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I was an AIM subscriber for four years and Subscriber to your nowdefunct [or changed] Motorcycle tour and cruiser. I also was a Hot Bike and Cycle World subscriber for a year each as well...I'd even entertained the thought of submitting a ride/tour article for your magazine at one point. Of them all, I'd say MTC was my favorite till you caved to the metric crowd and eliminated all HD stuff from the magazine. Before that I enjoyed seeing and comparing the variety of different makes of real 'riders' bikes.
Like many in your other thread mentioned, one of the falling out points with your magazine, was the abundance of OCC style bar hopper bikes...people just don't ride them the way most of us, passionate enough to seek out forums like these, do. The clincher though, which ended my subscribing days, was that virtually everything that came out in your magazine I had already seen/read about online on forums like these, months before it could be covered in the newstand. I am now a member of about 10 online communities like this.
Cycle World (Peter Egan alone is worth the dollar a month for a sub IMHO) and TheHorse backstreet choppers... and the HOG and enthusiast magazines. used to read easyrider up till the 90's cant stand it now. The horse has taken its place. will pick up a mag off the newstand ifthere is a decent tech article about my latest bike (08 bagger) that interested me.
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