Practical Sportsbikes

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Practical Sportsbikes

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I don't often buy a bike mag these days,but I had to have this one.

Cool reading for any Zed fans out there,celebrating 50 years of the Zed.

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I saw it in Morrisons this morning and was tempted, but I'm not convinced I want to read stuff that's written by people I know.
Is Rob Weed's Z1000R in it?
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But all Kawasaki's are shit.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:12 pm But all Kawasaki's are shit.
No, that's BMWs, the bikes are shit and the owners smell of wee, so altogether a toilet experience.
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Suzuki’s more like
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:10 pm I saw it in Morrisons this morning and was tempted, but I'm not convinced I want to read stuff that's written by people I know.
Is Rob Weed's Z1000R in it?
I didn't see his name,but I haven't read it all yet.

It's been years since I bought a bike mag. They are much dearer and the paper is beyond shitty.
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I buy em every month but PS is over 5 quid now …I like to read them in the Bath
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:15 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:12 pm But all Kawasaki's are shit.
No, that's BMWs, the bikes are shit and the owners smell of wee, so altogether a toilet experience.
Rather appropriate, then, that my RT looked like a urinal :thumbup:
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asmethurst99 wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:42 pm I buy em every month but PS is over 5 quid now …I like to read them in the Bath
Get the Bikes Unlimited App £7.99 a month and you get MCN, BIKE, Practical Sportsbike, RIDE, Classic Bike and Built. I sub'd over lockdown for something to read and have kept it. It's quite samie as some of the mags test the same bikes in the same month but for £8 quid a month I don't mind as there is always something to read. You also get all the back issues for about 2 odd years and I started at the beginning so I'm about a year behind still at the moment, except for MCN which I skim through.
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Horse wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:33 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:15 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:12 pm But all Kawasaki's are shit.
No, that's BMWs, the bikes are shit and the owners smell of wee, so altogether a toilet experience.
Rather appropriate, then, that my RT looked like a urinal :thumbup:

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That does look like something you'd see in a town square in France for pissing in.
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One of my daughters buys me a subscription for my birthday every year.

Always got some good stuff but it’s getting a bit familiar.

That’s the only mag I read but I doubt if I’d buy it regularly myself.

Not having a bike of that era anymore it’s just a nostalgia trip.
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The missus buys me an MCN when she goes to UK. Not even opened the last 3
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Can't be bothered with magazines anymore. If I want to find out about a new bike/secondhand bike, there are plenty of reviewers videos on YouTube that are able to bore the pants off of me.