RUST magazine: Rust#4
RUST magazine: Two-stroke or four-stroke…? It’s the age-old debate that’s perplexed dirt riders the world over. So, armed with a KTM 250EXC and a Husky TE350, RUST decided to try and settle the argument once and for all. Find out what happened when they went head-to-head in a two-day French enduro. And if you’re looking for a compact Adventure Sport bike but don’t want to break the bank then this lightly modded Honda CB500X may be just the ticket.
RUST magazine: Two-stroke or four-stroke…? It’s the age-old debate that’s perplexed dirt riders the world over. So, armed with a KTM 250EXC and a Husky TE350, RUST decided to try and settle the argument once and for all. Find out what happened when they went head-to-head in a two-day French enduro. And if you’re looking for a compact Adventure Sport bike but don’t want to break the bank then this lightly modded Honda CB500X may be just the ticket.
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Jon Bentman<br />
a sense of<br />
adventure<br />
By jon bentman,<br />
photos: j bentman & various<br />
THE FIGURES DON’T LIE. The Adventure Sport category is booming...<br />
Here in the UK sales are up by nearly 30% in a year. More than that, it’s<br />
proving to be the savior of the motorcycle industry in many developed<br />
countries. Oh sure we still buy plenty of sportsbikes, (N Europe & S Africa),<br />
cruisers (N America & Sweden), naked bikes (S Europe), small bikes<br />
(E Europe and the far East) and dirtbikes (pretty much everywhere), but<br />
Adventure Sport is what’s making the marketeers take a step back from<br />
their high precipices. And here at <strong>RUST</strong> we understand the simple pleasure<br />
of travelling to far-flung places on a dual-sport motorcycle.<br />
My own background in Adventure Sport starts like most peoples’ in that<br />
I progressed to it from a different discipline altogether. A mix of road riding,<br />
road racing, trials, enduro and road-testing in my case. And like many<br />
people I guess, I took a while to really understand just what adventure bikes<br />
are all about.<br />
One of the first adventure bikes I <strong>magazine</strong>-tested was a BMW R1150GS<br />
Adventure around 15 years ago. I was living in New Zealand at the time and<br />
given the fact that roughly two-thirds of NZ’s roads are gravel, it was just the<br />
perfect machine for eating up the mixed road mileage. But on that test I also<br />
took the GS to Pukekohe road race circuit, and despite the Conti TKC knobblies<br />
and pouring rain I batted it around the track for a whole afternoon.
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