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KPaulCook · 08-01-2003, 10:34 PM

Found this site a couple weeks ago. I agree.. My wife bought me a subscription to Bike magazine of the U.K. $100 Plus for U.S. subscription. Bike is a beautiful mag the Playboy of Motorcycle mags. If you want to see a country with out Harleys and a nation in love with sportbikes pick up Bike. The writing and photography are much better than U.S. "rags"

sarnali · 08-02-2003, 03:53 AM

Very true British bike magazines and web sites are great, They consider a VFR a touring bike, their idea of a cruiser is a 954RR because it's slower than a GSXR.

xlr8r · 08-02-2003, 08:32 AM

Sorry, KPaul, but Bike is bland, and most of the other Brit bike mags are just interested in encouraging their readers to do dumb things which eventually mean crashes and broken limbs. Cycle World in the U.S. is better written, Motorrad in Germany has the best all-round coverage, and France's Maximoto has better photography and layout than Bike. But if you want to see a really inventive custom and cruiser magazine, where people build their own instead of just adding so-called 'custom' parts from a high-buck store, check out Back Street Heroes, Britain's seriously alternative bike mag. And if you like modern bikes but hate sportbikes, go to France's Cafe Racer.

Europe speaks many languages of bike, you know...

KPaulCook · 08-02-2003, 12:43 PM

Currently I receive Cycle World, Sport Rider, American Rider, and Motorcyclist. I consider Motorycyclist better than Cycle World and Sport biker better than both in terms of riding skills. Cycle world has an age problem in their staff of writers. However, Bikes in depth article about riding style was better still and the photos are just so much better than the American Rags. To each his own.

CBRRRRRR · 08-03-2003, 04:55 AM

Have you read the English "Ride" magazine? It's similar to Bike but much more technical and extreme... How about taking a 40,000 mile R1 and check blueprint in an article about how reliable used bikes can be?

Performance Bikes is also a good one.

xlr8r · 08-03-2003, 08:47 AM

I take your point about the age of CW's contributors. The photos in the best European magss still beat Bike, though.

CBRRRR: Yes, Ride is good - it's produced by the same people who do Bike, Perfprmance Bikes and Motor Cycle News, by the way, and they share resources - but the idea of blueprinting a high-mileage used bike to see how it's holding up was started by Motorrad in Germany some twenty years ago.

KPaulCook · 08-03-2003, 05:41 PM

No I haven't read Ride. Sounds like I need to get a copy for those rainy days in Seattle

Thanks.

08-01-2003, 08:52 PM	#1
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08-01-2003, 10:34 PM	#2
KPaulCook Banned Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,756	Re: BBC Moto Website Found this site a couple weeks ago. I agree.. My wife bought me a subscription to Bike magazine of the U.K. $100 Plus for U.S. subscription. Bike is a beautiful mag the Playboy of Motorcycle mags. If you want to see a country with out Harleys and a nation in love with sportbikes pick up Bike. The writing and photography are much better than U.S. "rags"

08-02-2003, 03:53 AM	#3
sarnali Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,416	Re: BBC Moto Website Very true British bike magazines and web sites are great, They consider a VFR a touring bike, their idea of a cruiser is a 954RR because it's slower than a GSXR.

08-02-2003, 08:32 AM	#4
xlr8r Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 277	Re: BBC Moto Website Sorry, KPaul, but Bike is bland, and most of the other Brit bike mags are just interested in encouraging their readers to do dumb things which eventually mean crashes and broken limbs. Cycle World in the U.S. is better written, Motorrad in Germany has the best all-round coverage, and France's Maximoto has better photography and layout than Bike. But if you want to see a really inventive custom and cruiser magazine, where people build their own instead of just adding so-called 'custom' parts from a high-buck store, check out Back Street Heroes, Britain's seriously alternative bike mag. And if you like modern bikes but hate sportbikes, go to France's Cafe Racer. Europe speaks many languages of bike, you know...

08-02-2003, 12:43 PM	#5
KPaulCook Banned Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,756	My view Currently I receive Cycle World, Sport Rider, American Rider, and Motorcyclist. I consider Motorycyclist better than Cycle World and Sport biker better than both in terms of riding skills. Cycle world has an age problem in their staff of writers. However, Bikes in depth article about riding style was better still and the photos are just so much better than the American Rags. To each his own.

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08-03-2003, 04:55 AM	#6
CBRRRRRR Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 4	Re: My view Have you read the English "Ride" magazine? It's similar to Bike but much more technical and extreme... How about taking a 40,000 mile R1 and check blueprint in an article about how reliable used bikes can be? Performance Bikes is also a good one. __________________ Moto Ergo Sum

08-03-2003, 08:47 AM	#7
xlr8r Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 277	Re: My view I take your point about the age of CW's contributors. The photos in the best European magss still beat Bike, though. CBRRRR: Yes, Ride is good - it's produced by the same people who do Bike, Perfprmance Bikes and Motor Cycle News, by the way, and they share resources - but the idea of blueprinting a high-mileage used bike to see how it's holding up was started by Motorrad in Germany some twenty years ago.

08-03-2003, 05:41 PM	#8
KPaulCook Banned Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,756	Re: My view No I haven't read Ride. Sounds like I need to get a copy for those rainy days in Seattle Thanks.