RUST magazine: Touratech BMW R1200GS Rambler Special
RUST TOURATECH RAMBLER SPECIAL You’ll have seen our feature test on the Rambler back in RUST 21. Or maybe not – that was one big issue and the test was found toward the back of the running order, so you may well have missed it. So, with much going on behind the scenes right now (a new website being built, revamp of the magazine being worked on) we thought we should use this break in our usual publishing programme to re-issue that test in fuller-glory, with more pages, more images and just a little more of everything. After all, the Rambler is one hell of a bike – it deserves a revisit. We hope you like this special and, be assured, there’s so much more to come! Enjoy the reading – and your riding! Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST TOURATECH RAMBLER SPECIAL
You’ll have seen our feature test on the Rambler back in RUST 21. Or maybe not – that was one big issue and the test was found toward the back of the running order, so you may well have missed it. So, with much going on behind the scenes right now (a new website being built, revamp of the magazine being worked on) we thought we should use this break in our usual publishing programme to re-issue that test in fuller-glory, with more pages, more images and just a little more of everything. After all, the Rambler is one hell of a bike – it deserves a revisit.
We hope you like this special and, be assured, there’s so much more to come!
Enjoy the reading – and your riding!
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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This meant the power came in with a hit<br />
like no production bike you’ll ever ride.<br />
At first this made for some neck-snapping<br />
wheelie-inducing acceleration, particularly<br />
in the lower gears. That was on the tarmac,<br />
off-road this simple spelt wheelspin, massive<br />
wheelspin. With time (ie learning to twist<br />
the throttle a little less and a little slower),<br />
and with a little judicious clutch slipping to<br />
ease the transitions, we got this situation<br />
under control, but certainly in shedding 50<br />
kilos from the weight of a GS, that waterboxer<br />
really is unshackled. It’s already<br />
considered a great motor, but like this, it<br />
seriously breathes fire – something the<br />
one-off Akrapovic (in Titanium) exhaust<br />
struggled to silence. Yeah, there’s bark<br />
and bite with the <strong>Rambler</strong>.
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