RUST magazine: RUST#30
RUST 30 * LEAP OF FAITH – we ride Extreme with Jonny & Taddy * VIVE LA FRANCE – how the ISDE 2017 was won (& lost) * THE GIMP & THE BOY – Rick & Charlie go looking for their lost youth, in the Pyrenees *** Here at RUST we’re chuffed to bits to have our new website up and running (after so much work), but as ever we’re still keeping it pinned – to bring you yet another issue, number 30! We’ve got three cracking stories plus another cool column that in all make 56 pages of solid moto-entertainment. We think you’ll like it… Happy riding and reading. Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST 30
* LEAP OF FAITH – we ride Extreme with Jonny & Taddy
* VIVE LA FRANCE – how the ISDE 2017 was won (& lost)
* THE GIMP & THE BOY – Rick & Charlie go looking for their lost youth, in the Pyrenees
***
Here at RUST we’re chuffed to bits to have our new website up and running (after so much work), but as ever we’re still keeping it pinned – to bring you yet another issue, number 30! We’ve got three cracking stories plus another cool column that in all make 56 pages of solid moto-entertainment.
We think you’ll like it…
Happy riding and reading.
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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KTM EXC TPI<br />
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He TPI eXCS were of course great accomplices in all of this.<br />
How these bikes take the hammering they do and keep coming<br />
back for more defies belief. I started on the 250eXC and really<br />
enjoyed it, light and snappy it makes for a racy ride. But I’m always more<br />
at home on the 300eXC; while more powerful it happily accepts smaller<br />
throttle openings, making for easy trail manners. I’m always testing its<br />
low end pull as I’ll ascend technical climbs at a snail pace in second with<br />
revs just above stall – the 300 will do this all day. It’s an accommodating<br />
bike, even more so now that there’s no jetting to fiddle with. and with<br />
the much-improved fuel consumption that TPI brings you can take it for<br />
longer trail rides, matching the four-strokes.<br />
I tried a 300eXC equipped with the upmarket wP Cone Valve forks and<br />
Trax shock, too. That’s quality suspension, but I could tell it was tuned to<br />
suit a faster, better rider than I. It’s designed to work optimally at speed –<br />
only speeds I rarely attain. I’d say if you were a clubman level rider, riding<br />
trail more than racing, then the set-up would have limited value. kTM’s<br />
off-road product manager Jochi Sauer was in agreement.<br />
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