RUST magazine: RUST #44
Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it
Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it
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Travel<br />
Momentarily back from<br />
that, JB got called up BMW<br />
Motorrad in Munich to cover<br />
the International Female Teams<br />
Qualifier for the International<br />
GS Trophy (he’ll also be<br />
covering) that takes place in<br />
New Zealand in February. So<br />
back on the plane, and down<br />
to Malaga in Spain for a truly<br />
inspirational five days as the<br />
women again showed they’ve<br />
got as good skills as most men.<br />
They’re also a lot of fun and you<br />
have to admire their sheer team<br />
spirit. A full report on that you<br />
can find at https://rustsports.<br />
com/gs-girls-on-top/<br />
Craig Keyworth was mid-prep<br />
on his Dakar bike when he got<br />
an invitation (deflected by the<br />
rest of the <strong>RUST</strong> team!) from<br />
Husqvarna to compete in the<br />
Weston Beach Race. With a<br />
brand new TE300i on offer and<br />
full support – plus a chance to<br />
practice sand riding – Craig<br />
was straight in. Well, last in, the<br />
RHL guys having to reopen<br />
their sign-on and scrutineering<br />
to get him sorted. Craig had<br />
a riot of a time and served up<br />
a 2500 word blog where 250<br />
words had been requested. But<br />
the story was gold so it went<br />
in, in full at https://rustsports.<br />
com/craigs-dakar-odysseyblog-3/<br />
Warren meanwhile – while not<br />
building hotels – disappeared<br />
on a five-day ride across the<br />
Alentejo in Portugal with our<br />
buddies Pedro and Joao from<br />
www.horizonadventure.pt<br />
on his Husky FE350. He had<br />
a ball, and this ride combined<br />
with his hitting an F45 fitness<br />
programme has seen him<br />
getting close to peak condition<br />
to start 2020. His bikes should<br />
be ready too, the latest addition<br />
being two sets of A-kit forks<br />
fettled by British suspension<br />
specialists K-Tech (more on this<br />
soon).<br />
JB was still far from idle<br />
and was putting a couple of<br />
Scramblers through their paces.<br />
Having enjoyed Yamaha’s<br />
brilliant Ténéré 700 he then<br />
sampled that same motor in<br />
a road chassis – the XTribute<br />
– which was a perfect Sunday<br />
leisure ride, https://rustsports.<br />
com/yamaha-xtribute/,<br />
although it’s the Ténéré all<br />
the way for JB. Having been<br />
impressed earlier in the year by<br />
Triumph’s Scrambler 1200XE,<br />
JB then tried the shorter<br />
Scrambler 1200XC, https://<br />
rustsports.com/triumphscrambler-1200xc/,<br />
which was<br />
just as impressive. But given<br />
the choice – the XE, said JB.<br />
Which leaves no space to<br />
mention the excellent Triumph<br />
Tiger 900 launch, https://<br />
rustsports.com/2020-<br />
triumph-tiger-900/, where<br />
Phil Collins lookalike Paul<br />
Edmondson (three-time<br />
enduro world champion)<br />
jumped the new bike over a<br />
new Land Rover Defender (a<br />
car), nor to mention the fun<br />
Warren’s had on his new Beta<br />
trials bike. Busy days for sure.<br />
n Bottom line – do check in at<br />
www.rustsports.com, if you<br />
don’t you’ll miss half the fun!<br />
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