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Man fined for taking his dog for a ride
By Visordown News on 11/11/2011 16:12:59
...dog not impressed
A NEW JERSEY man has pleaded guilty to an unsafe driving charge after riding to work with his dog on his motorcycle's tank.Gyula Szatmari, 56, was charged initially with transporting a dog in a cruel and inhumane manner as he was driving down a road
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MotoGP: Hayden happy with Ducati switch
By Visordown News on 28/10/2008 09:23:37
'I'm not ready to hang myself yet!' says former World Champion
´m not sure what they pay Casey, but it´s not enough! They need to double it because the bike is a bit of an animal. I really want it to work. I want it to work so bad that it´s scary, and we´re up for it."And what a paint job. No one can say Ducati haven
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Hipsters: How not to live your life
By mark forsyth on 07/02/2011 15:38:54
The embarrassing world of trying to be cool
proportional, inverse effect. That's why I love this animation - it cuts straight to the chase. It may be aimed at American Hipsters but the satirical currency is the same...
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Jet and Rent: Mexico by motorcycle
By John Cantlie on 21/10/2010 16:33:13
Want to see Mexico by motorcycle. Well it's easy, really it is. We did it
City other than my American chum Landers Sevier and I left it very quickly on our brace of BMW 650s. Picking up the road south to Cuernavaca, from there we wheeled south-east on Route 160 towards Oaxaca (pronounced Wah-hakka). And for the next seven
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First Ride: 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000R launch test review
By James Whitham on 04/08/2010 09:55:20
Visordown’s Chief road tester is former World Supersport star and all-round top chap James Whitham. MV Agusta generously allows him to sample the new F4. Is he a happy chappy? Or utterly disgusted with Agusta? Find out
the bike performed. It’s all well and good producing a motorcycle work of art if you work for American Chopper, but in the one litre sports bike category, if it don’t perform, the looks are irrelevant.Morton explained that although every angle and view
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Cold Play - Staying in
By Visordown Team on 20/10/2007 18:46:04
The team get together for a long night of beers, pizzas and DVDs to review what's hot on the box
credits then jump straight to the end for Steve McQueen's two-wheeled bid for freedom on a half-inched Nazi Beemer (actually a Triumph in disguise). Pure class. 9/10.8.20 Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave. Stop-motion Plasticine animation at its finest
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Top 10 least conventional production motorcycles
By Visordown on 11/03/2013 10:02:00
A salute to the manufacturers who dared to be different
IT’S not uncommon to hear the criticism that bikes are lacking in variety. Compare a ZX-10R and a BMW S1000RR and you’ll spot so many similarities of design it’s like the two were separated at birth.To be fair, it’s to be expected. Just as animals
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American Muscle - Yamaha V-Max
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2009 17:39:26
In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?
hands on a good condition used model is a nightmare. Not so with the Vmax. A call to DK Motorcycles in Stoke and sales manager Garry Mackay surprised me by saying he had just registered a brand new Vmax on a 2008 plate and had some excellent second hand
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