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K-Tech setup day: 52 bikers served!
By Ben Cope on 20/09/2011 13:31:47
You could call it 'a rebounding success'
48 bikes were booked in for the first K-Tech suspension setup day but in the end the guys managed to squeeze in 52 in total after a few opportunists (good on ya!) turned up to see what was going on.Despite the typically Derby-ish looking weather, the rain held off and the guys go...
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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
’m fairly bored.“Sometimes we get whole nights without a call and sometimes we’re flat out,” explains John Mason, the SERV (Service by Emergency Volunteers) volunteer who agreed to let me follow him tonight. “If there’s a big accident on the motorway it can
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Free copies of TWO and Visordown magazine
By Ben Cope on 02/11/2011 13:52:53
First come, first served
We're having a bit of a Spring (eh?) clean here at Visordown HQ and we've got boxes of back issues that need a new home. There are over 200 magazines in total, dating back to the year 2000. From whole years in binders to boxes of one issue. You could make a bob or two by selling ...
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WSB: Haga blitzes the opposition in Race 1
By Visordown News on 10/09/2007 10:26:18
Nitro Nori serves up a speciality in Germany
A DETERMINED Noriyuki Haga destroyed the opposition in race one of round 11's World Superbike Championship at the Eurospeedway in Germany.Bayliss took the early lead, carving out a 3 second advantage in just five laps, but the hard-charging Aussie suffered with fading grip from h...
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All seven accused jailed over M40 murder
By Visordown News on 28/11/2008 12:44:29
"Expect to serve minimum terms of between 25 and 30 years" says judge
in August 2007. Mr Justice Treacy told the defendants they would each serve minimum terms of between 25 and 30 years."A totally innocent man was executed with a firearm in broad daylight on a busy motorway for no reason other than that he belonged to a
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Ben's Pies heads for the MotoGP paddock
By Ben Cope on 28/10/2009 14:13:57
World-beating catering van serves its last meat-based snack to the World Superbike paddock
Ben's Pies, the award-winning catering van that supplies the paddock with meat-based pies for breakfast lunch and dinner, has switched off the gas-burner in the World Superbike paddock for the last time, as they pack up and head for MotoGP.Ben's Pies need to up their game in the ...
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Ride with Sylvain Guintoli at Brands for free
By Visordown News on 29/04/2009 13:36:33
You heard it on Visordown before anywhere else. First come first served, so be quick.
, which saw such exciting action at the recent British Superbike round, with Metzeler shod action from the Superstock 1000 and 600 classes.Places are limited to a first-come first-served basis for Metzeler entries, which must be completed via http
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First Ride: 2005 Suzuki Bandit 650-650S
By Jon Urry on 31/03/2008 22:37:42
Suzuki's trusty Bandit has swollen in capacity for 2005, but is this enough to put the planet's longest-serving middleweight back in the frame?
Sitting in the press briefing room at the launch of the Bandit 650 I got the feeling the Suzuki bods were struggling through the technical description of their new bike.There was nothing wrong with their grasp of the English language, it's just that the new Bandit isn't a hell of...
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First Ride: 2006 Harley-Davidson Street Glide
By Simon Bowen on 20/09/2010 14:15:11
In a bid to leave no touring cruiser micro-niche unfilled, Harley-Davidson serves up an Electra Glide with a twist
AS PART OF Harley-Davidson's 2006 line-up of revised and new models, the FLHXI Street Glide sits somewhere in the middle. It's billed as a new model, though it's essentially a revised minimalist version of the Electra Glide. In fact, being brutally honest, it is just an Electra G...
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First Ride: Ducati 1098 review
By Niall Mackenzie on 02/04/2008 11:32:46
After the hype comes the reality. And for lucky Niall that reality is served on the silver platter that is Kyalami circuit in South Africa. And the verdict? Oh my word, are you ready for this?
It only happens once in a while but most of us instinctively know when a new bike has that special something and will be remembered for many years to come. With that in mind I'd like to introduce you to the latest creation from Bologna.Striking looks, stunning performance and tec...
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