RUST magazine: Rust#12
RUST goes heritage with a spin on the BMW R nineT and goes big with a ride in the beautiful outback of Portugal RUST investigates BMW’s R nineT and finds that these new heritage roadsters are too much fun to be left to the hipsters. In fact they could set a new trend in adventure biking. And with the autumn trail riding season looming it’s time to be booking your end of year trail and adventure rides. RUST has found a great operator who is opening up the lesser-known trails of Central Portugal – well worth a look. As well, a reader asks are the manufacturers over-delivering, is less more? Anyway, it’s summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, we hope you are enjoying the peak riding season. RUST is at the Welsh Two Day Enduro this year giving the long-term test bikes – and bodies – a thorough workout. You can read about how we got on and all about the event in our next issue. Enjoy your riding – and reading! Best Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST goes heritage with a spin on the BMW R nineT and goes big with a ride in the beautiful outback of Portugal
RUST investigates BMW’s R nineT and finds that these new heritage roadsters are too much fun to be left to the hipsters. In fact they could set a new trend in adventure biking. And with the autumn trail riding season looming it’s time to be booking your end of year trail and adventure rides. RUST has found a great operator who is opening up the lesser-known trails of Central Portugal – well worth a look. As well, a reader asks are the manufacturers over-delivering, is less more?
Anyway, it’s summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, we hope you are enjoying the peak riding season. RUST is at the Welsh Two Day Enduro this year giving the long-term test bikes – and bodies – a thorough workout. You can read about how we got on and all about the event in our next issue.
Enjoy your riding – and reading!
Best
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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Heritage<br />
be the correct bend. These are the only two<br />
items of the bike that lack the quality evident<br />
in the rest of the machine. They work just<br />
fine and I’d be willing to look past these but if<br />
I were to own one, these would be the first<br />
two items to be replaced.<br />
That’s the beauty lf the nineT, its been<br />
designed for customisation and it has one<br />
of the most versatile bolt-on bolt-off customisation<br />
platforms of any bike on the market as<br />
BMW have taken into account the café racer<br />
customisation trend and enabled this through<br />
innovative design. There is the removable<br />
rear frame, enough space for six-inch rims<br />
as well as other options, including an<br />
aluminium tail cover for conversion into a<br />
single-seater, together with a custom rider’s<br />
seat with R nineT logo. The options are<br />
endless but one of the first items I’d add is<br />
the slip-on Akrapovic silencer for throatier<br />
sound, custom look and reduced weight.<br />
GREAT BIKE<br />
By the end of the journey I’m in love with the<br />
nineT. The bike is not only sensationally<br />
beautiful but I feel like I’m riding a modern<br />
classic and since this was the aim of BMW in<br />
the first place I can only say that they have<br />
succeeded. What impresses me is the bike<br />
hasn’t been designed in a vacuum but<br />
celebrates modern technology in a design<br />
Along with the ‘retro’<br />
bikes, BMW are offering<br />
a range of accessories,<br />
helmets and clothing...
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