RUST magazine: Rust#13
RUST tests the new SWMs, finds 10 reasons to love Yamaha’s Super Ténéré, files part of one of its W2D story – and starts a twinshock restoration! SWM circa 2016 is a rare mix – 1970s branding and colourways, 2012 technology and 2004 pricing. It’s enough to keep a time traveller very busy. But is it enough to keep a 2016 trail/enduro enthusiast satisfied? Yamaha’s Super Ténéré has been living life in the shadows given the excitement over the latest super-adventure launches. RUST argues that shouldn’t be and finds ten good reasons why you should give Big Blue your serious consideration. At last… our Welsh Two Day Enduro story begins. Editor JB fettles his WR250F in preparation – a bigger job than he anticipated. Not content with workshop time on the WR, JB is starting on a classic project – breathing new life into a tired old Honda TLR250 twinshock. The story starts here. Plus Chris Evans ponders tyre changing options in the South of France, we look at Scott’s answer to the Oakley Airbrake – the Prospect. Plus the usual gallery and editorial stuff. Enjoy your riding – and reading! Best JON BENTMAN (Editor, RUST)
RUST tests the new SWMs, finds 10 reasons to love Yamaha’s Super Ténéré, files part of one of its W2D story – and starts a twinshock restoration!
SWM circa 2016 is a rare mix – 1970s branding and colourways, 2012 technology and 2004 pricing. It’s enough to keep a time traveller very busy. But is it enough to keep a 2016 trail/enduro enthusiast satisfied?
Yamaha’s Super Ténéré has been living life in the shadows given the excitement over the latest super-adventure launches. RUST argues that shouldn’t be and finds ten good reasons why you should give Big Blue your serious consideration.
At last… our Welsh Two Day Enduro story begins. Editor JB fettles his WR250F in preparation – a bigger job than he anticipated.
Not content with workshop time on the WR, JB is starting on a classic project – breathing new life into a tired old Honda TLR250 twinshock. The story starts here.
Plus Chris Evans ponders tyre changing options in the South of France, we look at Scott’s answer to the Oakley Airbrake – the Prospect. Plus the usual gallery and editorial stuff.
Enjoy your riding – and reading!
Best
JON BENTMAN
(Editor, RUST)
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In association<br />
with Freestyle Bikes<br />
www.freestylebikes.co.uk<br />
the WR250F<br />
story:<br />
stage three<br />
The final preps for the WR didn’t quite go<br />
to plan. Again time was a factor, being<br />
that it took place just before setting off for<br />
Wales, while seriously underestimating<br />
the time it would take. I should have figured<br />
on three evenings of final preps, instead<br />
I was trying to get too much done<br />
in about three hours of a morning.<br />
6: Fit Renthal bars<br />
Renthal Twinwall handlebars:<br />
£109.99<br />
Renthal Kevlar Dual Compound<br />
Grips: £11.99<br />
I wasn’t liking the stock handlebars on<br />
the WR, they felt curiously too narrow,<br />
maybe too low, just not right. It was an<br />
easy call to return to my favorite bar, the<br />
Renthal Twinwall in a Windham bend<br />
(aka 998), which is a taller bend of bar<br />
(but not overly tall). The Twinwalls are<br />
top of the line, pricier than many but<br />
they last a lifetime something I think I<br />
can say with certainty as I’ve not yet<br />
found anyone who’s busted a set (and<br />
they’ve been on the market since 1998).<br />
I love their quality as well, and one day<br />
I’ll ask Renthal how they get the one bar<br />
inside another – with the four bends.
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