RUST magazine: Rust#6

Adventure
riders in any given bivouac – so if you suddenly need
something you’ve got a good chance that if you’ve not
got itself yourself then someone else might. We’re not a
KTM team but for that same reason of popularity we
keep KTM spares too, our own hire bikes are KTMs –
450/500EXCs and an RR – so we have a good stock
of parts for those, we typically take a whole spare bike
as that can make a difference as well. So we don’t
say you must ride KTM but you can see there are
practicalities you’ll need to shoulder if you ride
something else.
RUST: Well thanks Patsy, Zippy, we’re ready to have
a go. Anything else you want to add?
Desert Rose: Desert Rose Racing is a business in
effect, but we’re in this game because we love it. We’re
enthusiasts, our riders pay to be at the races, but
equally so do some of our mechanics – there’s just not
that much money in it – and its because of the love for
the sport that we’re doing what we do. We have an
example from a recent desert rally – we had a problem
where one of our riders had a breakdown and his bike
wasn’t picked up by the sweep truck until late, getting
back to the bivouac at 4am. Well, our mechanics kept
watch for that bike and when it finally arrived they were
straight onto it and had it ready for the next day’s stage
which started just three hours after they got the bike,
they made sure that rider’s rally wasn’t over. There’s
actually a buzz in making that happen and moments
like that are probably why we’re in it.
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