I currently get Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN), Rider, Motorcyclist, Cycle World and American Rider (the AMA Magazine). Oh yes, I pick up the freebie “Urban Moto”, “City Bike” and another one who’s name escapes me when I go to my local “Cycle Gear” store or m/c dealer.
So! I *was* going to drop a few as it’s getting a bit much. First one to drop would be the expensive MCN I thought. That was, until I got the next one and realized that I read it pretty much from cover to cover whereas most of the others get quickly scanned through and discarded.
I’m keeping MCN, Cycle World and American Rider; the latter by default as I don’t much like the mag but want to continue my support and membership of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). Rider is a decent magazine, but too many touring stories and pictures. The first few are interesting, but they get a bit samey after a while. I don’t like Motorcyclist much as there’s way too much advertising, including advertising that I wouldn’t want my kids to see.
P.S. MCN has *no* advertising, it’s entirely reader supported; that’s why it’s more expensive. This of course means that they don’t have to be nice to any advertisers when they do reviews. You do get what you pay for in this case.
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