RUST magazine: Rust#17
RUST magazine: Rust#17 Yep, Team USA won, but RUST digs deeper into the real stories that made ISDE 2016… Instant salvation? Can Rick Kemp atone for a lifetime of misdemeanours by trail riding the Pilgrims’ Way in just one day? Is the true adventure bike a single-cylinder lightweight super-enduro? CCM think so, but can the GP450 really cut the mustard? From France to Chile, we travel the globe to find out! Write less, said the editor (me!). That’s really not happening; at 128 pages our latest issue tops our last again. It’s all for your benefit though, and besides, look where dumbing-down gets us – Brexit and Clinton-Trump! Let’s engage our brains, our imagination – and our inspiration for that matter. This issue we’re even embracing medieval history, you don’t get that in many moto-publications. Anyway, this is also our first birthday – one year, 24 issues. It’s quite a pace, we’re not exactly flat out, or WFO as you might say, but pushing-on certainly. And with each issue our audience is expanding (read the editorial for more on that) so if you’re a new subscriber, welcome! Anyway, gotta run, there’s a plane to catch and a big adventure ride waiting. Should be epic… Enjoy your riding, too – and reading! Best Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST magazine: Rust#17
Yep, Team USA won, but RUST digs deeper into the real stories that made ISDE 2016…
Instant salvation? Can Rick Kemp atone for a lifetime of misdemeanours by trail riding the Pilgrims’ Way in just one day?
Is the true adventure bike a single-cylinder lightweight super-enduro? CCM think so, but can the GP450 really cut the mustard? From France to Chile, we travel the globe to find out!
Write less, said the editor (me!). That’s really not happening; at 128 pages our latest issue tops our last again. It’s all for your benefit though, and besides, look where dumbing-down gets us – Brexit and Clinton-Trump! Let’s engage our brains, our imagination – and our inspiration for that matter. This issue we’re even embracing medieval history, you don’t get that in many moto-publications.
Anyway, this is also our first birthday – one year, 24 issues. It’s quite a pace, we’re not exactly flat out, or WFO as you might say, but pushing-on certainly. And with each issue our audience is expanding (read the editorial for more on that) so if you’re a new subscriber, welcome!
Anyway, gotta run, there’s a plane to catch and a big adventure ride waiting. Should be epic…
Enjoy your riding, too – and reading!
Best
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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ig difference is that the extra power with<br />
my sylph-like 80kg means you can ‘float’<br />
the front wheel over obstacles. Not that<br />
this attribute made much difference to my<br />
abysmal trial-riding abilities.<br />
I was pleased to have a low start number<br />
which hopefully meant that I could go<br />
through the day without having to queue at<br />
the observed sections. This lasted for all of<br />
15 minutes till the first section which was the<br />
special test, they do that just to catch you<br />
out. The test turned out to be a taped route<br />
through various natural hazards which had<br />
to be completed as close to 70 seconds as<br />
possible. Dean had mentioned to not turn the<br />
ignition key off as there was a surge when it<br />
was turned back on which blew the main<br />
fuse. So I just used the kill switch leaving the<br />
ignition on. However pulling in the clutch and<br />
hitting the starter button had the same effect<br />
all the lights went out and that was it dead.<br />
Fortunately Editor JB was on hand to save<br />
the day. He was present to photograph me<br />
making an arse of myself for your entertainment.<br />
As luck would have it the Kemp workshop<br />
wasn’t far away so we jumped in the<br />
editorial motor, collected some fuses and<br />
returned to the scene of the crime. New<br />
30amp fuse fitted I lined up for the start<br />
of the test, the bikes were frisked for timepieces<br />
just in case. I set off counting to<br />
myself one thousand, two thousand, three<br />
thousand etc. All was going well, I was in<br />
sight of the finish, just a simple descent to
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