RUST magazine: Rust#18
RUST magazine: Rust#18. This month Warren went on a well deserved jolly to the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan… He came back with a suitcase full of motorcycle parts! Who knows what happened to his clothes… New at the show? Well, the BMW R1200GS Rally looked the business! The Honda Africa Twin Enduro Sports just looked a bit scary! The Honda X-ADV pseudo off-road scooter just looked plain weird… There was a new CRF we did like, however, the CRF250L Rally, which looks set to become a light adventure favourite, with screen, LED lights, 10.1-litre tank, 21”/18” wheels and higher suspension. Other offerings in that category, BMW’s G310GS, Kawasaki’s Versys-X 300 and Suzuki’s V-Strom 250 probably less so… In the scrambler section we have a new BMW R nineT Urban GS, an homage to the R80GS of old in its white, red and blue livery… We also have the the gorgeous Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled, and a new version of the Triumph Street Scrambler… And Gas Gas are back with a new enduro model for 2017, the Phoenix, an EC/XC 250/300, with all-new chassis, significantly reworked motor and new Kayaba suspension. Other features include the inaugural running of the Athens-Gibraltar Race, which crosses 15 countries throughoutSouthern Europe. The Big Easy? Andy Dukes plans the longest journey of his life, around the globe on an F800GS. And finally… Octane Booster, a brief history of Acerbis from Bergamo, the enduro capital of Italy, meeting theirlegendary founder Franco Acerbis and previewing their latest product, the Ottano range of clothing…
RUST magazine: Rust#18. This month Warren went on a well deserved jolly to the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan… He came back with a suitcase full of motorcycle parts! Who knows what happened to his clothes…
New at the show? Well, the BMW R1200GS Rally looked the business! The Honda Africa Twin Enduro Sports just looked a bit scary! The Honda X-ADV pseudo off-road scooter just looked plain weird…
There was a new CRF we did like, however, the CRF250L Rally, which looks set to become a light adventure favourite, with screen, LED lights, 10.1-litre tank, 21”/18” wheels and higher suspension. Other offerings in that category, BMW’s G310GS, Kawasaki’s Versys-X 300 and Suzuki’s V-Strom 250 probably less so…
In the scrambler section we have a new BMW R nineT Urban GS, an homage to the R80GS of old in its white, red and blue livery… We also have the the gorgeous Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled, and a new version of the Triumph Street Scrambler…
And Gas Gas are back with a new enduro model for 2017, the Phoenix, an EC/XC 250/300, with all-new chassis, significantly reworked motor and new Kayaba suspension.
Other features include the inaugural running of the Athens-Gibraltar Race, which crosses 15 countries throughoutSouthern Europe. The Big Easy? Andy Dukes plans the longest journey of his life, around the globe on an F800GS. And finally… Octane Booster, a brief history of Acerbis from Bergamo, the enduro capital of Italy, meeting theirlegendary founder Franco Acerbis and previewing their latest product, the Ottano range of clothing…
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<strong>RUST</strong> Heritage<br />
ing aspects about visiting the Acerbis headquarters<br />
is that around every corner there is<br />
a classic off-roader, just parked there and<br />
seemingly taken for granted by the staff.<br />
And one part of the building is exclusively<br />
given over to a bit of corporate nostalgia, a<br />
physical timeline, which provides inspiration<br />
for the people who work there. Fittingly, this<br />
was where we were introduced to the great<br />
man himself.<br />
FRANCO<br />
Franco scampered through the company<br />
history like an enduro special test, beginning<br />
with the launch of the first plastic mudguard<br />
in 1973 and the company’s association with<br />
Preston Petty Products in the USA, for which<br />
it has recently begun producing parts again.<br />
Acerbis bought the tooling and shipped it<br />
to Italy when Preston got into difficulties.<br />
Franco organised the first Inca Rally in Peru,<br />
where he was given carte blanche by the<br />
president, so he was able to take in Machu<br />
Picchu long before it became a World<br />
Heritage Site. He also created the Nevada<br />
Rally. Franco realised, as so many<br />
manufacturers have done subsequently,<br />
that cracking sales in America was key<br />
to expanding the business. His efforts<br />
coincided with the first major influx of
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