Magazines and websites

[Shall78]

Interested to see what mags if any you all read, and if you go on any websites other than the great BCF.

New in to biking I have bought a few issues of Ride, Bike and MCN but as they are all published but the same group I find them a bit simlar (no surprise) ride seems to cater for me a bit better (newbie) with helpful info for new riders, any others you would recommend?

[Clanger]

I post on bikersweb and 100% biker because those guys do rallies, so it's good to know where peeps are going and if I'm likely to meet up with anyone when I get there. I used to post on sv650.org when I had an sv. Because they were a good source on info on the bike.

As for magazines, my all time favourite magazine is no longer published, and that was AWOL (RIP). I don't bother reading anything else these days, unless I can find the free newspaper https://www.motorcyclemonthly.co.uk/
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[Shall78]

Cheers for that, not come across the free one before, looks like it has some good features.

[Slacker24seve...]

I don't read More Crap than News any more, all of the 'spy shots' are getting tedious. Ride is dull unless they are doing a feature on a type of product that you particularly want to buy; even so I think any mag's recommendations should probably be taken with a pinch of salt, I'm sure it all depends which manufacturer's pocket they are in that month.

I was given a subscription to Bike for Christmas last year and quite enjoy it; its good for reading on the bog. Performance Bikes is alright but is really, really thin. You can read it cover-to-cover really quite quickly. Fast Bikes do some useful freebies from time to time and I'll happily flick through Practical Sportsbikes at my uncles too
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[Drake]

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[MadCatLady]

OH gets '100% Biker' mag which I always have a look through and we get the MAG mag 'The Road' too. I haven't been on any other websites.
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[Rogerborg]

I have a ritual of picking up a copy of Ride every time I take the family to stay with the inlaws. Then I spend a few days underlining and ranting about all the bollocks that they inevitably spout. Well, you have to have a hobby.
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[neatbik]

I buy Bike magazine occasionally, and Performance Bikes too.
I keep meaning to have a read of Practical Sports Bikes.

MCN in my opinion is total garbage.

Other websites? Sometimes have a brief look at a site set up for owners of F650's, otherwise its just here and www.advrider.com.

I could (and sometimes do) spend hours on there reading peoples ride reports.

[deleted111]

I used to, up until only recently, read MCN. Then realised what garbage it really is.

Occassionally buy RIDE. Other than that, as above, Ride Reports on ADVRider fascinate me.

I'm on www.zzr-international.co.uk, too.

Keeping an eye on this thread for suggestions also.

Read the Practical Sportsbikes recently with all the modified TDR250's - good read.

[c-m]

BCF can get stale fast if you check it say twice a day.

Great if you're new though.

I prefer model specific forums, so I visit zx9r.net

I don't buy bike mags. Practical Sportsbike was the exception but since changing from quarterly to monthly, its as thin a happy shopper toilet paper.
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