Dirtwheels is slacking

[yellowzo3]

This isnt the usual "Dirtwheels has too many ads i hate them" rant. Throughout school and so far in my college career, we've been pushed to further our writing skills and techniques to be the best writers and story tellers we can be. As I turned to page 172 in the September 2006 issue I couldnt wait to start reading. An Nmotion YFZ535!!! This has got to be a great article right?! Wrong. This is one of the most boring, and poorly written evaluations I have ever read in any magazine that is as popular as theirs. The grammar is middle-school level and there are numerous choppy, akward sentences. The coverage was great and it was awesome to read about such a nice bike, but if it werent for the show stopping quality of the quad, I would have quit reading on the first page. I dont subscribe to dirtwheels and only buy one once in a while, so I dont read their articles often. I didnt read many other articles in this issue either, and the ones I did read didnt irritate me as much, so I'm not sure if its just this one story or if alot are like this one. I dont want to hate on Dirtwheels because they have alot of coverage and are good mags to have, but is it too much to ask to have a well written story that occupies multiple pages in the issue? idk, maybe its just me.

[coryatver]

your not the only one. Me and my friends used to subscribe but have moved on to much better magazines

[Raptor68]

I agree that the grammar in Dirtwheels is horrible, not to mention that half the magazine is advertisements. However, I still subscribe to it because I feel it is a decent magazine.

[PolarisRider]

Mine hasnt came yet?

[yellowzo3]

at least im not the only one upset with the mag. thanks for the replies guys. and PolarisRider, you should definatly have gotten that issue by now. I bought it in the store a while ago.

[250ex13]

Originally posted by yellowzo3
at least im not the only one upset with the mag. thanks for the replies guys. and PolarisRider, you should definatly have gotten that issue by now. I bought it in the store a while ago. At the begining of last year i sent a 2 year subscription and got olny 3 magizines and never got any others :mad: ..I perfer QUAD magazine, mucho better:macho

[Quad Boy 660r]

I agree in Dirtwheels going downhill.

My brother subscribes to Transworld Motocross, the dirtbike mag. Those guys are hilarious! And the articles are great. Then I read DW, and it is SO damn boring.:mad:

[GPracer2500]

DirtWheels is a joke as far as I'm concerned. Your evaluation of the writing is spot on. I can't believe some of that stuff makes it to print. I gave up on them a long time ago....

[PolarisRider]

Originally posted by 250ex13
..I perfer QUAD magazine, much better:macho

Agreed. I just sent a suscription to them a couple days ago. Whats not to love about free shock covers and posters of girls?

[250ex13]

Originally posted by PolarisRider
Agreed. I just sent a suscription to them a couple days ago. Whats not to love about free shock covers and posters of girls? hahaha, my whole wall is full of transworld posters and quad posters:devil:

[bwamos]

QU4D Magazine FTW!

[firefighterjosh]

I am suscribed to all the Quad mags out there, Dirt Wheels, 4wheel ATV Action, Quad, one other....

I like Quad the best. Really good details.

Dirt Wheels is OK. I don't mind it. It seems the grammar is more liek they are talking to you, not writting. See what I am saying?

[Grant Casey]

dirt wheels is just full of ad's, but some times i dont mined reading it.

cheers

[bradley300]

DW is horrible. there was a ad about matt smiley at the begining of the season, they spelled his last name 5 different ways in the article. how PATHETIC for a magazine. i think quad is a good magazine, but it seems to be geared more towards the beginner, and the two ive seen, i didnt see any race coverage?? did i just catch 2 bad issues?

[honduh440]

atv insider is where its at.i havnt read a dirtwheels in months

[HB416EX]

I only read dirtwheels and I know what you mean.It is hard to keep my attention on the acticle and the writers sound like jerkoffs.The only section I like is the readers rides.

[KWAD GAWD]

Originally posted by honduh440
atv insider is where its at.i havnt read a dirtwheels in months
Well then I guess you'll be pleased to know ATV Insider will be in full magazine format for 2007 :)

[Tommy 17]

did anyone else notice that dirtwheels pictures SUCK! compared to other magazines... look at transworld, racerX, or any of the other quad magazines either and the pictures are awesome and actually make u say wow sometimes... dirtwheels pics are just boring

[ilpadrino113]

they speeled his last name 5 differnt ways

^^^^^
Irony

[bwamos]

Originally posted by KWAD GAWD
Well then I guess you'll be pleased to know ATV Insider will be in full magazine format for 2007 :)

Sweet.
We dont get that magazine on the racks, locally. I'll have to check it out.

[mustang25]

yeah, they used to be my favorite...but now, personally i would consider looking into QUAD if u havent already.....pretty good

[250xridamatt]

I get transworld mx for that reason. I've never checked out atv insider or quad, but if they compare to twmx, Ill subscribe now. The pictures and articles are always great. In dirtwheels you never know what you are going to get.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Tommy 17
did anyone else notice that dirtwheels pictures SUCK! compared to other magazines... look at transworld, racerX, or any of the other quad magazines either and the pictures are awesome and actually make u say wow sometimes... dirtwheels pics are just boring


id disagree, last months atv sport did not have one clear picture in the magazine. i did find out that a photographer gave them pictures for a portion of the race coverage, he would have had to, no editor i know would have paid for them.

i enjoy the pictures as much as the content and i was severly let down.

