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Roofs on bikes. Why?
By Visordown News on 09/01/2012 14:04:37
Lit C1 car-bike hybrid
BIKES don't have roofs. They don't have roll bars or crumple-zones either. But for some reason there seems to be a never-ending supply of inventors out there with grand schemes to revolutionise motorcycling by adding some car DNA to bikes.The latest
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Boxx Corp's suitcase bike launched
By Visordown News on 09/12/2011 14:16:52
Oddball bike finally surfaces
WE'VE been avidly following the progress of Boxx Corp's suitcase-style bike from its original patent and now the finished product has been released.The electric bike is just a metre long and has a top speed of between 28 to 35mph with a battery
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Binmen mistake bike for rubbish
By Visordown News on 17/10/2012 11:11:00
A North Carolina man finds his bike gone - but not in quite the way you'd expect...
IN A BIZARRE turn of events, Joseph Morning came out of his house to discover that his bike had been collected by binmen.After some investigation, Joseph discovered that a crew with the City of Roanoke Rapids Waste Services had picked up his sports
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Making Captain America's bike
By Visordown News on 28/07/2011 09:28:55
How Harley made the Cross Bones look like a replica WW2-spec bike
HARLEY-DAVIDSON has converted its modern (loosely-speaking) Cross Bones into a replica WW2-spec Harley for the new Captain America movie.And it looks like it's not the only bike in the film – check out this “making of” video to see more.
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Goodwood: Festival Of Speed - Classic Bikes
By Visordown News on 23/06/2007 12:59:00
Image gallery of classic bike shots from the FOS
GOODWOOD has on display some of the world's greatest racebikes, many have won world titles in the hands of racing legends. But unlike most museum pieces you'll hear the bikes start, run and sometimes crash at Goodwood!Hugo Wilson...a Classic Bike
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Teaser: Buell's new road bike
By Visordown News on 08/02/2011 09:26:11
New road bike will be in production later this year
BUELL – in the form of Erik Buell Racing – is making a return to road bikes production this year with its 1190RS, and the firm has posted this sneak preview of the bike on its Facebook page.In a complicated saga that saw Harley-Davidson, as owners
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BMW iBikes in the pipeline
By Visordown News on 22/02/2011 12:31:36
Zero emission bikes are cars and closer to production
BMW has announced that it's long-running “Project i” will become a standalone brand simply called i.The idea is that anything carrying the “i” name will be low or zero emissions, and designed for urban use.In the immediate future, the firm plans to launch two cars under the banne...
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What? A lightweight electric bike?
By Visordown News on 04/05/2011 09:02:30
Electric bike with the power-to-weight ratio to match to a 250GP bike
them into an aerodynamic package?”Powered by a pair of Agni 95R motors (the power units of choice in electric bike racing), the P1 is a good start but Uhlarik intends to get the second prototype – aptly called the P2 – down to just 125kg, giving a power
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All the bikes from the Milan show
By Visordown News on 09/11/2011 12:27:09
The new bikes and highlights from this year's EICMA motorcycle show
1090SYMMaxSym maxi scootersTRIUMPHSpeed Triple RTiger Explorer 1200YAMAHAT-MaxVOLTABCN City and Sport electric bikesHIGHLIGHTSRossi's prototype AGV helmetMilan girls gallery: part 1, part 2, part 3Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R600 specialLeast cool bikes
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Electric bike beats petrol rivals
By Visordown News on 10/01/2011 11:27:39
Single-gear bike, based around a Suzuki GSX-R750 takes on 1000cc superbikes
EXCLUDED FROM racing against similar electric machines thanks to newly-introduced weight limits, American electric bike racer Chip Yates has put his 194bhp machine up against a grid full of 1000cc petrol-powered bikes. And ended up on the podium
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