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Discuss: Do 1000cc superbikes need traction control?
By Ben Cope on 21/06/2011 09:28:00
...or is it all in your wrist?
The 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 joins the growing list of 1000cc superbikes with traction control, but do we need it?Superbikes with traction control:Aprilia RSV4 APRC SEBMW S1000RRDucati 1198MV Agusta F4 1000Kawasaki ZX-10RClearly, it's a charge lead
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Discuss: Everyone wants a 750
By Visordown on 01/06/2010 11:29:00
1000cc is now too much and the 600s too track orientated, do we need to see a return of the 750s?
Not so long ago, people would hanker after a big, fast superbike - say an R1 or FireBlade - but know, deep down, it was going to be a bit much. So they'd opt for the softer, more useable 600cc alternative such as a CBR600 or R6.But things have changed. Sports 600s are now so focu...
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Discuss: What's harder to ride properly fast; 600 or a 1000?
By Visordown on 21/02/2010 14:44:00
Which is harder to ride properly fast, the crazy power of a 1000cc Superbike or the precision of a rev-hungry 600? We ask you, dear Visordown reader
On the road, an experienced rider will be quicker in most instances on the 1,000cc bike where he can use the power. An average rider will be quicker under certain circumstances on the bigger bike, but quicker in others on the smaller bike.FalcorobBoth are mentally fast, 500GP com...
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Are sportsbikes getting uglier? You decide.
By Visordown on 07/10/2010 17:13:51
Are the latest generation of 1,000cc sportsbikes the ugliest of the lot? look at the 2004 GSX-R, ZX-10R, R1 and Blade. weren’t they much prettier? Discuss...
We asked you, the Visordown audience, what you thought of the modern crop of sportsbikes. Have they lost their way? Are they being beaten by a big Japanese ugly stick or do they hold looks that we'll treasure in the future? Here's what you had to say:I think the Italian bikes loo...
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Four-stroke GP retrospective
By Visordown on 16/09/2010 09:53:15
MotoGP is about to see another change with a move to a 1000cc engine limit, this change is seen with excitement. Here we look back at the trepidation of the four-stroke GP before the class changed in 2002
were downgraded to 800s. What took precedent in the MotoGP class since the decrease is engine capacity and increase in rider aids has been a monotonous spectacle.Unlike the excitement of the incoming move to 1000cc for 2012 the motorcycling world were
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Bridgestone BT-002 review
By Jon Urry on 15/10/2006 10:17:52
Bridgestone launches its new Racing Street tyres - road-legal rubber aimed predominantly at track day riders in search of serious grip
clutch and a lack of weight on it due to braking. Hardly anything to do with the tyres.On a 1000cc bike they impressed further. No slides and enough grip to scrape bits safely on some very oddly cambered corners. Braking hard for a chicane the bike
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The Grass Roots of Grass Track
By Mark Graham on 20/09/2010 15:56:13
Tearing a groove in to a field with an adventure in the world of grass track racing
's tones subside, the bark of 500cc singles and 1000cc fours tears into the chill air of deep, rural Hampshire.This is grass track racing: mud, methanol and as mixed a bag of spectators and competitors as you're ever likely to see - anywhere. From grizzled
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Kings of Cornering: Part Five
By mark forsyth on 11/08/2011 11:29:26
GSX-R600. Balance of power
allow you to push and push with your braking markers and levels of trail braking to the point where you find yourself in disbelief at what you can get away with.If you’re into track days, forget 1000cc sports bikes – they just make you lazy - the GSXR
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10 things to look forward to in 2012
By Ben Cope on 15/12/2011 16:45:26
Read this, then go and hibernate for a few months
1. 1000cc MotoGPSure, any year has to be better than the one we've just had, what with the loss of Marco Simoncelli, thin grids and an off-form Valentino. When GPs switched from 990 to 800, everyone knew it was going to be a bad step and let's face
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The Pioneer Motorcycle Run
By Colin Goodwin on 14/10/2010 13:18:06
Toodle pip and chocks away, Ginger! Visordown's off on the oldest classic bike run in Blighty. Hurrah! Don't spare the horses, and last one home's a rotten egg
nice collection of bikes which he is always looking for excuses to ride.Today he's riding his 1913 Flying Merkel. It is the most remarkable machine. He bought the 1000cc V-twin from stuntman Bud Ekins (the bloke who did that jump in The Great Escape
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