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MCN Paper Adventure Mag
Hi just found out that MCN are doing a Artical about Adventure Riding http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload.../adventure.jpg
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It's an extra magazine - an Adventure Special. Due on the 24th, I believe.
Contains something on the BAM road.
Not sure if Thingy is doing it, though!
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I'm sure it'll be to their usual high editorial standard (cough, splutter, fell off my chair, my dog's been abducted by an alien, this weed tastes good  I don't have a dog)
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May someone coming down here to Buenos Aires bring me that mag copy, I’m interested to read also the Simon Pavey’s (a friend) Tips and here will be impossible to get…
I promise to pay and a free coffee or a Quilmes too!!!
Mick or Maja: phone is ringing for you!!!! 
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I have just clicked the link and this was the only comment written about this article by a reader.
"this just porn to me as of 1st of spet the gsxr gone and a new ktm990 adv r will be my new tool cant wait for this"
Could somebody translate this into English for me please.
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I have just clicked the link and this was the only comment written about this article by a reader.
"this just porn to me as of 1st of spet the gsxr gone and a new ktm990 adv r will be my new tool cant wait for this"
Could somebody translate this into English for me please.
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"questo solo porno a me come del 1 ° SPET il gsxr andato e un nuovo ktm990 adv r sarà il mio nuovo strumento cant aspettare per questo"
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I have just clicked the link and this was the only comment written about this article by a reader.
"this just porn to me as of 1st of spet the gsxr gone and a new ktm990 adv r will be my new tool cant wait for this"
Could somebody translate this into English for me please.
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It means that if you own a KTM990 your insurance is going up after September.
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MCN - this week only?
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I'm sure it'll be to their usual high editorial standard (cough, splutter, fell off my chair, my dog's been abducted by an alien, this weed tastes good  I don't have a dog)
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One or two recent posts in this thread prompted me to spend money on the MCN, for this week only, and this supplement is better than the usual stuff from them (in the past they have published some purile stuff about bikes that are outside their normal range of experience. If it doesn't do 0-60 in a micro second then it ain't really worth it).
So, this supplement is a decent read IMO and, yes, it does read like an advertisement at times, but as much for horizonsunlimited as in any other direction. There is even credit to Grant J near the front for some of the photos, and this forum gets a mention along the way.
In fact, the reason it is a better read than the usual stuff from MCN is because it is not written by their journalists!!  with due credit given to the authors of the articles including some who contribute to this forum.
As for whether MCN continue to publish simiilarly, I doubt it somehow. They have published a few glossy colour supplements in the past and I have no doubt they will continue in the future, but the themes will vary.
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I'm sure it'll be to their usual high editorial standard (cough, splutter, fell off my chair, my dog's been abducted by an alien, this weed tastes good  I don't have a dog)
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I also purchased said mag and supplement a few hours ago (never purchased it before). I even walked about half a mile around my local town before I found a copy in the 4th newsagent's (the 1st three were sold out...) I went in. I don't regret paying the £1.99.
In most places it's well written (maybe because a lot of non-MCN journos did the writing?) and gives a balance view on things (not just aimed at Starbucks types, but also on ways to do trips on a budget/little bike). As mentioned above, it also seemed to me to be heavily endorsed by T/T and A/S. But if they supply (quite a few of) the words and tour (e.g the Morocco trip), they deserve their pound of flesh, I suppose.
HU got lots of coverage, which is good.
Now, I need to find my dog
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I hope I didn't sound negative with the TT / ADV spec comment - I have various bits of both on my bike (as well as others)!
Anything that gets others interested in what we love to do can only be a good thing.
I wonder how many people unfamiliar with the HUBB will come for a visit? Hopefully loads!
Off to buy the Morocco DVD at ADV spec (advertising does work!) . . .
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i've had personal experiance with this said mag, last year they ran a "story" about the rise of norton. showing piccys of it flying around a track........complete and uter bull$!&" 
the bike never made it round and on trying parts of the engine fell off!!
i know someone who was hired to adapt some machiens in there factory to build engines.
there is no one working there and hasnt been for ages.
sorry i drifted off on a tangent!!
basicly it came down to the reporters lying and the rag publishing it!
i will never buy it agian
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I am sure the MCN suplement will be full of useful information and not just a vehicle for extra targeted adverts!
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I'm sure you're right !!
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