Cruising Rider articles

Recent articles from Cruising Rider

Deja who?(READERS' WRITES)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... Just wanted to let you know that Jim Hansen's A Life Of Riding (March 2006) editorial sure stirred up the old memory banks. I learned to ride at 16, in 1965, on a Sears Craftsman 160cc single. I was hooked! I bought my first bike upon my return from Vietnam in the spring of '69. It was a...

Rattle & roll.(READERS' WRITES)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... I just finished reading the article Rumbling Into The Earthquake Zone (Sept. '06). It was very entertaining. My wife and I usually take off two weeks a year and head west, camping all the way. We plan to stop at the Parkfield Cafe mentioned in the article. Keep up the good work. E-MAIL...

Quake drivel.(READERS' WRITES)
November 1, 2006... What a disappointment Rumbling Into The Earthquake Zone was! What drivel. Who gives a rat's ass about earthquakes, Mexican beans and parrots? I bought the magazine to learn something about your opinions about the respective bikes and all I got was fluff. Surely you can do better, or perhaps I...

Earth-shaking letdown.(bike magazines)
November 1, 2006... I am blown away. Shocked and angered. Almost speechless. Your cover story on the five Super Cruisers (Earthquake Zone) was not only the biggest letdown in motorcycle magazine articledom [sic], but it was almost a crime, a bait-and-switch-like slap in the face. You get hold of these five very...

Better when broke.(READERS' WRITES)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... Kudos are well deserved for Editor Placa's editorial, Brokeback Biker (July 2006). The article was well-written and insightful. I'm sure you'll receive negative comments from people who think you are "shoving an agenda in their faces," but I, for one, applaud your efforts to point out that...