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[hipshaker]

I must confess that I get scootering every month too ......................... I've got a 1964 Lambretta for poodling about on.





[Edited on 5-7-2004 by hipshaker]

[JasonBoswell]

BIKE on subscription... then maybe one of the others if theyve got a useful freebie, but generally they're editorially awful. Bought SB this month as they had a bunch of freebies and a review of the MVF41k...

[dickieducati]

generally go for the superbike/fastbike/performance bike route, against most people on here it would seem, but do like to keep up with latest bikes/gear etc even if im quite happy with everything i have.
naked women drapped over bike do tend to sway me too.
shallow? moi ?

Originally posted by hipshaker
I must confess that I get scootering every month too ......................... I've got a 1964 Lambretta for poodling about on.

AAaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh hhhh

[Loz]

Originally posted by dickieducati
naked women drapped over bike do tend to sway me too.
shallow? moi ?

Never shallow

I get annoyed with FBs, etc. If by some chance they somehow manage to take a decent photo of a bike (doesn't happen that often), there has to be a naked girl draped over it. I've no objection to this as such, but I like to put bike posters up at my office, to cheer myself up. In a multi-gender working environment, naked girl posters are a no-no (although that doesn't seem to stop the naked blokie posters going up). I've got a FB calendar up at the moment, with labels stuck over the critical areas. How ridiculous is that?

So, I'm now ranting about second-rate photography, sexism in the workplace, poor literary content of magazines, even worse editorial policy ... blimey, how did I get off on one this morning? Maybe I need a nice bimble and a pub lunch, instead of going to work.

[bradders]

MCN most weeks, dont know why its always the same! TWO most months, as it seems to offer the best all round info for me. Had a few others recently, with FOC dvds etc and found them absolute pants! And all they do is rehash MCN from previous weeks! I would guess most of them are owned by the same people, as they seem to have very similar writing and photographic styes.

[Paul James]

We normaly just get toilet paper from Tesco as the magazines are too shiny and MCN leaves print in the bog.

[Steve M]

Another MOTORCYCLE RACER fan here.
As for most mags, well I just can't be bother to read how good/better the latest R1 etc is over and over again.
Ali's comments about PB are dead right.
I do tend to read MCN, but don't thinks it's all that good.

[Mark]

Bike, MCN and Superbike. Bike because i feel gives a good bias report, more than most, we all know no mag will say a blade is rubbish, because honda will pull their adverts, i believe summat CAR did in the early 80's about a ford, and ford pulled their adverts, serious cash. Superbike, because it's funny, light hearted and not serious as the others. MCN, because sumat to read at lunchtimes. All except mcn delivered by postie.

Fast bikes has gone down hill big style, so has PB, TWO same as Bike.

All the above (apart from MCN) spend their life on the bathroom and cloakroom floor for quality reading time on the.........

[Clippy]

Subscribe to T.W.O. and RiDE and buy MCN for the sport reporting each week.

TWO has a bit of everything for everyone and Ride has good tests, but it does hack me off a bit when every radical sports bike is marked down because it's uncomfortable - horses for courses!!!

G