RUST magazine: RUST#32
RUST 32 SCRAMBLER – Triumph and Ducati Scramblers take on a cool, wet British autumn KTM Freeride 250F – KTM’s new Freeride has learned its lessons, this one performs! KTM 200EXC – one for the enthusiasts as we check out the tuning capabilities of this clubman favourite ENDUROGP – a year end like no other as the paddock splinters… Plus so much more in this 98-page mega issue... What you’ll notice straight away is the all-new look. A month ago we launched our all-new website, now the magazine gets a top-to-bottom overhaul. And there’s still more to come, so much more. You wait ‘til 2018! Anyway, in the meantime, there’s some great reading in this issue, we’ve got a great mix of stories that we know you’ll enjoy reading (and looking at). And so if you can, do try to read it on a tablet at least, but preferably on a big screen (yeah, with retina display) as the images truly deserve it. Yep, it’s a big issue. But no time to talk, we’ve got yet another issue to prepare right now – so stand by for that one, too. Happy reading and best wishes for the festive season. Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST 32
SCRAMBLER – Triumph and Ducati Scramblers take on a cool, wet British autumn
KTM Freeride 250F – KTM’s new Freeride has learned its lessons, this one performs!
KTM 200EXC – one for the enthusiasts as we check out the tuning capabilities of this clubman favourite
ENDUROGP – a year end like no other as the paddock splinters…
Plus so much more in this 98-page mega issue...
What you’ll notice straight away is the all-new look. A month ago we launched our all-new website, now the magazine gets a top-to-bottom overhaul. And there’s still more to come, so much more. You wait ‘til 2018!
Anyway, in the meantime, there’s some great reading in this issue, we’ve got a great mix of stories that we know you’ll enjoy reading (and looking at). And so if you can, do try to read it on a tablet at least, but preferably on a big screen (yeah, with retina display) as the images truly deserve it.
Yep, it’s a big issue. But no time to talk, we’ve got yet another issue to prepare right now – so stand by for that one, too.
Happy reading and best wishes for the festive season.
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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STUFF<br />
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more so than in a conventional straight bore<br />
carburettor.’<br />
We just about understood that, although<br />
we wouldn’t want to be tested on it. So we<br />
read on:<br />
‘The shape and contour of the surface of<br />
the metering rod controls how much fuel is<br />
drawn up in response to the extremely strong<br />
fuel pick-up signal. Conventional carburettors<br />
have multiple overlapping fuel circuits<br />
whereas the metering rod in the Lectron<br />
carb has one smooth continuous profile<br />
that produces a smooth consistent throttle<br />
response and eliminates flat spots often found<br />
as a result of overlapping fuel circuits found<br />
in conventional carburettors.’<br />
We decided that as much as that’s plain<br />
English we’re clearly just not mechanically<br />
minded enough to fully understand. We get<br />
the gist, but that’s it. Instead we’ve taken<br />
comfort in knowing that back in the 1970s<br />
Kenny Roberts fitted Lectron carbs to his<br />
Yamaha TZ250 road racer and won two<br />
grand prix and placed runner-up in two<br />
more – so clearly Lectron have form. And<br />
while that might be 40-year-old evidence,<br />
and probably the carb then was nothing like<br />
the one now, anytime you can call-in King<br />
Kenny as a referee you’ll get our vote… And<br />
our money. So we acquired one and set off<br />
for the workshop to see if we could make it<br />
work…<br />
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?<br />
Besides being a pretty sexy looking bit of kit,<br />
the Lectron shouts ‘high tech’ with its long,<br />
thin flat slide and transparent float bowl.<br />
The Lectron carb’s slide is longer than usual<br />
so the carb is a little taller than stock and as<br />
a result you need a longer than stock throttle<br />
cable (manufactured by Motion Pro – so top<br />
quality). A stock cable will not work.<br />
Also in the box is a small tuning dial about<br />
the size of a Pound or Euro coin – or a Dime<br />
in the US. This is also an optional extra but<br />
a pretty good value low cost tool and makes<br />
adjusting the metering rod really simple.<br />
INSTALLATION<br />
Warren M.: The first job was to replace<br />
the stock throttle cable with the extended<br />
Motion Pro cable. This required removing<br />
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