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Euro Exotica - BMW S1000RR, Ducati 1098 Bayliss, Aprilia RSV4 Factory and MV Agusta F4
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 16:20:19
A warm, dry Mallory Park Focused Events track day, James Whitham, the four best bikes produced in Europe and a data logger. Let’s get busy…
replica Ducati 1098 and the elegantly packaged MV Agusta F4 all being thrashed around the Mallory Park.For proof the bikes were given a thrashing watch the onboard laps around the Mallory Park circuit courtesy of Mark Forsyth on board the BMW S1000RR
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The trickiest PR job in motorcycling?
By mark forsyth on 17/05/2011 13:40:47
Improving the public perception of Australian outlaws
Public Relations is a funny old business involving much grinning and befriending, a few puffs of smoke and plenty of mirrors.Not sure any of that is going to cut the mustard here, though.Good luck nervous-looking PR lady!
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Carl Fogarty Interview - Visordown Issue 5
By Mark Forsyth on 01/12/2009 13:17:07
What's he been up to? Will Toseland win WSB? What's this about a Porsche 911 Turbo?
's still supstitious.What are you up to?Busy year, really. It’s been a bit quiet for the last two years, my choice really. It’s ten ears since I last raced. Me, Mike Hailwood, and Barry Sheene became household names and it took a while before Barry
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Live from the 2011 Suzuki GSX-R600 launch
By Mark Forsyth on 15/12/2010 09:39:46
I'm at the launch of the GSX-R in Almeria and, well, the sun's out...
it hard not to.We had a full debrief last night and the new GSX-R six may not look much different but they've been busy. Big piston front forks, Brembo monoblock calipers, engine twizzled through three degrees to allow a shorter wheelbase, wider bars
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Used Review: Arlen Ness G6037 Gloves
By Mark Forsyth on 01/01/2010 11:40:49
Used product showcase from Visordown
I love these gloves. I haven’t fallen off in them yet but I just know they’re going to do the business when I do.They enjoy the catchy name of G6037. If they were called Barry, or Wayne or something we might have more chance of remembering but G6037
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MPG or BHP?
By mark forsyth on 05/01/2012 11:45:42
Craig Vetter wants better economy. And grocery space
If you were a child of the seventies, you may remember Craig Vetter’s name from his previous work as a stylist (Triumph Hurricane) or his huge fairing business, Vetter Fairings. Since then, the 69 year-old industrial designer has become obsessed
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Enigma Variations
By mark forsyth on 14/03/2012 14:46:19
Journalist's project bike makes progress, shocker
ahead at a healthy velocity. Jim has also been fairly busy whoring the bike around various publications. Shameful behaviour.Here's what he has to say...' Hi Mark, in addition to not smoking (five years next week) I’ve also cut back to nearly zero
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Donington Park - worth £75m as housing development
By mark forsyth on 03/09/2010 16:27:01
Kevin Wheatcroft tells it like it is...
the venue and we may be using their services in the future. They helped us get ready and to get our licences from the governing bodies.’‘As a family we were in the construction business but recently we’ve been leasing out shops and factories which has given
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Turn your son into the next Stoner
By Mark Forsyth on 19/04/2010 12:56:31
You like bikes and you’ve got kids – but what do you do if they show talent on two wheels? Here’s our invaluable guide to propelling your offspring to racing’s elite stratosphere
and subsequent successful business transactions were obviously not the calculated actions of someone ‘as thick as pig shit.’ But how did the prepubescent Doohan go from a normal kid messing around on a field bike into the most fearsome racer Grands Prix have ever
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Interview: Norton CEO, Stuart Garner
By mark forsyth on 23/04/2012 16:08:12
Norton back at the Isle of Man TT
Norton announced last week that they're retuning to racing at the 2012 Isle of Man TT. Mark Forsyth grabbed Norton CEO Stuart Garner at the Isle of Man TT launch event to find out what the firm's plans are..So you're running a Spondon framed Aprilia
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