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Not a fake police biker
By Ben Cope on 03/08/2012 16:08:53
Or is it? Have you seen this guy around?

So yesterday I was threading my way through London on Triumph's Tiger Explorer 1200 with panniers. Quite a wide load.Up ahead, I see a police biker and reckon on him being able to part the traffic enough for me to have an easier run down

Be courier fast at filtering
By Visordown on 19/10/2010 16:32:11
They don't rush but they get places fast. What's being filtered out in the mind of a fast filterer?

Riding a bike is a risk, but it's a measured one based on our own perception. We're not supposed to but we make assumptions all the time.We assume that cars don't jump lights which have been red for half a minute or more, or pull out from side roads without slowing or looking, or...

VIP lanes signal congestion hell in 2012 Olympics
By Visordown News on 30/07/2010 13:13:30
Routes around City to be designated VIP use only

LONDON IS set to become a congestion hotspot during the 2012 Olympic games when around 60 miles of routes will get 'VIP' lanes specifically designated for Olympic athletes, VIPs, sponsors, official guests and the media.“It will mean inconvenience

Boris Johnson considers axing Congestion Charge
By Visordown News on 18/12/2008 13:38:47
London Mayor to 'brood' on the future of the big CC

LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson has said he would consider scrapping the city’s entire congestion zone.The news follows the recent decision to axe the western extension of the London scheme, as well as halting plans for the Charge entering Manchester

The AA add 50 Pan Europeans to their fleet
By Visordown News on 29/09/2011 17:09:31
Motorcycles make a comeback for congested cities

; London, Derby, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham and Manchester.One of the Pan European's selling points for the AA is its large battery which can be used to charge car batteries.The AA first started using motorcycles in 1912, their early fleet

London to be zero-emission zone by 2020?
By Visordown News on 15/02/2013 09:40:38
Do motorcycles figure in Boris Johnson's plans?

LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson wants to make central London an Ultra Low Emission Zone by 2020, raising the possibility that motorcycles (and any other vehicle which is not zero/low-emission) could be shut out of the city. Johnson thinks establishing

Bike Parking fee protesters grind London to a halt
By Visordown News on 07/04/2010 13:54:18
London centre gridlocked by weekly demo ride

City Council every Wednesday morning for the last 4 weeks and (according to the campaign website) have incredibly easily, and annoyingly legally (from the campaign's opponent's POV) rendered major roundabouts gridlocked, causing enormous rush

Wealthy businessman buys two bikes for paramedics
By Tim Skilton on 20/09/2007 13:51:58
Donation a big boost for busy city-centre team

A WEALTHY businessman has presented two new Honda Pan European motorcycles to St John Ambulance.Roger Dudding bought the motorcycles for Enfield Ambulance Service after seeing the team in action at the Remembrance Parade, in London, two years ago

Hysterics over Clarkson's wild 186mph claim
By Visordown News on 29/05/2008 10:03:49
Road safety groups ask BBC to sack Clarkson after he claims to have done 186mph in London

ROAD SAFETY groups have asked the BBC to sack moronic motormouth Jeremy Clarkson after his recent claims of doing 186mph on a road in London in a Bugatti Veyron. Clarkson claimed that speed limits in the city are annoying for most people.The BBC

'Cycling revolution' to hit London
By Visordown News on 15/03/2013 09:52:56
Extensive plans announced for the benefit of the capital's cyclists

and proposed Superhighways, including junctions at Blackfriars, Vauxhall, Tower, Swiss Cottage, and Elephant & Castle;More 20 mph zones;A new "Central London Grid" of bike routes in the City and West End, using segregation and two-way cycling on one-way traffic


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