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Swine flu: motorcycle couriers benefit
By Visordown News on 29/04/2009 11:11:39
Roaring trade for bike couriers as people too afraid to go outside

MOTORCYCLE couriers in Mexico City are doing a roaring trade with the advent of Swine Flu.Residents of the metropolis, with a population of 20-million, are too scared to venture outside and instead are opting for motorcycle couriers to fetch them

VIDEO: 4MC - the four-wheel motorcycle
By Visordown News on 08/05/2009 12:34:39
Former London courier designs four-wheel motorcycle to scythe through town-centre congestion

Yamaha Majesty YP400 motor, says 4MC's website. Shotter says his interest in safety originated from being injured in a road accident when working as a London motorcycle courier. The 4MC has evolved through Shotter’s rigorous design process which began

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...

The Blood Runners - Emergency Riders
By Jon Urry on 04/10/2011 11:33:33
We spend a night shadowing SERV riders who give up free time to transport emergency blood between hospitals to give those in need a fighting chance

The clock on the mantlepiece shows 9:47pm. Usually at this time on a Friday night I’d be tucking into a beer. Instead I’m sat in the front room of a house in Northampton watching some mindless TV programme I’ve never wanted to watch before. I’m fairly bored.“Sometimes we get whol...

Courier Advice: City bike test
By Jon Urry on 22/02/2008 12:54:01
Despatch riding: the ultimate test of man and machinery. Armed with four city bikes, can the staff survive London's urban jungle and earn an honest wage?

Being a motorcycle courier is probably one of the hardest and most dangerous jobs in the world, ever. Some may claim that deep-sea fishing for killer crabs in the Arctic Ocean is tough, but I can't see many fishermen surviving the attack

Add wizz to your jizz
By Visordown News on 18/01/2011 15:54:55
NHS motorcycle sperm deliveries

This just in from our sister-site, Made for MumsNext time you see a courier bike whizzing to your neighbour’s house, it might not be to just deliver a pizza.Dwindling levels of sperm donors in the UK has forced the NHS to consider launching

Bloodrunners - the real thing
By Tim Skilton on 29/12/2007 16:34:36
Lancashire volunteers to transport emergency blood by bike

VOLUNTEER MOTORCYCLISTS are to make a huge contribution to saving lives and money by delivering emergency supplies of blood to hospitals by bike, instead of using expensive taxis and couriers.Dave Sammons, 25, is heading up a North West version of a

Bad Boy No.1: Marco Lucchinelli
By Stuart Barker on 03/12/2010 12:46:40
The coke snorting champ: The story of Crazy Horse, the original Grand Prix rock star

Marco Lucchinelli was the closest thing to a rock star that motorcycle racing has ever had. The long hair, the excesses of drink and drugs, the beautiful women and fast cars, hell he even played at Italy’s massive San Remo Song Festival (think

10 Minutes with Phil Daniels
By Luke Ponsford on 30/03/2008 10:31:16
Best known for being the hero of legendary mod flick Quadrophenia,

about a group of three motorcycle couriers who decide to spend the weekend in Wales after picking up a load of marijuana which they're planning to bring back to a friend in London (played by Peter Bowles of To The Manor Born fame). Anyway, it doesn

Badger's Tails: Dan Walsh is missing something
By The Badger on 29/06/2007 18:34:11
Dan Walsh, intrepid explorer in search of DVLA recognition

.Apparently, Mr Walsh was spotted by one of Badger's moles at BMW's Off-Road school in Wales, on a measly L-plated 125. It seems the man that's circumnavigated the world on two wheels, worked as a courier and ridden more big bikes than you can shake a bottle

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