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Paul Bonhomme - Red Bull Air Race pilot
By Visordown on 21/10/2010 12:09:49
Paul Bonhomme is a Red Bull Air Race pilot, rides a KTM 450 Supermoto for fun and flies a Boeing 747 around the globe for a living
.That bike is rampant, really good fun, and I can get into 3rd gear on the back wheel on the dirt. I'm a bit chicken about wheelying on the road, though. Years ago a mate and myself were mucking about two-up on his Honda XL250 when we crashed hard
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First Person: Rex Smith
By Visordown on 29/11/2010 13:00:20
Rex Smith played Jesse mach in the 1980’s show STREET HAWK. For 13 episodes, he had every teenage bike-fan glued to the tv screen with his crime-busting antics...
into character or some other bullshit. We had a lot of fun on the Street Hawk set, it was a great team and we were pretty raucous. Our parties were infamous. The first week I wondered why my trailer was stacked with every imaginable bottle of spirit. I said “I
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First Person: Tori Sorby - Manx resident
By Visordown on 20/10/2010 11:49:48
Mum of two Tori has lived on the Isle of Man for nearly all her life. This is her view on the TT that comes to her homeland once a year
with panniers and rucksacks. You can sense their elation at being here on the island and you can't help feeling excited for them as well. I drive an Audi RS4. It's a really fun car but hard to drive slowly, a feat which becomes impossible when bikes are flying
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Mary Spies on Ben, crashing and being a bad mum
By Visordown on 03/08/2010 15:54:18
We’ve had enough of ‘motocross dad’ Now we’re most proud to introduce… SUPERBIKE MUM! She’s tough, she’s feisty, she’s always there for Ben... she’s Mary Spies
well! I really didn’t want to travel, and that was the negative for me. I enjoy being around my sisters, my animals and I’ve only been able to see the family farm for a few days a year, which is sad. Did I want to travel? No I didn’t. Am I having fun? I
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The Interview - Ben Spies
By Visordown on 20/09/2010 11:37:23
World Superbike newcomer Spies on why the 2009 R1’s a winner, how he raced MotoGPwith an exploding appendix and why he has Mat Mladin to thank for his speed
’m going. Then, when it comes to race day, I’m comfortable.”MOTOGP WAS FUN“I thought I had a chance to be in MotoGP this year. I could have been if I’d wanted to. At the end of the day I didn’t think I had the greatest of opportunities and I’m happy here
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Jay Leno - Interview
By Visordown on 26/07/2010 12:31:44
Likeable US talkshow legend Jay Leno talks jet-bikes, swapping out carbs on a Vincent Black Shadow and getting speeding tickets on a steam-powered car…
. I have a warning there, saying “Caution! Jetwash.”Have you ever seen the inside of an internal combustion engine, or are you terrified of getting your hands dirty?Hey, I love working on the bikes, it’s part of the fun. That’s the nice thing about
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The Professionals - Bradley Smith
By Visordown on 07/10/2010 16:53:12
Like a racing version of Mick Hucknall, 17 year-old Bradley Smith talks about learning to drive and meeting girls...
to get 50,000. There is a lack of interest in English sport, but the guys who do come to watch are fantastic.Do you need a certain image in front of the TV cameras so you don’t get labelled boring?Well it depends. You can be fun and bubbly if you are fast
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The Professionals: Tim Maccabee - Ducati UK Managing Director
By Visordown on 20/10/2007 12:50:07
He's the man who's in charge of Ducati's UK day-to-day operations, so what's it like dealing with the Italians?
more fun.And finally, when was the last time you were scared like a little girl on a motorbike?Cadwell Park, last week. I tried to get past a Fireblade on a Monster 695, got it completely wrong and ran across the grass. After I finished crapping myself
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First Person: Adrian Packett - Expat Mechanic
By Visordown on 21/10/2010 14:01:30
Ade Packett is a motorcycle mechanic from Stoke-on-trent who has lived and worked in Los Angeles, California for 19 years
ride really fast in the right places here and not worry about the police. Go about an hour out of town, and the riding is incredible.There's a lot of fun to be had in LA, loads of parties all the time, but it does take a few years to get settled
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The Professionals: Jonathan Palmer
By Visordown on 22/10/2010 11:01:24
Jonathan Palmer owns MotorsportVision and most of the racing circuits in the uk. He's very important in our little world of motorsport
sold them all and made a load of money from them the first thing I would want to do is buy some circuits to have some fun with. I’m doing what I want to do.How do you feel bike race spectators differ from their four-wheeled counterparts?More passionate
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