minutes. I was led to a small room which...
Mastering the Docker and the highway code
Mastering the Docker and the highway code Each morning and each evening, if there were no guests, I learned the highway code using the computer application. Each day that I could, I practiced with the Docker, learning to ride at normal traffic speed, and endless...
Enter the Docker
Enter the Docker It was my second week, and I could sense the 15th of January inching closer. The riding lessons were nearly useless. Nobody was explaining anything about controlling the KTM. i was progressing, way too slowly. With Brahim (who works for us at Bab El...
Really learning now
Really learning now. I was starting to get angry: The motorbike theory exam was already booked for the 15th of January. It was already the 20th of December, and I felt I had hardly begun with the computer lessons. I hadn't begun at all with the proper riding lessons....
Second lesson
Second lesson: I was back at the driving school the next day. Everyone looked surprised to see me. The computer was retrieved, so was the mouse, so was the heater. I settled in and worked for an hour before the internet went off. While I waited for the network, I...
Learning to ride
My first lesson at the driving school: In the beginning, I thought it was going to be extremely easy to get my motorbike licence in Morocco. For one thing, every male Moroccan seemed to be zipping around on a small motorbike; old men, 15 year old kids, whole families,...
My motorbikes
My motorbikes Motorbikes This is my very first motorbike, a Docker Apollo. I bought it to learn to ride a motorbike, specifically to learn to use the gears, as well as to learn to slalom between cones, do figure-of-eights and general low-speed control. It's made in...