What mags do you buy

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:46 pm

eyore wrote:
Corvus wrote:I subscribed to tractor weekly for years, but I stopped a few weeks ago.

I'm an ex tractor fan.
lol

Harley Ferguson weekly ?

Yeah, they had loads o them.

It's what got me into bmw boxers. Chortle.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:48 pm

I used to buy most of them, but got really bored with the same road tests of the same hot snot latest 1000cc or 600cc sports bikes with little else tested.

Nowadays Ride is about the only one I occasionally get

conkerman · Post by **conkerman** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:08 pm

Razzle.

What! Someone had to

Used to buy Bike occasionally. mostly for the used bike reviews, May have a look at practical Superbikes. I like Magazines.

Off for Schweinfliesch.

Dezie · Post by **Dezie** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:45 pm

I subscribe to Bike. The journalism is entertaining but content generally uninteresting. Reading this thread makes me realise I must really knuckle down and work out how to cancel. Not knowing how to is the only reason Im still subscribing....

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:40 pm

Bike in the early days through most others over the years but as has been said got bored reading the same old same old. Now if I buy its likely to be a custom mag like Back Street Heroes. I tend to read a lot of travel books, life stories etc usually bike orientated.

bikesnbones · Post by **bikesnbones** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:18 pm

David_S_Walker wrote:...However age must have caught up with me as I find the gentle pace of Classic Bike much more readable.

That made me laugh.
I'm glad it's not just me

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:55 am

Wish Motorcycle Mechanics was still about

Bender · Post by **Bender** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:03 am

iPad subscription to BIKE.

Very handy for those long, boring meetings, sit yourself at the end of the table, and as long as you nod occasionally and join in from time to time nobody knows any different...

Of course, www.theridersdigest.co.uk is completely free and usually pretty interesting (apart from my contributions of course...)

Bikerhoss · Post by **Bikerhoss** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:31 am

Bender wrote:Of course, www.theridersdigest.co.uk is completely free and usually pretty interesting (apart from my contributions of course...)

+1

bikesnbones wrote:Practical sports bikes can be a decent read.

I guess because it appeals to people like me (us), bleary eye'd late middle ages keen to relive our youth.

I love reading the readers restorations.

I only just realised yesterday that I have two months worth of Ride sitting unread on the kitchen table, just shows how disinterested I am in it now

time to cancel the subscription I think.
I'll reckon I'll give that Practical Sports Bikes a look, Have often glanced at it in the shop, but never lifted it. Seems to fit the bill going by your take bones

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:16 am

Just picked up Performance Bikes on impulse. First time , looks quite good.

bikesnbones · Post by **bikesnbones** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:02 am

Bikerhoss wrote:I'll reckon I'll give that Practical Sports Bikes a look, Have often glanced at it in the shop, but never lifted it. Seems to fit the bill going by your take bones

The title is very misleading, because it's not really a sportsbike mag.
It's about bikes in general, mainly from the 70's, 80/s and 90's.
It's a dangerous mag though.
The last copy I bought had me scouring ebay for an RD250LC.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:28 am

bikesnbones wrote:
David_S_Walker wrote:...However age must have caught up with me as I find the gentle pace of Classic Bike much more readable.
That made me laugh.
I'm glad it's not just me

I used to buy classic bike and classic motorcycle every month back in the eighties and early nineties. I still have the odd issue. If you look at the length of articles compared to now there is no comparison IMO.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:32 am

dave the german wrote:Wish Motorcycle Mechanics was still about

+1.

Boxermed69 · Post by **Boxermed69** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:03 pm

dave the german wrote:Wish Motorcycle Mechanics was still about

+ another 1. Started off with this one in '84, which became Motorcycle Mechanics and Performance Bikes (or summit similar) the following year. Then the MM bit was dropped and Performing Berks was born. Took that and Bike for a few years before getting bored with the same old same old.
Most recently subscribed to Ride for a couple of years. Great for kit reviews and touring stuff, as has been said, but otherwise just a procession of one adventure bike test/comparison after another it seemed. Tried Classic Motorcycle Mechanics for a bit. Not bad but tending to lean towards 60s/70s machines - a little before my time.
Stumbled over Practical Sportbikes at issue 1 when it was a quarterly trial publication - loved it. Still do. A bit of 70s but mainly 80s/90s tackle - reet up my street

.
Also get The Riders Digest online freebie. Some great articles and editorials (even Bender's stuff

). Really varied content and some epic photographs.

Mike.

Harry Lime · Post by **Harry Lime** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:33 am

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