The end of Performance Bikes magazine?
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Just read on Sump magazine (it's online only - check it out) that Performance Bikes is to cease publication as a stand-alone magazine early next year. It's going to merge with Practical Sportsbikes apparently.
To be expected I guess. I used to buy it fairly regularly back in the late 80s and early 90s but only rarely of late. Still a bit sad to see it go though.
To be expected I guess. I used to buy it fairly regularly back in the late 80s and early 90s but only rarely of late. Still a bit sad to see it go though.
Ah shame, must have had years of these, but like many others, dropped reading mags years ago.
Fondly remember the days of Forsyth/Hargreaves etc, the guy that crashed on the way to his interview (Kev?), the Specials that went on for years, a Vincent on the front cover, crashing on purpose, general shenanigans.
Oh yeh, putting a photo of oral sex in the letters page and some bod writing in saying he had to ban his kid from reading it that month! lol
Fondly remember the days of Forsyth/Hargreaves etc, the guy that crashed on the way to his interview (Kev?), the Specials that went on for years, a Vincent on the front cover, crashing on purpose, general shenanigans.
Oh yeh, putting a photo of oral sex in the letters page and some bod writing in saying he had to ban his kid from reading it that month! lol
That would be a shame , I was a subscriber for a very long time until 5 or 6 years ago but I guess its a sign of the declining bike market since its launch in (1984?) and the even further decline in sports bike sales of recent years.
Cant see a successful merge with Practical Sportsbike magazine (to who I switched my subs) as I would suggest the majority of people who buy that have very little interest in anything modern day.
Cant see a successful merge with Practical Sportsbike magazine (to who I switched my subs) as I would suggest the majority of people who buy that have very little interest in anything modern day.
I used to love the mag but dropped it not long after their zzr feature, a bike I lusted after (and still do). i remember when guy martin started to appear regularly in there too. i also recall the revamp was horrendous and it started to centre more on new models as opposed to specials and feats of shed engineering i could only dream about.
That’s a shame.
In the last couple of years it had changed into a nice combo of foreign riding, trackdays, new sporty bikes, 80’s & 90’s memories & resto projects.
It has to be said that reading a monthly magazine is a different experience than even more gawping at a screen.
Then there is than the content of youtube / vloggers which is often budget Top Gear / wheeler dealer / public access tv / cringe s
te.
In the last couple of years it had changed into a nice combo of foreign riding, trackdays, new sporty bikes, 80’s & 90’s memories & resto projects.
anonymous said:
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Not sure about that.It has to be said that reading a monthly magazine is a different experience than even more gawping at a screen.
Then there is than the content of youtube / vloggers which is often budget Top Gear / wheeler dealer / public access tv / cringe s
te.I only subscribe to Ride magazine, and that's purely because of the routes and adventures listed. Even that's via Amazon Kindle.
Performance bikes etc. got tiresome (IMO) with the same monthly content - all of which can be mostly found online nowadays in various online publications, or vendor websites, or Youtube.
Performance bikes etc. got tiresome (IMO) with the same monthly content - all of which can be mostly found online nowadays in various online publications, or vendor websites, or Youtube.
WinstonWolf said:
Frequently followed by something from Royce Creasey about Quasars or some other FF abomination 
I remember those articles - absolutely minging things. The bloke was a total evangelist for them, reckoned they were superior to proper motorbikes in every way..... errrrrrrr.....Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff