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A good read !!! - slimwilly - 08-05-13
Well with loads of monthly mags and a weekly paper oh and interweb sites what do you recon is a good informative read,the mags are £4 or more now.
I have this months "Ride " mag , a bit same same same , but a little interesting stuff, which one stands out?
Re: A good read !!! - Chris - 08-05-13
I used to always get "ride" but found that there was getting less and less in it and found the writers a bit dull. I've still bought it every now and then but cancelled my subscription.
I've mostly been getting bike for the last couple of years. I like their write ups and their photography. All the mags are expensive though... I treat myself to one every now and again if I know it's going to be a long nightshift
Chris
Re: A good read !!! - bri h - 08-05-13
I subscibe to bike magazine but its turning into gs monthly so its not great value for money imho.
Re: A good read !!! - Chris - 08-05-13
(08-05-13, 07:51 PM)bri h link Wrote: I subscibe to bike magazine but its turning into gs monthly so its not great value for money imho.
Yes, there have been a lot of Adventure bike write ups in the last year or so. I imagine it's because the best selling bikes in the country at the moment are adventure bikes so they are just trying to appeal to the bigger/fastest selling/growing markets. It does get a bit dull though when you're not that interested in adventure bikes. :\
Chris
Re: A good read !!! - headgonekneedown - 08-05-13
motorcycle racer.
best mag out there!
Re: A good read !!! - bri h - 08-05-13
Hi Chris, your right of course its the editors job to put the stuff in that sells and to be fair they do still try to cover all the bases. I have to admit that im a bit anti gs type bikes cos my little legs wont reach the floor from one of them. A good mate has one and he loves it. his last bike was a honda cb600r so a big difference.
Re: A good read !!! - noggythenog - 08-05-13
I like the likes of practical performance bikes & motorcycle mechanics.
I know hee haw about mechanicals but i just find them interesting, i like the old sports bike reviews & its all quite nostalgic, the bikes are more affordable too.
I dont think theres enough females posing on bikes either, i know thats a bit pervy but it just adds to the general appeal, even a sneaky peek at back street heroes shows that it has been diluted down to almost not worthy banging one out status :lol , certainly not in Tesco anyway & i aint buying :b
I do like ride & bike but i really only enjoy the articles about riding techniques as i find them useful as a new rider.the rest of the stuff im not that interested in as i dont have enough money & whilst off roading & round the world adventures are no doubt exciting they dont really represent the type of riding im into.
Re: A good read !!! - bri h - 08-05-13
hey noggy, theres not enough bikes in playboy either.
Re: A good read !!! - noggythenog - 08-05-13
(08-05-13, 10:44 PM)bri h link Wrote: hey noggy, theres not enough bikes in playboy either.
So true!
I mean thats what i hear anyway!
Whats the world coming to, i quite like reading mens fitness, like mechanics i dont do fitness but i like reading about it,like bike magazines its the little articles about the science that are interesting,knowledge is all there when i wanna act on it eventually, it keeps me inspired as do some normal bike articles...but come on whys it full o pictures of blokes with their pecs out doin some stupidly ridiculous plyometric one fingered monkey twist.it feels like im buying a gay monthly or somethin, I even turn it over so nobody sees the cover & thinks that. :lol
Get pictures of nice ladies doing some manageable & normal moves stuffed in there for foc sake!!!
Or a lady on an affordable bike doing a dumbell curl with a big can o beer 8)
Re: A good read !!! - bri h - 08-05-13
I like your thinking noggy. If i ever get round to all the mods and stuff ive been meaning to ill have the first fazer on the moon.
Re: A good read !!! - noggythenog - 08-05-13
(08-05-13, 11:25 PM)bri h link Wrote: I like your thinking noggy. If i ever get round to all the mods and stuff ive been meaning to ill have the first fazer on the moon.
:lol
Some of us are already wired to the moon
Re: A good read !!! - bri h - 08-05-13
.Haha best way mate that sanity malarkys not for the likes of us.
Re: A good read !!! - slimwilly - 09-05-13
I will check out "motorcycle racer " and "performance bikes" to see if they are worthy of the money
Re: A good read !!! - simonm - 09-05-13
I got a subscription to ride but only for the free heated handgrips.
Re: A good read !!! - bri h - 09-05-13
I think it was a tank bag that reeled me in.
Re: A good read !!! - Lez72 - 09-05-13
The Mrs bought me a subscription to 'MCN Sport' last Chrimbo which i find really interesting in keeping informed about whats happening on the worldwide racing scene and some of the photography is stunning. I used to buy Ride, Performance Bikes, Fast Bikes etc on a monthly basis in my younger days when i had disposable income and less responsibilities :\ but found them all very 'samey samey' eventually and don't buy any of them now. I found they all became very 'Top Gear' where it just seems to be fools larking about in/on expensive machinery i probably won't ever be able to afford and wouldn't particularly want anyway. If i were to subscribe to any of them now it would be something more like Classic Motorcycle Mechanics as it's more informative and has reviews of more realistic machines that i might even be able to afford.
I can also state that i have never bought a bike based on what a journo says as thats just opinion.
Re: A good read !!! - Dave48 - 09-05-13
Stopped buying all the"glossy" mags since they cost c £4 a throw. Have been buying MCN every week but am beginning to doubt its relevance to me anymore.
Recently they were testing "Adventure" bikes and two things shocked me: The price of these behemoths loaded with all sorts of expensive electrickery/buttons/bells/whistles and the all-up wet weight of these monsters! :eek Don't think Charlie & Ewan did us any favours with their "Long Way Round".
The journos have done the "pocket rocket" theme to death-now theyre trying to" supersize my ride".
Just waiting for them to rediscover the joys of real world bikes like the ones we love! :lol
Re: A good read !!! - red98 - 09-05-13
"classic motorcycle mechanics" for me,not every month though as it does repeat itself a bit
Re: A good read !!! - Simon.Pieman - 09-05-13
Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is the one to buy! I would recomend it because in the past I've had a few of my articles in there!
Utter bias aside, it's a good read for everyone, no matter if you ride sports, adventure or are enjoying a 'practical' old crock from the 70s/80s.
And, no I didn't join this forum just to plug it!
Si
Re: A good read !!! - dolau - 09-05-13
I have a subscripotion to Ride this year which I got for Christmas but usually buy it anyway
The power rangers sportsbike mags leave me cold- I will never emulate them and find the chasing of 2 bhp by tweaking the dooflambender beyond anything I want to know - I would rather be out riding my Fazer!
There are various free motorcycle mags on line which you can download on to your electrionic book thingy and I think when my subscription runs out I will take out a web subscription for Ride as I am running out of space to keep them and it seems a shame to throw them away