 Yes indeed and welcome back to why 254 this the touch line with me Banado Kumu and what a way to have the last and final segment of our interview and then engage the super bike racers who are in the studio already and of course I'll begin by introducing them from my immediate right that's Chris Satish, thank you so much Chris for honoring the invite and coming through as well as Edu, right? I'll ask why they call you the chef and also Kibbe on my extreme writer that's a brand Kibbe, Edwin Mawiru and Christopher Satish from the super bike series Thank you so much gentlemen for being in the studio We have a machine before us, how do you describe it? This one is my child It's a 105 blade, it's a 1000cc bike Yes, it's my daily motorcycle Maybe talk about the super bike series I remember interacting with you for the first time last year and it was interesting to know that you're here to conquer the gravel with the super bike How has it been for the series this year? What do you predict this season? Last year ended on a really high note Our last event had a huge turnout So this year we're hoping it's going to be even bigger Last year we had four events This year we're looking at five events So we're hoping it's going to be much much bigger We have a drugs event The dates will be announced as well as the location Otherwise the championship that we usually have at Whistling Morans this time it's going to be three races We're going to start with our first one on the 21st of April and then 21st of July will be round two and round three, the final round will be on the 6th of October After that, the fifth and final events that we'll have on our overall basis as Slick Trading will be like the bike first race So this one won't exactly, it's going to be on the 8th of December It's like an open race So it's not exactly going to earn you points towards the championship or anything and it's going to be skill based, not CC based Yes, Edu, when did you pick up the Superbike Racing? Superbike Racing in Kenya started back in 2013 I've been on the background but officially I started racing in 2017 but all along I've been riding How has it been for you? How would you describe the experience? The experience has been proper So far we've been mentoring other new racers coming up and it's still growing and we have more chance to bring more people on board We like Brad Pick it up from there I've been racing from 2019 I picked up racing after year of riding I guess it is a desire to want more So from 2019 you get enough experience, you see the sport grow you want to encourage more people to come and join you So we do our best to practice as much as we can and on the race day we do our best to put on the best show we can They said that adrenaline could be one of the key drivers to the desire Yes, it certainly is When you're on track it's just you in your helmet everything is quiet the time almost slows down when you're doing what you're doing on track It's been always the same for you? Yes, every time you put on the lid your eyes are down it's a different experience It's sort of all your problems fade away Chris, what are we seeing as an addition or a change to this year's calendar? We have the drugs event As a biker it's been a long time since it's happened I think the last time it happened was 2018 So that is going to be something most of us are looking forward to because drugs brings in a bigger crowd and it brings in more racers We have even lesser experienced racers coming in We have smaller CC guys who are accommodating We are thinking about accommodating when the funders see and below category So expecting a huge turnout in terms of racers and not only fans Apart from that we also have the final race of the year which I told you about the bike fest race So this one has nothing to do with the championship It's an independent event on its own So we're hoping to bring back the guys who raced back in 2015-2016 Edu Spears, guys like those So we're hoping it will bring them back to the spot because we had a huge gap in 2020 Nothing was happening in the motorcycle industry It was dead kabisa So to raise that gap we're trying to bring back the OG racers if you call them, if you put it that way to now we have them compete against the current racers Yes Edu maybe looking at this year's event How this season hasn't begun yet But what's your anticipation? It's going to be big because we're expecting a huge crowd Drugs have been Ever since we started the drugs It's been pulling a lot and a lot of spectators It's quite a simple race if I put it It's a matter of your skill and the power of your bike So you just launch A quarter mile Make sure you just You cross the line Being the first Yes and brand maybe when you began Did you begin At what level and right now How would you encourage other Those who would be bikers To join the super bike series Yes, starting off was One of the drugs events there was It was quite an experience I remember having the smallest bike there Okay, smallest size Smallest bike in the sense of size of the engine It was definitely a daunting task But when you believe you can do anything It's really nothing to stop you Like then exactly as I've said If you believe you can do anything Nothing will stop you So whoever you are Whatever you're riding We are very welcoming We encourage everyone Whatever you're riding Even if it is Boxer bikes or such bikes You're all welcome And of course these certain rules We adhere to So that we all stay safe Of course we have the gear And just general rules on the track Yes and maybe a number of People are asking If they have