RUST magazine: RUST#41
ON TEST – KTM's 2019 690 Enduro R & Ducati's Scrambler 1100 SPORT – RUST looks back at the 2019 Dakar Rally, and looks forward to participating in the 2020 edition! TRAVEL – RUST travel to Utah and Colorado on BMW GSs while good buddy July rides Colombia on a BMW RnineT – REGULARS – Warren's Husky FE350 is prepped for the 2019 season while JB takes delivery of a new 2019 Honda CRF250RX
ON TEST – KTM's 2019 690 Enduro R & Ducati's Scrambler 1100 SPORT – RUST looks back at the 2019 Dakar Rally, and looks forward to participating in the 2020 edition! TRAVEL – RUST travel to Utah and Colorado on BMW GSs while good buddy July rides Colombia on a BMW RnineT – REGULARS – Warren's Husky FE350 is prepped for the 2019 season while JB takes delivery of a new 2019 Honda CRF250RX
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DAKAR<br />
here) day one was the prologue. A short<br />
special stage – a sprint to determine<br />
the start positions. There were 35 of us<br />
in the Enduro Cup class. This was my<br />
first day on this bike, my first ever use<br />
of a rally road book. I generally aim for<br />
a podium, but that’s on local soil, and at<br />
clubman level. I don’t always get there!<br />
This attitude is not being taken to the<br />
desert. I’m here for a finish. Genuinely,<br />
just the finish.<br />
Operation Do Not Crash on The<br />
Prologue commence. Me and the bike<br />
make friends, we head off a bit fast.<br />
The prologue is a winding small rocky<br />
outcrop with a few decent drops. I pass<br />
a few riders and start to push on as the<br />
excitement builds, the stress of the rapid<br />
prep and the unknown immediately<br />
w<br />
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