American Iron magazine - Any good ?
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 423
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From: Boise, ID
I have had a subscription to AI for years. What I like is that they show the bikes being ridden by the owners in 99% of the articles (not just a bunch of museum customs) and there is always good tech info. I pick up American Bagger at the store, they have great install articles, but never test what they install other than dyno sheets (that bugs me). I have a few Hot Baggers as well, but they put metric stuff in there, so it doesn't do much for me.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Deep in the heart of New Jersey
After a few years of ai, it all looks the same. The only difference is more and more advertisement. If you think I'm being picky, take any month and measure how much is advertisement vs how much is usable tech stuff. You can get free info for anything listed in their advertisements, so why pay for it?. Plus it's the same every month.,,
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 673
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From: Brentwood TN
I got a subscription for Christmas last year. At first I enjoyed it and read every article. After awhile I noticed that every story was heavily edited to sound exactly alike no matter who the supposed author was. Just a sting of the same phrases over and over.
Frankly it is a pretty good advertorial for manufactures and builders. But there isn't much of interest to read that you can't get in the list of parts at the end of the article. Most of the bike mags are like that. No human interest at all anywhere. They are only about selling advertising period.
Frankly it is a pretty good advertorial for manufactures and builders. But there isn't much of interest to read that you can't get in the list of parts at the end of the article. Most of the bike mags are like that. No human interest at all anywhere. They are only about selling advertising period.
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Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Massachusetts
AI for me. Great rag.
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