The bike's fine now
 

Hi there

Sorry for not keeping you up to date for a while but here it comes:
I disassembled the fork in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and found an oil seal from some car accessory shop there, put in on and hoped it would work well enough but no; It started leaking like hell again after 200 km. It was never ment for a bike's fork. I continued on and decided to fix it in the next country, Kenya. So now I'm in Nairobi and was lucky to get a new REAL oil seal sent from Tanzania ( www.tanzania-adventure.com - big thanks to Ronny). Now the fork stopped leaking and so far it seems that the rebound is okay but I haven't done any off road with it yet.

About the straightened front rim then, I heard a theory which I tend to believe: The rim of Tenere is quite soft alloy so after being bended and straightened back it doesn't break as easily as some others would in the same situation. So I'm gonna keep going with it.

I guess I didn't need a new front fork after all. But a big, big thanks to everyone who helped me to find one. I feel kind of stupid now that I made such a big hassle about it.

Anyway, the bike's fine and my back is almost fine, just a little aching every now and then. Tomorrow I'll leave Nairobi and head to Mombasa. There should be cheap campsites along the beach so I'm gonna stay there about a week and just take it easy :).

Jami

I'm happy that everything is more-or less sorted on the bike now for you Jami.

You go have fun!!

Good news Jami, enjoy the beach break, hope there's plenty of eyecandy.

Good news mate, hope you enjoy the rest of your time there.

Well done and do us proud = stay safe!

When you get to Mombasa - turn right and head South.

There's a Camp site at Tiwi called "Twiga lodge" - cheap and the setting is very very pleasant - a tad rustic though, it is an overlanders place.

Cheers G

Actually my plan was to go to Tiwi Beach next and look for a good campsite so thanks for the tip!

Right now camping in Mombasa in a place called Mombasa Backpackers which is a big mansion with a pool that the manager rents from somebody. Coolest place to camp! Feels like I'm crashing into somebody's huge mansion while the owner is gone :)!

Jami

So what are things like the cost of petrol and camping like in Kenya. Last time I was there it was free - but I did have a rifle with me ! It's easy to get things for free with a gun in your hand - only joking.

Petrol is about 90 euro cents. Camping both here and in Jungle Junction in Nairobi costs about 4,50 euros. Ethiopia seems to be cheaper. The cheapest hotel room I had there was about 1,30 euros! It was in a small town on the side of the road. Not too fancy but I didn't mind.

Jami