Stack of old bike mags, are u as bad as me? [Archive]

Armitage Shanks

24th February 2009, 18:49

wbks

24th February 2009, 18:53

Actually, I saw (and stole) a bunch of old American MX mag's from the school art room that were destined to be used as mixing pads a while ago. Pretty cool to read all the stuff from back when Mc Grath was cleaning up and RC was the "new kid on the block" and I'll bet there are a few old road racing mags like that worth a read... If you have any of those, don't throw them out, I'll take them off your hands...

Molly

24th February 2009, 18:53

If you're in Christchurch, can I have 'em?

pete376403

24th February 2009, 19:43

Any "Cycle"? (US mag) (Not Cycle World, just plain Cycle)

Armitage Shanks

24th February 2009, 20:02

Any "Cycle"? (US mag) (Not Cycle World, just plain Cycle)

I'll have a look for the 'Cycle' mags ...must say I just pulled out an Aug '73, mint copy of ' Cycle Rider' from the US with a test between the BMW R75/ CB750 Honda/ Suzuki GT750/ Triumph T150/ Kawasaxi Z1/ and Yamaha's TX750 ...that's gonna be my bedtime book tonight :-):2thumbsup

twotyred

24th February 2009, 20:05

I have some going back to the 70's.... and yes,I've had them that long...:blink:

Armitage Shanks

24th February 2009, 20:24

I have some going back to the 70's.... and yes,I've had them that long...:blink:

Still pulling the cupboard apart, just found a mint 'Australian MOTORCYCLE RIDER' from early '74, testing the Yamaha SC500 and the new Suzuki GT550 amongst others ...OMG...gonna be a long night

klingon

24th February 2009, 20:25

We have boxes of bike mags in the garage. My partner got his bike licence in 1970 and his little brother got his a couple of years later so you can just imagine the collection.

I'm pleased to say they're both still riding but these days they do most of their bike oggling online rather than accumulating magazines.

At least I think it's bikes they're oggling! :eek5:

BMWST?

24th February 2009, 20:29

ahhh cycle magazine..who can rember the adventures of Overdog,and the guy who wrote the "did you ever" articles.I might still have some old ones

pete376403

24th February 2009, 22:26

ahhh cycle magazine..who can rember the adventures of Overdog,and the guy who wrote the "did you ever" articles.I might still have some old ones

I'm *still* waiting for them to finish the Killer Sportster...

Yeah I remember those "did you ever" Did you ever pinch the web of your thumb and forefinger changing a tire and it hurt so bad you threw the tire lever right through the (closed) garage door...Did you ever break a tap off in an exhaust flange hole and just run the nut onto what was left of the tap...
Edit - Did You Ever was written by Ed Hertfelder. I've had a look and can't find those columns but i did find these:
http://www.nhmotox.com/pdf/comedy/comedy.htm

Editor Cook Neilson and Phil Schilling built a Ducati 750ss -"Old Blue" for Daytona. there was an excellent story ("Racer Road") about building it. The pic is an exact replica called Deja Blue built for the Barber museum.

I have the very last issue of Cycle. It's a keeper

madbikeboy

25th February 2009, 07:15

I've collected PB since the beginning of the 1990's...

Okey Dokey

25th February 2009, 07:55

Yep, have a fair few piled up from about 1990. It is surprising how often one can recall reading something and have to go back for another look...usuallly ends up in hours looking at old PBs and having a laugh. BRMs are accumulating pretty rapidly, too.

Thunder 8

25th February 2009, 08:15

Any of you Guys , like me collected 15+ years of Motorcycle magazines...?

I have a shipload which I'm going through now as I'm shifting house in a week. What do i do with them and am I on my own here ?

Or...am I the only magazine addict ?:confused:

:shifty: No you're not on your own. The bike magazine thing got out of hand for me over the years and now have enough to start a book store:lol:.
Dont get rid of them you'll regret it. Have a few mates that got rid of their collections and still hear about it.......errr mind you some of them went into my collection but i let them read them occasionally:devil2::rofl:

MIXONE

25th February 2009, 08:48

I've still got copies of Back Street Heroes so you are far from alone in this obsession!

Armitage Shanks

25th February 2009, 18:23

If you're in Christchurch, can I have 'em?

I guess I have a box that now weighs about 25kg , all assorted mags but mostly 80's, 90's and older ....I've kept the ones that I wanna keep ...

Gonna dump the rest ....a 6 pack and they're yours otherwise ......> Goneburger !:(

madbikeboy

25th February 2009, 20:24

What about your collection of Penthouse forum, Barely Legal, MILF's monthly, and women's weekly?

AD345

25th February 2009, 21:13

I had 10 years of Easyrider magazine at one point in my life (was the only bike mag I've ever really bothered reading).

They did not survive the divorce

madbikeboy

26th February 2009, 07:00

I had 10 years of Easyrider magazine at one point in my life (was the only bike mag I've ever really bothered reading).

