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Visordown's FREE iPad Circuit Guide
By Ben Cope on 15/05/2013 09:27:36
Our motorcycle circuit guide is designed to help you get the most from your trackday
WE'RE proud to launch our free iPad Circuit Guide.Designed to teach you everything you need to know before you go on a trackday, our guide covers all major UK circuits and the popular European tracks too.Each circuit features a corner
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Race Guide Videos: Every MotoGP and WSB circuit
By Ben Cope on 24/03/2009 10:03:58
This month, TWO magazine are giving away a 2009 race guide supplment, with all the tracks from WSB and MotoGP and here are the videos for each circuit
strong in pre-season testing, but Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa and Dovizioso all want a piece of the action.TWO have put together a free supplement to the magazine, containing info on all the teams, riders and circuits for the up and coming season and here
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Niall Mackenzie's track guides now online
By Visordown News on 23/07/2010 16:29:10
Going on a trackday in the UK or abroad? Read Niall's circuit guides first
WE'VE JUST launched Niall Mackenzie's Visordown track guides, covering the major UK and European circuits.The guides, written by three-time British Superbike champ and Visordown's road test editor, Niall Mackenzie, were first published in Visordown
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UK & European Motorcycle Track Guide
By Ben Cope on 20/07/2011 11:01:14
If you need to know the right lines, braking points and circuit secrets, then check out Niall Mackenzie's circuit guides
(hence no BSB here yet) but the café is excellent. Click here for the Anglesey circuit guide.AlmeriaI’ve ridden nearly every sports bike from 600cc to 1200cc round here and there’s more fun to be had on a smaller bike. The long straights are great
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Knockhill open 'new' circuit
By Visordown News on 25/03/2012 12:31:43
Lots of corners will feel strangely familiar
KNOCKHILL Racing Circuit are boasting about unveiling the first new circuit in Scotland in almost 40 years, with the opening of the new reverse direction circuit.Commenting on the launch, Derek Butcher, track owner since 1984, said, "I raced
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Learning Losail on a ZX-10R, the Riba way
By Ben Cope on 24/11/2010 10:07:24
Losail's easy. If you know it like the back of your hand..
When I go to a new track I don't really have a set way of trying to learn it, do you?Some people study YouTube clips, others dig out the PlayStation. I usually stick to a couple of gears for the first couple of sessions and work on my braking points, taking time to pick out any m...
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Your First Trackday: Tips & Advice
By Ben Cope on 06/09/2011 15:21:54
Read our guide and be prepared for your first on-track adventure
to mastering overtaking on track. Mackenzie's top tips for trackday confidence. Raining? Don't let it dampen your fun with our trackday wet weather riding tips. Want to get better and faster on track? Check out Mackenzie's guide to circuit riding techniques
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TT Centenary: Learner, Steve Plater
By Jonathan Bentman on 13/05/2007 12:17:10
BSB hero Steve Plater faces his first ever TT this June, so he's turning to the experts for some priceless inside circuit knowledge. Jon Bentman went along for the ride
few laps now - but I know I have to be perfect on every corner to be fast. What I'll have to do is break the circuit down, probably into four sections or more. Work on those, one a day, then add them all together at the end."Continue the expert guide
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Motorcycle Track Guide: Croft
By Visordown on 08/06/2012 13:00:00
It may not be on the BSB calendar for 2012, but that doesn't mean you should miss the chance to ride this demanding circuit
The first records of racing at Croft date back to the '20s, but it was only after World War 2 that Croft circuit became a significant motorsport venue. Before it temporarily closed in 1981, Croft was a mega fast triangle with a scary Armco barrier
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Motorcycle Track Guides: Thruxton
By Niall Mackenzie on 06/06/2012 16:00:00
Learn the fast and undulating Thruxton circuit with Niall Mackenzie
in the middle of the circuit.Personally I love the place, however James Whitham once described it as "a hideous fairground ride just waiting to go wrong" but don’t let that put you off.Superbikes reach their highest top speeds of the season after they exit
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