Like technology journalism, a lot of motorcycle press focuses on cool crap, and pretty much ignores anything useful. Also it often requires you to pay for it. Good free sites include: Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly, Motorcycle USA (see especially this article about why being in a hurry can be fatal), the Canada Motorcycle Guide Online, and Australia Motorcycle News (MCNews.com.au), which has a great review of the 2004 Thruxton I have been eyeing covetously.
Secretly Ironic 