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Used Test: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
By Bertie Simmonds on 10/04/2008 19:17:39
Half elephant, half cyclops, but all-conquering when it came to the title of King of Speed in the late 1990s, the Hayabusa is still the yardstick for sheer velocity and a fantastic cult motorcycle.

The figures take some beating: 192mph, 157bhp, a quarter-mile in just 10 seconds and you could have all this for just a shade over £3,000. Suzuki's Hayabusa came on the scene in 1999 and the lumpy looks were for a reason: this bike was one of the first to be designed with a lot o...

I Love The 90s
By Stuart Barker on 04/11/2010 09:39:01
Choose a FireBlade. Choose a Ducati 916. Choose born-again bikers, track days, Mick Doohan and Carl Fogarty. Choose the 1990s.

. Choose Triumph, choose shell suits, choose alco-pops. Choose the 1990s.There are just as many reasons to forget the 1990s as there are to remember the decade but as far as bikes went, it was a pretty sensational ten years.Honda's FireBlade was launched

Yamaha unveil 2009 FJR1300
By Visordown News on 15/09/2008 17:47:53
New paint schemes and an uprated electronic clutch for Yamaha's sporting mile muncher

2009 FJR1300 - with a 1990's FJ1200 paint jobHERE IS the first shot of Yamaha's 2009 FJR1300 supersports tourer.Replete with a paint job similar to a 1990's FJ1200, the 2009 machine benefits from various cosmetic tweaks, as well as a refined

How to teach someone to ride a motorcycle (not)
By Visordown News on 02/03/2010 13:24:34
CBT Instructors look away now...

HERE'S A classic example of why CBT was introduced into the UK in the the eraly 1990sCheck this pair of monkeys: no safety gear, no proper instructions, using a big bike - it's the perfect recipe for a total cock-up.Sit back and watch what happens.

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

decided to fi nd out.Taking one character from each of the last four decades, we asked them why biking was best when they were 25 and in their prime. And somewhere in amongst all the misty-eyed memories there’s an answer.First up is the 1990s

Study: UK biking population doubles since mid 1990s
By Visordown News on 15/04/2010 09:19:32
UK bike economy buoyant, says MCI

THE NUMBER of licensed motorcycles in the UK has doubled since the mid 1990s, the Motorcycling Industry Association (MCI) has revealed.A survey, commissioned by the MCI, showed approximately 1.4 million motorcycles and 1.5 million motorcyclists

VIDEO: Mackenzie fires up his GP500 Yamaha
By Visordown News on 02/12/2008 08:56:46
Visordown's wee Scot blows the dust off his GP bike at the NEC Show

160bhp - 115kg - now that's a proper racebikeTWO STROKE fans sit back and enjoy this short clip of Visordown's Niall Mackenzie firing up his Yamaha France YZR500 Grand Prix machine.The bike was ridden by Niall in GP500s in the early 1990s but is now

BSB: Wright nudges closer to 100 BSB wins
By Visordown News on 20/07/2009 09:15:00
Colin Wright becomes the most successful race team manager of all time

started back in the mid 1990s and during that time he has employed big names like Terry Rymer and Gregorio Lavilla and developed young talent that went on to become multiple World Champions like Troy Bayliss, Neil Hodgson and James Toseland.Quite a CV

Mel Gibson to star in new biker movie
By Visordown News on 20/03/2008 09:08:21
Aussie/American stars in 'Under and Alone' - a film based on Mongols Motorcycle club

Crikey, he's aged a bit since the Mad Max daysCONTROVERSIAL movie star Mel Gibson is set to star in a new film based on the true story of Billy Queen — an undercover agent who infiltrated the Mongols Motorcycle Club in the late 1990s. During his

AA motorbike patrols back in Birmingham
By Visordown News on 31/07/2008 14:00:23
10 years after they were disbanded the Automobile Association is to use motorcycle patrols again

per cent of drivers on key routes in Birmingham are stuck in queues.AA motorbikes were phased out in Birmingham in the mid 1990s when vans were introduced.


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