Another Casualty

[Sully]

Another Casualty of the Times

Rob BrooksJul 9, 2020

In the midst of a economically debilitating pandemic, and in light of the dramatic changes taking place across the print publishing world in recent years, the iconic motorcycle magazine American Iron has announced the current issue #390 will be their last. This comes as the most recent casualty in a series of print deaths across the past several years. We’ve seen the departure of Motorcyclist and Cycle World (two publications this author freelanced for), Cruiser, American Bagger, Hot Bike, Cruising Rider, even Motorcycle Consumer News, among others. Some of these have gone digital/social media, while others simply folded. This is not exclusive to motorcycle magazines, as the entire print industry continues to experience upheaval, especially in these current trying times.

American Iron Magazine, published since 1989, has suspended publication.

[Jack Klarich]

I used to subscribe to American Iron for the tech articles

It is too bad the owner Buzz got to be so full of himself he ruined his own magazine JMO

[Fearless]

I used to subscribe to American Iron for the tech articles

It is too bad the owner Buzz got to be so full of himself he ruined his own magazine JMO

Jack I have a few

[Jack Klarich]

Jack I have a few

I saved a few from years gone by, I sent a couple a letters to the editor that got published

[Fearless]

Jack I have a few

Interested no reason for me to keep them seven years of them

[Sunman]

I used to subscribe too a few years back (OK, a lot of years back). They had a tech writer named Jim Peterson ( if I remember his name correctly) who wrote some very good articles. When the twin cam came out in 1999 he was one of the few people that was invited to Harley for a preview of the new motor before it was announced; said he had to wait three months before he could release the article. He wrote a good article comparing the new Twin Cam to the Evo. Too bad the mag is gone.

Sunman

[trike lady]

With everything on line hardly anyone buys a magazine, I don't know how many remember 'American Trike Magazine' short lived and only 2 issues produced by the same company.