RUST magazine: Rust#7

Adventure
SMCR). A proper 690 Adventure
would require a third platform
layout to achieve the combination
for a powerful, off-road capable
long distance machine (big fuel
tank). Considering the effective
market figures and sales volume
to be expected, this huge effort to
create an all-new LC4 package,
unfortunately, can’t be justified.’
And there the matter lay
until in February 2015 the
internet came alive - and not for
the first time - with 690 Adventure
speculation following the ‘leaking’
of a selection of ‘spy shots’.
Hopefully, like us, you’re pretty
sceptical about so-called spy
shots. For instance in this
example our spy was able to
arrange himself nicely for a
low-level shot of a cornering 690
development machine, then jump
into a car to snap a neat tracking
shot (where car and bike travel in
tandem) before hanging around
for an evening shot of the bike,
while also being present for a
convenient KTM and BMW
F800GS double shot. Even MI5
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