Those were the days....
I remember back when I was first into bikes and Fastbikes was in its heydays... Col Schillers rants, Ian cramps technical articles thenproject lionheart 500cc gp bike.... The emmet brothers, the turbo fireblade project... and eventually a progression into tits on bikes for good garage wallpaper.... Used to bug the hell out of Paperplus and whitcoulls for when next issue on shelf....
Occasionally bought PB...
Did an OE in UK and the weekly newsprint MCN was good for racing news... Then a Glossy Motorcycle Racer mag came out, awesome engine and pitlane/race photos and good articles..
Col Schill' and crew made brief comeback with RPM mag....
Something about sitting in sun with hardcopy or on the shitter that's intrinsically better than digital....
Might photo some and post pics of good articles if bandwidth polkice don't cut me down.....
I subscribe digitally to ADV moto but often forget its there on my phone.....
A trademag I used to write for survives because of its physical edition, think it gets the advertisers more real exposure. We kinda train ourselves not to see digital sidebar ads I reckon....
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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