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Posted: 10/10/2017 11:41:28 PM EDT
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You can count on digital media marketing as a factor too.
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Posted: 10/10/2017 11:56:38 PM EDT
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You can count on digital media marketing as a factor too. You get some pretty pictures and that's about it. What I have seen is that the print magazines get shortchanged on articles as the digital content get the entire article, not some readers digest version of the story or they get stories that are not included in the print magazines. I want a print magazine when I am sitting on the throne, the last thing I want to do is take my smart phone in the bathroom so I can get fecal matter on it (you better believe there is shit in a bathroom no matter how well it's cleaned). |
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Posted: 10/10/2017 11:59:03 PM EDT
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I believe you are both correct. Sad. Kent K. ran a pretty good show. Sportbikes always catch my eye. I'm actually looking pretty hard at the Ducati V4, but the future of the class is somewhat uncertain. Don't want to see the species go extinct.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 12:42:39 AM EDT
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I had a subscription for its first five years or so. Really liked it but my interests changed.
Still, sad to see it go. |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 6:34:44 AM EDT
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I haven't read a magazine of any sort in close to 10 years. The internet is killing print media.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 10:16:16 AM EDT
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I haven't read a magazine of any sort in close to 10 years. The internet is killing print media. Print media beit newspapers, phone books or magazines are quickly going the way of the rotary dial telephone, music on physical media, typewriters and the telegram I’m actually amazed any print magazines are left in existence. Even “Outdoor Life” is now a bunch of non glossy pages like your local harbor freight sales flier |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 12:55:26 PM EDT
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I was an occasional SR reader, but the bi monthly format left them behind the curve compared to monthly publications.
Then the Internet killed print. I miss the older British mags like Superbike and Performance Bikes |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 1:13:06 PM EDT
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Magazines are busy committing suicide too, just like retail
between piss poor writing (aka press releases) and no up to date articles and rising prices, it's hard to find bathroom reading material but the big problem? Nobody reads anymore |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 2:52:03 PM EDT
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Nobody reads anymore Motorcycle market dying - Motorcycles cost as much as or more than cars*. Mandatory insurance costs as much or more than for a car. It rains/snow/gets cold, even in California, so a car is required. These facts impact the new bike market but also adversely impact the used motorcycle market because of the high cost of insurance (~$1k/year by me). Motorcycles are becoming a hobby for wealthy people, so the market is shrinking. * Ducatti Desmosedici RR costs $72.5k!!!!! Of course, it does offer 170 HP but who can afford it? |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 4:06:00 PM EDT
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Ducatti Desmosedici RR costs $72.5k!!!!! Of course, it does offer 170 HP but who can afford it? 
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Posted: 10/11/2017 5:02:05 PM EDT
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Hello and welcome to 2007. |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 5:11:34 PM EDT
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Roadracing World was/is the best motorcycle mag for sport bikes and racing. I loved that mag.
All of the others, except for a couple of UK mags have really regressed over the years. Now, if I want to read anything, I just go online. |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 6:23:41 PM EDT
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* Ducatti Desmosedici RR costs $72.5k!!!!! Of course, it does offer 170 HP but who can afford it? 
You could have at least picked a reasonable bike, not a special, limited-production, street-legalized GP bike. Like this: 2017 Honda Gold Wing, starting at $24,699. ETA: It's a bigger indicator of the death of print media. I'm letting my subscription to Motorcyclist lapse. The rework of their format sucks - lots more white space, big glossy pics with fewer words, no more regular columns (so no more Keith Code, for example). |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 6:25:16 PM EDT
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I was an occasional SR reader, but the bi monthly format left them behind the curve compared to monthly publications. Then the Internet killed print. I miss the older British mags like Superbike and Performance Bikes  fucking hooligans
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Posted: 10/12/2017 12:14:37 AM EDT
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Roadracing World was/is the best motorcycle mag for sport bikes and racing. I loved that mag. All of the others, except for a couple of UK mags have really regressed over the years. Now, if I want to read anything, I just go online. RRW&MT = John's World. 
The old Cycle News East and West editions were the best all around motorcycle newspapers. |
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Posted: 10/12/2017 12:31:50 AM EDT
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That sucks. Bet I don't get a refund for the rest of my subscription, still had a year and a half.
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Posted: 10/12/2017 1:17:52 AM EDT
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You could have at least picked a reasonable bike, not a special, limited-production, street-legalized GP bike. Like this: 2017 Honda Gold Wing, starting at $24,699. |
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Posted: 10/12/2017 7:29:27 AM EDT
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It's the internet.
Some of the car mags I used to subscribe to have met the same fate. I don't receive any magazines anymore, and it isn't due to a lack of interest. Some of the magazine staff have adapted by shifting to other formats, and others have not. |
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