the boxes The normal bikes are there Can they do Maybe what they call in rally homologation Or stuff like that Hit the road We do not Necessarily do homologation We encourage everyone to come We even have riders at the moment Riding The such boxer bikes The idea is to Be able to grow the sport to a point Where we can say now Let us get certain Specifications for the bikes Yes And maybe Satishu Can talk about the specification for the bikes I know many of the viewers are asking Where do I begin If I cannot really access the Maybe such a bike Of a stature But I have something else So we have We see Since we've come back to racing As the new organisers Current organisers We try to accommodate everyone It's not a sport for the reach Or anything We accommodate every class of racers So we have even the 100cc So that's why we have now The guys with the boxer participating The TVS Apache I've seen many Boda Boda guys using that bike We have our racer currently He's number 2 He ended last season number 2 In the championship And he had a TVS Apache So when you have such a bike The only thing I would recommend Is appropriate gears and tires Because you see the tire That Boda Boda is going to use The same tire you use on the track Even though it's the same bike You're going to have a softer tire For more grip For cornering faster So the bike Were open to all bikes But it has to be equipped To some extent To say like tires Is more of a matter of safety Not only is it for performance But also safety Because we want It's not only about your safety Because when you're racing It's all of you So we don't want you to fall And take out another rider And stuff like that So there are certain criteria As we expect you to meet And we have practice every Sunday So anyone can come On a Sunday Atwi Slimorans interact with us Organizers are there every Sunday At least one or two organizers Are there every Sunday Atwi Slimorans We have at least 10 to 15 Bikers, the racers So you can just come in And interact with us And we'll guide you appropriately What attracted you to this big bike When you began I was born with it My dad used to ride Back then Even when I was a little boy He used to know that one day Among all this one It's coming here So it happened naturally And it's something that I cannot live without I may say And the future looks bright What's the progression? How do you predict it? So over time It's grown The community has grown There is a new rider coming on board And in the future Maybe one day we're going to have A truck Amoto GP A proper one 4 kilometers sort of And right now We're organizing it's not for us It's the young ones For the future Yeah, those coming up So that they get a platform They can be able to race And even take Our flag here in Kenya Even in other races Abroad here Brian, how easy was it For you to get support From key people Key people in terms of Support from parents Those people who really Help you get your racing Career of the truck So the There's a sort of a notion that Bikes are dangerous And to be honest if you It depends on you as a rider And so if you're not If you're not careful If you don't take care of Different conditions around you Chances are you might End up fulfilling their fears So I wouldn't say that there was 100% support They had certain fears Which I had to Make sure that I keep Myself safe And make sure I make it home every day So seeing that They start to begin and say Okay, maybe this is something He wants to do This is something he's occupying His time properly making Friends, you meet Good people out riding So it's Sort of naturally comes now Let us support his Interests So as long as he's safe Satish I do talk about Getting the race to International standards As a sign of growth But looking at we only have Maybe one truck How a challenge is that I think truck wise that's been Our biggest challenge as racing Because if you see the categories Of 600 and 1000 especially The bike comes in 6 years Potential to 300 But a truck like Whistley Moran's You'll find a bike doing The entire track on Faskia So that's been our biggest challenge Those who have had the opportunity Have gone to South Africa And Dubai To race on bigger trucks And push their bikes To the limit Unfortunately in Kenya We only have the Whistley Moran's truck And the TGRV truck In Rift Valley And again if you look at By the time you're reaching there with your bike You're already exhausted The day is gone So you're looking at spending accommodation So the most accessible Right now for us as racers Would be the Whistley Moran's truck And unfortunately It's small but it's what we have And we do the best Any backup we do From the authorities Of course it can only be one Ya ya we've been getting A little bit of support But with the racing Right now even if You look at the society in Kenya People still haven't Accepted bikers They always look at us like Bad people you know What has brought that image? Created them You see the movies The influence In the movies you see Bikers are people who are They have croves It's like drug dealers and all that It's a different perspective Of course with the MotoGP Ya ya So for us what we are doing Is create awareness People to understand the bikes People to love them And also for the authorities Need to see that we are doing something And it's something that has So much potential Looking at people who've gone Abroad to get on races there With their own capability not sponsored There are people who've gone to South Africa Dubai Qatar And did their track So with them they go there And they actually perform Because they get