Bike magazines - value for money?

[howdamnhard]

I enjoy BIKE ,a UK magazine but its pricey at $14.50.

[Big Dave]

and written by kiwis for kiwis

I get on great with Paul. We travel a lot together, I supply ads for his mag too. His Pommy accent is as bad as my 'strine!

[Pussy]

ill haf a go at this jurna... jonal... writtin thig

Grate! I'll do the prove reading for you

[Griffin]

I get on great with Paul. We travel a lot together, I supply ads for his mag too. His Pommy accent is as bad as my 'strine!

OK then... written by Pommies for Kiwis... cant beat that IMO

[Burrt Badger]

None of you have mentioned the best magazine of all. Australian Motorcycle News (AMCN). Great mag, out every fortnight, rafts of road race news, including NZ, road tests etc etc, cant beat it!!!

[Big Dave]

OK then... written by Pommies for Kiwis... cant beat that IMO

Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to point out to you drongos exactly how good you jokers have it.

[bobsmith]

If you don't mind reading it on internet, check out www.zinio.com.

I've been getting several subscriptions from them and they're great price.

I see that cycleworld for 12 month is just $12.00 USD and superbike is $30.00 USD (yeah superbike mag is always the most friggin expensive bike mag but ohhh it's sooo good)

[scumdog]

It's like buying smokes as far as value goes.

Except you can re-read the mags - unlike the smokes which ya can't re-smoke.

Smoker= dumbarse money wasters!

[Griffin]

Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to point out to you drongos exactly how good you jokers have it.

What does that mean? Anyhoo... its still my favorite mag... not only cos its made in NZ (please tell me Im not wrong here) and as far as me an my lowly opinion are concerned is the best presented and easiest to read.

I know Kiwirider is also - but I preferred Bikerider... and cant afford to buy 2 mags/month. The thing is, yes NZ is a small country but its still nice to have a mag thats aimed at US and not written for some other countrys riders. NZ conditions / roads are unique and therefore its important to support a locally made mag to help foster its growth. Even if its written by Pommies

[Max Headroom]

You guys think it's tough for you to find a magazine that siuts your needs. If you're into post-classics like me, there's bugger-all around for scratching that particular itch.....

The classic magazines are full of leaky old pommie stuff up to the '60s, with an occasional post classic thrown in. You can guarantee a howl from their readers the following month for including a "modern". There are only a few mags that do the post-classic thing very well at all.

If a mag only has one or two articles of interest, I put it back on the shelf unless there's something really significant.
I'm only moderately interested in modern bikes, and overdose on the same stuff regurgitated every month. The current crop of Yamasuzikawahaha's have achieved a very high standard of form & function, yet have little left to distinguish one from another. I stopped buying car magazines a long time ago for the same reason, and now only intermittently buy a classic car mag if it has something really interesting to say.

Good grief, I feel old......

[scumdog]

You guys think it's tough for you to find a magazine that siuts your needs. If you're into post-classics like me, there's bugger-all around for scratching that particular itch.....

The classic magazines are full of leaky old pommie stuff up to the '60s, with an occasional post classic thrown in. You can guarantee a howl from their readers the following month for including a "modern". There are only a few mags that do the post-classic thing very well at all.

If a mag only has one or two articles of interest, I put it back on the shelf unless there's something really significant.
I'm only moderately interested in modern bikes, and overdose on the same stuff regurgitated every month. The current crop of Yamasuzikawahaha's have achieved a very high standard of form & function, yet have little left to distinguish one from another. I stopped buying car magazines a long time ago for the same reason, and now only intermittently buy a classic car mag if it has something really interesting to say.

Good grief, I feel old......

And try finding a Kiwi BEA magazine that caters for rallies etc.

Since Twin Eagle went belly-up I've been going throught a drought - as have a lot of my mates.

[gav]

I second the AMCN vote, great value for money. My fave UK mag though is Performance Bikes, have been buying it since 1985

[Big Dave]

If you're into post-classics like me, there's bugger-all around for scratching that particular itch.....

Nice feature by Rhys on Mike the Bike in this month's KR.

[Pussy]

I've been regularly buying AMCN since 1997... great mag, and always enjoy the Fred Gassit cartoon. I have been a subscriber to BRM since before the first issue even came out... also a great mag

[nico]

Not only do we all love riding bikes, some of us like reading about them too, talking crap about em, discussing them on the net, watching them on TV etc etc etc.

Having my monthly fix of a decent mag seems to be becoming more difficult. I find KIWIRIDER Ok, but after reading the first 1/4of the mag (10mins) the rest is for Dirt riders, adventure riders, kids section then adverts. Now I don't think the sections shouldn't be there - I know each to their own, and alot of people probably like the dirt / adventure / KR kids sections, just not for me thats all. I also find the bike reviews are a bit short, uninformative and not that well written. I know I couldn't do any better myself and fully respect the journos that get to travel the country riding great bikes, I just think sometimes they could be a bit more thorough.

So my other choice for a NZ read is BIKERIDER MAG. I feel this is a better read for me, better bike reviews and often has some good articles to read, but its quite thin and I probably get about an hours decent reading from it.

My other choices in my local supermarket, service station are the Aussie ones, TWOWHEELS etc. Again there OK but nothing that really grips my interest for any longer than a few minutes, so after a few months of reading, spending my cash on them I finally decided I would stop my expensive addiction and just go witjout or "borrow" other peoples.,

That is until however I was in my local BP last night. (Don't worry I didn't buy any gas from these robbing thieves, who always increase gas prices for others to follow - oops i think this is off topic). Anyway i was having a browse at the mags. There i spotted SUPERBIKE, a UK mag. Had a quick flick, saw loads that I wouldn't mind reading so I took it to the counter.

F*****NG $16.

I nearly passed out, but not wanting to look like a cheap fecker, I handed over my hard earned (ok-hardish) and walked out with my $16 mag in hand.

Anyway got it home and got my nose into it. Ahhh nice, i can sit here ignore the wife without been growled at and read in almost peace and quiet. So i had some gr8 quality extensive reviews to read about all kinda bikes. A 600 supersport shoot out between 6 600's, articles on the best bikes ever, IOM racing, interviews, tech help, jokes, mods, product reviews, etc etc etc - hours of fun. Oh and naked women on bikes in the centre pages - just perfect, hours of reading I can spread over a few days.

But my enjoyment is somewhat dampened by the fact it cost me $16. $16 for a mag, daylight robbery the thieving scumbags. BUT.......


Roll on next month for the next copy

i did exactly the same that dam that gas was a bit ruf 2day but when i chekd me docket 16 for the mag but it was a good read dont know if it work 16 of my hard earned pingas but mabie if i dont buy the other one ill sleep at night