Letter Of The Month
Skinny Young Punks
You f-king prima donnas kill me. A guy writes in asking for some serious info, and you slag his choice of ride totally! Maybe not everyone can be "cool" like you magazine-pushing-limp-dicks, but what the hell, at least the dude is going for it! As a rider for the last 40 years (49 and still faster than your skinny ass), I remember this attitude from the Harley guys toward the "rice burners." Great bikes like 'Busas and ZX-14s prove that shit is so wrong! Why don't you clowns get off your pedestal and look around the sport a little, like another bike-mag does with its "American Flyers" section, which looks at the spectrum of bikes done by guys with less bucks than talent.
Not everybody wants a 12-over swingarm and chrome everything, but it's part of the kaleidoscope we call motorcycling. I ride a lightly modded '03 Z-1000, a low-mileage '87 Cavalcade, a well-worn '83 Suzuki 500 enduro ('member those?), and just sold my '77 KZ750 twin chopper, with a 4-inch rear stretched hardtail, 40 degree front end, and my own candy-red metallic-with-blue-pearl-flame paint job. It won its class in the first show I ever entered.
So, the point of this diatribe (look it up) is that any guy (or chick) with the balls to look at everybody else's big wallets and try to figure out a way to succeed on their terms and their budgets deserves the respect of scribes like you! If you had anywhere near writer Diggs' balls, you would do a feature on his efforts, not be putting him down for an honest request! You probably won't print this anyway because it might cause you a little much-needed introspection, but at least have a little class, and apologize to Diggs for your lack of tact.
Burnsalottagasguy,
BC, Canada
Born Again
I love your magazine and I love the JDA R6 article. That old R6 that JDA customs built sick! I'm riding a CBR900RR and was planning to sell it and buy a new bike, but JDA's R6 has inspired me to take my long-time love and make her fresh again. Thanks for giving some love to the not-so-new rides.
Matt MarlerBakersfield, CA
We'd love to see that bad boy once it's built.
The Sting Of Regret
I submitted some pictures to your Web site in 2005 for the Beauty and the Beast contest and I was wondering if you could remove them or remove that Web URL. I am applying for a job and they check Google for every name they hire. I don't think they will hire me if they see halfnaked halfnaked pictures of me on the Internet.
Name withheld, Parts Unknown Or, perhaps they'll hire you on the spot!
Is There an Eye Doctor in the House?
I'm writing about the photo comment about the girlies at HIN Phoenix in the Jan '08 issue. You know...this one, "Some of the ladies got it, others should pass on the allyou- can-eat."
Dude, did you see the heffer that's on the cover with the Spiderman ZX-14? The girls onstage at HIN were all less chunky than the cover girl so maybe it's time for a visit to the optometrist.
Chef-Boy-r-E
Detoilet, MI
I guess my prescription is a little off.
Bling Basher
What's up with all the chrome on Zamora's longterm ZX-14? That bike must weigh at least 1000 pounds by now with all the crap he's bolted on. He's going to need a turbocharger on it just to make up for the extra weight he's carrying around in chrome.
All we read about in every update is how his wide-wheel kit isn't ready yet, but hey, he's bolted on even more chrome junk! When are we going to see some real performance modifications and results, instead of yet another picture of Zamora sitting on his pile of chrome with his teeth bared like he's some kind of carnivorous animal? Less bling, more zing!
Wayne Kerr
Mobile, Alabama
Hate it or love it, a $40k race-ready canyon killer scores big points with the guys, but shiny bits attract a more attractive audience.