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Hit-Air airbag jacket - just arrived, not yet deployed
By Ben Cope on 21/08/2009 15:46:55
Airbag technology is becoming more mainstream - we check out this new waistcoat from HitAir
the front is a gas cannister which is triggered by the cable you attach to your bike which, given a hard tug, will deploy.I know several companies that have spent years developing this type of technology and if you watch MotoGP you'll have seen Lorenzo
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Another diesel bike confirmed
By Visordown News on 12/05/2011 15:01:24
The 670cc diesel Altius Scimitar
, with several firms working on just such machines. As well as Indian stalwarts Bajaj and Enfield, both reckoned to be developing new diesels, a new firm, Altius Automotive Technologies, is getting in on the game.It's done a deal with long-time diesel bike maker
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Future BMWs go on show
By Visordown News on 21/04/2009 08:57:57
Design a motorcycle and win money in this new online competition
Are you a bike designer of the future?BMW ARE sponsoring an online competition to find the bike designer of the future. The British-based project says they are 'working closely together with the BMW Motorrad department of product development
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First Look: Kickboxer motorcycle concept
By Visordown News on 28/10/2009 08:11:42
What you get when you cross a Subaru car engine with a wild imagination
YOU'RE LOOKING AT a Subaru-engined concept bike conjured up using the latest computer generated design technology.The machine is the work of design student Ian McElroy and features a host of innovative, whacky ideas based around Subaru's legendary
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CRP Racing unveils new zero emission racer
By Visordown News on 14/01/2010 08:57:59
TTXGP use only: not for use in FIM ePower series
ITALIAN manufacturer CRP Racing unveiled their new eCRP 1.0 zero-emission racer yesterday at the 4th Annual Cleaner Racing Conference - pledging sole support for the TTXGP.Lord Drayson, UK Minister of Science and Technology, whipped the covers off
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First Look: 2011 Honda Mid Concept scooter
By Visordown News on 03/11/2010 10:44:02
Will this really “reinvent the way we look at two wheeled travel”?
HONDA HAS unveiled the company's new Mid Concept scooter at this year's Milan Motorcycle Show. The company says the machine will “reinvent the way we look at two wheeled travel”, claiming to combine "innovative thinking and new technology to create
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Class of '75: 750cc two strokes
By Simon Bowen on 09/09/2009 17:49:16
The mid ‘70s was a time of contradiction and mayhem: Giant 2-strokes despite the fuel crisis, legends based on notoriety, little or no consideration for health and safety and the emphasis based purely on thrills. Happy days...
buyers of both 2 and 4-stroke bikes.The perfect solution, as far as Suzuki was concerned, would be to take smelly 2-stroke technology on to the next level. Water-cooling would show the world that not only is there life in the screamers, but a future
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2009 Yamaha R1 - Niall Mackenzie's big bang launch review
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2010 17:15:46
The Yamaha R1 promises to be a genuine breakthrough, making use of a crossplane crankshaft developed in MotoGP to deliver smooth, even power. Will this radical new technology put the R1 ahead of Honda’s awesome current-generation Fireblade?
to touch it at the NEC bike show, but no one could have anticipated the amazing riding experience Yamaha had in store.Manufacturers are always keen to tell us we are riding around on sports bikes full of technology developed from MotoGP racing. Sometimes we
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SCOOP: Honda VFR1200T - more details emerge
By Visordown News on 04/06/2010 15:01:13
VFR1200F-based tourer to go on show later this year
THE NEW VFR1200T tourer will appear at shows later this year, and Visordown has the latest drawings of the VFR1200F-based technology-ladened machine.As well as the semi-auto gearbox that's optional on the VFR1200F, the touring version will gain
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Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Replica revealed
By Visordown News on 10/05/2010 14:37:47
Technology-ladened WSB racer goes on sale for 50,000 euros
as you can get to the RSV4 that Max rides on the track in World Superbike. In this project, which was developed in parallel to our re-entry into SBK, we poured out all of our knowledge and years of experience on tracks all over the world. This is the bike
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