streets.
We were heading for the capital
Lusaka and stopped overnight in
Choma. The following day we were
faced with a very rough 70 kilometre
section of road. I couldn’t help wondering
why it was so bad until a truck
driver explained to us that the province,
responsible for the road, heavily
support the opposition political party
and therefore struggle to get financial
support 1 .
Peak hour traffic in Lusaka was an
experience, bumper to bumper, the
Transalp was getting hot. As in most
African cities you need to ride a little
aggressively, stay calm but let everyone
know that you will not be continually
cut off.
We decided to have a few days
off so we could service the bike and
found that quality oil was proving to
be a great challenge to find. I’d been
offered Chinese oil and even asked if I
could buy ‘quality’ oil from the workshop
of the local Honda dealer. A
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