Got the latest T&G mag (their 100 special edition). For those that are interested there is a review of the Xciting 400i and the Yamaha Tricity. There is a nice item on buying biker trousers and a note from the DVSA with safety recalls for the Vespa 946 (fire risk), Piaggio X10 350 (fuel leak) - do you think Italians have a thing about Pyromania? Last but not least the engine cuts out on Harley Davidson FXSB (well they are more for looking at than riding).
There was also an advert from TSI shoes for their new Urban Rider TS-01, at £69.99 it looks very good.

I''ll look out for it and have a browse. They only had the previous edition in Smiths today.

Diving off at a tangent....talking of the Tricity, there is a somewhat muddled review of it in this month's motorcycle monthly. Firstly she assures us that it'll do 70mph - not with 10.9bhp it won't, then gives a garbled description of a V-belt compared to a chain, as if they could do the same thing on a CVT, then claims Tricity is pronounced Tree-City! Has it occurred to anyone else not to pronounce it Trissity?? Still, the 'Tree-city' looks to be a nice thing round town, though a bigger engined version would enhance its desirability.

MrGrumpy wrote:I''ll look out for it and have a browse. They only had the previous edition in Smiths today.

I got mine today also..... subscribers get the issues about a week earlier than retail

I've checked with my PA and mine's at home.

WoW Twist & Go magazine......

I have not seen a copy of that for years.

I won a Piaggio Zip 125cc out of there many years ago

neilab28 wrote:WoW Twist & Go magazine......

I have not seen a copy of that for years.

I won a Piaggio Zip 125cc out of there many years ago

I won some sort of centrestand lock....not quite as good as a Scoot!

I have it on subscription still.
I saved every copy until 2 days ago, when I binned everything except for a few that looked interesting.
It did go a bit rubbish when it was called TnG. Then it went back to Twist n Go and seemed ok for a while.
More recently it started having bikes in and does seemed aimed at the learner market again.

Still has some good stuff though.
There's an interesting article on 3 wheelers. Changes to the law, , insurance etc.
I didn't realise how dear the road tax was for 3 wheelers bigger than 125.
£80!

Meldrew wrote:I haven't bought a copy of Twist & Go for over 10 years, at first it was a great mag until they decided to ’yoof' it up and it degenerated into utter shite.

Yep I agree, that's when I decided not to renew my subscription.

Still have loads of the original mags also from issue 1, loved it then, told them since its shite, to many geared bikes and Chinese crap, for the sake of a few pages of interest I would rather keep my money and wipe me arse on the rest of the mag!

neilab28 wrote:

Meldrew wrote:I haven't bought a copy of Twist & Go for over 10 years, at first it was a great mag until they decided to ’yoof' it up and it degenerated into utter shite.

Yep I agree, that's when I decided not to renew my subscription.

It do go very shitey indeed, but it is better these days. However, its aimed more at beginners or relatively new riders, and at smaller bikes or scoots (ie A2 licence compliant) rather than scoots, so it probably hasn't so much for experienced maxi-riders.