OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Husky500evo on January 22, 2010, 08:41:47 am
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I just recieved my copy of Evo & Twinshock magazine ( http://www.evotwinshock.com/ ) in the post yesterday and I am very impressed. It has lots of good quality action shots of the 2009 UK racing season . Don't those pommy guys love their Maicos ? There has got to be at least 3 times as many Maicos in the pictures, than any other brand . A word of warning though, as some of the members of this forum may be offended by the content, because the English Evo class is actually pre '90 :o. Their twinshock class is the same as our Evo. Holy water would have to be sprinkled on the images of the pre '90 bikes before veiwing , as they are apparently machinery of the devil :).
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Pommies and Maico love.Ironic isn't it? ;)
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I got my copy also. The pics don't have captions, but that will change for the next copy. The bikes just look like old motocross machines to me. I can't tell Evo from Evil or Emo or twin shock with 1 shock ???? Don't care, actually. I'm with Husky. :-* ::)
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Where did that magazine come from? I didn't even know of its existence. I've sent for my copy of issue one and hope it gets here a bit quicker than my first copy of MotoRetro. The websites a bit ordinary.
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Is the editor a Roger Strudwick??
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I suppose the MX crew over there wanted another alternative to their Classic Dirt magazine which seems to be more about vintage trials than any thing else.
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I suppose the MX crew over there wanted another alternative to their Classic Dirt magazine which seems to be more about vintage trials than any thing else.
Yeah classic dirt started out great and has become crap, this is the problem when the vintage trials interests of the staff steer the content.
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well i just ordered a copy. I assume that one is the first issue?
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Yeah classic dirt [bike] started out great and has become crap, this is the problem when the vintage trials interests of the staff steer the content.
I agree that its gone downhill, and I'm even interested in the trials stuff...
I dunno - its just too bit Brit-centric. CDB is obviously made by the poms for the poms.
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its just too bit Brit-centric. CDB is obviously made by the poms for the poms.
That's going to be the downfall of CDB. You have to cater for all interests which I think VMX does admirably. The choice of feature bikes and quality of the writing is often woeful. I have a general interest in classic trials but the balance is out of whack at CDB. I hope the new mag is a bit more balanced in outlook and content.
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That new mag looks good. Apart from CDB i've been getting another pommy mag called Moto, it's a modern mag with a mixture of vintage as well and has good vintage articles, bike tests and a report on Farleigh Castle twinshock and other big vmx events. It's tied up with the MXTRAX website.
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Apart from CDB i've been getting another pommy mag called Moto
That would be my pic of the other (not VMX Mag) magazines too. The article last year on Jeff Ward's '84 works KX125, just about has the pages stuck together.
MXA is chockers with ads, and now even reprints of old stories ::). Even some of Jody's editorials are now made up of old pieces he's written. And jeez, the number of trials bikes in CDB! The only thing that's a given in CDB, is (a) the excessive number of trials bikes, and (b) the editorial, where the editor proclaims his objectiveness, and how despite the pile of letters/emails to the contrary, the aren't actually that many trials bikes in the mag.
And virtually every other dirt bike mag out there has a cover with a picture of some squeezer upside down, 50ft in the air, and a tart in the corner (not that there's anything wrong with that)
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"Squeezer",man I love that word.It really does some it up doesn't it?
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After my initial positive thoughts of the Evo & Twinshock magazine, mainly because of the quality of the pictures as I flicked through it when it first arrived, I wasn't as impressed when I got to fully read it on the weekend. The magazine is basically a review, with a list of results, for some events the UK racing season . It probably needs some stories and feature bikes to make it a bit more interesting . Also it needed to have someone proof read it before printing, as there is a lot of punctuation mistakes, which made it hard to understand in places . I still think it is a good effort for a first issue and the photography is top notch .
I agree with what has been written about the Classic Dirtbike magazine. I chose not to renew my subscription because of the seemingly ever increasing trials content . I might have to check out Moto magazine if it has some older bike articles.
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One thing you can draw from this discussion is that VMX Mag has really no competition.The format,Quality of articles,pictures,layout are all first class and best of all its produced here in good old Oz! but has content from all over the world.(Surely these comments are worthy of a year's subscription Ken?Ajay?) :D Speaking of which Happy Australia Day to all.
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The cheque's in the mail.... ;)
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You Blokes are a bit hard on CDB ::) I dont know if its a loyalty to VMX mag or colloquial thing ???
For me VMX mag is the best vintage publication (however that now has a large percentage of obscure stuff that does't butter my cracker ) but im happy to give the others a fair go.
If you dont like the trials content dont buy it ::) I got #13 last week theres not a lot of MX content but its a read :)
Any magazine with one old MX bike in it is better than one without , just read around the stuff you dont like
Trials in the UK is and always has been a lot more popular than MX (personally it doesn't do it for me )
However if i had my time again though i would ride Schoolboy trials over Schoolboy MX as you will learn a lot more skills. A bloke in the know once said " to go fast, first you must learn to go slow properly"
I dont imagine the Antipodean market is one of their bigger markets just ask VMX how big the market share is over this way.
As for the new publication i will order a copy and look forward to another magazine that covers my interest :)
Moto magazine is a good read :) way better than most of the Yank or Aussie mags, Racer X is the only other one i buy :)
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Is this the pommie one which has different era news ???
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/moto.jpg)
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I got #13 last week theres not a lot of MX content but its a read :)
what MX content there was in #13 was just the results of pommy events, Peter somebody won on a Maico, it was like throwing a starving Ethiopean a piece of wax fruit. Is anyone apart from me interested in the Editors el bloody cheapo Bultaco trials requild. I mean they are happy to take your subscription so should produce something of reasonable quality.
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If VMX isn't head and shoulders above all of the rest of the magazines that cover classic dirt bikes in production quality, variety and technical and historical accuracy I'll start reading Womens Weekly.
Any magazine with one old MX bike in it is better than one without
I agree and will continue to subscribe to them all but it's frustrating reading CDB knowing that it wouldn't take much to make it a lot better. It's as if they're producing it for a bunch of mates at the bike club, totally oblivious to the global market out there. It's not so much the trials oriented content that bothers me, I realise the popularity of classic trials in the UK. It's the "she'll do" attitude to the articles they do print. The bikes chosen are often a bit on the ordinary side, and the mix is a little off.
Issue 13 of CDB is a vast improvement on previous issues with a really good piece on a Greeves enduro. Unfortunately the issue is somewhat spoiled by an article featuring an Albin based Husky 500 4 stroke which follows up on the almost identical Monark featured in the previous issue. This is the lack of forethought that frustrates me as a reader and fan. Surely there is another interesting and totally different pre 65 bike they could have gone with to spread the variety a bit? It would have been nice to see an evo or pre 85 bike thrown into the mix instead of three page or four page boring race reports at are only interesting to those who follow such stuff. Knock a page off each report and you could fit another feature bike. Like I said, with a little planning they could get the mix right but they don't seem to be capable right now.
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Put that Womens Weekly down... now ... Mark..... and that crossword book!!! ;D
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You Blokes are a bit hard on CDB I dont know if its a loyalty to VMX mag or colloquial thing
I suppose it's just that (in my opinion) the mag has gone downhill since the change of editors. I'm not just talking about the ratio of articles on trials bikes/events vs numbers of articles on VMX bikes/events, but also the the quality of the writing. Like Firko said, it's almost like they're publishing it for their mates.
And it's definately not just a pom bashing thing, given my country of origin ::) ;D