Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Motorcycle Mechanics (Motorcycle, Scooter and Three-Wheeler Mechanics, also known as MM) was a British monthly magazine founded in 1959 under Mercury House Publications. With the strapline "The illustrated how-to-do-it magazine", it initially concentrated on the practicalities of owning motorcycles as a domestic form of transport with a focus on home maintenance and repairs. Published between 1959 and 1983, many copies carried the announcement: World's largest sale. When founding-editor Bob Webb moved-on in early 1962, successor-editor Charles E Deane's message in June 1962 proudly proclaimed that, in three years from a new start, they had achieved the world's largest net sale of any motorcycle magazine.As with the other motorcycling periodicals, MM moved with the times, changing its name and format to suit readership requirements, fashion and technology advancements, along with a change of ownership in 1974.In 1972 the masthead was reformatted to Motor Cycle Mechanics (MCM), then reverted back to Motorcycle Mechanics, followed by a brief spell as Mechanics & The Biker when it joined with sister publication The Biker. In 1982 it became known as simply Mechanics, with the final edition in March 1983, from when it became known by the successor-title of Performance Bikes which intially carried the cover-masthead Performance Bikes & Mechanics. The publication had a long association with the late journalist John Robinson, who had been with the magazine from 1978, then with successor-title Performance Bikes until his death in 2001.. }
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- Motorcycle_Mechanics_(magazine) abstract "Motorcycle Mechanics (Motorcycle, Scooter and Three-Wheeler Mechanics, also known as MM) was a British monthly magazine founded in 1959 under Mercury House Publications. With the strapline "The illustrated how-to-do-it magazine", it initially concentrated on the practicalities of owning motorcycles as a domestic form of transport with a focus on home maintenance and repairs. Published between 1959 and 1983, many copies carried the announcement: World's largest sale. When founding-editor Bob Webb moved-on in early 1962, successor-editor Charles E Deane's message in June 1962 proudly proclaimed that, in three years from a new start, they had achieved the world's largest net sale of any motorcycle magazine.As with the other motorcycling periodicals, MM moved with the times, changing its name and format to suit readership requirements, fashion and technology advancements, along with a change of ownership in 1974.In 1972 the masthead was reformatted to Motor Cycle Mechanics (MCM), then reverted back to Motorcycle Mechanics, followed by a brief spell as Mechanics & The Biker when it joined with sister publication The Biker. In 1982 it became known as simply Mechanics, with the final edition in March 1983, from when it became known by the successor-title of Performance Bikes which intially carried the cover-masthead Performance Bikes & Mechanics. The publication had a long association with the late journalist John Robinson, who had been with the magazine from 1978, then with successor-title Performance Bikes until his death in 2001.".