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Fancy a slice of 1980s Yamaha 500GP action?
By Visordown News on 28/06/2010 11:58:54
How badly do we want this two-stroke 500cc beauty?
LIVE OUT your childhood 500GP fantasies with this achingly beautiful 1981 Yamaha TZ500H racer.Fresh from a full restoration completed by former top 500 GP mechanic Nigel Everett, the 498cc inline four has been finished in classic Kenny Roberts black-yellow-white speedblock colour...
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Tougher than Leather - 80's MXers
By Visordown on 06/05/2010 15:06:00
In the 1980s the hardest Grand Prix racers in the world were the works motocross riders. Their 500cc open-class bikes were savage and virtually uncontrollable by normal people, while the riders themselves were a breed apart
Certain sports are derived not only from man’s competitive spirit, but from a necessity to feel scared. Really scared. And in the early 1980s, there was no machine more terrifying than an open-class motocross bike. Trapped between a need for maximum
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VIDEO: Bloodrunners - Part Two
By Visordown News on 24/08/2009 21:18:28
The second instalment from the cult 1980's movie
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VIDEO: Bloodrunners - Part Four
By Visordown News on 24/08/2009 21:25:19
The last instalment from the 1980's classic
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VIDEO: Bloodrunners - Part One
By Visordown News on 24/08/2009 12:39:35
A classic: video interpretation of the cult 1980's comic strip hero
THIS IS the first episode of the classic 1980s video 'Bloodrunners' - the epic video that was a driving force behind the UK streetfighter/stunt scene.The film's based on a fictitous organ donor courier business and features stunts by Geordie legend
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Marvel at the beautiful Honda RC30
By Robin Goodwin on 17/06/2010 16:18:28
Watch this promotion film from the 1980s of the Honda's legendary RC30
The Honda RC30 is without a doubt the most beautiful bike ever conceived, and this promotional video solidifies the motorcycle artwork with the technical process it takes to build the VFR750R. The slow motion footage of the road machine alongside its HRC race counterpart further ...
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Bunnymen keyboardist killed in motorcycle crash
By Visordown News on 04/09/2009 08:16:09
1980s pop band suffers second bike-related fatality in 20 years
THE KEYBOARDIST from 1980s pop band Echo & The Bunnymen has been killed in a motorcycle accident on the Isle of Man.Jake Brockman, 53, a noted biking enthusiast, crashed his motorcycle on Tuesday night, while riding in the Isle of Man. He
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Pic special: Freddie Spencer's World Championship bikes go up for sale
By Visordown News on 11/03/2010 10:52:12
Fancy a serious piece of 1980s two-stroke Grand Prix history? They don't come better than this
FREDDIE SPENCER'S championship-winning Honda NS500 and NSR250 have gone up for sale for an undisclosed amount in the United States.The machines helped Spencer secure two world titles: the 1983 500cc crown, when Spencer was just 21, and the 1985 250cc title - the '85 was the same ...
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First Person: Rex Smith
By Visordown on 29/11/2010 13:00:20
Rex Smith played Jesse mach in the 1980’s show STREET HAWK. For 13 episodes, he had every teenage bike-fan glued to the tv screen with his crime-busting antics...
I used to leave the film studios on the Street Hawk bike and go for a ride around town. I’d tell the boys to give me one of the bikes at lunch and I’d shoot off for a bit around downtown LA, just take it out for a ride, tell the guys I needed to get into character or some other b...
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Which era was the best?
By John Hogan on 29/11/2010 09:20:57
Everyone reckons their generation of biking was the best. From the 1960s when rockers ruled to the 1990s when Exups and Blades did battle on the roads, we ask the bikers who were there about the Golden Age
Rose-tinted spectacles have got a lot to answer for. Everything was great fifteen years ago and now it’s rubbish. This has undoubtedly got more to do with the fact we were all a decade younger ten years ago – more girls, less wrinkles, no worries – than any degradation of quality...
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