Spare Parts - West Africa

My Strategy for breakdown (below list of people will help you in West Africa)
Have minimum critical spare parts - list below - if you don't like to have it time for delivery is 2 weeks - 2 mounths time. if you calculate min 10e a day for waiting (tent plus food) this will become fortune.  Distance to the shope can between 1km to 3000km depends where you are. In Africa in Dakar - Bamako and Abidjan or Yamoussoukro - You have CFEA MOTORS - Japaniess car and motorcycle dealers - usually they have 2 models of 125cc and some spare for them, but no big motorcycle spare parts!


Critical Spare part List (yamaha xt600e)
If you can please take with you (this is what I'm carrying)

Front and rear tube
Tube valve and tool for extracting it
Spark plug
Spark plug cable
HT coil (ignition coil)
Rectifier diode
Generator - alternator winding
CDI ignition module (computer)
Spare fusses
Clutch cable
Throttle cable
Starter  carbon brushes or repair kit
2-3 front/rear spokes

Tools to make all small repair only useful for your type of motorbike

Please be careful with local Mechanics - judge them by their talking and how worksop - if any - looks like - don't agree to the first time price never!



Most of repair and parts I have with me but sometimes you need someone help here is list of my recommendation - those people I used either for parts or help:


Mauritania - Nouakchott  - name Tijani tel 0022246000389 - Garage Sahara around 400m diagonally south west from Camping Sahara ask in the Camping they know him

Senegal - Dakar - Name - Madu tel 00221338683830 or 00221774506667 - Madu Bikes:  Dakar - Yoff - Route de l'aeroport - coordinates from his business card N14'45.300; W 17'28.339

Mali Bamako - Name ''Marocain" tel 0022376481777 - Local big market in the City Center - he would speak french so call for exact location - about 2 km from Yamaha dealer but I can not direct you there

Tijani - Mauritania - Nouakchott he rebuild my top engine 

Mali Bamako -  ''Marocain" I got 5 of 8 new
clutch disc form Him 

Good Luck!
Pawel