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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Adventure<br />
that I’ll always look back on with a smile.<br />
I learn that Paolo also speaks French.<br />
Normally a second language would have<br />
been a huge help but my schoolboy French<br />
is woeful and is limited to about three or four<br />
phrases. I try Dutch and my stuttering of<br />
German but like me Paolo’s at a loss so we<br />
resort to Google.<br />
We spend the three-hour dinner chatting<br />
and getting to know each other through a<br />
combination of phrases, sign language and<br />
mobile phone translation apps. The food<br />
and wine is good, the company even better.<br />
We learn of each other’s background, our<br />
families and a shared passion for bikes and<br />
come away from dinner new friends. It’s this<br />
brotherhood that is such a huge part of what<br />
our sport / hobby is about. I head off to bed<br />
happy and expectant of a good ride in good<br />
company.<br />
LIGHT TOUCH<br />
I wake early, grab a quick bite, armour up<br />
and head for the garage. In the garage we’re<br />
introduced to Ricardo, one of Horizon’s<br />
mechanics and the man in charge of the<br />
backup vehicle. Pedro runs us through a<br />
pre-ride briefing that consists of the do’s and<br />
don’ts, the behaviour that’s expected<br />
throughout the trip – and Horizon’s ‘light<br />
touch’ philosophy that they insist upon.
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