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The NEXT issue's cover shot - they plan well ahead then

Too bad...I have a 71

Clive wrote:Too bad...I have a 71

Nice

Seen it, it's superb, I wish I had kept mine.

Clive wrote:Too bad...I have a 71

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YOU were the first person that I thought of . . . however, they want to ride it next weekend and I doubt that you would let them

El Presidente wrote: YOU were the first person that I thought of . . . however, they want to ride it next weekend and I doubt that you would let them

So, they're demanding a MINT one AND they want to drive it on sodden winter roads. That's a sound proposition Just how much are they going to pay for this privilege then and for the cleaning up job on the mint bike afterwards? It seems a bit one way and clueless. Most magazines do extra donkey work during the summer months to get some articles in the bag to carry them through the more difficult winter months - just look at all the green leaves on the trees in the pictures for the giveaway.
Tell 'em to think again and come back in the spring, muppets

Hmm.
bout time. The mags started riding OLD bikes, and reporting the reality of owning and riding them.

Taking something tha tis better than new is a bit pointless. They could just go back into the archives and print the tosh that their predecessors wrote .

So . Mint restored bike for two page centre spread. And good used bike with the usual wear and tear for the riding experience. That would be a far better , and useful informative. Article.

It would take a lot of bowing and scrapping to let any of the magazines to get anywhere near one of my bikes again

why what did they do?

El Presidente wrote:Must be MINT . . for the cover of "Practical Sportsbikes" next issue

They are putting a eighteen miles to the gallon noisy bad handling motorcycle which also drinks two stroke oil and spares are either unobtainable or you need a mortgage to afford them and has shyte brakes and a rubber frame and tyres thinner than my pushbike and a nickname of widowmaker into a publication called......



PRACTICAL sportsbikes


Well if a H2 falls into the category of PRACTICAL then I would hate to see what kind of bike is IMPRACTICAL

irhobotolo wrote:

El Presidente wrote:Must be MINT . . for the cover of "Practical Sportsbikes" next issue

Well if a H2 falls into the category of PRACTICAL then I would hate to see what kind of bike is IMPRACTICAL

a Bimota V due could do the job for impractical sportbike

Yah. I can`t actually see the article showing the H2 in a good light. ?

The magazine focus is 89`s onwards sports bikes. The things began to go proper fast, brake and handle well from that point onwards !! And they`re pretty cheap comparitively. So the H2 , if compared to the normal fare they ride is going to be crap !!!

I don`t advertise in that mag as it`s readership demographic doesn`t really fit in with our potential customer/Potential Triple owner specs.
Maybe I`m wrong, but the Ad Rep didn`t argue with my logic when trying to sell me copy space. So maybe I`m a bit right too.
Possibly , the Editorial staff are under a bit of pressure to increase sales of the magazine by widening the appeal.?

Neil the Don wrote:Yah. I can`t actually see the article showing the H2 in a good light. ?

The magazine focus is 89`s onwards sports bikes. The things began to go proper fast, brake and handle well from that point onwards !! And they`re pretty cheap comparitively. So the H2 , if compared to the normal fare they ride is going to be crap !!!

I don`t advertise in that mag as it`s readership demographic doesn`t really fit in with our potential customer/Potential Triple owner specs.
Maybe I`m wrong, but the Ad Rep didn`t argue with my logic when trying to sell me copy space. So maybe I`m a bit right too.
Possibly , the Editorial staff are under a bit of pressure to increase sales of the magazine by widening the appeal.?

Spot on ! ! ! The magazine is aimed at the ninja / direblade power rangers in leather romper suits who ignore you when you give them a nod because they look at your bike and think that you are a fossil
I cant see them giving the H2 a fair or accurate write up and their normal readership wont ever be likely to buy one when you can get a good fireblade for well under three grand which will blow the socks off any H2.

They did an article on Rg500s in this months mag. I don't suppose most would consider these very practical either. They do go fast, stop and handle a lot better than H2s - not very cheap to buy or run though

Pete

i read it

Neil the Don wrote:Yah. I can`t actually see the article showing the H2 in a good light. ?

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My sentiments exactly, which is why I said to them to make sure that the bike you test wheelies in first gear and tries to come up in second . . if it doesn't do that then you are riding a bad One - I feared that last years H2 test in MCN would be a sad affair, hence I gave them my lively H2 to ride and the H2 got a glowing report !

we could always put my dragbike engine in it

petearis wrote:They did an article on Rg500s in this months mag. I don't suppose most would consider these very practical either. They do go fast, stop and handle a lot better than H2s - not very cheap to buy or run though

Pete

you're wrong: the RG 500 is very pratical bike, big tank, light, fast and acceleration at the top, engine is a killer, very comfortable too :smt003

irhobotolo wrote: Spot on ! ! ! The magazine is aimed at the ninja / direblade power rangers in leather romper suits who ignore you when you give them a nod because they look at your bike and think that you are a fossil
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agree when I'm in the shuttle Calais Dover the supersportguys look at us like fossil but the funny thing is I know very well the road after and I generaly passed them on the first curve after the train to say nothing about passing them on the highway