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Global adventurer back on two wheels after fellow bikers replace stolen motorcycle
By Visordown News on 21/09/2010 08:45:02
Who says there's no commerarderie amongst motorcyclists
GREAT FEEL GOOD STORY: A round-the-world Japanese motorcyclist is back on two wheels after local bikers in Budapest clubbed together to replace his machine after it was stolen at the start of the adventurer's global trip.Kunio Aoki, from Tokyo
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First Look: Global Racing CRF450
By Visordown on 16/01/2009 09:19:52
Take a look at this trick road racing kit for your CRF450
ALWAYS FANCIED building your own racebike but found the prospect a little daunting? Global Racing Performance could have the answer with their new CRF450 race kit.The package, which costs around 5,500 Euros, comprises of fairing, all brackets
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Bike thieves end dream for global explorer
By Visordown News on 14/02/2008 11:15:53
Machine pinched while weary rider relaxes with friends
A ROUND the world biker has had his dream adventure shattered by thieves who stole the man's bike while he was travelling through the Middle-East. Aussie biker, Allan Roberts, 29, had taken his bike through 37 countries across Europe and Africa in the past 18 months before it was...
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Granny, 62, sells house to go global on Harley
By Visordown News on 14/09/2010 15:55:04
Think you're too old for 'that' trip of a lifetime
A MOTORCYCLE-LOVING grandma is set to blow her life's savings on a 10-year round the world trip on her new £18,000 Harley-Davidson.Sue O'Grady, from Sprotbrough, near Doncaster, is to sell her £200,000 house and plans to blow every last penny she owns on the road trip of a lifeti...
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The Professionals - Simon Smith
By Visordown on 21/10/2010 16:46:04
Simon Smith of Global Enduro on corrupt coppers, giving £1million to charity and sucking warm milk from a cow’s udder…
What’s the hardest thing about maintaining a successful motorcycle travel company?The hardest thing originally was for people to have faith in us, because it was a new concept. Now it’s about keeping it unique and working very hard, as simple as that. I’m an Essex man I know life...
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The planet, the bike and you
By Jon Bentman on 18/10/2010 11:51:26
You can't escape the news reports, they're everywhere: global warming is here. And always the villain's the same, the filthy internal combustion engine. So is the motorcycle toast?
and partly because, come what may, it seems to spell doom.The fundamental matter is that by burning fossil fuels we clog the stratosphere with gasses that lead to global warming. There are other contributors to global warming but burning fossil fuels remains
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Yamaha announce £327 million loss
By Visordown News on 28/01/2009 09:24:25
Top executives to take pay cut as global financial crisis sets in
by the company yesterday. Yamaha has found that it has lost buyers in North America and Europe as people have limited the buying of leisure goods in the wake of the global financial crisis.According to Bloomberg, Yamaha will cut salaries of executives by as much
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Round the world then nicked in Britain
By Visordown News on 03/07/2008 12:52:19
Adventurer's machine stolen back home after trans-global expedition
A MOTORCYCLIST who rode from Edinburgh to Sydney, Australia, had his trusty trans-global machine stolen after it returned back home.Adventurer and author Gavin Francis, 32, completed a round-the-world bike trip from Edinburgh to Sydney two weeks ago
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WSB: PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki in financial turmoil
By Visordown News on 29/04/2009 08:58:23
WSB squad to miss two rounds due to 'global economic crisis'
ANOTHER TEAM struggling to make ends meet is using the tight money situation to get out of turning up to the far-flung round in Kyalami, South Africa and America.PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki announced in an official press release that: "Due to the global
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President Obama helps ailing US bike industry
By Visordown News on 19/02/2009 09:09:14
Tax incentives for American bikers during global financial crisis
MOTORCYCLISTS IN America are getting some benefit thanks to the huge financial stimulus package annouced by President Obama's office on Tuesday.The nearly 800 billion dollar package, designed to kickstart the ailing US economy, has included motorcycle purchases in its ruling.Part...
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