Motorcycle Explorer October 2014 Issue 2 | Page 6

Welcome to the 2nd edition of MEM! T here has been a lot of late night chats about the layouts from one and we know it looked like someone got a new box of crayons for Christmas and just went wild! So the layous have been toned down and we hope are a much better read for you. MEM is a work in progress and a lot of progress has been made, we already have a greater circulation than Men’s Health digital and we will continue to push the quality of the magazine for your entertainment. W e will be adding reviews to issue 3 but we want FULL reviews rather than just an opinion from getting a new product and telling you how many pockets it has. So this one is really down to the readers and riders out there and doing the business... We are looking for riders who are out playing and want to talk about their gear, what works and what doesn’t. What impact it had on your trip and what if anything you would change. If you’d like to help the community then here is your chance to get your side out. A dverts – We’ve not really focused on adverts at all this issue with all the features that we had to cover. MEM was never set up as a money making machine in the first place and we are very keen on getting small business and writers the kind of ad space that th could once only dream of affording in a magazin the price of the pages are going to reflect that an will not chase adverts aggressively and become in the backside to business – we are here to help promote business and know how hard people w the bike industry for sometimes very little return know from speaking to people that very often motorcycle tour operators actually have a full tim to support this opportunity for riders and we wa help and support that. There are so many opportunities abound for the development of MEM that it sometimes boggles mind and we love it. It is our passion too and it is rewards to create something and have someone enjoy it. W ith a packed out issue with amazing writers around the world it really has been a labour of lo get this issue done. What we will fight against is elitism of what you ride or where you ride it to. M dedicated to getting the stories out there from n and far and having the same respect for someon has taken the time to share a story about riding a their own area to someone that has ridden to Tim (unless the rider is from Timbuktu and in that ca the first part of the dedication!). It is tough enou sit and write a story, get the great shots and then having the courage, and it does take courage to p your work out there only to have someone snipe you from the comfort of a computer chair about Subscribe today and get your FREE magazine right to your inbox!