Lets all email MCN
 

Have you seen this weeks? The editor, Marc Potter, says the 998 is "dead, gone, ex-bike, deceased". . Whilst singing the praises of its replacement

Just cos its just gone out of production, suddenly, its old hat.

Sorry Marc, but we dont all get the latest bikes to ride round on for months as you obviously do (& not have to pay for the privelige). Some of us have to make do with what we can afford. ****

& they are still wittering on about the R1!! It should be renamed "R1 news" cos thats all they live for

What for? It's only their opinion. Why get outraged if their opinion is not the same as yours?

Nobody in the press has got a kind word to say about my bike, a humble ST2. It's never even enjoyed the sort of press the 916 has in it's past, but it hasn't stopped me having a bucketload of fun on it at rideouts and trackdays, so I don't give a hoot about the press opinion.

The clue is in their title Motorcycle NEWS . Their job is not to report plain facts, their job is to sell dreams and stir up controversy. Perhaps you expect them to rave about the 916 series for ever? The 916 series are classic bikes, which fully deserve their fanatical following, but with the best will in the world they're hardly hot news are they?



[Edited on 26-3-2004 by Jools]

oh not again Vman, just as I was getting to the politics section of my Guardian I have had to put it down and log on here just to reprimand you....

You naughty naughty naughty naughty boy ......

and let this be a lesson to you ...

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Also throws his politics section of my Guardian at Dibble, and has a fight. :lol:

Vman, language dude, can't you express yourself without any profanities?



[Edited on 26-3-2004 by flanker]

You may not like MCN but they do alot of good for motorcycles in Britain. They often get it wrong but better to do something than nothing at all.

As for 916 vs 999 - you may not like it but the 999 is better. And it's 10 years old. The RC30 was a good bike but it's a yesterday machine.

Embrace the change, you're still going through the denial phase. Most of us have come through the curve to the acceptance phase. Soon we'll all be saying how wonderful the 999 is and what an evolutionary model it was. :D

[Edited on 26-3-2004 by ziggi]

Don't read the Guardian, and I've never met Marc Potter or spoken to Adam Duckworth.

I have seen Duckworth though, he was at Rockingham when I did CSS level 2 with Jon and Guido. He is undeniably fat. I have rarely seen anyone fatter. He was riding a Gixer Thou, that looked as if it was about to disappear up his jacksie.

Now, I have got a relatively slow bike, but on a twisty circuit like Rockingham National it's a good leveller, because it's mostly about corner speed and using two valve grunt to get good drive out. I was able to stay in close touch following Guido on his 748R and we were both going round the outside of machinery like Milles, R1's and stuff that we had no right to be doing if you compare the bikes on paper.

On one session I was cranked hard over on a corner where, for me, I was particularly quick (fast right hander immediately after the 'chicane' ), it's a place where I had been comfortably whizzing past people on the exit. Duckworth came past me on the outside like I was standing still and just cleared off.

He may be fat, he may be a t.w.a.t, but he's quick.

[Edited on 26-3-2004 by Jools]

It would seem that you have more in common with Mr Potter than you think vman!;)

Passion - don't you just love it ! :sing:

Just remember that they are just journalists and take MCN for what it is, what ever that may be?;)

just like to mention I thrashed Adam Duckworth in a race meeting at Donington park a few years back, he was on a well kitted R1 and I was on a 1995 CBR600, must admit I was cursing him through my helmet as he held me up through Craner Curves on the 2nd Lap, But he was big enough to eat humble pie the following week in MCN.

Maybe thats how he got to be so big!:lol:
Its too easy to knock MCN,yep,they print some howlers and some of the features are utter nonsence,but we still keep buying it!
Why?
Well because there is no competition.Now in the days of Motor Cycle Weekly,blah,blah,blah,etc.;):D

I say let everybody have there own opinion and speak their mind openly.
Good on yer Vman.

I buy MCN each week and have done since the ark came to rest,but some things have to be taken with a pinch of salt and the overall product accepted for what it is, ie trying to apeal to everyone involved mwith two wheels.
Amen!

Now where`s the polish and dusters!:D

I'm not knocking the 999, but they never **** the R1 off in its old guise. The "old" Ducati is a classic bike & will be for some years- certainly not "dead" or "ex-bike" or "deceased".
Christ, they've only just stopped making it & all of a sudden, its not cool to own one!

Whether you agree or disagree...If you have a feeling about what is printed then it has served it's purpose...
Personally I do like my chips out of MCN...Seems to taste nicer;):P

Yeah skidlids but think...Duckworth on an R1 and you on a CBR600...must be the same power to weight ratio :o:o:o

Blimey, all that weight stripped off a race bike, then with Duckworth on board you can add an extra 80 kilos to the average riders weight. Think what that would do to your braking distances, and it would be like you carrying most of that extra weight in a rucksack, what would that do to the handling !!!!

Lord help his suspension technician as well!

Made me laugh as well in the Twin for 5 grand review... They are saying in the cons about the Duke that it doesn't make anymore than 600cc latest offerings... which in essence is true, but surely this is missing the point about twins. How can they compare peak power on a 4 achieved around 12,000rpm+ with utlisation range of about 2,000rpm vs a Twin that has almost twice the grunt of a 600cc from very low revs. I read MCN every week but I am a bit tired of the fuss about jap power, jap lightweightness (...with no fluids in), latest radial brakes that have transformed the braking (yeah right my a**!). For journalist I feel like they yield a bit too easy to the fashion set by bike manufacturers... Oh well they need to make sure money is still coming in from advertising!


[Edited on 28-3-2004 by pguenet]