Nyeri Off-road Bikers

20/03/2025

Lake Rutundu --- Part 2

The early morning start was rather easy for me.
The ever ready time keepers, Ken and King'ori are always friendly enough to ring me "tondu Gikuyu, your son can sleep through a war."

Hurriedly rushing out, ndo mimi huyo nimetoka na mgeni mashuhuri Vic, this will be his first long distance ride too...not to mention his first ride with us.

He won't admit it but he got a bike after constantly seeing status updates of us ripping through the bundus doing what we do best and wanted to join in.

By now, I'm already aware that the Nairutia Team has already left...we've agreed to meet on the outskirts of Naromoru Town, so all that remains is fuelling and heading out.

Agenda for the day would be to first get to Naromoru, Fuel, say Grace, then head out to Mt Kenya Sirimon gate to promptly get checked and pickup our gate passes. On our ride back, we'd pick up the two Sams i.e our guides for the day.

Little did I know that Daktari had changed his mind about coming for the Ride.
Enter Dr Maina, man from Matungulu(Made that up haha), he's riding the other offroad bike i.e the Great Focin 150 (It'd earlier made it's debut on the Lake Ellis Leg earlier in the year).

Hapa sasa kijana kafungua throttle and zoomed into the horizon. Nii reke ngwire Wanja "andakaragia ma!"
Kuna siku Muthee Faoro nyoroshad me on his bike (barely a month after training him how to ride the bike he'd just bought not knowing how to ride) ikabidi nisimame kubadilisha spark plug for I could not believe my eyes yawa...Mailooord!

Meeting up with the rest of the team was mostly uneventful other than a few roadside shenanigans that always seem to be permanently assigned to me!😒

We'd easily made it past Kisima enroute to the unmarked Mt Kenya Gate via the school of adventure route.

Tareke ngwire ma! If there's a road that's as beautiful as this one, please send me directions tondu aye!
Minus the potholes that would creep up on every other bend, these undulating hills were a mere spectacle to behold. Not to mention that we are literally ontop of the hill...We could see the far distant hills that mark the route to Isiolo behind us!

To be continued....

19/03/2025

What does it take to get you proper adventure pics you ask?

Cheki maneno anko🤣

Mzee Colonel X Mzee Daudi

18/03/2025

Relieving this here day reminds me I never finished narrating my story 😁

Baaash ndugu mtazamaji wacha nikuandalie horosinim part two...

18/03/2025

Behind the scenes!

Is there a cost to all the adventure rides we go on?
Most definitely..
hapa kuna venye admin hapa anakulanga strays kila mahali na wakati🤣

Uzuri sufferiation is with us all ama namna gani wangwana?😁

17/03/2025

Caption:
Ken: We msee!
Nelson: Msee Nyanyako.
Ken: Si ni nyanyako pia?😁

Among the lovely scenes we did last year was Mt Ololokwe better known as Archer's Post.

Spot these two distinguished gentlemen that happen to be brothers...

What's your best caption?
Ken(Right) - Nelson (Left)

15/03/2025

Alafu hapa we'd joined the rest of the Kenyan bikers kufanya the Lake Alice Challenge.

Kiulizo ni😁
Hii maji kidogo ni kitu ya kufanya ushindwe kupita😁🤣

SuperAdmin pale aliamua kuchota maji na boots haha🤣

Check out RideWithMeOnMyNextAdventure’s video.

15/03/2025

Unacheki hizi bikes mbili na nusu?😁😎

Most of the stories you get to read is attributed to these three..

We're proud of the fact that we have guys that do show up when they can for rides...

But majorly....these three small CC bikes are the only reason a year down the line we still have storos for you....

Admin hapa ako na 1.3TB of unreleased footage😁.. nirushiwe za macho and I'll give you hours and hours of open roads😎

11/03/2025

Leo hakuna story.... pictures tell it all..epic rides
750km+..

06/03/2025

One of the Most beautiful roads we've ever ridden on. Hapa ilikuwa Ken, Nick and King'ori.

04/03/2025

Idi Amean ...mliswim kwa mamawe?😁

Afanaa... I'll try show you why and how it's almost impossible to swim on this here lake.
Upon getting to the lake, we got "offers" for guided tours round the lake...
PS it's completely free to access the lake however touring any other space outside the Magadi grounds ..you are "expected" to pay guide fees to the community and also to your preferred guide.
When I say expected, I mean some Maasai locals will come at you angrily trying to get the money out of you...in a none polite non friendly way I might add.. story for another day this one.

My thoughts are we got some headway after the angry participants realized that there were cameras recording.

However after getting to the lake, we got preoccupied with visiting said hot spring..
Little did we know it would be 11kms of grueling offroad trails...paths crisscrossing dried up patches of the receded lake.

Admin ndo huyo ndani ya mamawe soaking his gonads😎

Idi Amean...did you get salt from there..?
Sadly not....not even a phenomenon that crossed our minds. The second pic shows the time we got back to the Magadi gate on our return leg.

The gruelling heat of this region is unlike any other...Joto ya Baringo is child's play. Personally almost suffered a heat stroke from exhaustion compounded by the heat but mostly the road from Kisamis to Magadi...hiyo wacha tu!

The last two pics should be self explanatory though ;)

04/03/2025

Umuthi ndauga mutheke hanini....
mithenya yoothe too nduthi😅

03/03/2025

Mwalimu wa Math...

I present you, Lake Magadi.

This is the first frame when I literally just arrived.

Best believe we took off our gear and switched into swimming gear.

