2012 WR450F – THE 8K ENDURO BIKE
Back in 2012 Yamaha’s new WR450F costs nigh-on eight grand! Is it worth the money? Rust Sports’ Barni flew to Sicily to find out… What have deadly spiders; being eaten by sharks; and Yamaha’s WR450F got in common? Give in? They’re all popular Down Under..! If they’ve not been fatally bitten by a Funnel-web or […]
2011 HUSQVARNA TE449
Husqvarna’s new TE449 is a mixed marriage of BMW’s G450X engine and an all-new Italian chassis. But is it the racer we’d been hoping for? Barni flew to Italy for a (brief) spin to find out… Anyone who’s ever bought a vehicle advertised as an ‘unfinished project’ will know all too well what a minefield […]
REFRESHING YOUR FOUR-STROKE THUMPER
Winter is the ideal time to rebuild your four-stroke, but there’s still time before summer comes. Here’s what you need to know… Most riders like to get their hands dirty to some extent, spannering away on their bike to the best of their ability and only calling on their dealer’s service department when the job […]
2012 GAS GAS EC250 AT ‘THE GRAPPE’
Gas Gas’s EC250 Racing is the hard-edged, sharper-focused model in the Spanish brand’s enduro line-up. We took one to France to take part in a two-day enduro… Our invite to the Grappe de Cyrano in Bergerac in southwest France should have been a fun break in early spring sunshine, but this French ‘classic’ actually turned […]
YAMAHA WR450F CLUTCH REPLACEMENT
TECH: FIXING YOUR CLUTCH – If your clutch is slipping more than a rapper’s trousers, here’s what you need to do to fix it… Aside from death and taxes, there’s another thing you can be sure of – ride your dirt bike for long enough and sooner or later you’re going to have to replace […]
2010 SUZUKI RMX450Z
Rust Sports takes the first test ride aboard the brand new 2010 Suzuki RMX450Z… As Devon green lanes go this one was typically testing. It began with a couple of easy potholes with broken tarmac before developing into the typical bumpy and deeply-rutted twin-track affair with a central grass strip flanked on either side by […]
2010 TM EN250i es
There’s something about Italian race machinery that takes your breath away. RUST takes a spin on the new TM EN250 and discovers a special breed of bike… Back in the mid Eighties I was a fan of rallying. There was nothing quite like standing in a soaking wet Knowsley Safari Park watching the efficient and […]
