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

**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

Originally Posted by AD345

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

Originally Posted by vifferman

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

Originally Posted by pete376403

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.

**Armitage Shanks** · 26th February 2009, 19:16

Originally Posted by Grizzo

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.

At least you won't run out of toilet paper ..........

**pete376403** · 26th February 2009, 19:26

Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

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

Originally Posted by pete376403

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

Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

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 ?

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