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Video: Rossi rides Silverstone - on a road 1198
By Visordown News on 18/05/2011 09:07:22
Valentino Rossi on a road-spec Ducati 1198
over a road-going Ducati 1198, complete with licence plate and mirrors, for Rossi to continue acclimatising himself with the circuit layout - and no doubt boosting the sale value of the Ducati in the process. Getting in some laps was the perfect
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Toyota i-Road: a third way?
By Visordown News on 05/03/2013 10:03:31
Toyota's new electric commuter unveiled
looking for the advantages of a motorcycle with none of the disadvantages - quite a claim. The i-Road is just 85cm wide, not much more than a conventional scooter or bike which should allow the driver to move through traffic. The enclosed body allows
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Discuss: This isn't a great road
By Ben Cope on 16/07/2012 09:17:13
Are roads like these what dreams are made of?
I'm here to try and crush a stereotype; the road pictured here is not a good road.It's the kind of image that gets shared by bikers who fawn over its postcard-perfect switchback bends. The comments that flood under pictures like these are all
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A road-going jet ski motorcycle?
By Visordown News on 27/07/2011 16:30:23
Water bike patent could become reality
machine with just two wheels. On road it leans like a bike, and on the water both wheels retract upwards to leave a clean hull.From the diagrams it doesn't look like there will be much cornering clearance, but in a world where millionaires are always
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Road Test: I am not a number
By Bertie Simmonds on 19/04/2008 22:21:20
If only bikes were available on prescription to combat the misery of the Great British Winter
and snapper Jason Critchell, are already fed-up of the ravages of the coming winter, and so decide to head south. Our plans are soon scuppered though when Alex tells us to pack our passports away and dig out a map of Wales.So now it's pissing down with rain
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Win a free day at BMW's Off-Road school
By Visordown News on 19/07/2007 14:28:28
Bridgestone and BMW team up to offer fantastic prize
FANCY A free day at the BMW Off-Road School? Thought so!Bridgestone are launching their new 'Battle Wing 501-502' tyre and are offering one lucky winner and a friend the chance to win a BMW Off-Road Skills Level 1 course on the 8th to 9th
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Get £50 off a BMW Off-Road Skills course
By Visordown News on 19/07/2010 12:18:48
Be quick! Offer ends soon
BMW Off Road Skills is offering a £50 discount on any Level 1-3 course booked between Monday 19 July and Friday 23 July to help promote National Motorcycle Week.The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA)-supported National Motorcycle Week runs from
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Ben Spies and Colin Edwards go on a road trip
By Visordown News on 25/03/2010 07:53:32
Another attempt at video comedy from Yamaha - this one works!
COMPARED TO YAMAHA'S previous lame efforts at humour, this clip, starring Tech 3 MotoGP boys Ben Spies and Colin Edwards, is actually pretty bloody funny.Shot as a comedy road trip, the film follows the two racers as they take-off on a male bonding
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Motorcycle road deaths higher than a decade ago
By Tim Skilton on 02/01/2008 08:19:14
North East casualties rise by 54%
ACCORDING TO recently released Government casualty figures, the number of motorcycle casualties on Britain's roads are higher than they were a decade ago. Bike casualties in 2006 in Britain totalled 23,326 compared with 23,133 in 1996. The figures
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Honda UK: We have no plans to build a V5 road bike
By Visordown News on 07/08/2008 09:08:23
Honda UK's General Manager for motorcycles quashes MCN's front cover fantasy of V5 VFR1000 road bike
's General Manager for motorcycles, Steve Martindale, said: "Neither Honda UK or Honda Europe have any plans in the pipeline for a V5-based VFR road bike." Mmmm, interesting. Which means MCN's 'world exclusive pictures' (a.k.a. computer-generated images) of a
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