Deserts
Hmmm, interesting experiences.
Can't say I ever had a dust/air filter problem, even crossing the Sahara with these, though the trip was 90% sand and mud, rather than the very fine dust (bulldust) that is such a pain.
The mainly great thing about the Deserts is that they don't puncture. I got thoroughly fed up lying the bike down 5 times a day, taking off the tyres and extracting acacia thorns from my inner tubes (using Metzler somethings and MT-50s) in Kenya. On with the Deserts - never had a puncture since. Which is just as well, since I'm not entirely sure I could actually get that rear tyre off the rim using just tyre levers ... its pretty tough.
Off-road, and loaded up, I'm usually only cruising at around 80kph, so a weave at 95kph is a foreign country to me. I would go out and try now, but I've got the spluttering carb syndrome at the moment and she won't pull more than 90! Gaaah.
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