2006
Zanzibar, Stone Town February 24- Mar 3 – 3 Bikes - Dist Long
This was a week plus a few days long ride and judging from the pics and the 900 km day ride from Moshi to Dar was a super trip
Ndakaini March 26th Sunday Day Trip – 6 bikes Dist about 180 kms round trip
Half Day and in need of an alternate route back to Nairobi as one way through Thika road is too much – hundreds of matatus and bad dual carriage road is Mayhem redefined. Aberdares over Easter Don’t have details  
Ewaso Kedong April 30th Sunday Day Trip – 4 bikes 1 land cruiser - Dist 160 kms round trip. All day tough stuff (not for the faint hearted) but fun nevertheless, take pack lunch and book your full body massage for after, 110 kms one way i.e. Ngong to Ewaso town, 0 traffic. A truly unforgettable adventure ride Kijabe Sept 3rd - Short 3 hour trip - 6 bikes - Dist 120 kms round trip
Too short unless you have lunch at Java after to plan a looong trip
Lake Bogoria November 10, 11, 12 - 3 days -7 bikes - Dist 200 kms per day Total 600 kms
One of the most complete rides I’ve been on and highly recommended esp. Kembu Campsites, excellent atmosphere, but damn those cottage beds are lousy
Castle Forest Lodge Mt Kenya Dec 9th and 10th - 2 days – 2 bikes - Dist 300 kms rt
Excellent lodge and loads of eles, nice ride esp. through Masinga on second day, again Thika road and Sunday jams can spoil an otherwise super ride
Most if not all are easily replicable, but we aim always to ride to new destinations please send your comments and ideas for additional trips and brief report on rides you’ve done already.
2007
• L.Magadi Sunday 25th March 2007 – 4 bikes 4 riders Nice ride, go beyond the lake to the “hot springs’ and add 25 kms of gravel road (on your cv, those with little off road exp) and onto the lake bed .The tar roads been repaired. It’s still an amazing trip if you want to open up your throttle, watch those climbs and blind drops though.
• Kapiti Plains Breakfast Run - Sunday 15th April 2007 -2 bikes 2 riders- Karen-Whistling Thorns-Kajiado-Muroro -Kiu-Salama- -Athi River-Nairobi-back, some 80 kms of 245 kms is super “all weather” road recently graded, it won’t be that way for long. A highly recommended one day outing. Start early 9 am and end at Small World Country Club by 3 pm.
• Ukambani Ride - Saturday 12th– Sunday 13th May 2007 4 bikes–6 riders Nbi-Kibwezi (n)-Kitui-Mks-Nbi -2 days- Kms 513 kms excellent ride with the right mix of 156 kms sandy all weather road. Umani Springs camp (semi-luxury) at Kibwezi added some more color on a rain free super ride
• Barbeque and Slide Show -Saturday 26th May 2007-29 Guests attended- at Jungle Junction Get together and farewell to Brenda and Earl Wattie hosted by Chris and Diana, eventful.
• Hell’s ride Sunday 27th May 2007 – 3 bikes, 3 riders Day Outing to Naivasha and Hell’s gate NP– Dist 200 kms rt a day trip leave 7 am, lunch in Naivasha 12:30 pm Hell’s gate National Park back to Nbi 4 pm. The lower road has now been redone and offers the more attractive option of less traffic, just watch those sleepy truck drivers. HGNP is one of 2 parks in Kenya that will allow bikes but check to confirm though salomeg@kws.org.
• 23 rd June 2007-Off road Riding Course/Workshop 2 trainers–3 students We held a one day Off-Road and General motorcycle riding course through Dagoretti forest trail on over the side of the ngong hills. The location was ideal and had a variety of terrains to practice on and build confidence. Quite a few of us had expressed interest and confirmed they would show but had to cancel at the last minute.
• 21st -22nd July 2007 –Motorcycle camping trip to L Baringo-3 bikes-3 riders- Ride to L Baringo was 280 kms back through motorcycle heaven Marigat- Kabarnet-Sacho-Tenges-E Ravine-Nakuru-Nyahururu-Naivasha-Maai Mahiu -435 kms excellent tar roads with min traffic on a sunday.