questions You guys race under giraffes there You know To show them prove Afrikas don't talk about giraffes Exactly so People prove them wrong And they put them with amateurs They overlap amateurs They put them in intermediary They overlap them And they put them with the pros And they're like So these guys can actually do something So there's so much potential And I think us being Not having a proper track And the roads with so much Going on Buddha Buddha's crossing Animals crossing Yeah exactly But now for us it makes us better Because now your focus is totally Different because if you look At our roads there Mostly people don't follow rules But you have to stay focused to make Sure that you ride today You will need to ride tomorrow People have a problem with complying So once we get someone Who can actually see The potential that we have as Bikers in the races It's going to make a change It's changing But now getting that Person We have to do what we have to do To make sure it's out there And people see the potential that we have Brand do you feel like The pioneer Not really pioneer generation But not the generation that will take it out there And get that year that Idu is talking about Do you feel the pressure? I wouldn't say Not the pioneer because But taking it to the next level Yes and definitely not the last one So I'll do what I can In the time that I'm involved In the sports To push it as far as I can Yes and the course I mean maybe I can ask you Before I come to Satish Do you have a particular course Reason why you talked about I saw the course coming Yeah so At the end we would like to have Like an international Track here We have like the MotoGP Standard Track And people are going to race properly Because we also don't want people To be spilling on the roads Because it's still not safe To actually do 300 On open roads But you can do 300 On a closed track So at the end with all this racing And that's what we want And it's not only for us Maybe we'll be at the backstage And we'll say We're seeing the kids Coming up and they can do Better than what we did But we already set The foundation for them How soon should we see that Satish? It's very tough What does it take? You're looking at A huge piece of land Because if You're going to push a bike to its limit You need a track that's Big enough Literally like size wise Because if you look at obviously Moran Track It's around 1 to 1.1 kilometers A full lap And that involves your corners and everything If you look at the tracks in Malaysia UAE They have just the main street alone Is a kilometer or plus 1.2 so you're looking at around 4.5 to 5.5 kilometers In the minimum To build a track that You can push your bike to its potential So it needs a lot of funding It needs the I'd say the support from the government Because it's not possible As riders to come together and say I'm going to build a track It's not feasible We don't have that kind of money It's literally a thing about money Like at the end of the day It's what you can invest And the returns you're going to get And we don't have that To invest as bikers So We've tried appealing for government support And just waiting for feedback now Yes So indeed what's happening right now Is going for international championships Uproden gaining the experience For now we don't have championship We don't have any Kenyan racer Who's racing multi-GP bikes Or at a championship level We have guys who go for a track day So you go Let's say on a Friday You have the Friday, Saturday, Sunday Weekends around the international laps And then you come back So we've had racers who have gone And others have seen the potential We've had guys who have almost broken records out there Being it that the only practice That we slim runs So imagine the potential we could have If we had our own track here And we had guys who could practice Day in, day out We have the talent We have a lot of talent in the country It's just we don't have Somewhere to express it And somewhere to match those talents Huge potential Right And looking up to now You'll say that maybe We are getting there We are knocking the door Ya There's been good response From the public And also from the private sector also But we would urge more to come on board Companies in the private sector To come on board as sponsors We've got crowds We pull crowds So once we get there Then the government is going to come Even if its private sector is going to build But we'll need the support from the government Yes Yes And maybe a brand for this bike To serve you well What must happen For you to get the maximum results A lot goes into getting the bike To give you the best result You can get from it Much like taking care of yourself You need to take care of it You need to do consistent servicing That's the oil changes You need to do changing the spark plugs And oil filters Just as you would on your road car On the track a lot We consume a lot of tyres Because you can imagine How many laps you'd be doing there And at a performance level So you see You consume a lot of the tyres Otherwise Basically just keep your bike in good condition By servicing and such Would you add on your experience For you sometimes it's just working It's an expensive hobby I would say It's an expensive addiction So coming to race You need to prepare your bike You need it to perform at its best People do mapping on their ECUs They put power commanders That gives more performance to the bike And to do all that You have to plan for it You have to make sure That other than just your skill The bike will give you at its best It's good engineering And it's at