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2014 Suzuki GP bike redesigned
By Visordown News on 02/05/2013 09:16:35
New version of forthcoming comeback racer spotted in Japan
AMERICAN mag Cycle World has pictures of a redesigned version of the 2014 Suzuki MotoGP prototype on test at Motegi.It’s an updated version of the bike seen last year at the same track, with new bodywork, exhausts, a redesigned chassis and new
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Top 10 biking postcodes
By Visordown on 10/05/2013 13:33:53
Are you in one of Britain’s motorcycling hotspots?
EVER notice that some parts of the country seem to have a higher concentration of bikes than others? Does your area have a raging motorcycling culture or is it a barren wasteland of four-wheeled monotony?It turns out that bikes aren’t spread
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Waters: jumping bikes on track is 'weird'
By Visordown News on 30/04/2013 10:43:00
Australian BSB rider gets first taste of Cadwell Park
of this weekend's race at Oulton Park. Road racing pair William Dunlop and Conor Cummins also joined them on the track, testing the bike in preparation for their road racing season opener in May.Waters said: 'The track is so different to any of the others; to ride
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Buying countless tatty bikes. And that Marquez fella
By Niall Mackenzie on 10/05/2013 11:20:08
Mackenzie's got a terrible disease
hasn’t found a cure. He says he can’t stop collecting bikes and while I didn’t think I had a problem, last weekend he pointed out I should be careful as I’m starting to acquire bikes at an alarming rate.I wasn’t really worried about spending a modest
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Wolverine vs biker ninjas
By Sachin Rao on 29/04/2013 11:19:25
New X-Men trailer pits the claws vs baddies on bikes...
ME, I always have time to watch Wolverine slice through all manner of stuff with his on-demand adamantine claws. But in the (Japanese language) trailer for Marvel's upcoming The Wolverine, there's a hint of him slicing up ninjas. And not just run-of-the-mill ninjas, but motorbike...
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Discuss: What gives a motorcycle character?
By Ben Cope on 26/04/2013 11:26:07
Does a hand-crafted motorcycle always have it? Can Japanese motorcycles have it? Can a good bike have no character or is character the essential ingredient?
corners very well, is that part of its character? But if a Honda cruiser doesn't go around corners very well, is that just a bad bike?Is character a bike's look or heritage? Do the weird headlights on a 1150GS give it character or is it the unconventional
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Sales see no relief in April
By Visordown News on 09/05/2013 10:40:00
Though the downward graph ticked very marginally upward...
THE setting in of warmer weather brought negligible relief as the UK motorcycle market's decline continued, with 8.8% fewer bikes sold in April compared to the same month last year. Year-on-year new registrations for April fell from 9,318 units
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250cc Pulse Adrenaline announced
By Visordown News on 29/04/2013 17:19:57
Enters over-125cc market with £2k version of its Adrenaline
LLEXETER, the Devon-based company that sells Chinese bikes under the Lexmoto and Pulse brands, has taken its first step away from its traditional learner-bike segment by announcing a 250cc version of its Pulse Adrenaline supermoto-style bike
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KTM 1290 Super Duke nears production
By Visordown News on 01/05/2013 14:59:12
Is this the closest thing yet to a final version?
THERE’S no doubting the fact that KTM will make a production version of the 1290 Super Duke concept bike it showed last year – the big question is how close the showroom machine will be to that concept.And if this image is anything to go by
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About-turn for Mission Motors
By Visordown News on 08/05/2013 12:07:37
Cancelled electric superbike project reborn
to concentrate on developing electric drive technology for other firms instead of going into production.The electric bike – the Mission R – continued to develop as a rolling demonstrator of the technology, transforming from a hefty-looking, comic
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