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Every motorcycle fashion faux-pas. Ever.
By Ben Cope on 18/04/2012 12:20:27
We asked you to name the things that shame biking. You weren't backward in coming forward
NOT ACCEPTABLEWe asked our @visordown Twitter followers what their motorcycling no-nos were. The response was a faux-pas tidal wave.We know motorcycling is about being an individual, being free, but it doesn’t exempt you from requiring a decent
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Old's Cool: Guide to classic bikes
By A.J. Stevens, Luke Ponsford on 01/08/2005 15:14:22
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Faux modern retro is one way to go, but if you want your old school metal to be authentic there's only one option: get the real deal and buy a classic. Let us show you how
We all have a defining experience that got us into bikes. Perhaps a pillion ride with a parent or an older relative, the heroics of the racers of our youth or just the sight, sound and smell of a bike out on the road and the promises of excitement and freedom it represented. For ...
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Do WSB bikes need fake headlights?
By Visordown on 02/07/2012 10:01:18
New rule next year - but do you want racers to look like road bikes?
Next year's WSB bikes must carry fake headlight stickers to make them look like their road-going equivalents – and Kawasaki previewed the new look at yesterday's race at Aragon.The idea is to add to WSB's road bike links and to further distinguish the bikes from the latest breed ...
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10 Crimes against motorcycle fashion
By Robin Goodwin on 12/08/2010 11:10:28
Motorcyclists spend a lot of money and effort on looking good, but there is a small minority who tarnish the coolness by wearing ridiculous gear. Here are 10 fashion don’ts…
10. Sunglasses under full-face helmetsI understand where the inspiration for this comes from, yes the sun glare is a hindrance and the people that wear this combo obviously feel uncertain about wearing naughty black visors, but the only helmet that it is acceptable to wear sungla...
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Milan: Yoshimura special GSX-R600
By Robin Goodwin on 08/11/2011 13:41:42
Yoshi Gixxer six
. Everything about this special is perfect; from the cool Yoshi paintscheme down to the faux race-headlight. Want.
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New colour schemes for 2011 Honda CBRs
By Robin Goodwin on 05/10/2010 09:53:00
Updated designs apiece for the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade and CBR600RR
orange with faux exposed internals.The specifications for both machines remain the same.
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David Beckham does the macho biker look...
By Our fashion correspondent on 22/03/2011 09:37:20
...and fails spectacularly
hour.Their informed scribes have taken the peculiar angle of chastising him for committing what they see as a fashion faux pas - viz, the extremely effected bandana in his back pocket. Or handkerchief, as their correspondent notes.We'll forgive him
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Stocking filler suggestion: 3
By mark forsyth on 10/12/2010 15:19:13
Touching cloth, indeed.
on back to front (got dressed in the dark) and - if that wasn't already embarrassing enough - the elastic in the waistband had gone, too. Deep shame.To avoid any similar thunder-pant faux-pas, Red Torpedo have decided to run a Christmas offer so
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WSB Valencia: Haga storms to race two win
By Visordown News on 07/04/2008 11:06:49
Japanese ace takes win after Checa's Honda suffers mechanical problem
late race pressure from Australia's Troy Bayliss, Haga crossed the line over 1.5 seconds ahead of his Ducati-mounted rival.But at the start of the race it looked as though Carlos Checa was going to make up for his race one faux pas, as the Spaniard led
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Better than a Steve McQueen t-shirt
By Visordown News on 12/01/2012 12:25:58
1965 Rickman Triumph Metisse 500 street scrambler
HE'S been dead for decades but Steve McQueen seems to be everywhere in biking at the moment, right up to Triumph's latest Bonneville variant, the 2012 Steve McQueen Edition. OK, so we like him – he was always cool – but whatever bit of faux
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