The write up was on an XT-R, in both cases (Turkey and Namibia)
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Keithblade
When it drops on the door mat I am not filled with the excitement I should be.
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I too follow the same thoughts. Heavily reliant on BMW content and the reviews are based around what the magazine can a get for free, rather than a broad sweep of the available goods on the market, so what you get is a squew'd review based on no criteria I can find documented.
The features, well I'm not really taken with those either, take this months review of the Worldcrosser, it asks the question "Worldcrosser - A Super Tenere in Drag?" Doh! of course it is, and anyone remotely interested in these genre of bike will see that straight away. These are things I would expect to see in MCN.....
And the tent review.... really, people are going to spend �400 on a tent for the bike ?? I'm not sure why some of these got 8 out of 10, if I were climbing in the Alps, then yes there is a need for a very good quality tent, but in motorcycling terms, �400 for a one man tent is not good value for money, especially when you can get an excellent 3 man tent, bike carry-able for well under �100.
When my current subscription comes to an end, I won't be renewing it. Still searching for that all round high quality mag that TBM used to be, but alas no more.