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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: faffi on May 22, 2025, 03:57:00 AM
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Kevin Cameron and Mark Hoyer. Cameron has forgotten more about engines than I can ever hope to learn.
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Kevin Cameron and Mark Hoyer. Cameron has forgotten more about engines than I can ever hope to learn.
Cameron has been my hero for many decades!
Back when motorcycle magazines were great sources of technical information.... there were about a half dozen gurus well worth reading.
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The days of great writing and massive understanding is probably behind us. Unfortunately. Today, the masses want glossy pictures and not many words. Or a video.
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I just think it is a different world. I am amazed at the videos posted on YouTube on just about any project I need help
with. I am always appreciative of the time and effort people make to upload these videos.
Having said that, I am of an era where it was always a great anticipation to reach into the mailbox and get that months
Cycle World and read the latest from Cameron and Peter. Well crafted journalism does seem to be slipping away.
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A couple of magazines I subscribe to have changed from a monthly informative journals to quarterly picture books. I hardly open them anymore and won't renew. Hot Rod being one of them. Most online articles are just fluffy diatribes. Forums like this one are about the on;y things I bother with anymore.
kk
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The days of great writing and massive understanding is probably behind us. Unfortunately. Today, the masses want glossy pictures and not many words. Or a video.
Amen.
Look at the new model introduction videos of motorcycles.
No information, just "artsy-fartsy!"
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I just think it is a different world. I am amazed at the videos posted on YouTube on just about any project I need help
with. I am always appreciative of the time and effort people make to upload these videos.
Having said that, I am of an era where it was always a great anticipation to reach into the mailbox and get that months
Cycle World and read the latest from Cameron and Peter. Well crafted journalism does seem to be slipping away.
I also remember those days. Phil Schilling, Cook Nielson, Joe Minton, Erv Kanemoto.
Much too expensive and too quickly out of date to do in print anymore.
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I used to subscribe to a half-dozen or more motorcycle magazines: Cycle World, Motorcyclist, Motorcycle Consumer News, American Iron, Motorcycle Tour & Travel, Rider, etc. Even had the occasional touring article published in American Iron. Then there were the "club" magazines, like Harley's Enthusiast, BMW Owners News, and U.S. Desmo used to have a great bi-monthly. The only one left that shows up in my mailbox is BMW Owners News. Quite a change.