We did 1400 kms on the bike travelling to
villages on rough roads. the suspension wasn’t
built for the potholes and with my weight of
112KGs and a pillion plus chooks and bags of
mangoes and whatever else we could get on it,
60 kph was all she’d cruise on but that was ok.
To go faster on Uganda roads is suicide, or
maybe it is safer, I couldn’t work that out. Only
the pecking order is the rule. The seat was hard
as a rock and the headlight was weak and the
clutch felt weak too. It shuddered a bit taking
off loaded up, ( probably can’t blame it though.
I grew up with dirt bikes as a farmers son and
there is a huge difference between Jap bikes
and this one but the price is very good and
apart from a few loose bolts that the sellers
forgot to tighten, it was good. But we only
loaded it up, there was no monos or dohnuts.
Like I said, only 1400 kms before we left and
handed it to our friend. It is still going well at
2500 kms though.
The chain stretches easily and the cables
you can see that they are cheap. About
to the litre but that was not always in t
and usually carrying a load.