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Grip, confidence: It's down to suspension
By Ben Cope on 08/06/2012 15:00:51
We talk to BSB riders about what it means to have good suspension and we run you through the internals of a front fork
higher level of adjustment. Ken explains each part of the fork and what role it plays in giving riders not only grip, but the confidence to trust the front end.Grip and confidence: have you got it?
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Retro crashes at The 'Ring
By Ben Cope on 14/06/2010 14:40:19
It was no safer back in the day. Quality cine clip captures some old school crashes at the Nurburgring
over the shop.But best of all, look out for the guy who gets thrown out of his car, brushes himself down and goes to get back in again.Imagine explaining how you soiled the inside and dusted the outside of your trousers to your mates when you get back
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Bargain jet washer from Halfords
By Ben Cope on 03/05/2011 15:25:49
If only I'd bought it sooner... or later?
This Halfords jet washer has been one of the best things I've picked up all year, I wish I bought it much earlier than I did. Or should that be much later? Let me explain:Tight is my middle name and every time I walked into Halfords I told myself I
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We've listened and made some important changes
By Ben Cope on 17/01/2008 10:32:33
And I'd like to tell you about them
I've made a lot of mistakes with the new Visordown, which is quite frustrating really, as I thought I'd be bolting-on more sections to the site that you'd find useful and grow to love. But, by not fully explaining the new site, mishandling some
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Getting your ACU licence on an MSV trackday
By Ben Cope on 18/04/2011 22:03:40
There's a new way to get your ACU licence and it's simpler than you might think
so smoothly.After being given our certificates, Stuart ran us through the next steps to getting our licence. He explained about the eye test and gave us some rough prices (mine was £20 from Boots) and he ran us through the ACU licence form to make
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First UK Ride: 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 review
By Ben Cope on 05/12/2011 21:04:59
We're granted exclusive first UK ride. Yamaha enters the traction control club, revising its flagship sportsbike for 2012. Does it move the game on?
-seconds off your laptime, in truth it's about removing a bit of 'you' from the equation.Let me explain: it's not about the 0.1% of times you get it a bit out of shape over a greasy road, a pothole or some diesel. No, for me traction control is about 99
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Simon Crafar: Let's get back to great racing
By Ben Cope on 14/02/2012 14:33:32
He fought the factory bikes on a satellite Yamaha and won. Simon Crafar on why CRTs are the future, the easy way to go faster on track and how he'd change Superbike racing for the better
to scrap it out, more people will be able to ride them. Don’t make the mistake of thinking CRT bikes will be slow. Just give them 12-24 months to sort themselves out.Ben Spies talks sense. I heard him say in a recent interview that because we’re going
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