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Ferry Brouwer - The founder of Arai Europe
By Visordown on 21/10/2010 17:17:04
If you wear an AraI helmet it’s thanks to thIs guy. Ferry Brouwer Is the founder of AraI Europe. He’s also Dutch and a lIttle odd...
Ferry, you were the original Founder of Arai Europe. But why Arai? In 1973 I was working for Jarno Saarinen as a mechanic, and he lost his life because part of his face was ripped off in a crash. Subconsciously I must have thought ‘I want to do
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CRP racing backs TTXGP founder
By Visordown News on 04/02/2010 11:15:05
'Azhar Hussain is the only person in the world who has the experience and skills to organise and promote a worldwide electric championship'
ONE OF the world's leading electric racebike builders has said TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain is 'the only person in the world who has the experience and skills to organise and promote a worldwide electric championship'.The statement comes at a time
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TTXGP founder 'disappointed' by Zero TT betrayal
By Visordown News on 01/02/2010 12:54:17
TT organisers set up breakaway zero-emission race series for 2010
IN A SHOW of remarkable professionalism, TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain has said he is 'disappointed' at Isle of Man TT organisers for their recent decision to launch a rival zero-emission series within this year's TT fortnight, effectively ousting
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Biker priest passes away
By Robin Goodwin on 21/05/2009 14:21:16
The 59 Club founder Father Bill passes away aged 89
BIKER PRIEST Rev William Shergold, founder one of the world’s largest motorcycle clubs, has died aged 89 at a Somerset care home.Reverend William Shergold, more widely known as ‘Father Bill’, started The 59 Club open to Rockers at a church-run youth
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AGV helmet king dies, aged 89
By Visordown News on 09/07/2009 14:19:58
Gino Amisano, founder of Italy's most famous helmet company, passes away after a short illness
GINO AMISANO - the man behind legendary AGV helmets - passed away in Italy last week, aged 89, after a brief battle with bronchial pneumonia.In at tribute, the head of AGV Helmets U.S.A. Paolo Bacchiarello, said: "Champions from Giacomo Agostini and Kenny Roberts right up throug...
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Motorcycle Radar: 1982
By Roland Brown on 23/11/2010 12:07:30
1982 was a great year. The year Visordown's founder Ben Cope was born. But what else happened?
1982Was this motorcycling’s maddest ever year? Honda and Yamaha were in the middle of a civil war that resulted in some amazingly ambitious machinery - notably Honda’s CX500 turbo and first V4, the VF750s - plus some under-developed and unreliable rubbish. New technology was arri...
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Exclusive: TTXGP responds to FIM actions
By Visordown News on 22/02/2010 18:49:29
Visordown asks the founders of zero-emission motorcycle road racing five questions that matter over the turmoil within clean-emission racing
have increased the feud between the FIM and the founders of zero-emission road racing, TTXGP.This afternoon, Visordown spoke with TTXGP officials, putting five questions that matter to the team responsible for the unmitigated success of the inaugural
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Call goes out for women riders
By Visordown News on 16/01/2008 10:06:54
Be a star at Daytona Beach bike week
of the Company's founders. The winner will get to ride into Daytona Beach Bike Week with her, entries have to be in by January 23. To enter, visit: www.harley-davidson.com/womensride
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Video: Bill Davidson introduces the Harley-Davidso
By Visordown News on 20/08/2007 13:33:09
One of the new bikes from Harley-Davidson's 2008 range
YouTube VideoERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.TWO's Grant Leonard went on the 2008 Harley-Davidson launch and caught up with Bill Davidson, the great grandson of the founder of Harley
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VIDEO: Buell ceases motorcycle production
By Visordown News on 15/10/2009 16:32:35
Erik Buell gives an emotional video statement about his company's demise
IN AN EMOTIONAL short video, company founder Erik Buell has announced that Buell Motorcycles is to cease motorbike production with immediate effect.The Harley-Davidson-owned company has produced motorcycles for the last 26 years. It's unclear
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