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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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FOR YEARS SERIOUS adventure riders<br />
have bemoaned the paucity of choice for<br />
those seeking a robust light-middleweight<br />
adventure machine. So far both Japan and<br />
European Enterprises have turned a deaf<br />
ear. Now the Chinese are answering the<br />
call. But with Chinese bikes having a<br />
historically poor reputation for quality, can<br />
we really take the WK 400 Trail seriously?<br />
I think I can define my state of mind as<br />
I prepared to test the WK 400 Trail as....<br />
High hopes and low expectations. It’s a<br />
different mindset to that of testing a new<br />
KTM or Honda. There’s no sense of fait<br />
accompli. Instead everything is to play for,<br />
anything can happen. The Chinese are<br />
learning fast, and with each year the quality<br />
improves, the shortfalls diminish and they<br />
get closer to parity with the establishment.<br />
But by the same token each year we have<br />
to ask, are they there yet?<br />
The latest offering from China is a midsize,<br />
mid-capacity, mid-everything adventure<br />
bike has been the dream of many a serious<br />
overland traveller for years. And a light-middleweight<br />
adventure bike is what we’re<br />
really saying, for there are already plenty<br />
of options in the 650cc capacity; bikes like<br />
Yamaha’s Ténéré and BMW’s Sertão. And<br />
some markets also see the likes of Honda’s<br />
XR650L, Kawasaki’s KLR650 or Suzuki’s<br />
DR650. But even those can be a bit too big<br />
for some; too tall, too heavy, maybe too<br />
expensive as well?
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