I think it took me less than an hour to learn how to control it on a dirt road and the next thing we were on tarmac, my trainer and I headed to Nakuru town 30kms away. I was young and daring, looking back now, it was pure stupidity. Oh and it wasn’t one of these Chinese things that are all over now. It was a 185cc Yamaha.
Mimi sikufunzwa. Nilisema nionyeshwe kugurumisha, kuweka gear, clutch, and off i went. Shida iliingia nilipotaka kusimama cos I was approaching a wall, sikusema nionyeshwe brakes. I switched the thing off miraculously dio isimame. It was a yamaha dt 175, that was in 2006. Two days later hiyo kitu ilinigongesha chini kwa junction, sijawahi sahau. I didn’t know how stupid it was for me to ride such a powerful duthi without any training. Hio kitu sio ya kucheza nayo. Yule analinganisha baiskeli na duthi, shauli yako. Duthi ikishagurumishwa inakuwa kama shetani,