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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Adventure<br />
BOTH ROADS START in Yakutsk (Nizhny Bestyakh) on the<br />
Lena River and travel approximately 2000 kilometres to<br />
Magadan, through a vast wilderness, creating access to the<br />
region’s minerals, gold and other metals. A roading project of<br />
the Stalinist era, construction started in 1932 with the first<br />
labour camp (Gulag) and then subsequent Gulags were<br />
constructed along its route until 1953. The road has become<br />
a memorial for the labourers who were interred in its fabric as<br />
it was deemed “impractical” to dig graves in the permafrost.<br />
In 2008 the road gained Federal status and the route that<br />
splits north via Ust-Nera has had considerable upgrades.<br />
The upgraded route bypasses Tomtor sitting some 420<br />
kilometres eastward and the 200 kilometre section beyond<br />
Tomtor has been completely abandoned by the authorities.<br />
It’s this old route (the Old Road) that has the ingredients for<br />
adventure for motorcyclists and 4WD explorers.<br />
Logistics and logistics<br />
We had our Russian friends Konstantin (Kot) and Maxim<br />
(Max) in Moscow working with the Yakutia government for the<br />
necessary permissions and support vehicles. Kot and Max<br />
would need to get their bikes and our group camp equipment<br />
from Moscow to Magadan at the other end of Russia. The<br />
distance from Moscow to Magadan is 10,201 kilometres while<br />
the distance from Auckland (our home) to Magadan is 10,937<br />
kilometres – we were effectively meeting our comrades<br />
halfway for this epic journey. Max and Kot would secure the<br />
support truck and van and all food supplies. Back in New<br />
Zealand we prepared six Suzuki DR650s for this sub-arctic<br />
encounter.
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