[RaptorRacer45]

Are the subscribers suppossed 2 contact someone if they havent recieve there October issue yet?.......i havent seen 1 since the beginning of August:confused:

[PismoLocal]

Yours is probably in the mail, I just recieved my october mag yesterday.

[firefighterjosh]

Are all Magazines 3 months behind? Its been a long time since JJ got hurt (kinda) and I just recived a DW Mag that said he was a contender for the MX championship. I wanted to cry or something that is terrible for them to put out. Even though there issues are behind they could have stopped the printing and re-done it.

Maybe they can't I don't know anything about the Mag bussiness.

[MAaudioX10]

Originally posted by yellowzo3
This isnt the usual "Dirtwheels has too many ads i hate them" rant. Throughout school and so far in my college career, we've been pushed to further our writing skills and techniques to be the best writers and story tellers we can be. As I turned to page 172 in the September 2006 issue I couldnt wait to start reading. An Nmotion YFZ535!!! This has got to be a great article right?! Wrong. This is one of the most boring, and poorly written evaluations I have ever read in any magazine that is as popular as theirs. The grammar is middle-school level and there are numerous choppy, akward sentences. The coverage was great and it was awesome to read about such a nice bike, but if it werent for the show stopping quality of the quad, I would have quit reading on the first page. I dont subscribe to dirtwheels and only buy one once in a while, so I dont read their articles often. I didnt read many other articles in this issue either, and the ones I did read didnt irritate me as much, so I'm not sure if its just this one story or if alot are like this one. I dont want to hate on Dirtwheels because they have alot of coverage and are good mags to have, but is it too much to ask to have a well written story that occupies multiple pages in the issue? idk, maybe its just me.

I don't know what is worse. The fact that DW has poor article quality or, the fact that you pay SO much attention to this.

Buying a DW magazine is like buying a Playboy. You buy it for the pictures. I don't think I would care, or notice, if they had a 5 year old writing for them. Even though it seems like it most of the time, it doesn't really effect me the same way as you. I feel, that I still get my $3.00 worth.

Their articles are informative, nonetheless. No? Even though they do seem EXTREMELY bias and, sometimes, arrogant...I won't stop reading their magazine. The amount of content alone is worth the price, despite the amount of ads.

Evidentally, your not the only one that feels this way. (I.E. 3 pages in this thread bashing DW) but, people do need a leader.

[QuadJunkies]

maybe I should have posted a sticky on this topic about late subscriptions... :p

http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=253331&highlight=late


I enjoy all my mag, some of them I enjoy more than others,my Atvaction is one I enjoy the least. They differ from month to month .

Great news about QUAD Mag. going in full force !:cool:

[firefighterjosh]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
maybe I should have posted a sticky on this topic about late subscriptions... :p


No I meant I just got the new October issue. It had something about the WSPA. And the WSPA is over.

I meant are they 3 months behind on information they get?

Like They only had i think 4 rounds of the WSPA covered in the October issue and Didn't the WSPA finish the beggning of august?

So they should have had all 8 (or 10 not sure) rounds covered for the October issue?

Sorry I don't know much about the Mag thing.

[QuadJunkies]

I was referring to RaptorRacer ;)

I know what you meant and noticed that as well.

[firefighterjosh]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
I was referring to RaptorRacer ;)

I know what you meant and noticed that as well.

I know my grammar is not always the best:ermm:
Just makin sure

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by firefighterjosh
I know my grammar is not always the best:ermm:

Neither is my spelling:o

I try to proof read and slow down more before I post.. lol

[Nausty]

dirtwheels=ripoff

those guys must speed so little time on there issues and are probably making so much money.:confused:

[rbgnwa45]

I love DW and it's really the only quad mag I buy because it has the most pages. I read it from cover to cover, and usually do spot out the grammar errors, but hey, they're only human. It just seems like these days they aren't focusing their attention to the most important topics, and the prices in Canada are also in the 7.50+ range :eek2: I usually stick to racer X :D cheers

[Scro]

Did anybody see the article on the new KFX in the November issue? It says it is coming with very long travel suspension.:rolleyes:

What's the difference between a normal long travel setup and a very long travel setup?:huh

[firefighterjosh]

Originally posted by Scro
Did anybody see the article on the new KFX in the November issue? It says it is coming with very long travel suspension.:rolleyes:

What's the difference between a normal long travel setup and a very long travel setup?:huh

LMAO thats funny....

I recived my Oct issue last week and I recived my Nov issue today lol.

[bradley300]

Originally posted by ilpadrino113
^^^^^
Irony

lmao, geuss you got me on that one. but if you were paying to read what i type, i would hve made sure it was right;)

[BlasterEaten250]

I still haven't gotton mine:(

[RaptorRacer45]

Im still Magless also.......its comin though, there slowly arriving around

Dirtwheels sucks. bad.terrible.

ATVInsider is the only one worth reading.
QUAD is ok, but 1 once every 2 months and 90% utility quads isnt my thing.