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Lois 22 Dec 2010 16:04

Adventure Motorcycling feature in MCN this week
 
Nice article in MCN this week about REAL LIFE adventures! Featuring Austin (Mondo Enduro etc), Nick Sanders, Simon Gandolfi, Maciek Swinarski (Motosyberia), Simon and Lisa Thomas, Paul Parkinson (and little ol' me).
On the news stands now.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Lois

jim lovell 22 Dec 2010 17:36

Hi Lois, i read it at lunch time, very interesting. It would be good if more mags/papers etc featured more in depth articles like this one. Hi to Austin have a great Christmas.
Jim

mcgiggle 22 Dec 2010 17:58

Does this mean that I can throw a whole days budget (in Asia) at MCN and find something worth reading???
OK i'll be back here tomorrow moaning i'm sure ;)

Cheers
Pete

diehard 22 Dec 2010 19:36

positive
 
read the mcn, thought it was a good positive feature for just getting on the bike and going. think i'll be heading to morocco at the very least..........anybody going that way june,july 2011 ?.

happy christmas to all.

denny

Fantastic Mister Fox 22 Dec 2010 21:37

I'm planning a 3 week trip to Marrocco leaving the UK on the 18th June, returning on the 10th july.

PM me for more details.

Most of us are going to be riding Ex milatry MT motorcycles but all are welcome!

diehard 23 Dec 2010 20:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fantastic Mister Fox (Post 316679)
I'm planning a 3 week trip to Marrocco leaving the UK on the 18th June, returning on the 10th july.

PM me for more details.

Most of us are going to be riding Ex milatry MT motorcycles but all are welcome!

pm sent.

denny.

Mick O'Malley 24 Dec 2010 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lois
Nice article in MCN this week .......... on the news stands now.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Lois

Gracias y Feliz Navidad.

Mick

*Touring Ted* 24 Dec 2010 14:07

CRIKEY !!

MCN publishing something of any substance !! I barely believe it !!

Lets hope the tides are changing for good.

Merry Christmas to you all... :thumbup1:

emsee 25 Dec 2010 10:47

Thanks for that Lois, picked up a copy yesterday.:thumbup1:
.....And a Verry Merry Christmas to you and Austin. Ho, Ho, Ho.beerchug

palace15 25 Dec 2010 10:55

I also brought it yesterday, £1.99 for just a couple of pages of any use, we are better off reading HUBB and ADV or even the Beano.

Still, my next MCN won't be purchased untill th TT.

mustaphapint 25 Dec 2010 11:04

It's good to see something of interest in MCN. I rarely buy it now. The electric bike article was useful as well.

kilver 25 Dec 2010 11:35

Motor Cycle News
 
I still buy MCN, but it it is only out of habit. Most of the articles are about the latest obese, agressive plastic rocket that flies at over twice the UK legal speed limit. The testers don't really seem interested in long distance practicality or comfort. Full of adverts too. I expect it will soon follow the other weekly motorcycling newspaper. Good to see an article about long distance touring. Perhaps more depth next time.
PS
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics is quite good for technical articles on older bikes.

baluchiman 26 Dec 2010 17:09

Some great articles in MCN. However, I was tempted to book a trip with Globe Busters, but then I read Austins statement which said " signing up for an organised pre-booked 'adventure tour' is both completely dishonest and pointless in equal measure". What does he mean by this statement? Why on earth is it dishonest?

henryuk 26 Dec 2010 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by baluchiman (Post 316991)
Some great articles in MCN. However, I was tempted to book a trip with Globe Busters, but then I read Austins statement which said " signing up for an organised pre-booked 'adventure tour' is both completely dishonest and pointless in equal measure". What does he mean by this statement? Why on earth is it dishonest?

I had a bit of truck with some of the comments like that, sure I wouldn't go on a paid tour but I imagine they are great for people with money and no time, not to mention allowing people to make a living from thrashing about in the sand, which is hard to do. One man's adventure is another mans tedium so live and let live. Inverted elitism is still elitism....

Although MCN does have a strong road bike bias I still prefer it to the Guardian!

mustaphapint 26 Dec 2010 17:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by baluchiman (Post 316991)
Some great articles in MCN. However, I was tempted to book a trip with Globe Busters, but then I read Austins statement which said " signing up for an organised pre-booked 'adventure tour' is both completely dishonest and pointless in equal measure". What does he mean by this statement? Why on earth is it dishonest?

