RUST magazine: RUST Australia Special
RUST magazine: RUST Australia Special We join Touratech on a three-week adventure ride into The Outback! The guys at Touratech HQ had a seriously busy 2016, so what did they do to find some stress relief at the end of the year? Yep, they jumped on their bikes and went for an adventure ride! Again, through our special relationship with the T-Team, our editor JB got invited along. And he was so glad he was, as the Outback ride became his ride of the year. Australia is no hidden gem but sometimes it might just be a little underrated – in the words of the Australians themselves: the country is ‘sensational’. So here’s that trip, in JB’s words and pictures (and those of his companions). And we guarantee after reading this you’ll want an Australian adventure of your own. Oh, and keep an eye on Touratech’s website, come June they’ll have a full-length film of the adventure… We trust you’ll enjoy it! JON BENTMAN (Editor, RUST)
RUST magazine: RUST Australia Special We join Touratech on a three-week adventure ride into The Outback!
The guys at Touratech HQ had a seriously busy 2016, so what did they do to find some stress relief at the end of the year? Yep, they jumped on their bikes and went for an adventure ride!
Again, through our special relationship with the T-Team, our editor JB got invited along. And he was so glad he was, as the Outback ride became his ride of the year. Australia is no hidden gem but sometimes it might just be a little underrated – in the words of the Australians themselves: the country is ‘sensational’.
So here’s that trip, in JB’s words and pictures (and those of his companions). And we guarantee after reading this you’ll want an Australian adventure of your own. Oh, and keep an eye on Touratech’s website, come June they’ll have a full-length film of the adventure…
We trust you’ll enjoy it!
JON BENTMAN
(Editor, RUST)
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the motor was a delight. it’s essentially the same as found in BmW’s g650gS<br />
Sertão (the terra being manufactured at the time when husqvarna was<br />
BmW-owned), being a kind of half-Rotax, that is to say being the same design<br />
as the original Rotax motor, and containing many Rotax parts, but assembled<br />
in the Far East. however, the husky is claimed to be more powerful, husky<br />
having opted for bigger valves, a lighter piston and a higher compression<br />
ratio – boosting the power from the Sertão’s 48hp to some 58hp.<br />
What is a Husqvarna TR650 Terra?<br />
You’ll struggle to find one as these were<br />
on sale for just two years, 2013/14, at<br />
the end of BmW’s association with<br />
husqvarna. it’s a dual sport (trail bike)<br />
that kind of roughly mixed the chassis<br />
and looks of husqvarna’s established<br />
tE630 with the power plant of the BmW<br />
g650gS Sertão. given the keen price<br />
point it could be viewed as either the<br />
poor man’s Ktm 690 Enduro, or the rich<br />
man’s Kawasaki KLR650…<br />
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