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2009 MotoGP Rider Comment - Sepang
By Visordown News on 26/10/2009 11:36:32
Stoner blitzes the pack, Rossi takes his ninth world title - it's all cracking off in Malaysia
HERE'S WHAT the MotoGP guys had to says following the rain-lashed Malaysian GP at Sepang:Casey Stoner - Ducati - 1st"I didn’t get a brilliant start but I was happy to be in fourth as we came out of turn two and by the end of the first lap I
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Living with a 2001 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Gus Scott on 26/04/2002 11:45:59
Gus Scott the man, the legend, a ladies man and a very tight northerner indeed. And he was very fast on a motorcycle
, and generally larking about inbetween and I've got to say the ZX-6R is taking it all in very comfortably.But I know from enough road tests on 'em over the years that the suspension may be well sorted for the road, but it can start to suffer at the track, going
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Road Test: CBR1100XX V ZX-12R V GSX1300R
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 19:14:21
Wozza, Gus and Tim head from London to Cannes in time for cocktails, so make it as fast as possible please, by Hayabusa, Blackbird and ZX-12R
, or a Blackbird, or a ZX-12R.Sensible is a nice little car. Sensible is a package holiday on the Costa del Sol with all-you-can eat buffets and a case of San Miguel. Sensible is not this trip, on these bikes. My right hand ignores sensible
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Road Test: BMW K1200LT vs. H-D FLHTC vs. Goldwing
By Jon Urry on 22/04/2008 22:00:32
A weekend of wine tasting on bikes that represent the more refined side of life. We explore France's Loire Valley from the comfort of three ultimate touring machines.
Ordering a bottle of wine in a restaurant leaves you open for a barrage of potential disasters and social embarrassment. Get it right and you can bask in the collective appreciation and admiration of your fellow diners. Fail and you may as well book
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1doohan's Cannonball epic!
By 1doohan on 07/09/2006 09:03:53
Visordown regular 1doohan's Cannonball report
full tank for the start of the "rally" where i bumped into Rolf an entrant from last year on his same bike, V-Max. The hotel is at the top of a big hill overlooking the town below where we can watch the bikes arriving. On arrival all of the foreign
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Living with a 2008 Triumph Street Triple
By Jon Urry on 16/11/2008 12:24:40
Jon Urry is a lovely chap and he's quite tidy on a motorcycle y'know? He reviews this Street Triple for a year for your delectation
to give it another shot. Two bolts allowed the radiator to be moved out the way and a knuckle socket made getting the header pipe nuts possible. All going well so far. Seat off and the end cans involved loosening a few bolts, easy, the headers came off
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James May on bikes, Top Gear and curry
By Visordown on 29/07/2010 09:18:34
He’s the one off Top Gear on the telly who’s neither a reactionary middle-England mouthpiece or a clinical study in expensive orthodontic treatments. He is James May
a mate at Lancaster University who had a CX500 and a CG125 which I used to pinch as well.I did the test at the tail end of the 125 laws I was lent a new CB500 for several months while I got back up to speed and readied myself for the test. I bought
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The Prodigy's Keith Flint on RD400s and being Doohan's mate
By Visordown on 06/09/2010 14:42:38
Tattooed loon and legendary front man of The Prodigy talks RD400s, racing, his passion for bikes and bumping into the King of Spain…
races, Le Mans, Spa, that kind of things. They got me into bike racing.”I had a shot at racing myself“I was lucky, Ben Atkins took me under his wing and John Reynolds and Sean Emmett showed me the ropes, I can’t thank them enough for it, they were
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Living with a 2001 Suzuki DR-Z400S
By Ian Cobby on 26/06/2002 14:28:16
No-one in the office remembers Ian Cobby, but he was a staffer on this magazine a long long time ago
head, fitting a big flat slide carb, high lift cams and possibly a big bore kit. 425cc anyone?Then I can get the chassis sorted. A new shock (probably a Fox), shortened and stiffened front forks - might even get them titanium-nitrided for less stiction
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Indian Takeaway - Enduro India
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2005 12:46:44
If you need a break from the drudgery of working life, if you want to ride a bike in a place where traffic laws are non-existent and you can do pretty much whatever you want, well, you need to go to India
bend. Do this and, like Stuart, you'll be fine. "Going through the traffic was always dangerous," he continued, "but it was totally intense and for that reason I learned to love it. By the end of the first day I was hooked."At 6am on the first day
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