Chris at Jungle Junction does not sell new tyres. He didn't when I was there in 2011 anyway.

He does have part worn ones lying about. Mostly abandoned/adopted tyres from travellers. It's pot luck what he has.

If you want a new tyre in Nairobi, there is a KTM place place where you can buy new, large tyres. How lucky you will be with a 17" though, I'm not sure.

I got a Metzeler Sahara 3 off them. It cost me £200 !!

Yes... £200.



Sport Motorcycles Ltd.
P.O. Box 15000
00509 Nairobi
Tel: +254 20 891242
Fax: +254 20 891018
E-Mail: ianduncan@africaonline.co.ke

Physical address is

Mobil Garage
Hardy Estate
Langata.

It can be a bit tricky to find. Head out of Nairobi towards Nairobi National Park and the suburb of Karen. About five kms after the National Park, turn left at the sign pointing to the giraffe centre, ride straight for a couple of kms, and then it is a right turn into a Mobil garage in Hardy Estate.

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Not if you have the GPS coords....
Djee Ted... how are we going to drag you into the 21st Century?
Kicking and screaming perhaps?

touring ted! you are right indeed! lot of them were used. but at the time i was there (summer 2012) he had some new ones. and we left/sold him some complete new tyres. (in the end we didn't want to carry them over the moyale road)
so you could always give it a try but as you say you gotta be lucky.

I think I do have the coords somewhere...

However, I just did a quick search for the address to add to the post as I was in a rush

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Ted, I remember seeing lot's of new tyres in the shed adjacent to the BBQ area !!!!, but I bet you need a bank loan to pay for them !

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When I was there I desperately needed a tyre. I had put a 3" tear in my K60 in Ethiopia and the only tyres available there were these super cheap Chinese 100 section tyres with road treads. I had no choice.... I bought one and had to ride 1000 miles, inc the bandit highway on that tyre. Of all the places to have that tyre !!

Anyway, once at Jungle Junction Chris walked me round his tyre collection. There was nothing new there. Lot's of old tyres people had dumped there. If he had new tyres, he didn't show me...... I ended up swapping my Ethiopian tyre with him for a couple of inner tubes.

I rode out to the KTM place (Using gps Bertrand ; and they had lots of 18" tyres. Mostly offroad tyres though. The only road suitable one they had was a 140 section Sahara 3. A very good tyre but WAY too tall and fat for my DRZ400. Still, I had no choice and rode that tyre to Capetown. The bike was 3" higher LOL.

In fact I sold the bike in the UK with that tyre on. It still had loads of tread on it. The bike still had the original K60 on the front that I left the UK on 25,000 miles earlier too.

At jungle junction, you could post a tyre there from home.. Be warned though. The import costs to Kenya are CRAZY !!

I had a small box of goodies shipped into Nairobi by DHL. Front sprocket, gps power cable, etc. The shipping was £80 but the Kenyan euthorities charged me £100 on import charges. F**king RIP OFF !!!

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I have had tires sent to Nairobi with ordinary post twice.
Both times I have asked the people in the post-office to write a note in the carnet about the tires instead of paying taxes. This works a lot of places...

It would surprise me if Ian (KTM-place) has tires for the GS or rear for the Yamaha. They sell 1200GS in Nairobi (Chris used to work there) so the BMW-shop might have something, inshallah.

Did you guys posted them ahead or did you wait for them?