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Grant Leonard stars in Silver Dream Racer
By Grant Leonard on 01/12/2009 15:15:37
Grant Leonard finds himself in a film with David Essex
12 August, 1979I was in Silver Dream Racer. Admittedly it was a bit part, but it was the best bike film ever made for, ooh, a couple of months at least - til Mad Max came out. It was a speaking part - my role was to cheer and wave my programme when
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Scar Tissue: Crusty Demons of Dirt
By John Cantlie on 01/12/2010 14:47:03
15 years ago when VHS ruled the world, a team of renegade dirt racers were inventing impossible new tricks that changed biking forever. They rode hard, crashed like hell and got it all down on film. They were the Crusty Demons of Dirt…
of hooligans with tattoos and LBZ jerseys were ripping up the establishment. They called themselves a ridiculous name that nobody could remember at first, but once you’d seen that fist film you could never forget. They were The Crusty Demons of Dirt.“We made
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Cold Play - Staying in
By Visordown Team on 20/10/2007 18:46:04
The team get together for a long night of beers, pizzas and DVDs to review what's hot on the box
the rumour goes. Harry H Corbett from Steptoe & Son is in it too. 6/10.10.30 Faster. Bloody hell, this is awesome. Filmed behind the MotoGP scenes during the 2001/2002 seasons, and featuring candid interviews with Rossi, Roberts, Schwantz, Doohan, Checa
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Race Guide Videos: Every MotoGP and WSB circuit
By Ben Cope on 24/03/2009 10:03:58
This month, TWO magazine are giving away a 2009 race guide supplment, with all the tracks from WSB and MotoGP and here are the videos for each circuit
2009 is looking like being one of the best seasons in a long time for WSB, gone is Bayliss and his dominant ways and now the championship is open to anyone, with BMW and Aprilia hungry to stamp their mark on the series.In MotoGP, Rossi has been strong in pre-season testing, but L...
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The Lost King - Remembering Kim Newcombe
By Jon Bentman on 21/09/2010 14:52:38
Gone but not forgotten, Kim Newcombe was set for GP superstardom on an unheard-of one-off bike - until fate dealt a tragic hand
brakes. On the sixth lap, at the end of the Hanger Straight, they overheated. Newcombe hit a kerb and crashed into a concrete wall. He died three days later.Love, Speed and Loss is a film of Newcombe's life. It's also a postscript of what happens when
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Icon: George Formby
By Visordown on 22/10/2002 15:10:47
One of motorcycling's icons, would you believe it..
THERE CAN'T be many Isle of Man TT fans who haven't seen George Formby's hilarious 1936 movie No Limit.It immortalised the races way before names like Geoff Duke and Mike Hailwood made them famous, the film still plays on the Island every year
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Around the World in 180 Days video
By Tim Skilton on 28/12/2007 16:59:23
The first chapter of a 6-month worldwide adventure
Markus Schmeiduch, the man behind BMW-web.tv, has granted Visordown permission to run all five instalments of their 'Around the World in 180 Days' video.The series of films, which contain some fantastic footage edited in a unique and captivating way
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Icon - Lewis Collins
By TWO Staff on 15/05/2009 10:41:56
Professional Hard Man - In 'Who Dares Wins', Collins roared around on a Harris Magnum
the role of Captain Peter Skellen in the film 'Who Dares Wins.'In the film, Skellen roared around on a Harris Magnum and in real-life, Collins himself was a bit of a bike nut, having a number of bikes of his own as well as Ducati Hailwood rep which used
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Ducati 848 EVO time-lapse video
By Ben Cope on 09/05/2011 17:44:35
Something different to feast your eyes on.
WE took a Ducati 848 EVO to a few spots in central London, parked it up and filmed the bike and the people around it.Why? Well, we wanted to do something a bit different and while we were blown away by the latest 848, we wanted to know if it caused
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Icon: David Essex
By Stuart Barker on 18/05/2009 13:05:41
He may have had 23 top 30 hits, but David will remain a one-race wonder
teenage boy, they probably didn't, but chances are you still wanted to be David Essex, especially after seeing him in Silver Dream Racer in 1981.The tousle haired, gypsy king played bike racer Nick Freeman in the film which took every Rocky-style rags
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