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Intensive care biker handed crash bill
By Visordown News on 24/09/2009 09:23:53
Injured biker slapped with £200 bill from Aberdeenshire Council
months later, he's had a bill from Aberdeenshire Council for £200 to make good the damage caused to the road when his bike caught fire.Ferguson said: "I was completely shocked. I phoned my insurance company and sent them a copy of the letter. The accident
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Tax bill tortures Piaggio's profits
By Roger Willis on 17/03/2008 11:11:38
£33.5million tax bill slaughters company's profit margin, despite and increase in sales and revenue
NET PROFIT dropped sharply at Piaggio, Europe’s largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer, in 2007 despite growing sales - thanks to an eye-bleedingly big tax bill.Piaggio’s sales revenue in 2007 grew by 5.3 per cent to £1.3bn with a 2.4 per cent
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Biker gives £950 repair bill for bike to council
By Visordown News on 14/05/2008 11:20:38
Poor road surfaces caused me to crash, claims biker
ALLEN JENKINSON has issued his local council with a £950 repair bill after claiming that his motorcycle was damaged by a pothole. Jenkinson 58, came off his GSX-R not far from his home on Lipscomb Street in Milnsbridge last October. He claims
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Bill Gates invests in 2-stroke engine tech
By Visordown News on 14/07/2010 18:05:00
The King of Geeks backs company that could see a return to reliable and efficient two-stroke power
BILL GATES has joined the list of technology big hitters who are investing in green technology.Gates and Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla have jointly invested £23.5 million into Detroit-based firm EcoMotors who are developing a two
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Rally your MP to sign against Off-Road Bill
By Visordown News on 15/05/2007 10:25:51
Visordown's leading the campaign against ludicrous bill
VISORDOWN is backing the campaign to lobby your MP to vote against a new Off-Road Vehicles (registrations) Private Members Bill, that the motorcycle industry as a whole believes will have limited or no effect on the mini-bike problem. Graham
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Off-Road Bill Off-target say BMF
By Visordown News on 02/04/2007 12:13:02
BMF keeps pressure on government over pointless bill
A Private Members Bill requiring that all motorcycles of all types to be registered and display a number plate, even if they are only ever used on the race track or are museum pieces, is a pointless exercise say the BMF. The Bill tabled by Graham
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Off-Road registration bill is withdrawn
By Visordown News on 11/07/2007 17:38:15
No more threat to register your race bike or off-roader
THE MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY (MCI) has welcomed the withdrawal of the Off Road (Vehicles) Registration Bill. This was a Private Members Bill, proposed by Graham Stringer MP, which although designed to tackle illegal and nuisance motorcycling in public
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Anti-biker bill voted into US law
By Visordown News on 17/03/2008 13:55:08
New law gives police power confiscate vehicles and suspend licences for up to 10 years and also dish out jail terms
AN anti-biker bill has been voted into Florida law after State Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera took a ride-along with local police last November.The law comes into effect on October 1st, 2008 and will allow police to confiscate a motor vehicle
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Video: Bill Davidson introduces the Harley-Davidso
By Visordown News on 20/08/2007 13:33:09
One of the new bikes from Harley-Davidson's 2008 range
YouTube VideoERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.TWO's Grant Leonard went on the 2008 Harley-Davidson launch and caught up with Bill Davidson, the great grandson of the founder of Harley
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Harley owner unhappy with £2400 repair bill
By Visordown News on 28/09/2009 09:41:32
Dyna Street Bob owner furious as engine expires after just 8400 miles
A SCOTTISH MOTORCYCLIST has been slapped with a £2400 engine repair bill for his two-year-old, 8400-mile Harley-Davidson.David Steel, 46, took his bike to a local dealer after discovering it had low oil pressure. Further inspection revealed the bike
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