What mags you read
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The MCN thread got me thinking. I have read most bike mags over my 18 year biking career, but find myself steering
away from the usual mags i've always bought such as 'Fast bikes' and started buying & enjoying mags like 'Classic Motorcycle Mechanics'.
For me, Fast Bikes is aimed too much at pulling whopper wheelies whilst shaving 0.01 second off your last visit to Tesco's. I must be getting old
Performance Bikes is very good though, as they have good articles on 80's & 90's bikes which is more my era.
What's the general consensus of mags bought by you guys/gals..? Best - worse etc..
>> Edited by waynester on Thursday 2nd February 08:27
away from the usual mags i've always bought such as 'Fast bikes' and started buying & enjoying mags like 'Classic Motorcycle Mechanics'. For me, Fast Bikes is aimed too much at pulling whopper wheelies whilst shaving 0.01 second off your last visit to Tesco's. I must be getting old
Performance Bikes is very good though, as they have good articles on 80's & 90's bikes which is more my era.
What's the general consensus of mags bought by you guys/gals..? Best - worse etc..
>> Edited by waynester on Thursday 2nd February 08:27
T.W.O. is the one I read (when I do buy a bike mag). I like their style of journalism and the humour they inject into it. I think they're trying to be the Top Gear of bike mags.
Bike and Ride are just dull as dishwater, IMO, and are published by the same folk who do MCN. Draw your own conclusions
Haven't bought any of the others.
Bike and Ride are just dull as dishwater, IMO, and are published by the same folk who do MCN. Draw your own conclusions
Haven't bought any of the others.
a real practical all rounder from the 70s I try and avoid 'em nowadays....at over £3.00 a shot, it's a little too much for me to splash out on a load of bike porno
Besides they only get me thinking thoughts I could do without - all those glossy pics & specs of the latest 1000cc class......and it's all over in an hour or so!
>> Edited by yoda954 on Thursday 2nd February 09:38
Besides they only get me thinking thoughts I could do without - all those glossy pics & specs of the latest 1000cc class......and it's all over in an hour or so!
>> Edited by yoda954 on Thursday 2nd February 09:38
I used to get all of them when I was in Marketing - TBH I think they are all well overpriced for what they are....
The only one I kept getting was TWO (which I also think is the best written) as I managed to recieve a free sub from Bertie as I used to Mod their old forum (before it got hacked lol).
Wouldn't pay for any though.... can find out all you need to know from the interweb...
The only one I kept getting was TWO (which I also think is the best written) as I managed to recieve a free sub from Bertie as I used to Mod their old forum (before it got hacked lol).
Wouldn't pay for any though.... can find out all you need to know from the interweb...
I used to buy loads and loads of them and always was looking at the buyers guides until I bought my blade 5 years ago and have been completely happy with it and haven't bought any mags since. I'll occasionally buy a mag if ride are testing stuff I'm about to buy but otherwise I buy car mags 
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I get BIKE magazine. I find it more 'grown up' than some of the Performance Bike mags and way more interesting than Ride, which is a bit like Watchdog for bikes.
I find I read less and less of the road tests and more and more about the trips they go on; India, S America etc. Seems to be what inspires me nowadays; just hopping on the bike and going..
Incidentally, Emap publish many of the bike mags including Performance Bike, MCN, Ride, Classic Bike etc.
I find I read less and less of the road tests and more and more about the trips they go on; India, S America etc. Seems to be what inspires me nowadays; just hopping on the bike and going..
Incidentally, Emap publish many of the bike mags including Performance Bike, MCN, Ride, Classic Bike etc.
T.W.O. - entertaining, intelligently-written, balanced views
Bike - well-written with often interesting articles
Fast Bikes - for the hooligan in me
Superbike - not convinced about them (why do they feel the need to slag off everyone else so often?)
Performance Bikes - I appreciate what they're trying to do, but I find it dull and don't buy anymore
Ride - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . .
T.W.O. is the one I most look forward to buying, but I also realise that no matter what anyone says you have to go by your own judgement. Often the differences they highlight between two equally great bikes simply would not be noticed by 95% of the biking population who, I'm sure, buy for many different reasons, looks being high on the list.
Bike - well-written with often interesting articles
Fast Bikes - for the hooligan in me
Superbike - not convinced about them (why do they feel the need to slag off everyone else so often?)
Performance Bikes - I appreciate what they're trying to do, but I find it dull and don't buy anymore
Ride - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . .
T.W.O. is the one I most look forward to buying, but I also realise that no matter what anyone says you have to go by your own judgement. Often the differences they highlight between two equally great bikes simply would not be noticed by 95% of the biking population who, I'm sure, buy for many different reasons, looks being high on the list.
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