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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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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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Tron Legacy movie trailer - impressive
By Visordown News on 27/07/2009 16:42:22
A tasty taster of what's to come on the much-anticipated Tron sequel
HERE'S SOME awesome HD footage from the new movie 'Tron Legacy'.Powerslides, wheelies, jumps: it's all a far cry from the original 1980s classic.Expect the new movie at screens near you sometime next year.To all that have asked:Jack Sh
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Honda release new HRC Fireblade paintjob
By Visordown News on 26/06/2008 09:33:13
Old-style paint scheme and minor detail touches give new Blade less weight and sharper look
Tasty, in a 1980s sort of wayHONDA HAS released the first pictures of a limited edition Fireblade in traditional HRC colours as a tribute to the factory’s racing arm.Called the NBC1000RR, the bike is already available in Japan. As well
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