RUST magazine: Rust#5

Enduro
IF YOU’VE NEVER done this before, then
you absolutely must try this, it can transform
your riding experience. In just one day and
with no money down (or maybe just a little),
you can transform your bike into what is
probably 85% of what a full-factory bike is.
It’s so simple it’s ridiculous, and once you’ve
done it you’ll kick yourself that you’ve never
done it before.
To show you how simple this process is,
Rust has done it ourselves. We took a bog
standard 2015 KTM 250EXC and a very
docile Vet rider (6’0”/1.82m, 14st/89kg) to a
standard issue enduro test track and within
five hours we had the bike completely dialed,
with a set-up (and options) that would last
the season - in fact for as long as the rider
hypothetically kept the bike.
So here’s our step-by-step guide to
factory-standard bike set-up (for dummies).
STAGE ONE:
FIT THE BIKE TO YOU
First mission, very simply, is to adjus
it, if you go into a bicycle shop, wha
to suit riders of all heights and weigh
with bigger frames. Serious shops e
match. You go into a dirt bike shop a
of dirt bike, but the frame size isn’t t
we’re doing here is properly adjustin