I have a tremendous respect for Austin and what he has achieved but strongly disagree with this statement too. Not everyone is able to to take advantage of 12 months (or even 3 months) off work and away from family and other commitments. My wife and I had a longing to tour parts of India by bike and if we'd flown over for a 2 or 3 week break and then spent time trying to find a bike and deciding where to go we would have wasted most of our holiday. As it is we booked a tour with an organization who made sure we made the most of our limited time over there. They knew the best routes, what to see and where to stay. I know it's not true adventure touring (which we will do one day soon) but I don't think it's fair to knock it. Different circumstances suit different solutions.

baluchiman 26 Dec 2010 17:41

The impression I get from Austin is this, that anyone booking on a commercial trip is basically kidding themselves in that they are actually on an organised holiday. Am I right, here? Austin?

Threewheelbonnie 26 Dec 2010 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by baluchiman (Post 316991)
Some great articles in MCN. However, I was tempted to book a trip with Globe Busters, but then I read Austins statement which said " signing up for an organised pre-booked 'adventure tour' is both completely dishonest and pointless in equal measure". What does he mean by this statement? Why on earth is it dishonest?

One mans "Hard Core, Adventure, Extreme Tour" is anothers day trip to Scarbourough. Selling a trip that twelve other riders did in the same pre-booked hotels the week before is dishonest as an adventure in the classical sense of the word, but in a roller coaster ride way (safe yet still maybe scary for the rider) is maybe less so. They are pointless if you want to learn the ropes but the border crossing is a case of a hired flunky taking your documents away while another chases the beggers and a third dishes out coffee from the support vehicle. If you have a puncture and "Abdul the support mechanic" brings you another bike, I too would be tempted to call it a holiday and therefore "dishonest and pointless" as an adventure. Now if you want a holiday, why not go. I enjoy Fish and chips by the sea once in a while, I just don't tell my mates in the pub about the terrible risk of getting Cod instead of Haddock.

My 65 year old parents are going to Morocco with their camper van group in May. It's a holiday, they'll play bingo most nights :funmeterno:. It's maybe a little more adventurous than the Italian lakes, but I don't think they'll be buying sand mats, tinned water and thing made from a sharpened CD that combines the functions of camel skinner and heliograph! I get the impression this might not fit with some MCN riders ideas of what to expect from a "Adventure Trip" to the Dark Continent.

I only met Mr. Vince once for about a minute. He didn't strike me as someone to mince his words. This is usually but not always a good thing.

Somethat back on track, I was given a subscription to RIDE. It's ages since I had a glossy mag. I'm sort of looking forwards to the plonk through the letter box. Wonder how long that feeling will last? Will it still be "600 supersports four way shoot outs"? I'm sort of excited!

Andy

John933 30 Dec 2010 21:57

Andy I have a subscription to ride. And I now find they have taken another year out of my bank with out telling me. Once this year's has run, I'll not be getting it again, Just a glorified Argos catalogue selling kit that's over priced. And then you';; find a load of re-prints of features printed in the magazine only a few month's back. Out of a 100 page's you may find a dozen that's worth reading.

Any way if it was a free present. Best of luck.
John933

Big Yellow Tractor 31 Dec 2010 07:13

This has been hashed about many times. I believe that the "Adventure" title depends on what you personally have done before.
It might be your first 100 mile trip on your FS1E.
For some, taking a three day trip into France is a challenge and for others six months away is the norm.
Do what you want to do. Push your personal boundaries. Experience New things.
Adventure ?
Travel ?
Holiday ?
All three please !!!!

Starbeck 31 Dec 2010 14:24

[quote=Big Yellow Tractor;317472]This has been hashed about many times. I believe that the "Adventure" title depends on what you personally have done before.
It might be your first 100 mile trip on your FS1E.
For some, taking a three day trip into France is a challenge and for others six months away is the norm.
Do what you want to do. Push your personal boundaries. Experience New things.
Adventure ?
Travel ?
Holiday ?
All three please !!!![/quot]


:thumbup1: Too right B.Y.T.


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