What no cruisers?
I know you have been asking for a while now what the readership would like to see in this august organ! After meaning to write in for the last couple of months, I, like the rest of us, are now stuck at home, so I thought this the perfect opportunity.
As a man of a certain age, who, like most of the rest of us, grew up with Fizzies, KHS, GSS, RDS, CBS, etc., I love this age of bikes, with their flowing lines, relative simplicity and lack of angular bodywork.
You follow the ‘15 years or older’ mantra, which suits me fine, but there are a large number of bikes that just never get a mention.
I will now admit that I own a Harley, which (apart from its relatively young age) covers all the criteria I have mentioned above and I happen to love to
bits. There are other types of bike you cover to some greater or lesser extent: mopeds, race bikes, trials and even the early adventure bikes.
So, my question to you is, why no cruisers? There are some types of bike I have no interest in, but I will happily see them in the mag, because I would like to think that we are all part of the same generation of the biking community, and your magazine is already a broad church.
I also love the resurgence of the modern classic/retro. Brand new bikes that look 50 years old, something that the likes of Triumph with their Bobber have triumphed at (sorry), so I would also like to see even more of these in the mag as well.
So, to sum up, please consider the cruisers and bobbers. After all, there is a massive number of owners out there, with very little in the way of magazine coverage, and also continue to report on the modern stuff that looks like a bike should, and not a failed exercise in origami!
David Lait
Bertie says: “Thanks for that David. We will sort out some cruisers post-lockdown and continue to cover retros, too!”