Quote from: hillbillypolack on June 07, 2008, 08:32:17 AM
The wife got that mag for me last week.

I tend to hate that kind of coverage.  It's like"Men's Health" or "GQ" saying it's a good fashion accessory.  Like the guy who's thumbing through the Robb Report will be asking himself "what Italian bike goes well with my Bvlgari chronograph?"

Yuk.

Nice pics.  But a weird way to read about these bikes.

It's an upscale bike magazine...did you read the article about the Desmo and the 1098R jousting on the track ? It was the one article that I have read where there was nothing negative said about the 1098R . Basically a very positive upbeat article that I felt wasn't biased like " everybody's favorite " GSX-R1000 that seems to win the hearts of every rider in Cycle World. Can that bike really be all CW says it is 

If that d16 vs. 1098R report had been in another magazine people would have been raving about it.

Seeing how the rider is such a huge part of the equation, all bike articles should be taken as subjective opinion anyway....ever read the ones where several riders ride several bikes and they are not all fasted on the same bike?

Just like how everyone likes something different in bikes, everyone likes something different in what they prefer to read about bikes.   That doesn't make one suck, it's just personal preference.

I persoanlly like EVO for car stuff best.   Some great tech, but some of my favorites are just great cars on a journey stories.   I haven't found anything close for motorcycles.   

My favorite line-

"ludicrous power"