KR readers - opinion please

[Biff]

WT - On that kinda bike that is indeed serious "stupid shit"!!

Dave - I also avoid the dirt bike section, as I have no interest in it whatsoever. As such if I have a choice between KR and other mags that only cover road bikes on a shop shelf I tend to choose those mags that don't cover dirt bikes.

Please don't mix things up, because 'roadies' like myself will permanently move on if we have to dig between the dirty bike bits in order to locate some clean, mean roadie stuff.

[Paul in NZ]

I don't really mind 'cos I seldom buy it. Actually, I buy maybe 1 a year.... But only if there is nothing else to read on the ferry or if a mate overseas wants to know about bikes in NZ..

No offence, it's a very nice magazine but i kinda stopped being interested in new motorcycles several years back so it's me thats odd.

Paul N

[jrandom]

Well, I buy magazines for the road bike articles. Since I can generally get everything I'm interested in out of KR by hanging out by the mag stand and reading it for 5 minutes, I usually don't buy it.

I guess I'm just not the target market. If I had a dirtbike, I would be, and I'd be buying the mag. Meh.

[vifferman]

I didn't vote, because I don't buy Kiwi Rider. In fact, I don't buy any bike mags at all at present, after having bought hundreds and hundreds in the past. Every time I feel like I'd like to buy one, and pick one up to read, there's either nothing particularly new and interesting, or the journalistic style is off-putting, or the poor writing turns me off. Any news of new developments or bikes I can get from the Interweb, and I find the 'real' stuff that's written here on Kiwi Biker is better than the egotisitical blatherings of so-called professional moto-journalists.

I have read lots of issues of KR, but they were all ones I was given. To be quite honest, compared to other mags, apart from 'imported articles" (like those from Alan Cathcart), the quality's just not there, and it's really only the NZ content that's (mildly) interesting.

[Blakamin]

Frankly the dirt section puts me off altogether and then I buy BRM instead. I know dirt riding is super popular in NZ, but I feel like I've spent $8.95 for $4.47.5 value.

exactly....

and if I did spend the money....

Full colour and gloss would be nice, but to be realistic I imagine it's cost prohibitive - I'd rather have the current style than pay $5 more for glossy colour.

If you run a bike shop, I can Imagine it being more interesting (motorcycle awards coverage... I dont wanna see tuxedos in a bike mag)... but I'm sticking to BRM at the moment coz the last 3 KRs I bought pretty much ended up in the bin... (actually, I gave 2 away)

btw, dont change it or I'll definately not spend... as opposed to the "occaisionally" I do at the moment...