I had a real nice pic of my Sport. So I decided to send it to Dirtwheels readers rides, hoping they would print it. I read the rules. They said give a list of mods, and tell us where you ride. I did just that. Well, I got the new issue yesterday, and was reading the letters people send in. I get to one, it said "I like to ride my modified Sport at Wayne National Forest", I thought, hey, cool, I do to. Then I saw it, there was my name, followed by my city. That just chewed my butt. They took one sentence out of my letter and printed it. It sounded like one of those letters you read like, "I ride my Breeze in the backyard when daddy lets me, riding is cool". They totally made me sound like an eight year old. I sent them an email, letting them know I wasn't too pleased.

 

That doesnt sound right that they would change your post that much. But what issue is it in? What months?

Phillip
Finaly got my bike back from the shop
but it was worth the wait!!!!

 

I remember seeing that letter in my issue. And sorry, but I too thought it came from some young kid with not too much editorial experience.
At least now I know that the mags edit the letters.

 

Same thing happened to me, I am somewhat of a writer and DO NOT like when people change my writing.They made what was supposed to be an informative letter about an unprofessional organization into a letter that was asking for encouragement, not at all what or why I wrote.

 

You guys have all fallen victim to “editorialism.” I was once so upset by a local situation I sent a letter to the editor of our local paper only to have it “abbreviated” before it was published. The resulting “gutted” message didn’t come close to conveying my position on the matter. After that I had two things to be pissed off about.

It’s their right to edit what they publish, for better or worse. About all I can say is isn’t it great to have a forum like this to openly exchange our thoughts and opinions? Let’s enjoy it before some liberal taxes it.

 

AMEN!!

 

i know what u mean, in the august 2000 issue, i wrote to them about building a better 4x4, and they took, my main ideas out

 

Quadfather, I didn't see your edited letter in the February issue, was it January maybe?. I'd like to see your Sport in there, it's a nice looking quad. I could see where editing your original statements could make it sound completely different. Hope to see the picture in a future issue maybe.

 

The edited letter is in the March issue of DirtWheels, page 32, 2nd letter down. They didn't even put the picture I sent them in. Like you say though, maybe in a future issue.