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No jail for 153mph biker
By Visordown News on 15/10/2010 10:01:04
Suspended prison sentence, 30-month ban and community service for speeding biker, as top cop pledges to stamp out reckless riding
A SPEEDING BIKER clocked at 153mph by Police on a busy bank holiday has escaped jail after pleading guilty to the offence at Dolgellau Magistrates Court, Wales.Andrew Darren Jones, 37, was nabbed by a cop on an unmarked motorcycle while speeding
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Barbie and Ken get biker makeover
By Visordown News on 15/02/2010 13:12:24
Piercings, tattoos - it's a far cry from good old Action Man and Sindy
Harley-Davidson endorsed couple now come complete with biker gear, tattoos and even piercings (a Prince Albert, perhaps?). It makes you wonder what Mattel, the company behind the plastic duo, has next in the pipeline.Maybe they'll have a model
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Caption That! The Hairy Bikers
By Caption That! on 28/07/2008 13:54:04
You don't need to be a member to take part in this week's caption competition. Have a go!
Dave Myers and Si King - aka The Hairy Bikers - with another biker at a charity egg run. What's going on? It's over to you. Get those warped minds in action and let the captions commence!
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Trackday biker dies at Snetterton
By Visordown News on 01/08/2008 14:43:20
Three bike incident leaves one dead and two injured at Norfolk circuit
A BIKER attending a Hottrax trackday has died following a three-bike incident in a morning session.The biker, who has yet to be named, was involved in a crash in the novice group. Police have confirmed that the accident happened at 9:45am. The two
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Biker killed by flying pheasant
By Visordown News on 03/11/2008 09:19:56
Preston Coroner records verdict of accidental death
AN INQUEST into a fatal motorcycle accident has heard how a biker lost control of his machine after colliding with a pheasant. Ian Bottomley, 52, died as a result of swerving into an embankment after a flying pheasant hit his crash helmet
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Biker-friendly central reservation
By Ben Cope on 11/08/2009 12:26:43
Spanish company design new central reservation that aims to lower threat to bikers
THIS CENTRAL reservation barrier could limit injuries and deaths to bikers if it were introduced in the UK.Developed by two Spanish companies, the barrier is designed to mount onto an existing central reservation.Instead of leaving the normal
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Police biker killed near Bristol
By Visordown News on 10/08/2007 14:47:01
SMIDSY crash kills 41-year old biker police officer
A POLICEMAN from the Avon and Somerset police force was killed while riding his motorbike to work near Biddestone, just outside Chippenham.The policeman, Pc Andy Gough, 41, worked at Filton police station, near Bristol. The accident happened on the A420 after he collided with a V...
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No numberplate wheelie biker nicked by GATSO
By Visordown News on 15/05/2007 10:03:15
Oxfordshire biker busted for fly-by GATSO stunts
'.When the Oxfordshire police processed the pictures, the camera operators were amazed to see the biker getting away with his stunt because he'd removed his number plate and therefore he couldn't be held to account.The GATSO image above was taken on the A4074 in Nuneham
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Biker hits wheelbarrow on A13
By Aneka Chohan on 28/09/2010 12:24:14
Biker narrowly avoids death after his bike hit a wheelbarrow
A MOTORCYCLIST LUCKILY escaped death after his bike collided with a wheelbarrow. Andrew Farmer, 52, from Shoebury, was travelling on his blue Honda motorcycle on the A13, near Orsett, on September 14 at 7am and went to overtake a vehicle in front of him.As soon as he pulled out, ...
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WTF! Hairy Biker crisps?
By Visordown News on 15/09/2010 15:13:51
Is there no end to this pair's self-promotion skills?
JUST POPPED into town for an over-scheduled lunch break and spotted these bad boys poking out from the shelves in Waitrose.No, it's not an illusion: the infamous Hairy Bikers are now sticking their bearded fizzogs on some top-end crisps
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