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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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Could this be the first high-performance<br />

off-road AND long-distance adventure tyre?<br />

D<br />

I’M JUST BACK from the BMW Motorrad<br />

International GS Trophy. It’s been immense, chasing<br />

enduro (not adventure) trails across the remotest<br />

parts of Northern Thailand on the mighty GS. It was<br />

a ride of our dreams, although not without cost:<br />

chasing tough trails took a big toll on the tyres.<br />

The Metzeler Karoo 2s performed brilliantly, but after<br />

1500kms they were cooked. And I’ll admit I’m a bad

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