2020 - Big Red Pigs in Kenya

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Osadabwa

Race Dog
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Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Bike
Honda XR650R
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 hour getting the tank back on and only after everything was put back did I realize I’d left the bloody spark plug on the workbench! Meanwhile, I realize my sub-frame is broken (again), probably after a very hard hit on the last ride so I had to swap that out with my spare (thanks again, Faceplant, you're not half the asshole everyone says you are). Then, now two days later, after hemming and hawing about whether I should put new rubber on, I finally decide to bite the bullet and literally 500 bloody meters later my brand new Bridgestone Gritty ED78 has picked up a big, rusty bastard nail. Half a kilometer!

I mean what the fuck, 2020? You want a piece of me?

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Above: Elation, destruction and rotten luck… Osadabwa in a nutshell!

Tomorrow, Panic and I christen this new year with a 3 day overnighter down to some of our usual haunts. I hope to explore one or two new tracks along the way, but I really don't care where we go as long as we go. The next ride is always the best ride, and you never know when it might be your last, so go!

:snorting:

Like the previous years, I will update this thread every ride I do, so keep a look out throughout the year for more.

Previous Big Red Pigs Links for my future, lazy self: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
 
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