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Old August 5th, 2010, 09:48 AM   #1
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What is a good motorcycle magazine to subscribe too? Any recommendations?
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Old August 5th, 2010, 10:08 AM   #2
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I think I have subscriptions to 3 or 4 different ones. I'll have to check when I get home for the names. Sportbike Rider is the only one I can remember at the moment.

They're all pretty good.
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I think I have subscriptions to 3 or 4 different ones. I'll have to check when I get home for the names. Sportbike Rider is the only one I can remember at the moment.

They're all pretty good.
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Old August 5th, 2010, 11:25 AM   #4
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i like cycle world because they aren't biased toward one style of bike or riding. all around motorcycle magazine with motorcycle riding writers and editors
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Old August 5th, 2010, 12:47 PM   #5
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Cycle World
Motorcyclist
Road Racing World
Road Racer X
Motorcycle Consumer News
Sport Rider
Practical Sportbikes*
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics*
Bike*
Visor Down*

*= British mag

I subscribe to/read all of these every month. As you can imagine, some of it is quite repetitive. Each has its target audience. And this is just a small sample. I care nothing for cruiser/dirt/stunta/show/etc so I don't know what those mags are.

My faves are RRW, RRX, Cycle World, and Bike.

But if I could only have one it would have to be RRW: great writing, great features, insightful commentary on all racing, and of course the CRASH PAGE!!
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Cycle World
Motorcyclist
Road Racing World
Road Racer X
Motorcycle Consumer News
Sport Rider
Practical Sportbikes*
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics*
Bike*
Visor Down*

*= British mag

I subscribe to/read all of these every month. As you can imagine, some of it is quite repetitive. Each has its target audience. And this is just a small sample. I care nothing for cruiser/dirt/stunta/show/etc so I don't know what those mags are.

My faves are RRW, RRX, Cycle World, and Bike.

But if I could only have one it would have to be RRW: great writing, great features, insightful commentary on all racing, and of course the CRASH PAGE!!
Thanks... So many to choose from. Well I'm really not into the racing stuff just want to be able to read articles and stories.
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Old August 5th, 2010, 01:38 PM   #7
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Old August 20th, 2014, 07:04 PM   #8
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Sport bike magazines?

Need some good quality bathroom reading materials.

Anybody recommend a decent sport bike magazine for a reasonable price? (under $20)
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Old August 21st, 2014, 05:22 AM   #9
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Pretty sure there is one literally called sport bike magazine, or maybe its sport rider, not sure. My gf got me a subscription last year for that and motorcyclist magazine. Both are good, motorcyclist i feel slightly better. I read them when i drink coffee in the morning and tell her which bike i need to buy next haha, lets see if she renews the subscription
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The big three magazines are Sport Rider, Cycle World and Motorcyclist. Sport Rider is, of course, sport bike oriented. In my view, the other two are pretty much the same as one another.

As with most glossy pubs, there's a lot of fluff... pages devoted to new gear that you already know about, devoid of any real information, etc. But the writing can be very good. People like Kieth Code and Nick Ienatsch write columns for these magazines.

Motorcycle Consumer News (not to be confused with the british MCN) is a small publication supported entirely through subscriptions. It can be very informative and has lots of material on riding technique, health and fitness, etc. Ken Condon writes their technique column. Jay, you know who this guy is... he's the number-two at Tony's Track Days, the thin guy with gray curly hair and glasses who stood next to Tony during the briefing. He's also the author of Riding in the Zone. This magazine is not written for those with the attention span of a gnat.

If you follow racing at all, Roadracing World is great. They also have useful tech info in addition to race coverage and do a special issue every year devoted entirely to track days. Right now they're doing a series on turning a street bike into a race bike... they're up to part 7, I think.
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Old August 21st, 2014, 02:58 PM   #11
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Thanks guys, I just subscribed to sport rider. I hope they don't do that BS auto-renewal ****. It only ran me $16, so i'm happy
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I had subscriptions, but I dropped all of them. Not because I no longer have a motorcycle, but because after a while, you kind of find repetitive information.

I also used to like Car and Driver, until they did a review of a Mustang Boss 302 vs Subaru BRZ. Every time they write an article, it is about what performed the best. Even though the Boss won, they determined the BRZ the winner. Basically they ignored the data and voted based on what they FELT was the winner, not the actual winner.

Stuff like that gets on my nerves, so I drop them.

Motorcycle mags tend to do that a little less, so I tolerated it more.
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Old August 21st, 2014, 03:35 PM   #13
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The list above is still pretty good, though Road Racer X has kicked the bucket. In addition to many of those, I get Rider, BMW Owners News, and CityBike (a local SF motorcycle paper).
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Old August 21st, 2014, 07:42 PM   #14
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i like motorcyclist but no longer subscribe....im too cheap lol
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Old August 21st, 2014, 08:07 PM   #15
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I had subscriptions, but I dropped all of them. Not because I no longer have a motorcycle, but because after a while, you kind of find repetitive information.

