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RUST magazine: Hi and congratulations on making one helluva jump… You’ve just sailed straight over the top of the other mags and landed on RUST. RUST is a bold new digital dirt bike project that takes over from TBM, and aims to be more than just a great read. Beginning with an in‐depth, intelligently-written FREE digital magazine, RUST will develop over the coming months into a multi-layered riders’ resource, blending the written word with fast-moving video content and a free-to-access back-issue archive. With a nod to the past and our eyes firmly on the future, RUST will tear down the boundaries between print, digital and social media, bringing them all together under one digital awning. So here for your enjoyment is the first issue of RUST… With all of the great bits of TBM and none of the cost of refuelling, what’s not to like? Key in your email address and we’ll ensure you stay ahead of the pack for all upcoming issues. Feel free to comment on our social media and leave us your feedback. After all RUST is more than just a name… it’s a 'brand of brothers'.
RUST magazine: Hi and congratulations on making one helluva jump… You’ve just sailed straight over the top of the other mags and landed on RUST. RUST is a bold new digital dirt bike project that takes over from TBM, and aims to be more than just a
great read.
Beginning with an in‐depth, intelligently-written FREE digital magazine, RUST will develop over the coming months into a multi-layered riders’ resource, blending the written word with fast-moving video content and a free-to-access back-issue archive. With a nod to the past and our eyes firmly on the future, RUST will tear down the boundaries between print, digital and social media, bringing them all together under one digital awning.
So here for your enjoyment is the first issue of RUST… With all of the great bits of TBM and none of the cost of refuelling, what’s not to like? Key in your email address and we’ll ensure you stay ahead of the pack for all upcoming issues. Feel free to comment on our social media and leave us your feedback. After all RUST is more than just a name… it’s a 'brand of brothers'.
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Enduro<br />
A Matter of Scales<br />
With dirt bikes, weight really is an<br />
inescapable truth - and it’s the enemy of<br />
dynamism, ask any DR-Z400 owner. Now, in<br />
our launch test we reported with some concern<br />
that Yamaha’s claimed (wet) weight of<br />
118kg for the WR250F was heavier than the<br />
class-leading KTM. We said at the time that<br />
it didn’t feel at all that heavy and we thought<br />
that Yamaha were being pessimistic.<br />
Well, by good fortune we had the Jones’s<br />
unbelievably accurate sheep-weighing<br />
scales at our disposal so we took the time to<br />
find the truth. Both bikes were immaculately<br />
clean with brimmed fuel tanks so that we’d<br />
get a truly comparable measure.<br />
First on the scales, the KTM: 114.5kg<br />
brimmed. That compares to their stated<br />
weight of 105.5kg (dry). Next up, the<br />
Yamaha: 116kg fuelled. That’s actually two<br />
kilos lighter than their claimed (wet) weight.<br />
We looked at Dylan, who looked at John,<br />
who pointed to a box of bits at the back of<br />
the YORE garage. The Yamaha comes with<br />
a fair bunch of road bits to meet homologation<br />
requirements, but of no real use to an<br />
enduro or trail rider, so the guys had<br />
stripped this stuff off. We didn’t argue, and<br />
besides the KTM was as stripped as the<br />
Yamaha, with no indicators, no horn etc.<br />
The bottom line however is that the Yamaha
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