New dirt bike mag for New Zealand

[big fraz]

<a href="/images/DRD_cover.jpg"><img src="/images/DRD_cover_tn.jpg" align="left" vspace="8" hspace="8"></a>With Kiwi riders dominating the sport of off-road motorcycling in Australia and on the world stage, the release of New Zealand’s only dedicated off-road motorcycle magazine – Dirt Rider Downunder couldn’t be better timed.

Publisher of the new title, Paul Lance, is optimistic the new publication will be a success, saying that off-road motorcycling has a huge following in New Zealand, with local club events regularly attract 200-500 riders and annual events such as Desert Storm and Alpine Express catering to over 2,500 riders during a weekend.

“With New Zealand riders such as Daryl Hurley and the King brothers dominating the Australian motocross championships, Stefan Merriman contesting the world enduro champs, Josh Coppins fighting for the World MX1 title and Ben Townley now off to the lucrative American scene, the time is right for a New Zealand published dirt bike only magazine.” Says Mr Lance. “For too long, Kiwi off-road enthusiasts have had to look overseas for dedicated dirt bike magazines, with the launch of DRD we aim to change this.”
The A5 publication will feature tests, reviews, news and prominent columnists, from a uniquely Kiwi perspective. The first issue is on sale August 23rd.


For further information and images etc, please contact:
Paul Lance – 07 862 6957, paul@drd.co.nz
Fraser Davey - 07 862 6954, fraser@drd.co.nz

[Racey Rider]

Welcome to the site.

Looks good.

And the price??

any jobs going?? :whistle:

[spiller]

Sounds good. Is there a website too??

[Hitcher]

Just what New Zealand needs. ANOTHER bike magazine, this time aimed at a subset of the (small) world of Kiwi bikers.

Pardon my cynicism. I wish the publishers well in this new venture. I hope that their business plan has extended beyond selling the ads for the first issue. This magazine will need to be a clearly superior product to all of the already published dirt bike material if it is to succeed. Good luck!

[sAsLEX]

Welcome to the site.

Looks good.

And the price??

any jobs going?? :whistle:

can see 8.95 on the front bottom left, dont know if this is the nz price though

[James Deuce]

....yay....

[Bob]

I wish you the best of luck with your new title... but I do have to ask you a question.

Do you intend to contact Spankme (the site head honcho, web guru and pretty much everything else) about advertising here? This is what you've effectively done here - for free - and this site doesn't run for nothing you know.

I'm sure Spankme wouldn't charge the earth (no pun intended) for some well placed and prominent adverts on here.

(Sorry to be Mr Grouchy, but I get people try to use my own site's news page for advertising for nothing - usually they're very good when I take down the ad and normally send their product for review - and it doesn't strike me as fair. After all, they wouldn't let ME advertise in their publications/advertising material/websites for nothing, would they?)

[cliffy]

about time ...well done
i'll be into it for sure!

[big fraz]

hi
the price is NZ $8.95
no jobs going as such, but we're always open to freelance articles from our readers. see the first issue (on sale 23rd August) on how to write for us.

Fraser

[big fraz]

the website is drd.co.nz
it will be up and running the same day as the Mag is launched, August 23rd.

[Wellyman]

I don't know about this...... all the best with this project, I shall pick up a copy when it comes out and compare it to Kiwi Rider ( longtime KR reader).
WM

[Racey Rider]

no jobs going as such, but we're always open to freelance articles from our readers.

So what the format you like for that then?

If I went to a round of the National MX champs, took a few pic with the digital camera, Did a bit of a write up on the way I saw it? 500 words?

Or am I better off doing club champ stuff?

Trail rides?

Do supermotards get a look in?

Whats the going rate for a well written freelance article with pic's?

[FlangMasterJ]

I think it will go like hotcakes and boost offroadridings already increasing fanbase.:banana:

I'd like to see a section dedicated to Supermoto, another motorcycle dicipline on the rise also.

[Hitcher]

Did this magazine ever get published? Was a second edition ever published?

[jimbo600]

Fantastic photos of the Beta. What cool mofo took those?

[Motu]

Did this magazine ever get published? Was a second edition ever published?

Second edition out now - I've bought the first two for support in a new venture,but they're on their own now.Not enough in it for me to continue buying it,Kiwi Rider is better for my needs.

[Hitcher]

Did anybody other than Motu buy a copy?

[NordieBoy]

Got one.
They have some VMX stuff :2thumbsup

[wildfire]

I've bought a couple of issues of this mag but I don't find it nowhere as good as the ADB magazine, Got a dvd with one issue but it was crap was just promoting no toil air filter oil... I don't think much of their Bike Reviews either they don't really seem to know what they are on about they said a KDX 200 was a good beginners bike, hahaha I've owned a 2001 model of one of these myself with a Pro Circuit Exhaust and Tail Pipe on it and these things have killer low down power more so than a KX250 IMO and they were comparing it with a CRF230? and said it had just had alright low down power... it's a well known enduro weapon for crying out loud wtf :blink: I know a number of people who have been thrown by them too :whistle:

[NordieBoy]

That's why the DVD had "ADVERT" written on it.

The KDX200 is a good beginners bike and a good intermediate bike too.

An RM125 will beat one in a Cross Country with the same ability rider on them. It will have more low down power than the KX250 but as soon as the revs climb the KX will leave it for dead - tuned for different purposes.

They have been tuned for bottom end. One could say "almost like a 4st".

:rockon:

PS. I like the mag. They have reviews of Nelson stuff and VMX...

[wildfire]

lol man I wouldnt say a KDX 200 is a good beginners bike, with their lethal low down power for somebody who has never ridden a off road bike before would get caught out by one easily I am an experienced off road rider myself and I almost got thrown my first time on a 96 model I thought it would be nothing being an only a 200 2 smoke but it caught me out good, I know a guy who traded in a 04 one not long after he bought it cause he got thrown from it and was easily noticeble from the scathing marks on the rear guard, a 125 2 smoke or something like a XR200 I would call a good beginners bike 125's are tame throughout the rev range and your pretty much on the throttle on them all the time to get any speed out of them and yes I know what a KX250 is like cause I had a 02 model myself. :) I value the opinions from the experts in the ADB mags or the Dirt Action ones more than I do from Dirt Rider.

[Motu]

Good,someone else who thinks a KDX is not really a learners bike.These are a bike capable of winning an enduro with a good rider aboard.I think experienced riders think they are a little tame and easy to ride,so think they are easy to learn on.I could clean up the watercooled KDX's on my XR200,you can push them pretty hard too - but the XR200 is a much better bike to learn on.I've heard people say my DT230 is much tamer than a KDX200,no way would I recomend a learner to ride a DT230,the power comes on very hard,and it takes a gentle hand on the throttle to keep traction,unleashed a learner would go straight down.You don't want to be learning to control power just starting out,their skills aren't that developed.

Maybe I'm just an old fart and these learners are already better than I ever was.....

[NordieBoy]

Learners = 4-strokes.

Could keep a lot more people in the sport if they didn't start on a "twitchy" 2-stroke.