Ungetaka kuuliza admin nini?😅😎

01/03/2025

This is a tiney tiny valley....

I'm not going to bore you with a basic geography class on the fact that a valley is located between two hills....

You see that hill up top....that's Davie working on his bike.

The DT was manned by a gentleman best known as Mzee Oscar..

Admin mmoja amekaa pale kitako doing something to a bike.

This here hill humbles gentlemen!

Google a location called Ntalaban...you can only find it on google maps via a dispensary located there. Google doesn't have an idea as how to get you there..

This here hill....hii Murima....this is a hill I respect with my all.
Ushaiona mlima unaanza kutetemeka?😅 mnastruggle kupita unauliza k**a mtarudia njia ingine?🤣🤦‍♂️

This is it.
This here hill humbled every single person but John (our friendly local guide) oooh and the mighty DT.
But still...erase that thought you have in your head...

Hii Murima zii!😢

28/02/2025

Niliwashow kichakani things are different aye?
Unanunua mafuta in bottros...
kwanza kwanza umeona chenye hiyo mafuta inafanyiwa pande ile ingine?😅

I think I'm just overthinking...else my bike purely runs on diesel tondu....how is they not as concerned as am I.

The rest of the Gang passed by easily😅

This bike happened to be the thirstiest compounded with the tinniest tank....had me stopping every now and then to refill.
As we are....we are 80kms to our destination....110kms from Kapenguria....in between in both directions is pure thicket.

27/02/2025

Story-Time!!😎

Today feels like a good day to share a good read...
A hidden gen that I've shared with some of you...I doubt if any of you have actually followed up.

Oh well.

I've always been a big fan of adventure.

I know that most of you can relate with this.
You've clearly seen bikers form a huddle and share experiences/tell stories of their exploits on bikes....the many times you cheated death eh? Beautiful places your crotch rocket took you...

and thus my friend....we share a liking...not just danger but adventure..curiosity is our driving force.

Having found my way into the African Motorcycle Diaries Group....the regular updates of folks riding all over Kenya was always exhilarating. By then, I had my trusty 90cc Qinqi bike that I'd purchased for a whooping 25,000ksh.
I didn't know any other biker around, was pretty much winging it on my own😢.
I'll tell you a story of how the famed White Man used to help me start my 2 stroke bike...because cold mornings and lack of confidence wasn't a worthwhile way to kickstart dear 'ol Qinqi.

Today...I choose to celebrate a masked** biker who's posts challenged me to explore and push Qinqi past her limits....

A gentleman that writes in ways that, capture your attention so well....taking your soul in leaps to the various bushy and thorny adventures he's gotten to experience over the years..

The gentleman...Kitui Djothefu....
I choose not to tag his handle but rather have you follow him but only...
only if his blog makes you chuckle as much as it did me...

A very interesting thing about him, having had the pleasure of meeting him once pale Inspire Libraries, courtesy of Emily, he doesn't record videos on his GoPro.
He instead has it set to take photos...30 photos every minute it was....I can bet you there are some nice pics you'll want to go see on his blogs?😅

He runs a blogsite on https://stories.djothefu.co.ke/
You might not be into that much reading so hey....go sift through the pics...

Try find the story where he got to taste tortoise meat on one of his offroad biking adventures...
The blog should be Farcing the Dasanaach ....if I'm not wrong...
Happy Reading!!

26/02/2025

Remember you saw it here first aye?

This animal that laughs at us in the background...rarely caught on footage buying premium farm land.

Hapa nayo nilimnasa😂

Enter Daudi himuselufu

I know I shouldn't have laughed but wewe umeskia hiyo

"Uka naake brathaa"😂😅

26/02/2025

Naaaam ukitizima kanda ya filamu ya kwanza...utadhania kwamba rubani amelewa....

Ila tu kwa mikwazo rubani yuko gangare....

My swahili ends there but frame one...inakaa k**a naona madimdim😁😅

The red tail light ahead of me is Davie pillioning Emily (The travelling librarian) while the smudged red dot in the front is Mzee Collins himuselufu....

Masaa ni ya kufungia kuku kindu 7:20PM and we'd just arrived (or rather were passing through) Nakuru town....destined for North Pokot...

You can clearly tell that I have lots of stories for you aye?
Wacha niwapange na clip kidogo kesho mnirushie za misheveve, if I'm albe to make all of you laugh.

25/02/2025

You're planning on a ride to some a bit of bundus bashing but you probably don't have the hang of fixing your bike?

Then again..how many of us actually prepare for the inevitable?

The overthinker that I am has contemplated carrying a spare piston and valves with me (nik**a niko na tabia mbaya😁)

But clearly that's overkill...

What's make sense to you as far tools and parts to carry when going touring?

Don't be like who shows up with a screwdriver😅

Myself..I try to carry most parts that would take my bike apart to the last bolt.
Most cases the parts are interchangeable for most CG bikes:

a manual bicycle pump,
some grease,
some patches and rubber glue
Ring spanner 18 - 19 (for the rear wheel nuts)
Ring Spanner 17 -16 (for sw***er shaft nut)
Combine spanner 17
combine 14 - 15 (for the indicator nuts that always come undone)
Ring spanner 10 - 11 (to adjust my steering position)
Ring spanner 12-13 (tightening the rear wheel sprocket nuts)
Y combine (8,10,12) (possibly the most important item)
spare number 10, 12, 17 and 8 bolts and assorted washers
Screw driver (the star - flat combo)

What did I leave out?
tire Iron? I've used a combine spanner 17 before 😁