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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 />

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dismissed. We’re pushing on a bit<br />

more. Then I remember not to crash.<br />

I finish just below mid pack in 20th.<br />

Respectable, especially given the level of<br />

my fellow FIM riders. Now I can relax.<br />

The following five days’ racing are<br />

a blur of learning navigation skills,<br />

finding my comfort level on a 450 in the<br />

desert and trying to avoid crashing.<br />

I am purposely not looking at my<br />

position or my times. I’m here to finish.<br />

My intentions are clear and I’m focused<br />

on not getting lost and not crashing.<br />

The terrain varies wildly. We have huge,<br />

open, dry river beds (oueds), virgin<br />

predictable sand, but scattered with<br />

wheel-size rocks and hidden gullies.<br />

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