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Son takes Dad's ashes on high-speed tribute ride
By Visordown News on 18/09/2008 09:40:27
"It was the biggest mistake of my life" says grieving teenager
A GRIEVING son triggered a high-speed police chase after he took his father's ashes on a tribute ride.According to reports in yesterday's Sunerland Echo, what was originally planned as a touching sentiment went wrong when Jack Ball was spotted
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Johnny Depp causes high-speed crash
By Tom Higham on 15/03/2013 14:49:05
"Watch the clutch"
I can understand that seeing Johnny Depp appear from out of nowhere might be distracting to a rider. Obviously not content with damage caused to the Honda in the video above (as a direct result of his on-track presence) Depp gets on the bike to go for a spin then crashes the bike...
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Knee-high land-speed record device
By mark forsyth on 28/07/2010 15:38:10
We wouldn't. Would you?
This mad looking motorcycle is a land speed record device that never turned a wheel in anger.It was built by the infamous Dave Manning in 1968 using a discarded drop tank from a Korean fighter plane.Manning built a space-frame chassis inside
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Smash'n'grab thieves arrested after high speed chase
By Visordown News on 17/03/2010 09:22:17
Motorcycle-riding robbers nicked after targeting London fashion store
Street store in the early yesterday morning, looting exclusive designer handbags, hours before they were to feature as the centrepiece of a new product launch.Scotland Yard said today two suspected raiders had been arrested after a high-speed chase across
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The biggest tw@t in motorcycling?
By Visordown News on 10/05/2010 12:08:00
High on speed, low on brain cells
NOT CONTENT with hoiking a wheelie at over 160mph between two articulated lorries, matey in the attached clip turns around to ride the wrong way down a motorway in order to dive between both vehicles flat-out in a head-on pass.Not quite sure what this is supposed to demonstrate, ...
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US cops shoot dead armed biker
By Visordown News on 02/12/2010 16:59:59
High-speed chase ends in shootout
POLICE IN America have shot dead an armed motorcyclist after he led them on a high-speed chase through a Texas city, Police reports have confirmed.The incident took place North West of San Antonio in the early hours of this morning (Thursday) after
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Ack Attack sets 376mph unofficial record
By Visordown News on 29/09/2010 15:15:37
High-speed attempt to be ratified by FIM
A STREAMLINER motorcycle has set an unofficial new land speed record of 376.363mph, beating the existing record by just under 10mph.The new record, set by Rocky Robinson in Ack Attack Streamliner, was set at the Top Speed Shootout at the Bonneville
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MotoGP: Hopkins not serious after Assen smash
By Visordown News on 27/06/2008 14:34:57
Kawasaki star fractures ankle after high speed horror smash
John Hopkins...escaped serious injuryJOHN HOPKINS is conscious, chatting to medics and relatively unscathed after a high-speed smash during today's qualifying session.The Kawasaki star came off his machine on one of Assen's fastest corners - around
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Speed limit reduction consulation paper due today
By Visordown News on 21/04/2009 08:44:56
New anti-speed initiative to target high-risk areas
on countryside roads from 60mph to 50mph are being considered, and latest reports also show the government are planning to cut speed limits from 30mph to 20mph in high-risk built-up areas.Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick is heading-up the new initiative, which
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Eugene Laverty in doubt for Phillip Island
By Visordown News on 15/02/2012 10:37:34
Injury concerns for Laverty after high speed crash in testing at Phillip Island
EUGENE LAVERTY has placed himself in doubt for the first round of the World Superbike championship after crashing in testing at Phillip Island.The factory Aprila rider fell heavily at the high speed Doohan corner that begins the lap, suffering a
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