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RUST magazine: Rust#22

RUST magazine: Rust#22 We give Sherco's world championship winning 2017 300 SEF-R a thorough two-day test. Is it a winner for us, too? We ride Royal Enfield's Himalayan in probably the first western test of the bike – only we tested it India! RUST RTW adventurer (to be) Andy Dukes gets much needed practical training as the countdown to his setting off gets close to single digits Yep, we have a great mix of enduro and adventure in our latest issue. And there's more besides, as we discuss layering your riding gear to deal with the colder months, Chris Evans reflects on Dakar 2017 from his position in one of the top teams and, well, much much more! And while you read we'll be riding, as once again RUST is on the rally raid warpath! More of that in RUST 23... All the best Jon Bentman Editor

RUST magazine: Rust#22 We give Sherco's world championship winning 2017 300 SEF-R a thorough two-day test. Is it a winner for us, too?
We ride Royal Enfield's Himalayan in probably the first western test of the bike – only we tested it India!
RUST RTW adventurer (to be) Andy Dukes gets much needed practical training as the countdown to his setting off gets close to single digits

Yep, we have a great mix of enduro and adventure in our latest issue. And there's more besides, as we discuss layering your riding gear to deal with the colder months, Chris Evans reflects on Dakar 2017 from his position in one of the top teams and, well, much much more!

And while you read we'll be riding, as once again RUST is on the rally raid warpath! More of that in RUST 23...

All the best

Jon Bentman
Editor

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Now, maybe you could dial all this out by reducing the sag, or by<br />

twiddling with the damping adjusters (given the luxury of time), but<br />

certainly there’s room for improvement here on the stock setup.<br />

When a ‘school bike’ (the WR250F) with 200 hours on it and with<br />

standard suspension (albeit decent Kayaba kit) outperforms a new<br />

machine, there’s some work to be done. Not much, but with fine<br />

tuning it could be better, maybe even sublime.<br />

ERGOS<br />

The bars felt too low, but then I’m probably too tall, being 6’0” – all<br />

bars feel too low to me! I should probably have chosen the forward<br />

bar mount to make more space for myself, but again, it’s about<br />

inding the time. The seat felt low, too. That banana shape – dipping<br />

in the middle – might make getting your feet down easier, but the<br />

downside of that is there’s a greater distance to transition from

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