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The Designer of the KTM RC8: Gerald Kiska
By Gerald Kiska on 18/02/2008 15:47:56
From the concept drawing board to the street, Gerald Kiska sculpted the KTM RC8
.Comparing the original 2003 Tokyo concept bike with the final version it seems very close, but it is not. Between 2003 and 2008 the design and fashion in supersports bikes changed quite a lot. The rider’s position has moved extremely far forward so that the distance
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The Professionals - Richard Stevens
By Visordown on 02/09/2007 14:41:50
Richard Stevens is the artist behind the mad paint designs seen on nearly every helmet in the British Superbike Championship
HOW DID YOU GET INTO PAINTING HELMETS?Completely by accident, actually! I raced Championship motocross for a few years professionally, but in 1999 I had a big accident that finished my career. It was at this time that I was introduced to Troy Bayliss, he was looking for a helmet ...
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Interview: Mr Fukunaga, Fireblade project leader
By mark forsyth on 25/11/2011 15:56:47
Twenty years of Fireblade experience
Why isn't there traction control on the new Fireblade?As a concept we acknowledge that traction control systems are an important thing as you'll have seen in Milan the traction control system on the VFR. What we're studying at the moment is the best
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Giving the VFR1200 a European look
By Mark Forsyth on 07/06/2010 15:05:06
Interview with one of the men behind the new VFR1200, Teofilo Plaza
of pottering about and maybe commuting, but when the mood takes you it should be like a GT car and be totally adept at covering huge distances very quickly.’ Mass centralisation was a key concept and is part of the reason the VFR doesn’t feel as heavy as its
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BMW's Christian Landerl interview
By Visordown on 07/04/2010 11:21:57
BMW new model guru Dr (he’s a real doctor) Christian Landerl on building a world-beatingsuperbike, why a 600cc version is inevitable and why the Nürburgring is in his blood...
in the eye. It is not only the bike’s power which is of a superior level but also its handling ability.”IN SUPERBIKES A FOUR-CYLINDER ENGINE IS THE BEST SOLUTION, IF NOT THE MOST ORIGINAL“Our superbike was based on the most suitable basic concept
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The Interview - Christian Landerl
By Visordown on 20/09/2010 11:42:43
BMW new model guru Dr (he’s a real doctor) Christian Landerl on building a world-beating superbike, why a 600cc version is inevitable and why the Nürburgring is in his blood...
superior level but also its handling ability.”IN SUPERBIKES A FOUR-CYLINDER ENGINE IS THE BEST SOLUTION, IF NOT THE MOST ORIGINAL“Our superbike was based on the most suitable basic concept. The decision was made on the basis of a number of very precise
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The Professionals - Simon Smith
By Visordown on 21/10/2010 16:46:04
Simon Smith of Global Enduro on corrupt coppers, giving £1million to charity and sucking warm milk from a cow’s udder…
What’s the hardest thing about maintaining a successful motorcycle travel company?The hardest thing originally was for people to have faith in us, because it was a new concept. Now it’s about keeping it unique and working very hard, as simple
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Tadao Baba - Father of the Fireblade
By Visordown News on 19/02/2009 14:48:00
Tadao Baba, the man who built the FireBlade, talks openly about retirement, smoking and crashing the odd Honda now and then...
GP style.What element of the original Fireblade design gave you the most satisfaction, and why?The concept of the first Blade is what still survives today: fun to ride, easy to control, and this is what I am most proud of. We had a sticker on the original
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The Professionals - John Mockett
By Visordown on 01/04/2010 12:31:41
Loved for his Sprocket cartoons and respected for his huge design back catalogue, Mr Mockett’s pen is one of the most influential in British motorcycling
working for Yamaha Amsterdam doing general design work; stuff that ranged from full-sized concept models through to helmet stickers and mad stuff like life-casts of Kenny Roberts. On the back of that I got the job designing the livery for the factory team
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Ariel Owner – Simon Saunders
By Visordown on 18/02/2008 11:32:56
Simon Saunders is the man behind the bike-beating Ariel Atom, and is now trying to resurrect the Ariel motorcycle name...
people around!Indeed. and When did Ariel start fiddling with the concept of the motorcycle? During the First World War Ariel started producing their first bikes, and almost immediately stopped manufacturing the cars to focus on their bikes. The inventive
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