RUST magazine: Rust#8
RUST magazine: Yamaha’s new WR250 two-stroke enduro Four vintage Harleys take on Ruta 40 Royal Enfield’s new adventure bike Adventure Motorcycling Handbook new edition reviewed In RUST #8 we saddle up on Yamaha’s WR250 – their new enduro that you won’t find on their websites but you will find in their showrooms (across Europe at least). We check out Royal Enfield’s new ‘Himalayan’ and ask, could this be the ultimate mid-capacity adventure bike? We follow four German fellas as they rattle across South America on vintage Harley-Davidsons, there wasn’t blood, but there was oil. Jon bentman
RUST magazine: Yamaha’s new WR250 two-stroke enduro
Four vintage Harleys take on Ruta 40
Royal Enfield’s new adventure bike
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook new edition reviewed
In RUST #8 we saddle up on Yamaha’s WR250 – their new enduro that you won’t find on their websites but you will find in their showrooms (across Europe at least). We check out Royal Enfield’s new ‘Himalayan’ and ask, could this be the ultimate mid-capacity adventure bike? We follow four German fellas as they rattle across South America on vintage Harley-Davidsons, there wasn’t blood, but there
was oil.
Jon bentman
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, the much-respected author<br />
dventure Motorcycling Handbook<br />
ed elsewhere in this issue) would<br />
e suspect Chris would very<br />
ove of this machine.<br />
ps it from coming to the West?<br />
ion restrictions – it’ll probably<br />
dded cost and development time<br />
fuel-injection to meet EU/US<br />
gulations. That’s a shame given<br />
n regulations probably aren’t<br />
aper they’re written on, such has<br />
automotive industry’s ability to<br />
e tests. We can’t see that a<br />
410cc single sipping fuel at<br />
is doing any great harm…<br />
y, there you have it. Maybe you<br />
ll your 1200GS or 1290 Super<br />
ture, not even your 660 Ténéré,<br />
me soon to make the switch.<br />
as a legitimate budget overlander<br />
ink Royal Enfield look to have<br />
one a top-job. It’s about finding<br />
‘an equilibrium between man,<br />
machine and terrain’ suggests<br />
Siddhartha Lal. And also the<br />
planet, we might add (being<br />
the conflicted supreme<br />
super-consumers we are)…<br />
ROYAL ENFIELD HIMALAYAN<br />
SPECIFICATION<br />
ENGINE<br />
Type: Air-cooled, SOHC, single cylinder,<br />
four-stroke<br />
Displacement: 411cc<br />
Bore x Stroke: 78 x 86mm<br />
Compression: Ratio 9.5:1<br />
Maximum Power: 24.5bhp (18.02 KW)<br />
@ 6500rpm<br />
Maximum Torque: 32Nm @ 4500rpm<br />
Ignition system: TCI, multi-curve<br />
Clutch: Wet, multi-plate<br />
Gearbox: 5-speed constant mesh<br />
Lubrication: Wet sump<br />
Fuelling: Carburettor with throttle<br />
position sensor<br />
Engine start: Electric<br />
Electrical system: 12 volt - DC<br />
Frame: Steel, semi-duplex split cradle frame<br />
Front suspension: 41mm telescopic<br />
forks, 200mm travel<br />
Rear suspension: Monoshock with<br />
linkage, 180mm travel<br />
Front tyre: 90/90 - 21”<br />
Rear tyre: 120/90 - 17”<br />
Front brakes: 300mm disc, twin-piston<br />
floating caliper<br />
Rear brakes: 240mm disc, single piston<br />
floating caliper<br />
Wheelbase: 1465mm<br />
Ground clearanc: 220mm<br />
Seat height: 800mm<br />
Kerb weight: 182kg<br />
Fuel capacity: 15 litres
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