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Meet The Mountain-Bike Motorcycle
By Visordown News on 27/11/2007 13:07:17
Crazy students slap Motocross engine in pushbike frame bicycle
The design conceptThe mountain bike frameThe finished articleTWO FRIENDS working on their degrees in Industrial Design have used their love of mountain biking and motorcycles to come up with this oh-so-funky motorcycle design. Called Project M85, the bike began life as a comparis...
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Oldest American motorcycle up for sale
By Visordown News on 16/04/2012 11:10:57
Looks more like a bicycle, but this was nirvana in 1903
POSSIBLY the oldest unrestored Indian motorcycle is soon to be auctioned.The 1903 Indian motorcycle originated from the world of velodrome bicycle racing and it was originally described as a motorized-bicycle. Despite its current state, this Indian
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Book of gods
By fatmencantfly on 09/10/2010 14:11:47
motorcycles, surfboards and bicycles from the house of Deus
There's no denying digital is impressive. HDTV is fantastic, digital photography has surpassed all expectations and dot com now gives more information than we'll ever need. When the decision was made to make Visordown a digital only brand a big hole appeared in my life. You see, ...
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Bikers to use Advanced Stop Lines?
By Visordown News on 22/08/2008 08:19:37
Government commission research into motorcycles using bicycle stop lines
)- at present only bicycles are permitted to use them. This research project aims to realise the implications of allowing such practice and will also help to inform new government guidance on this topic.The study will involve a three day video survey, beginning
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We've all been there.
By Ben Cope on 22/06/2010 15:39:30
Well, at least, I have.
Somehow, I think the parents set this one up. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.Stick at it little man, I've carved a career out of riding as badly as that.
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The Kenny Roberts electric (push) bike
By Ben Cope on 04/10/2011 08:11:56
Picycle gets KR branding, but why?
£5,800 - that's the cost of this KR limited edition Picycle.So what is it? It's an innovative push-bike that's also got battery power (for those steep hills or trips home from the pub). Designed in San Francisco, you can tell the team behind it are into motorcycles too as their P...
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Bimota's DB10 Bimotard
By Visordown News on 11/11/2011 12:46:41
Not just a Hypermotard in a new frock
WHAT do you get when you cross a Hypermotard with Bimota? A Bimotard, a Bimota DB10 Bimotard to be precise.One of the most surprising bikes of the show, the Bimotard is Bimota back to their best. After almost going to the wall a few years back, Bimota have found a new lease of li...
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Jet bike mentalist
By mark forsyth on 16/11/2010 11:50:46
Ear defenders a must have
Robert Maddox featured here a while back with his Pulse Jet-powered bicycle. Seems he's gone a step further this time and built a Pulse Jet bike with 250lb of thrust, no rear suspension, no front brake and a claimed 200mph top speed. We approve.
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Yamaha at the Tokyo Motor Show
By Visordown News on 01/12/2011 10:09:14
That's all, folks...
are neat touches.The Y125 Moegi, which looks like a bicycle but packs a 125cc single, is an interesting idea but clearly more a designer's showcase than a production possibility.Elsewhere there's an electric bicycle and an electric trike, and Yamaha has
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James Caviezel injured in motorbike crash
By Visordown News on 17/07/2009 09:49:29
Hollywood star knocked from machine by pushbike thrown by bystander
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR James Caviezel suffered minor injuries after a man hurled a bicycle into the path of his motorcycle. Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," was injured when the man, who's believed to have mental
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