Fav Motorcycle Magazines

[Ed K]

What are you favorite Motorcycle Magazines?

[TorqueMonsterMT-01]

Bike magazine from the UK has a lot of stuff packed in each issue. I like it a lot.

Cycle World is always in my mailbox because I like Peter Egan, but there tests are fairly accurate based on the bikes I have owned and how they review them.

Motorcyclist is OK, but no great in my opinion.



On a different note, if you like magazines and would prefer to read them on your PC or Mac, try Zinio. The subscription price is about the same as a paper copy and you can get many magazines delivered in digital format directly to your computer. I like it because I travel a lot and I can carry several magazines on my hard drive.

I get Cycle World, Car & Driver, Motortrend and Road & Track this way and really enjoy it. (Of course you'll need a laptop to take your magazine into the bathroom.)

http://www.zinio.com/

Here is an example of the quality. I first used the zoom feature in Zinio and then used the "Print Screen" feature of windows and borrowed this picture from the March Cycle World.

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[Bones]

Motorcycle consumer news is the one I look forward to the most each edition, mainly because it is devoid of bullshit and has information that is presented with the least "wow" and the most real reporting. They don't have to water things down because they don't rely on ad money. No fancy pics, just down and dirty black and white newsprint.

For pics and laughs, BIKE from the UK and Two Wheels Only, when I can get it at Borders or Barnes and Noble. Those Brits just crack me up. Very funny, though I often disagree with a lot of what they actually write (impressions about handling of certain bikes, for example).

Jeff

[BobFV1]

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[DJ Down Under]

When I was young it was this...

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When I was older it was this (did someone say boobs)...

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Now it's this...

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[TorqueMonsterMT-01]

More on Zinio.

The software is free and there are some free sample magazines to test out and see if you like the digital magazine experience. http://www.zinio.com

Things I like about it.

The table of contents actually links to the article, so you don't have to flip through pages when you know which article you want to read..

The advertisements that have a URL listed actually let you open the company's internet page right from the magazine. This is a nice feature. Normally when i read magazines, I forget half of the web pages I intend to visit.

You can highlight and add notes to any part of the magazine.

The file is downloaded like any other file. You could easily keep years of publications on one CD or a lifetime's worth on a DVD.


I'm not affiliated with Zinio and it probably isn't for everyone, but it is really cool to have your magazines delivered to your desktop the day they are released. For me, this is the main benefit. Living in Japan, it takes about two months to receive a paper magazine. I can receive my new publications at hotels all over the world as long as I have an internet connection.

[Ed K]

Hey thanks...great recommendations...

Has anyone checked this one out...just received mailer about it...

http://www.roadracerx.com/