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Second bike doesn't mean second best
By Jon Bentman on 01/12/2010 15:52:42
A single bike in the garage isn't enough for some of us. But think beyond the winter hack, the 'shed' and the humdrum commuter
in compiling this feature one thing we have consistently found is that to be identified as a second bike is not to infer secondary importance or inferiority. Far from it. In fact from our interviews we found the contrary to be the reality. Second bikes attract
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Visordown's motorcycle insurance guide
By Visordown on 24/01/2012 15:18:38
Insurance is a right hassle right up to the point the man with the skillsaw has your bike away - then it's a God send. Here's our guide
for an additional premium. If you're looking for insurance online and can't find this on the insurer's website, call them.Material Fact/Modifications:This is any factor that might affect a broker or underwriter's decision to provide you with insurance. UK law means
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Rockers Roll
By Alex Hearn on 12/10/2007 11:17:04
Reliving a past they never had on machinery they didn't own first time round, Alex, Jon and Jim indulge in a spot of nostalgic old school cool. Let's go retro
connection with the past it purports to represent. All three could easily be categorised in the 'old shite replica' bin of modern motorcycling but curiously, while they all might look the same, they individually dish up a very different experience. The fact
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Beaujolais or bust
By Warren Pole on 28/01/2008 11:07:59
Four men, four bikes, one quest - to bring home the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau 2004 to British shores. The question isn't 'Why?', it's 'Why not?' Allez!
of Mutley aboard Yamaha's Fazer 1000, while snapper Martin Heath would ride the ZZ-R1200 as Peter Perfect.As mentioned earlier, it would seem I begun the deceit that permeated this road trip, but in fact it was someone more powerful who did this
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To The Crusher - Morbidelli V8
By Who Knows on 03/04/2008 15:51:20
Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
.Add to that the fact that in its original trim, the bike only made 100bhp despite having no less than eight bloody cylinders doing their bit, and the whole concept becomes worthy of a Monty Python sketch.But the Morbidelli's ugliness was not just skin deep. There were
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One day, you'll crash
By Warren Pole on 18/03/2009 10:44:54
If you ride a bike, you’ll crash. Sooner or later it happens to everyone. We talk to four crash victims to find out how it affected their lives and those around them.
have a great laugh at your expense. But generally that’s as bad as it gets. Generally.But sometimes, it’s much worse because although those who ride know the real risks are far smaller than the commonly perceived ones, it’s a fact that motorcycle
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Racing heavyweights: Europe v Japan
By John Hogan on 01/04/2010 11:13:25
Since the middle of the last century motorcycle racing has been dominated by these two heavyweights. With the most explosive race seasons in living memory upon us, who’s top dog?
who’d unlocked the piggy bank when they heard the magic words ‘four-stroke’ would have allowed something that didn’t directly relate to the R1? It took a while for it to work. In fact it needed the combined talents of Valentino Rossi, Jerry Burgess
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Two Hundred Miles Per Hour
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 12:17:58
Take six people who've never done 200mph before, take one of the fastest bikes in Britain, add a two-mile long runway and this is how it feels
them to Mike Grainger, owner of GT Motorcycles in Plymouth and his super-tuned Kawasaki ZX-12R.It's a known fact that turbocharged bikes blow up, so we asked for Mike's bike because it's naturally aspirated and has done over 150 runs in excess of 200mph
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On patrol with the Met police
By John Cantlie on 07/04/2010 13:36:27
Traffic police; possibly the most feared and misunderstood creatures on the roads of Britain. Visordown went on patrol with the Metropolitan division to find out what it really means to be a traffic cop
.Fast forward a decade and many things have changed. I can’t be bothered with excessive speeding any more and the advent of the Gatso camera seems to have changed the role of the traffic officer. It’s a fact that we just don’t see as many of them on the road
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Bridgestone BT-002 review
By Jon Urry on 15/10/2006 10:17:52
Bridgestone launches its new Racing Street tyres - road-legal rubber aimed predominantly at track day riders in search of serious grip
as I was comfortable doing and didn't manage to provoke any slides. In fact the only thing to let go was my bottle, after about five laps.Under hard braking the front was very secure and the rear only started to slide with the help of the R6's slipper
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