What to do with old Moto magazines?

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I've got a pretty good stack of magazines going back about ten years. I don't want just toss them and I was wondering what other people have done with them.
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chrisbuehler 11/21/2011 11:01am
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Store them somewhere. Should bring back some sweet memories 10-15yrs from now
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Sondy132001 11/21/2011 11:06am
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UAW_member wrote:
I've got a pretty good stack of magazines going back about ten years. I don't want just toss them and I was wondering what other people...
I've got a pretty good stack of magazines going back about ten years. I don't want just toss them and I was wondering what other people have done with them.
I use Storage boxes and have all we have received from the 1960's to today =) All in our attic at our house.

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Steven_Perry 11/21/2011 11:07am
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MCfan4life wrote:
I keep ALL my moto magazines.
I have a few boxes.I looked into this awhile back and from what I aren't worth zip unless they are from the '80's or before and in great shape.Older the better.

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mxb2 11/21/2011 11:07am
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Recycle, save the earth LOL.
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wawazat 11/21/2011 11:07am
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When I had magazine subscriptions, I would take the old ones and donate them to this middle school teacher I knew. Hey I'm in the 909.
Steven_Perry 11/21/2011 11:10am
11/21/2011 11:10am
MCfan4life wrote:
I keep ALL my moto magazines.
Steven_Perry wrote:
I have a few boxes.I looked into this awhile back and from what I aren't worth zip unless they are from the '80's or before and...
I have a few boxes.I looked into this awhile back and from what I aren't worth zip unless they are from the '80's or before and in great shape.Older the better.
@ wawazt thats a good idea spread the word.
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GuyB 11/21/2011 11:13am
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They make a great weight training program when it's time to move.
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mxb2 11/21/2011 11:13am
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Or take them to your local dr or dentists office, because their magazine choices suck in the waiting room!
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Sondy132001 11/21/2011 11:18am
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mxb2 wrote:
Or take them to your local dr or dentists office, because their magazine choices suck in the waiting room!
Not our favorite dentist, Steve Weidler, he has all moto mags and shows moto video's while working on your mouth !!

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CR250Rider 11/21/2011 11:21am
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Scan the cool photos, send to photobucket and post them up here like TLBlazer does.

be a hero!
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mxb2 11/21/2011 11:22am
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mxb2 wrote:
Or take them to your local dr or dentists office, because their magazine choices suck in the waiting room!
Sondy132001 wrote:
Not our favorite dentist, Steve Weidler, he has all moto mags and shows moto video's while working on your mouth !! S
Not our favorite dentist, Steve Weidler, he has all moto mags and shows moto video's while working on your mouth !!

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Must be nice LOL. Our area has some old outdated home and gardens mag.
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AbouttheRide 11/21/2011 11:22am
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If you are not to attached to them you could do what I am currently working on which is a bar top with a nice collague of random MX pics, Ads etc... Makes a great conversation piece and for some good bench racing while throwing back a few with your buddies. All I did was make the shape of the bartop I wanted out of plywood, installed a nice 3/4 trim around the shape and lid down the pictures etc and covered with a clear lacquer.... Looks pretty good and is a great Moto piece for the house.
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Jefro98 11/21/2011 11:27am
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I only keep the mags which covered a race I went to myself.
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Ddavis 11/21/2011 11:29am
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At one point I had every Cycle News magazine from the 2005 supercross/motocross season. No idea what happened to them.
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DANIELINS 11/21/2011 11:40am
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i still have every motorcycle magazine i ever read going back to the first dirtbike . i pull a few random mags from time to time and re read them.
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ReedyMX 11/21/2011 11:56am
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I put a few next to the toilet. When they are covered with piss spray and shit i through them out.
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Phillips467 11/21/2011 12:30pm
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I started saving my magazines in 2006, i get 4 a month so I've got quite a few just laying around. I've thought about throwing them away but can't do it Unsure

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I took about 4 million moto mags to Half Price Books and they gave me $7 for all of them.

Now I just recycle them once they stack up taller than my head on the back of the toilet .
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burn1986 11/21/2011 12:47pm
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Jefro98 wrote:
I only keep the mags which covered a race I went to myself.
I only keep mags that had me in it.
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PressPassP 11/21/2011 1:41pm
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I havn't got many of recent years but 20-25 years ago I used to buy lots,still got them all in boxes up in the loft,along with BMX Plus Smile
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JustMX 11/21/2011 2:04pm
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I have some all the way back to popular cycling and when Cycle magazine covered moto.

I cut up a few back in the mid 70s to decorate my room and then realized that I should save them instead.
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Torco1 11/21/2011 2:33pm
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Strategically place them all over the house so when one of your kids gets out of line you'll always have something handy to whack the shit out of them.....or donate them. Whatever toots your flute.
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andymoto 11/21/2011 3:25pm
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Still looking for a March 1978 Modern Cycle if anyone wants to sell theirs or I'd buy scanned copies of the '77 Trans-AMA series in that issue.

PM or post if interested. I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.



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UAW_member 11/21/2011 3:35pm
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I thought I read about shipping old moto mags to soldiers overseas once. That's the type of thing I was hoping to do with them but I wasn't sure. I know the race results would be out of date but the stories are mostly still relevant and the rider profile stuff is fun to compare then to now. I went through the stack and they only date back to 2005 so the youngsters won't be asking why the bikes have those big fat head pipes.

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