its best So coming to tyres To the oil you're using Everything needs to be top For you to actually get to where They can crown you king And we are going to see That we saw that last season Those who did it What kind of How tight were they With their machine And their mental strength I'd say If you're pushing your bike You not only need to know I can't just come I pick a bike one day Equip it with the tyres Put the best oil The best brake fluid And race it You need to understand your bike Every bike has a way of behaving I might have the exact same tyres On a BMW But it turns different I can have another identical BMW The same setup But it enters a corner different So at the end of the day The guys who outshined everyone else For those who understood How their own bikes performed And how it suited their riding skill And how they could adjust themselves To outperform the competition And maybe countries that have done well Countries that maybe Kenya should be looking up to In the continent I'd say our nearest neighbour would be South Africa Not the neighbour But the closest we'd look up to is South Africa Because they have a full size truck They have racers who have raced in MotoGP That's at a global level The most competitive racing in the world We've had a racer from South Africa Yes We must have such facilities to get out there Definitely If you look at the guys Who have represented in MotoGP They start racing by 4 years They own bikes By 3 years they own bikes By 14-15 They are on the full size bikes At full size trucks So by the time we see a racer at 18-19 They are at their peak of talent They have nurtured themselves there There is no way for them to improve There is always that little to improve But they are outperforming their talent Yes They master the technicalities of the game Yes But that's not a disadvantage either Back here Yes, of course We try to nurture To come up knowing How to handle the bike better But for us I would say we started Getting this talent done While we were a bit Timers Advanced Advanced a bit But that's what we are looking at As Satish has put it We are looking to see 18-19 Becoming world champions That young age Yes So For now that's what we are working on Of course the promise is that we see One of our own in the series So the Kenyan series being one of the best In the continent Actually a dream I have is to One day he had a national run With the Kenyan on the podium The top step of the podium How satisfying would that be? It's like at the athletics We have people going to run In the Olympics You have them standing on the top step So if we had one in Leather's Kenyan theme design Leather's That's a good game Yes How we just remain optimistic But again We are each to know when If you look at it In last year's season We had a 14-year-old racer And we had a 16-year-old racer So times are changing But in the days 2018-2019 You'd see the racers I think the youngest would be In his 20s, early 20s And majority of the racers Being early 30s And right now We have a lot of Most of our racers right now In that 20-30 age group And we have two who are below 18 Which I'd say is really It's really showing growth of the spot And exposure to the younger generations And maybe One has gotten onto the bikes But he's using it as a tool To advance a certain message Out there Yes, of course We have A racer by the name Charles Kimiti He's deaf And he promotes The message for The different liable people in the country It shows that he's Just by the fact that he cannot hear It does not mean that he's not able to do Just anything that the rest of us can do So Like we said, we are an all-inclusive community And if you have something That you have something to say That you need a platform for We are more unhappy to give it to you And it's been great for the course Yes Edu Do you have a certain A certain cause Or goal that you Hope you'll achieve Apart from leaving a legacy To those who are coming up In the back? I think that's my main My main I'll be more than happy saying Other guys prosper I'll be more than happy saying The young come And also the Full society to understand the bikes So once We get that track and we see people Start racing And going international level Then I think that will be the best thing That would have happened So Satish We're looking forward to the drugs race It should be announced But what kind of Like how does it set the stage For the end of the season now What kind of picture do you expect to get? You see with the drug race It's just a quarter It's 400 meters And who can finish that 400 meters In the quickest time And personally I feel like Fans really like it Even though it's short It has a lot of adrenaline Because launching your bike In terms of RPM You're launching your bike at 7000, 8000 RPM That's the revolutions per meter You're talking about starting off At 10,000 RPM So in the 400 meters You're reaching almost 200 plus kilometers per hour In a span of 400 meters You're reaching 100 kilometers per hour In less than 3 seconds So it has a lot of adrenaline It pulls a lot of crowd So we're helping it to build more exposure To the fans Who can now come to us The Wistly Moran races Because again between The 2018 period And right now We had a lot of people Who just don't even know That racing has come back to Kenya It's just a small circle Of racers who are aware In the local population They know that races are happening But we want to bring back the crowd That we had back in the day We want to create that awareness So we're hoping that The drugs event will push towards us Right now we have one racer Currently