Both knees down

Visordown the mag is dead. The formerly known as Two Wheels Only magazine I already mentioned in previous messages will no longer make it to my mailbox. It's a real pity as I really was enjoying reading every single issue. The website visordown.com is the only form the editors will keep updating. The paper version wasn't apparently selling that good. The good news is that my subscription to Visordown has been transferred to "UK's best selling motorcycle magazine" (as they say) Fast Bikes. 

The good

The so-so

It's now the second FB issue I'm receiving and I can now say how I'm feeling about it. The first issue I got came along with a mega cliché poster : a large breasted young girl posing in front of a tuned motorcycle. With that kind of content, you bet it's the best selling motorcycle magazine. All in all the rest of the mag's content wasn't that bad and at that moment I couldn't image how much I would miss Visordown. The second issue's package had a FB goodie inside : a winter neck protection. How kind, I thought, but couldn't help noticing the mag's was way thinner than the previous issue. I read the content this afternoon and it's just a motorcylce magazine, nothing more. I mean it's everything all the other existing magazines are and it's too close from that Moto&Motards retard magazine. Now I'm missing Visordown.

Different and funny, made by real bike crazy boys as well as former GP and BSB glories, Visordown was a great one. Fast Bikes isn't that good, but I guess I'll bear with it until the subscription's over (and trust me it's not for the boobies).

Went postal and been published !

You already noticed how much I appreciate the TWO magazine (now named "Visordown" as already were the affiliated website and forums). The recent august issue featured a nicely written "How to" section that discussed on different motorcycle-related topics and how to achieve them with style. It was a really good idea until someone decided it would make it look cooler to translate the section titles in spanish and french.

I don't know for the spanish translations, but the french ones lead to a great laugh moment. So I thought I would just write these guys an email so that they know how funny their translations were and advise them to change their translation engine. I usually never do that, but this time I could not resist. I don't think we're many french (or french speaking guys) out there reading Visordown, this is certainly what made up my mind writing.
I've received the october issue a couple of days ago now. And guess what ? Yes, my letter's been published.
Their answer is a proof, as always, that these guys are funny and approachable. Keep the great work coming down to France guys !

TWO renewal

Déjà un an ? Ma souscription au magasine Two Wheels Only arrive déjà à échéance ... Je dévore ce truc tous les mois, alors je re-signe immédiatement.Testé et validé !

Two Wheels Only

Je ne saurais trop conseiller aux plus anglophones d'entre vous de se pencher sur la presse écrite anglaise, et plus particulièrement sur le magasine TWO (Two Wheels Only). Ce magasine et le site VisorDown se sont récemment associés pour accroître leur visibilité et la relation motard / journaliste ou motard / motard.

Le magasine TWO est assez atypique si on le compare aux productions françaises :
- beaucoup de texte, mais aussi pas mal de photos font de ce mensuel un pavé
- un ton décalé, mais pas trash
- des sujets très originaux sur une trame familière (duels, flashbacks, rencontres, ...)
- des journalistes à palmarès et forte personnalité, mais pas idiots
- un ton libre et bourré de références.
Bref, tout le contraire de "Moto et motards" ... On le sent écrit par des motard expérimentés et baignant dans la culture moto depuis des années. Un minimum pour un lectorat anglais souvent très exigent et très pointu dans la culture motard.

Notez enfin qu'il est possible aux étrangers de s'abonner. C'est pour ça que j'en parle ... parce que j'ai pu tester pour vous ;)