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Welcome to the first big ride of 2024 for the Kenyan Big Red Pigs! We've already been on our first of what I hope shall be many rides this year, exploring new areas in the Tugan and Ilkamasya Hills West of Bogoria/Baringo. Scroll down to get a taste of that until I get the whole report up. I...

Pig riders: Who has a carb and/or a full exhaust system for sale? I'd consider an OEM carb, and an OEM muffler, but not the OEM header since it's constricted. Cheers

Welcome to XR650R heaven Pig Fans, and say hello to 2023! We're back with our eighth consecutive year of Honda XR650R domination in Kenya! Put on new tyres and change your oil, cause we're ready to roll! It’s 2023 and as in previous years, I’ll collect my exaggerated blathering about rides...

Welcome to 2022, Pig fans! We're back with our seventh consecutive year of Honda XR650R domination in Kenya! Strap up your boots and clean your visors, cause we're ready to roll! We've already been on our first of what I hope shall be many rides this year, and this thread will be where I...

2020 is officially over! Scream it from the rooftops, bitches! Ok, nobody really expects 2021 to be too much different, but even still it’s nice to turn the corner, make a change, have a colon cleanse from a whole year of really shitty stuff. And good things are already happening up here. We've...

As title says, I'm in the market for another BRP. Yes, I live in Kenya, but guys have sussed how to import bikes and want to sell my XT500 and XL600R and replace them with a good XRR. Might even SUMO it in time, but for now, just having another one to share the garage is the plan. Location...

It’s nine whole days into 2020 and we still haven’t gone riding! That ends tomorrow, but first I spent a minute at Panic’s place preparing the bike. And let me tell you, I’m a hell of a mechanic. I deftly stripped the bike down to check the valves (they were perfect) then faffed around for an...

Happy 2019 bikers! Time to start a fresh thread for the year’s adventures. Like I did in 2017 (LINK) and 2018 (LINK), I’ll keep a running update of rides here to tempt the dirt-loving to come explore Kenya. Karibuni! I’ve been hot to ride since returning from our fantastic end-of-the-year...

That time of year again. Time to polish the old bikes, break out the fancy duds and ride 100km down to the bottom of the Rift Valley and back in the name of men’s health and a good time. Last year, the Nairobi DGR branched out and started a new tradition: we’d take the Distinguished Gentleman’s...

A six-pack of bikers on KTMs (and a lone CRF) climb the Uluguru Mountains behind Morogoro, Tanzania in search of the illusive Kisaki and Bunduki passages. Spoiler: We don't make it... but we braaaaap!

Happy New Year, Bikers!  :snorting: It’s a New Year, and in Kenya the Pigs are on the move! Over lunch, Panic and were talking about biking, as is our wont, and how it would be good to get in a nice 4-day trip sometime in the next couple of weeks. But before that, we decided we’d better go...

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, for those unfamiliar, is a fundraiser for men’s health where guys (and gals) with vintage/classic/cool one-off bikes get together once a year, dress up fancy and do a loop of the city. In Kenya this year, we piggy-backed off the idea to give the old bikes a...

Weeks in the planning, 10 days in the doing - Kolobus, Rawlence and I returned yesterday from certainly one of the best rides on the continent. We had the right bikes (Honda XR650s), the right attitude, and just enough skill to tackle (almost) everything we set out for. Our route took us...

Happy New Year, bikers! :snorting: Due to circumstances beyond our control, Neb and I had to wait six whole days to go for our first ride. Unforgivable. And worse than that, the rest of my pals still haven’t gone out yet. Bwa ha ha ha ha! Suckers! So we dropped into the valley. We raced half...

Hey Dogs, I've received a lot of positive feedback from you fellas since I started posting about my riding in Kenya on the Big Red Pig, so I thought I'd dig back into a few rides I did while in Tanzania a few years back while I was astride my once beloved XR400 (doesn't hold a candle to her...

Or should I say “reincarnated”?, “reimagined”? or “reawakened?” My words fail me. I’m in awe. Born and fed on the dust, brilliance and brutality of the Baja 1000, the venerable Big Red Pig has made her way – albeit in small numbers – to Kenya, and boy are we welcoming her with open arms. We’ll...

Question:  What’s better than a weekend day trip in Kenya? Answer:  A weekday trip! King Louis and I have flexible schedules and decided over a 4th of July bonfire to make use of that fact by embarking on a Friday motorbike ride.  I got on Google Earth and plotted out a number of good options...

Since my first Kenya ride a few weeks ago (HERE), I have been dreaming and scheming about another loop around Mt. Suswa.  This time my friend King Louis was up for a ride since I agreed to leave at 9:00 AM so he could get his beauty rest (though it ain't working).  The plan was to make a loop...

In December, I sold my XR400 and left Dar es Salaam for Nairobi.  First thing I did: Buy myself a 2014 KTM 450 EXC.  Since then, I’ve just been dying to get out into the Kenyan countryside.  By chance, fellow rider Atreyou had also just moved to Nairobi from Tanzania and had bought a Beta.  We...