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OK...I'm going to really date myself. I started reading MCN back when it was Road Rider magazine. I believe in the early-mid 70's. Been reading it all these years as well as all the other cycle magazines that have come and gone. I still have most of my magazines from 1967 and on. It's a kick to go into my archives and pick out an issue from the 60's and 70's and read it again. I like others have said find a pleasure in holding a magazine and thumbing through it. Reading on a PC, phone or tablet is not the same although I'm guilty of doing so.Anyway sure hope MCN can survive and continue publishing what I think is one of the better magazines.
I like others have said find a pleasure in holding a magazine and thumbing through it. Reading on a PC, phone or tablet is not the same although I'm guilty of doing so.
I find this forum, like most others dedicated to a single marque, to be much more biased in one direction than magazines. Brands other than Guzzi are regularly sneered at here, seemingly often without direct experience of what is being criticized.
No no - you want to learn about a Harley, you go to a Harley site. A BMW, you go to a BMW site, etc.Each time you KNOW they're biased. BUT at the same time, they will tell you the straight poop about their bike. "I had to fix this bitch bitch bitch, I had to change that whine whine whine, this broke complain complain complain."Much more so than any journalist just because of the time and miles involved.
Really? Yesterday, a Canadian motovlogger took on Ducati on YouTube, so far with 86,000 views. Will be interesting to see how it plays out: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MF996juVd
The March 2016 electronic version was in my email today. The cover bike- read all (little) about it in the World Motorcycling column. It's a one-off fantasy bike built up from a 15 year old Honda, using 4000 hours of design/build time. The big, multi-page comparison article of the month- sunglasses.Dave has a one-page column at the back all about potholes, just before Fred's article titled "Carpe Diem". Mark Barnes gives his autobiography, as inspired by Dave from a few issues back. Hmmm.Next month, comparisons between v-twin cruisers from HD, Star, and Indian.Still only 32 pages, 16 less than (what was) normal. These transition months should prove to be interesting, to say the least. There is no Page 2 editorial... there is no Editor. Yet.Steve.
But did the dip weeds, at least acknowledge the screw up of last month?
I know some prefer paper, but you're in the ever dwindling minority.
Spoke to someone on the inside today about MCN and was told they are going down probably won't be around much longer.
Me too! that's when Roger Hull, Bob and Patti Carpenter did real world tests of new bikes. usually 1000 - 3000 miles. none of this 30-100 miles crap you see today.