They did not survive the divorce

Oh, wow. That's described as cruel and unusual punishment under the human bill of rights act (meaning marriage). As for losing your EasyRider mags in the divorce - that's just mean.

nudemetalz

26th February 2009, 09:19

A lot of my '70s and '80s bike mags end up as "reading while going" material.

vifferman

26th February 2009, 09:30

I started buying "Two Wheels" in the 70's, before I had a bike. Stopped in the 80's, IIRC, and sold my collection to a secondhand book store.
Now I just about never buy buy bike magazines - it's more interesting reading stuff on forums like this. The last ones I got were bought for me by the vifferbabe, coz she felt sorry for me. After I opened them, she felt sorry she bought them as they were full of scantily clad babes, and a calendar of them as well. Still, we all appreciated them adorning the wall of the upstairs toilet for 12 months...

pete376403

26th February 2009, 16:19

I started buying "Two Wheels" in the 70's, before I had a bike.

that was me, too. Cycle was $0.60, Two Wheels was $0.40. Don't laugh, I was on apprentice wages of $21 week. When I got the F9 dramatic cost cutting measures had to be taken so I stopped getting Two Wheels.

HenryDorsetCase

26th February 2009, 16:37

Oh yeah, definitely not alone. I have odd copies of two wheels, an NZ mag and others from the 80's up. plus I have Cycle magazine from 1982 on, till it folded and Cycle World since then. I still get Cycle World every month, have subscribed to PB for a couple of years, got Kiwirider for the blinged Triumph Scrambler offer but will renew my subscription even if by some vague chance I dont win the Scrambler (what would I do with two of them?), plus I get Classic Racer mag now as well. And buy the odd "extra" I love magazines......... but I sure have got a shitload of them.

Armitage Shanks

26th February 2009, 18:16

that was me, too. Cycle was $0.60, Two Wheels was $0.40. Don't laugh, I was on apprentice wages of $21 week. When I got the F9 dramatic cost cutting measures had to be taken so I stopped getting Two Wheels.

Pete376 you had an F9 ??

Wow, was'nt that the mighty 350 Bighorn , my friends big brother had one in '74 before he bought a brand new DT360A , dark green and $1260 ...

Think I better have a lie down .....

glice

26th February 2009, 18:21

I havnt got any that old, but I do have two wheels since about 2001 when I was 13. I couldnt have a bike then, but I could dream!

Grizzo

26th February 2009, 18:49

Yeah, it's out of control, the missus is always giving me shit about it to!
Mags in the shithouse, on the kitchen table, basically on the floor in nearly every room in the house.....hey Iv'e run out of shelving.:rolleyes:

Armitage Shanks

26th February 2009, 19:16

pete376403

26th February 2009, 19:26

Pete376 you had an F9 ??

Wow, was'nt that the mighty 350 Bighorn , my friends big brother had one in '74 before he bought a brand new DT360A , dark green and $1260 ...

Think I better have a lie down .....
Yes it was, bought new in '72 for $1169. Probably not the best bike to start off roading on, previous bike was a Matchless 500 G9. Had a few issues, the flywheel came off from time to time until I lapped it to the crank taper. On the other side it inhaled rotary disks, twice (no idea why, they just peeled off and went into the inlet port). Gave up with it and got a DT250.
I've been lookng on Ebay for another F9 but so far no success

Armitage Shanks

26th February 2009, 19:51

Yes it was, bought new in '72 for $1169. Probably not the best bike to start off roading on, previous bike was a Matchless 500 G9. Had a few issues, the flywheel came off from time to time until I lapped it to the crank taper. On the other side it inhaled rotary disks, twice (no idea why, they just peeled off and went into the inlet port). Gave up with it and got a DT250.
I've been lookng on Ebay for another F9 but so far no success

You'd be lucky to find an F9 now even in parts only condition mate. Sold my '74 DT360A nearly fully restored a few months ago to a North Island buyer and I'm still regretting it but .....time to move on.

Lonebull

26th February 2009, 20:05

Any of you Guys , like me collected 15+ years of Motorcycle magazines...?

I have a shipload which I'm going through now as I'm shifting house in a week. What do i do with them and am I on my own here ?

Or...am I the only magazine addict ?:confused:

Dude you are not the only one. I have stuff from the seventies (no I didn't collect them, I bought them new) through to now. I can't bear to part with them. Everytime I go to clean them out I open one up and start reading and then I'm thinkin' that was a great bike etc., which in turn starts me on which bike I owned at the time and mates and other shit. They are pretty well thumbed and some are a bit tatty but I just can't dump them.

Just bite the bullet mate and admit you're a sentimental old coot, buy the missus a bunch of roses to help her forget the magazines exist then settle down in the garage with a beer and enjoy a trip down memory lane with some good motorcycle porn :drinkup:

HenryDorsetCase

26th February 2009, 22:27

time spent re-reading a test of a GPz550 in 1983, or the best column ever "The Duct Tapes" in Cycle mag is never time wasted IMO.

Fireant

21st September 2009, 15:06

you are not alone,still looking for anything about the Ducati 750ss:done:

Muppet

21st September 2009, 15:44

Any of you Guys , like me collected 15+ years of Motorcycle magazines...?

I have a shipload which I'm going through now as I'm shifting house in a week. What do i do with them and am I on my own here ?

Or...am I the only magazine addict ?:confused:

No you're not, clearly. I collected 10 years worth of 'Bike" and recently sold them to a guy in Nelson. And here's the sad bit, I now borrow them off him to look up certain bits and pieces and post them back! I've already started the next 10 years collection!