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Hi newbie lurker for years,
i'm 45 now and was recently shocked to hear about the end of performance bikes, my parents had a newsagents as a kid, so i could reach the middle shelf quite easy. Fast foward 30 year's and my collection of Pb's, fast bikes, rpm?, what bike, streetfighters, bike, ubg, and more .. and i'm wondering if any of you are the same in thinking that you know it's all got to go someday, but you brink yourself to do it ?
Same thing with vhs cassettes/ recordings of race weekends from the 90's lol, probably won't watch them
but can't throw them.
Jo
i'm 45 now and was recently shocked to hear about the end of performance bikes, my parents had a newsagents as a kid, so i could reach the middle shelf quite easy. Fast foward 30 year's and my collection of Pb's, fast bikes, rpm?, what bike, streetfighters, bike, ubg, and more .. and i'm wondering if any of you are the same in thinking that you know it's all got to go someday, but you brink yourself to do it ?
Same thing with vhs cassettes/ recordings of race weekends from the 90's lol, probably won't watch them
but can't throw them. Jo
Yep, its all gone/going online, digital, consumed via a display of some kind. I do still get a couple of magazines (practical performance bike subscription with my lloyds bank account) but mostly read online these days.
You have to choose either to have a good clear out, or if you have the space, store everything in the hope it may be worth something to collectors in 20 or 30 years
You have to choose either to have a good clear out, or if you have the space, store everything in the hope it may be worth something to collectors in 20 or 30 years
Birky_41 said:
Everything is going digital now
I can't think of the last time I looked at porn in a mag... Now it's just a quick type on xhamster going incognito so the wife doesn't think I have too strange a fetish and boom 54 pages in I've found what I want
I can't think of the last time I looked at porn in a mag... Now it's just a quick type on xhamster going incognito so the wife doesn't think I have too strange a fetish and boom 54 pages in I've found what I want
InPrivate browsing , nothing more suspicious about a clear browsing history every day lol. How the hell do they still sell porn mags? 54 pages in you say ? Holy s
t man you have some stamina 
£7.99 a month via Readly app on ipad.
Performance bikes and Ride magazine. Those two magazines alone are more expensive than the subscription to readly a month, let alone all the other magazines i subscribe to.. including practical caravan. Seriously would never subscribe or read if it wasn't so cheap!
Performance bikes and Ride magazine. Those two magazines alone are more expensive than the subscription to readly a month, let alone all the other magazines i subscribe to.. including practical caravan. Seriously would never subscribe or read if it wasn't so cheap!
Birky_41 said:
Everything is going digital now
I can't think of the last time I looked at porn in a mag... Now it's just a quick type on xhamster going incognito so the wife doesn't think I have too strange a fetish and boom 54 pages in I've found what I want
Your ISP keeps records for at least two years by law, better get yourself a VPN if you look at that naughty stuff lolI can't think of the last time I looked at porn in a mag... Now it's just a quick type on xhamster going incognito so the wife doesn't think I have too strange a fetish and boom 54 pages in I've found what I want
neutral 3 said:
I have a fairly large motoring archive car and bike and am constantly referring to it, sales brochures, mags, articles, photos, etc etc, going back to the 1960s, but the thought of getting rid horrifies me !
I then did what you do, and went out and bought a new R1 - in blue like this one - only to find out that I was slower on that than I had been on my ZX9R-C1. Probably said more about my riding than the bikes though...
BobSaunders said:
£7.99 a month via Readly app on ipad.
Performance bikes and Ride magazine. Those two magazines alone are more expensive than the subscription to readly a month, let alone all the other magazines i subscribe to.. including practical caravan. Seriously would never subscribe or read if it wasn't so cheap!
+1. Great value for money although its a shame MCN seems to have dropped off the radarPerformance bikes and Ride magazine. Those two magazines alone are more expensive than the subscription to readly a month, let alone all the other magazines i subscribe to.. including practical caravan. Seriously would never subscribe or read if it wasn't so cheap!
nomad63 said:
...and I remember reading this particular mag when it first came out (I remember the cover) !
I then did what you do, and went out and bought a new R1 - in blue like this one - only to find out that I was slower on that than I had been on my ZX9R-C1. Probably said more about my riding than the bikes though...
Any photos ? I then did what you do, and went out and bought a new R1 - in blue like this one - only to find out that I was slower on that than I had been on my ZX9R-C1. Probably said more about my riding than the bikes though...
Was it a 98 model ?
neutral 3 said:
Any photos ?
Was it a 98 model ?
I had Zx9 b model for a while , sorry but hated it, wouldn't turn , calipers stuck if you sneezed at it lol, preferred the zzr11 for it's comfort.Was it a 98 model ?
I did get it in my head one day to get the Ten tho .. despite what my head said my heart wanted a Zx 10 2005, so boxing day one year my mate and i headed for Burgess hill sussex and paid £4500 for this ..was such an xmas bargain , our trip home on the M23 was epic !
Rover with honda engine on drive
digthenewbreed said:
I had Zx9 b model for a while , sorry but hated it, wouldn't turn , calipers stuck if you sneezed at it lol, preferred the zzr11 for it's comfort.
I did get it in my head one day to get the Ten tho .. despite what my head said my heart wanted a Zx 10 2005, so boxing day one year my mate and i headed for Burgess hill sussex and paid £4500 for this ..was such an xmas bargain , our trip home on the M23 was epic !
Rover with honda engine on drive
Ive still not owned a Gen 1 10R either !! I did get it in my head one day to get the Ten tho .. despite what my head said my heart wanted a Zx 10 2005, so boxing day one year my mate and i headed for Burgess hill sussex and paid £4500 for this ..was such an xmas bargain , our trip home on the M23 was epic !
Rover with honda engine on drive
Kicking myself that i didnt buy this one in 2017 !
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