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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Product News<br />
MICHELIN<br />
ANAKEE WILD<br />
man for abusing the R1200G<br />
monster power and clever ri<br />
days the rear Karoo was sho<br />
has always been the problem<br />
knobbly patterned tyres on a<br />
adventure bikes. You can ha<br />
can have longevity. But not<br />
So to find news of Michelin<br />
arena, on the day of my retu<br />
Keen, racy adventure types<br />
the likes of Metzeler Karoos<br />
Continental TKC80s to mee<br />
A new player is then much w<br />
choice. And the claims for th<br />
sound promising.<br />
Michelin have certainly un<br />
The Wild is firmly a 50/50 on<br />
say, while also addressing th<br />
of this type – on-road stabili<br />
The block pattern looks su<br />
enough to find grip in everyt<br />
Stability is dealt with by clev<br />
blocks (knobblies), particula<br />
rubber contact when corneri<br />
maintaining said fairly open<br />
section for good grip on the<br />
As for longevity – here’s th<br />
Michelin say they’ve been te<br />
much of that time in conjunc<br />
specialists T3 Aventure. The<br />
tested on R1200GSs, the W<br />
tours intact and that include<br />
Mongolia and a 15,000km ri<br />
Those are the kinds of dista
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