RUST magazine: Rust#7
RUST magazine: We’ve a heartfelt – and revealing – report direct from David Knight on the end of his pro career, and where does he go from here…? We take a long and thorough look at KTM and their mid-capacity adventure bikes, the 640 and the 690, and ask (again) where’s the 690 Adventure? Staying with adventure, Michelin have sprung on us a new rugged adventure tyre – we like the look. And our man in France, Chris Evans, finds life after Dakar is actually rather busy…
RUST magazine: We’ve a heartfelt – and revealing – report direct from David Knight on the end of his pro career, and where does he go from here…? We take a long and thorough look at KTM and their mid-capacity adventure bikes, the 640 and the 690, and ask (again) where’s the 690 Adventure? Staying with adventure, Michelin have sprung on us a new rugged adventure tyre – we like the look. And our man in France, Chris Evans, finds life after Dakar is actually rather busy…
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Adventure<br />
Missing in<br />
Adventure?<br />
a couple of nights threadlocking every fastener.<br />
With the design being based on KTM’s rally bike it’s no big<br />
surprise a few did become rally racers too, some masquerading<br />
as 660Rs, KTM’s official factory-built rally machines. The rally<br />
bikes used bored and stroked versions of the 625cc motor and<br />
made a healthy 65hp so were considerably more energetic.<br />
There were plenty of other mods besides, not least the three<br />
fuel tanks which gave a monstrous 11.6 gallon capacity,<br />
requiring further strengthening of the sub-frame. The geometry<br />
was slightly altered too - probably for more stability in the dunes<br />
- and a steering damper helps. The 660R in fact only registered<br />
the one Dakar win, in 2001 with Fabrizio Meoni at the bars, but<br />
it’s a special one for KTM as it was their first Dakar win - and
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