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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van looking after two highly strung full-factory rally riders. Plus, chronic jet<br />
lag and a distinct lack of TV where I was staying meant I managed to miss<br />
almost all the action. In fact I would go as far as to say I was almost as out<br />
of touch with what was going on in the Dakar as if I’d actually been on the<br />
event itself. And if you’ve ever been you will know that that’s very out of<br />
touch indeed…<br />
On the upside, I did manage to get some quality riding in while over in the<br />
Land of the Long White Cloud. And the more I rode the more I started to<br />
think what a perfect place it would be for a Sport Adventure off-road holiday.<br />
Granted you have the aforementioned jet lag to contend with, and it ain’t<br />
cheap to get there, but those small inconveniences aside, there’s no denying<br />
that it is a very big country with a lot of hills in it and not a lot of people. A
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