Okay, from last season we had one racer It's not that we haven't had female racers In the past, they've been there They've come, they've gone But we're looking into it We're hoping that we'll have more registered participants this year Teams we've Encouraged teams We have different teams We have Alpha Racing, Elite Racing Blade Dog Racing So we've encouraged teams to come in Ladybikers as well Because it's not that the talent is not out there They're there just simply to find them I do But do you hope to achieve What in the season? This season we're expecting A bigger crowd Than from last time We're expecting more racers To participate And by the end of the season We believe that we would have made Another step from where we were last year So we're encouraging the public To come, attend Follow our pages Just to watch out for the dates Know the locations also Come on board, come see If you're out there And you have a bike Come, you'll go through scrutiny We check the bike If it's at the level To participate in a race We'll check your gear We'll check everything, your safety And So more racers More spectators So we're expecting to have Bigger events this year As you target to get to Expand the game And also maybe go to the MotoGP Finally but first up the racing track Brandon maybe about your last season And how lessons from last year Will inform your performance this year Every time I go on track We As racers we seek to improve Whether it is your technique And that technique is mostly seen On the time So I would say As a personal goal I set out to I set out to improve my time Throughout the year Which is something I can say I achieved So ideally for this year I would say I would encourage people to join In whatever bike you have Because With competition you see You're able to grow yourself You're able to grow your race craft So it's not just being able to put in The best time Also being able to You find that as This is an avenue for entertainment You want to provide the best value You can for the people Expectating So by developing a race craft You're able to put on a better show So I would say My target for this year would be To improve My time A bit more and also to improve my race craft And maybe for the promising talent Just like you who've been Around as well How The quality feel that maybe you've been With Competing against How well do you think They've been pushing you to Keep on The quality is there Like my colleagues have said There's a lot of potential People want to have a lot of potential And They won't find out until you're Faced in that situation So You always find someone coming We can maybe to pension one His name is Sarmad He came in I think he started racing last year And the bike first We were racing in the same category Like we said the bike first Was a talent Was based on talent Not the size of your bike So you'd find he started At the same level as I am And at the moment He's one of the best racers we have And talent like that It's a refreshing Experience to have someone coming He's totally new And he developed throughout the year To a point where you're pushing each other That is It's usually very satisfying to say something like that Yes and as we Leave Prepare to finally wind up They do what they Hope and the future For this particular sport For those who have apertures They can still join How do they begin the journey There must be one who's really interested Watching right now So anyone watching And would like to join us You can check Slick Motorsports Africa The page is there You can contact, you can DM Just To get The response Then people are more than welcome Any Sunday We always at Whistling Morance Most of us are And Our arms always welcoming So for anyone who feels That wants to participate Or wants to gain the skills We have experienced racers That can give you tips Here and there Because we all want To grow So anyone who's out there Is more than welcome to join us Come understand Come learn And we'll be there To assist where we come Satish This season We've talked so much about it But in a nutshell You can just give us the picture Of how it will be How the competitors should be The preparation of the cause And also from the organizing team We're expecting more racers It's going to be a general impact The old racers we had from last season Are doing much better times They've practiced over The gap we had over Christmas Guys are not sleeping because everyone wants to be the best So we've had guys practicing And everyone is doing quicker times Than they were last year On the same bikes, same categories But they are performing themselves Than what they were doing last year So the competition is there It's going to be intense Great one and maybe before we Live we must have The machine The raving of the machine So that maybe hopefully it won't bring this place down But Satish This your bike? Maybe we can have The raving of the machine As we Wind up And maybe have to Help out here Unshakling the machines So that Satish can have this machine rave Yes, just put it in your pocket Maybe the front Let me hold this for you Yes Sorry We won't do it completely Yes sure Satish says that That's just what you should be watching out for At the Whistling Moran Rest that will be announced We'll get all the details About that particular rest That will be coming up next Thank you so much gentlemen Satish You never got the time to tell us what they call the chef But I see you cook nice things on the track And Brian keep up, right? Thank you so much Thank you so much for watching And Banado Kumu have the best Of the rest of your viewing