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Kane Friesen 137mph world record stoppie
By Visordown News on 24/09/2009 10:52:00
American 'dude' smashes Gary Rothwell's long-standing stoppie record
CHECK THIS OUT: the world's fastest stoppie - set by American rider Kane Friesen he kept the back wheel up for 270 metres at 137mph.It's all impressive stuff, apart from the usual Americanisms.But there's no getting away from the fact that Friesen
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Stoppies for experts
By mark forsyth on 09/08/2010 12:00:20
The only way to dismount
Luc Besson's cult film, Taxi, features this clip at the start. It's an annoying end-edit (because it's an obvious edit) but it's still a nice idea...
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Whitham's reet good guide to doing a stoppie
By James Whitham on 22/04/2010 09:31:09
The fine art of taking a motorcycle near-vertical on its front wheel laid bare. Just don’t come blubbing to James when she goes over the top
Stoppies, while being as easy as wheelies, are much harder to save if it all starts to go wrong. Consequently, even after you know the theory of how to do one, you need more bottle and confidence to practice than you do to pop the odd wheelie
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Pizza delivery boy faceplant stoppie
By Visordown News on 07/04/2010 09:53:34
Priceless pizza car park prang
PIZZA DELIVERY RIDERS: Crap pay, long hours, working in all weathers. You can't blame them for having a bit of fun every once in a while, can you?Not sure I'd much fancy the contents of his delivery box now though.
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VIDEO: How not to do a stoppie
By Visordown News on 03/04/2009 07:51:57
The camera's rolling, he's looking cool - what could go wrong?
to show off in public then for God's sake practise somewhere else first.Watch as our intrepid dark-visored friend makes a complete arse of himself, in what looks like a poor attempt at a stoppie.The bike went a long way though, eh?
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Craig Jones sets new rolling stoppie record
By Visordown News on 29/11/2006 17:39:23
Another record smashed on another Buell at Donington
pretty extraordinary things." In 2003, Craig Jones set the world's longest solo stoppie record of 225 metres on his Buell and the very next year he beat his own record by reaching a staggering 266 metres on the Buell Firebolt. If bikes were sold purely
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It's alright lads, safe to do a stoppie here...
By Visordown News on 14/12/2007 09:39:40
What happens when you prat around on a bend
AMERICA, land of the free. Land of the hit-and-run driver more like. Be careful where you do your stoppie though, a blind bend might not be just the best place in the world to sharpen up those skills... http://www.yikers.com/video_suv_takes_out_stunting_biker.html
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ZX-9 engine in Bedford Rascal
By mark forsyth on 02/08/2011 12:04:45
And a massive stoppie
Obviously, all this makes perfect sense...
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Q: "What hurts?" A: "Everything f@cking hurts"
By Visordown News on 14/07/2010 15:09:19
Failed stoppie ends in pain
FALLING OFF'S never a nice experience, especially if you hurt yourself, so we feel for this poor sod following his failed stoppie.But check his mate's advice "come on buddy, move" followed by "don't move".Would you listen to the words of stunt rider
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Front wheel hopping on a 'Blade
By Robin Goodwin on 25/08/2010 10:15:24
Stunt rider pulling off a trials riding trick on a Honda Fireblade
In my youth I used to spend hours with my mates pulling stoppies on our mountain bikes and then proceeding to hop on the front wheel for as long as we could or replicating the tricks we'd see our trials heroes perform.But the idea of doing this on a
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