I also used to like Car and Driver, until they did a review of a Mustang Boss 302 vs Subaru BRZ. Every time they write an article, it is about what performed the best. Even though the Boss won, they determined the BRZ the winner. Basically they ignored the data and voted based on what they FELT was the winner, not the actual winner.

Stuff like that gets on my nerves, so I drop them.

Motorcycle mags tend to do that a little less, so I tolerated it more.

I had car and driver, you're right it's pretty bad. I should of known better subscribing to a magazine that had a mustang on the cover. lol (i'm a big JDM guy)
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Old August 21st, 2014, 10:29 PM   #16
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These ones are pretty good, too.

http://www.ridermagazine.com/

http://www.classicmechanics.com/

http://www.walnecks.com/

http://www.ckdeluxemag.com/
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Im a Cycle World subscriber.
Still waiting for the first issue of Motorcyclist....

Why does it take so damn long to start getting them? Its been almost 3 months.
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Old August 23rd, 2014, 11:28 AM   #18
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Im a Cycle World subscriber.
Still waiting for the first issue of Motorcyclist....

Why does it take so damn long to start getting them? Its been almost 3 months.
Ridiculous, how hard is it to ship a magazine??? It weighs like 12 ounces
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Old August 24th, 2014, 03:04 AM   #20
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Rapid Magazine and Cycle Torque (aussie)

Cycle Torque is a free magazine (paid by advertising) and has a free Ipad app to download the mag digitally.

Soon to have Cycle Torque Tv on 4me Channel.

http://www.rapidbikes.com.au/

Latest issue has a Tweaked mind blowing Kawasaki turbo ZX-12R, putting out over 500hp
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Amazon evidently runs magazine subscription deals. One going on right now is Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN) for $5 ($0.42/issue), for a full year subscription. If you're already a subscriber, it will work as a renewal as well. Not sure if this is a year-end deal or will still be valid next month:

Link to deal on Amazon

Main magazine website is here: http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/
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It's not a great time for motorcycle magazines. Looking at the lists within this thread, many of them just aren't around anymore. One of the latest casualties is Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN), which just shut down last month. (story on Revzilla)

Site graveyard: http://www.mcnews.com/
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I had a subscription for Cycleworld, Motorcyclists and Sportrider for years. Then it was just Sportrider, now they are gone. 😰. Yes I am a fossil, I like reading a nice MOTORCYCLE magazine with a cup of coffee. ☕️ The times are a changing. I have been thinking of subscribing to RoadRacing World magazine. I get a free copy usually when I order over 100 bucks from STG.
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It's not a great time for motorcycle magazines. Looking at the lists within this thread, many of them just aren't around anymore. One of the latest casualties is Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN), which just shut down last month. (story on Revzilla)

Site graveyard: http://www.mcnews.com/
After reading Andrew's comment on MCN, I wish I had known about them and had the chance to enjoy it. I had heard a bit ago on the TTD Facebook group that they were no longer.

Out of what's left, I enjoy Rider. My favorite part is the destination articles. Makes me just want to road trip all over the country!
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I had a subscription for Cycleworld, Motorcyclists and Sportrider for years. Then it was just Sportrider, now they are gone. ��. Yes I am a fossil, I like reading a nice MOTORCYCLE magazine with a cup of coffee. ☕️ The times are a changing. I have been thinking of subscribing to RoadRacing World magazine. I get a free copy usually when I order over 100 bucks from STG.
I subscribed to all of them at one time as well. Sportrider was the best IMO, but one of the first to go. The others went all Lifestyle and I let my subscriptions lapse - then they all disappeared.

I briefly subscribed to Road Racing World, but never really got on-board with it for some reason.

I miss getting that new issue of Sportrider out of the mailbox...
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Ridiculous, how hard is it to ship a magazine??? It weighs like 12 ounces
Pretty sure Motorcyclist Magazine is ONLINE only format now. I've done some writing for them in the past and that is what they told me when I submitted my latest article to them. https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/s...or-the-masses/

I also write for a Magazine out of Canada called Motorcycle Mojo Magazine. There I have my own column once a month and it's a great publication.

You can check it out here: https://www.motorcyclemojo.com/2019/...ope-of-colour/

I also enjoy Roadracing World and there is another one out of the UK that I submit articles too as well.

https://www.adventurebikerider.com

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I'm sure putting magazine on-line is significantly less expensive than printing millions of copies and then shipping them to subscribers. Too bad so many have gone under before being able to make the switch. I really like SportRider.net, they had a great specs-comparison section.
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magazines...

I like(d) the british magazines, Two Wheels Only & Bike, not sure if they are still in print...

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