RUST magazine: Rust#15
RUST magazine: EnduroGP saw big changes for 2016, but can the world championship survive the massive overhaul coming in 2017? RUST’s own W2D grudge match – can you beat the boss and still keep your job? Riding the Road of Bones – which should you fear more: the bears or the mosquitoes? Yeah, we’re asking the big questions again, here at RUST… We’re offering answers, too, only we’re not quite sure how correct they are. You can decide on that. It’s a monster issue by the way, our biggest yet at 77 or 154 pages (depending on the format you view with), so it’s a big read even before you reach the sticky issue of the 1980s trials bike restoration project at the tail end. And in case you miss the cue: the Dear Diaries are fictitious (you know, made up), so stay relaxed… Enjoy your riding – and reading! Best JON BENTMAN
RUST magazine: EnduroGP saw big changes for 2016, but can the world championship survive the massive overhaul coming in 2017?
RUST’s own W2D grudge match – can you beat the boss and still keep your job?
Riding the Road of Bones – which should you fear more: the bears or the mosquitoes?
Yeah, we’re asking the big questions again, here at RUST… We’re offering answers, too, only we’re not quite sure how correct they are. You can decide on that. It’s a monster issue by the way, our biggest yet at 77 or 154 pages (depending on the format you view with), so it’s a big read even before you reach the sticky issue of the 1980s trials bike restoration project at the tail end.
And in case you miss the cue: the Dear Diaries are fictitious (you know, made up), so stay relaxed…
Enjoy your riding – and reading!
Best
JON BENTMAN
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BIKE PREP FOR THE ROAD OF BONES<br />
Chris Stephens explains the set-up on the Suzuki DR650<br />
The Suzuki DR650 was chosen because it’s Billy-basic<br />
(air-cooled, carburetor etc) and as we all rode the same bike<br />
we could focus and share on our spares and bike knowledge<br />
(an approach which echoes quite strikingly that which the Mondo<br />
Enduro team took in 1995, when Austin Vince and the team also<br />
rode the Road of Bones, on DR350s – Ed).<br />
But of course we modify (because we can!) and there are<br />
shortcomings in the standard bike. So this was the specification<br />
we ran with:<br />
1: New strong alloy handlebars to which we added Barkbusters<br />
and RAM mounts for GPS, SPOT etc.<br />
2: We wired in a cigarette socket to power the GPS and<br />
FINDMESPOT. One mistake I personally made was I wired into<br />
my bike a USB-cigarette combo and that drained the battery<br />
during shipping. Next time I’ll have the cigarette socket and use<br />
a USB adapter.
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