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ABS - Is ABS the future for sports bikes?
By Mark Forsyth on 19/12/2008 14:45:44
In an industry first, Honda have produced a working prototype sportsbike ABS system that they hope will contribute to safer superbikes on the roads of Europe.
Combined braking systems. I’ll ‘fess up straight away: I don’t like them. The lever on the right bar is to apply front brakes, the pedal under your right toes is to apply the back brake- and there it should remain. I’ve been riding bikes since I was six and 33 years of ingrained ...
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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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Aprilia RSV4 - onboard lap - Mallory Park
By Mark Forsyth on 11/06/2010 14:46:01
Come and check out a lap of Mallory Park with Mark Forsyth on the awesome Aprilia RSV4 Factory
Visordown tested the Aprilia RSV4 Factory against the best of Europe; the BMW S1000RR, MV Agusta F4 1000 and Ducati 1098R Bayliss. Here's an onboard lap with Mark Forsyth on the Aprilia RSV4 Factory.
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BMW S1000RR - onboard lap - Mallory Park
By Mark Forsyth on 11/06/2010 14:50:57
Come and check out a lap of Mallory Park with Mark Forsyth on the brutally fast BMW S1000RR
Visordown tested the BMW S1000RR against the best of Europe; the Aprilia RSV4 Factory, MV Agusta F4 1000 and Ducati 1098R Bayliss. Here's an onboard lap with Mark Forsyth on the BMW S1000RR.
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Honda Ev-Neo
By mark forsyth on 15/06/2011 10:32:20
Eclectic electric
assembled hacks (from all over Europe) are here as part of the market research. Not only do Honda want to know what we think (as odd as that may seem) but - perhaps most importantly - they want to know what you think. Are you ready for fully electric
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2012 Honda Fireblade and NC700X launch
By mark forsyth on 21/11/2011 17:59:08
Whatayawannaknow?
't - that was a metaphor too far. It's a mint track, though. Possibly the minitiest in Europe.If there's anything any of you would like to ask the designers, the engineers or the marketeers, I'd only be too happy to ask on your behalf.As long as it's not going
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Honda VFR1200F Launch: Tokyo (no) Show
By Mark Forsyth on 21/10/2009 08:43:27
Jet-lagged Visordown globetrotter reports back from quirky Japanese extravaganza
’t exactly what I had in mind. Maybe my expectations were too great, maybe I should have been expecting my glass to be half empty? Maybe the recession has gripped here harder than it has in Europe? Your pilgrimage to the NEC in November will be a damned sight
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You want a nice little car, you do.
By mark forsyth on 08/09/2010 16:16:57
200bhp, 200mph. It's no longer popular, it would seem
was most popular in terms of hits but it really does mark a seismic shifts in British biking attitudes that the W800 story doubled the hits of the ZX10 piece.I reckon for some time now, manufacturers have been building bikes that are becoming less and less
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Neck Braces - the future of road riding?
By Mark Forsyth on 16/02/2009 10:30:48
Go to any off-road event and 80% of the riders these days will be wearing neck braces. These items are possible life-savers, so why haven’t they been adopted by the road-riding fraternity?
’s also an obvious area of interest for helmet manufacturers as well but, interestingly, Dr Leatt’s tightly-worded patent for the Leatt Brace may prove to be a stumbling block for further development.Arai Europe’s technical manager Willem Poelwyjk says
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Review: Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond (Video)
By Mark Forsyth on 09/03/2011 09:12:09
MF goes fast around Portimao on a Maxxis tyre-fitted Z1000 and catches a BSB star by surprise
unmarked and undamaged. Trust me, that's not always the case when you let a load of journos and dealers loose on the trickiest track in Europe in bouncing rain and perfectly dry conditions.We've got a day of riding on the road tomorrow, this tyre's real
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