• 22nd July 2007 Olorgesallie – Suswa -1 bike 150 kms –Can’t have been easy but certainly an ambitious trip to those who hope to do more off road. Ref ewaso kedong ride above for similar ride imho, correct me if wrong.
• September 23rd Sunday –Ngong Ol Orian Kajiado trip -230 kms rt 5 riders–Glorious weather for riding, this was a major off road riding day with about 130 kms of all weather road and 20 kms of no road. We turned off Magadi Rd at Icross/Ol Orian onto a safari rally route all the way to Kajiado we then rode through Kajiado town toward Oloiyangalani and on to the top of the Kipeto Hill to 2026 m asl and on to Corner Baridi at Oloisisiu
• October 13th - 17th 2007 Lake Turkana via Lodwar–A memorable and wonderful 5 days ride to Lake Turkana via Lodwar. 2 bikes and 2 riders. Stayed at Lake Turkana Fishing Lodge. A much recommended way to “bike up” to see the lake. Careful with the photos of turkana they are aggressive, (they ate all the lions in the region and that if nothing else will make you aggressive). 15th -16th December 2007- A weekend ride and overnight camping in the direction of Nyahururu, Laikipia Rhino Reserve (Mukutan) around Lake Baringo and down (south) again to Bogoria and back home. Camp at the Rhino Reserve or Baringo-but that's the
We leave on Saturday (15th Dec.) morning 07:30 from ABC Plaza.
2 Bikers went to L Turkana and got stranded on the way back and had to be airlifted from Turkwell
Sometime in Dec 2008 Kenyans went to vote and that's all I can say about that
2008
Not much happened till August 2008 after a trying time for the Nation Kenya defined by 3 letters PEV
-12,13 and 14th Dec 2008 -4 bikes 4 riders Long Weekend ride to Lake Bogoria, Baringo Tugen Hills 2 nights 1 at Roberts Camp and second at Kembu camp
2009
- 8th Feb and 8th March-4 bikes 4 riders- ,Day Ride on "the Kajiado Loop" a safari rally route. This 186 kms thriller is an easy ride offering a moderate challenge, not too technical but takes you out of your comfort zone. (tarmac (good and bad),large and small embedded rocks (some sharp), loose rocks big and small, clay loam, clay, sand wet and dry,river beds deep sand and rock filled, graded road, ungraded, more sand, goats and more goats, all the former on decent/accent, and matatus between Karen and Kiserian otherwise no traffic)
-5th April - Ukambani Ride-2 Bikes 2 Riders- Early morning ride to Kitui via Machakos, a rare ride accompanied by a Yamaha VMax. Beautiful scenary all the way to warm Kitui. Return through the Kitui Mwingi rd and back through Thika Rd.
-6th -11 July 2009 - Lake Turkana via Kalokol -3 bikes 3 riders a 6 Day adventure spectacular ride. The road is more demanding since it had not been graded recently.
•Rides from the past 2003, 2004, 2005 include
• Mt Kenya round trip (Karichota) x 2,-- Overnight at Karichota a private self catering guest house at Naro Moru Dist rt 600 Kms can be done subject to availability of hse.
• Magadi – Still everyone’s favorite and ideal ride, 0 traffic and good road the perfect impromptu ride Dist app 180 kms rt
• Kangundo –6 bikes- Nice ride one way, unfortunately it terminates in Nairobi’s badlands Dandora, better we come back the same way
• Aberdares –
• Namanga day trip-
• Kajiado cross to Msa road don’t remember details
• -Plenty all weather and not so all weather- road and mainly sandy tracks, suited for on and off road bikes.
• Concours 2004 – official tent for the group and 8 bikes on display  NB
Most Trips are during wonderful sunny weather Feb- April and Sept -Dec, but with a good rain suit can be done during the rain season, only Mt Kenya and Ewaso and upper are no go during the rains.
adventure , n., v., tured, turing. n. adventurer, n. adventurous, adj.
1. risky undertaking. 2. exciting event. v. 3. risk or dare.
Please join us on the next ride, see you soon Write to...... bikers@syncrosafaris.com ..........with your ideas
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