Some Mayor Rides Over The Years

If there is one thing that has been a red line in Oyibo's life, it has been the machine he rides. By the time he celebrated his 18th birthday, Oyibo got his first motorbike (Honda CB200). Due to the fact that Oyibo worked as a Marine Engineer, he has been away for months so getting his drivers license took a little over a year.

When he received his drivers license (by mail) on a Friday morning, he decided to do a small European tour and he left that Friday afternoon.
First drive to the south of the country, Sunday to Paris, Tuesday to the Swiss Alps, Thursday to the Austrian Alps and Italy, Friday to Germany and Sunday home again. Nine countries in nine days. This first tour would be a Blue Print of any further travel Oyibo has done over fortyfive years.

Been there, done that

When in the US in 2008, Oyibo drove from Memphis, Tennessee to Fort Leonard Wood for a picture of me on Route 66 and back to Memphis on the same day. 1200km for a picture. A nice example of just doing things when you have the chance to do so.

One thing that has to do with this is that when on a project, Oyibo doesn't want to fly (unless mandatory by the company) so he drives. In Nigeria (not the most safe country) he always drove with his Jeep Grand Cherokee between the base in Benin City to the Main Office, Airport etc. in Lagos. And still it was faster and more reliable then by plane. A nice sample of such a trip is here

Needless to say that besides drove mainly 4x4 vehicles (during projects), the main interest of Oyibo is still with motorbikes. He has owned a huge number of them over the years. A summery

• Suzuki A50P
• Honda CB200
• Honda CB400 Four
• Norton 750 Combat
• Norton 750 Fastback
• Kawasaki Z900 - Nico Bakker Tune
• Yamaha 250???
• BMW K100 (first officially privately sold BMW 4 cylinder in the world)
• Kawasaki GPz900r
• BMW K100RS
• Norton 920 Trossel Tune
• Triumph Daytona 955i T5
• Triumph Daytona 955i NS
• Track T-800CDi (Diesel)
• KTM 1190 Adventure R

1981 Norton 750 Combat

1983 At home - BMW K100

1985 Kawasaki GPz 900R

1987 Norton 920

2012 Quarzazate - Track T-800 CDi

2003 Vallon Pont d' Arc - Triumph Daytona 955i

2008 Atlantique - Triumph Daytona 955i

2018 Passo della Stelvio - KTM 1190 Adventure R

At this point in time, Oyibo still owns (and rides) the Triumph Daytona NS (although being converted to a Triumph Speed Triple) and of course the KTM 1190 Adventure R. This is the daily ride.
Oyibo almost never had a motorbike on a project (besides the occasional rental), Oyibo has a strong preference for Jeep. He owned two Jeep Grand Cherokee's (one in Mauritania and one in Nigeria). Due to some stupid reason, people seems to like Toyota's. Oyibo has driven most of the (four wheel drive) Toyota models which resulted in his incurable TI (Toyota Intolerance). A nasty decease...