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Google Streetview Wheelie - Take Two
By Visordown News on 30/06/2009 19:54:16
Another wheelie-mad biker gets snapped by London's Google Streetview - is it you?
Spotted: Lordship Lane, Camberwell ANOTHER BIKER has been spotted hoiking a wheelie by Google Streetview camera car.Last week Visordown.com brought you the images of a French R1 rider, snapped as he wheelied in front of Google's camera car.This time
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Wheelie R1 rider caught on Google Streetview
By Visordown News on 24/06/2009 15:08:45
French Yamaha R1 rider gets caught on camera by the roaming Google Streetview car
A Frenchman, wheelie styling it - pic courtesy of Google IF, LIKE MANY you're brassed off with Google Streetview's car circulating your locality, showing every Tom, Dick and thieving bastard Harry what's parked on your driveway then you may find
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“Apologies, human. I did not detect you.”
By Visordown News on 08/05/2012 13:36:24
Forget SMIDSY, Google wants robots to drive cars
INTERWEB colossus Google has its sights set on changing more than just the virtual world – it's just managed to get a licence to use its prototype driverless cars on real roads in Nevada.The firm's prototype Toyota Prius has already covered 140
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Time.com reckon it's a UFO landing pad
By Ben Cope on 28/07/2009 17:05:52
Time magazine have a list of top-10 Google Earth finds and reckon this is a UFO landing pad. I reckon they need to back off the double-espressos
Time magazine is usually the bastion of all things worldy and sensible, but in a recent feature of theirs titled Top 10 Google Earth Finds we just had to pick holes in their over-imaginitive offerings.At number three is this offering above, found
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Newsflash: Canadians don't know what deer are
By Ben Cope on 08/10/2009 09:57:46
Check out this sign from Google Maps. Someone in their road signs department is smoking too much weed
WE SPOTTED this sign on Google Street View, which was obviously put there to let you know that deer cross the road ahead. But they've got it a bit confused - that's a funny-looking deer!Hitting a deer would be pretty bad, but piling into the side
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More StreetView shenanigans
By Ben Cope on 28/09/2012 10:21:11
US biker's mono captured by earth-mapping search giant
What do you do when you see the Google StreetView car in your neighbourhood? You fire up your motorcycle and pop a wheelie past it. At least, that's what one guy did in Lemoyne Drive, Louisiana.Pictured on a Suzuki DRZ-400, you can see the stunt
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Take the Bennetts two-minute survey
By Visordown News on 12/01/2009 10:57:27
What makes a 'real biker'? Let Bennetts know by answering a few simple questions
Here's what you get if you type 'biker' into Google imagesFED UP with the misconception that all motorcyclists are ‘hairy bikers’ or that only men ride bikes? Bike insurance provider Bennetts is looking to expel these myths and profile the UK
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Win a Bianchi Ducati mountain bike
By Ben Cope on 26/08/2010 11:04:40
Test ride a Ducati and you could win a Bianchi mountain bike. Er, what's the catch?
mountain bike worth £500.Get googling your local dealer.
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Bits of Paris Hilton's GSX-R are up for grabs, too
By Visordown News on 18/07/2011 16:08:20
Autographed bodywork for lovers of pink...
, with proceeds going to the Roadracing World Action Fund.There's a video of the Tonight Show where she (briefly) talks about her racing ventures and signed the bike, it can be found here. (Googling “Paris Hilton Video” led to some other results; we looked very
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Oxford Maximiser 3800: Battery CPR
By Ben Cope on 14/09/2010 11:26:31
A gentle bit of battery love was had over the weekend at Cope HQ
battery.So now I've got 7 batteries in my garage that I still have no use for, but, at least they're charged and ready for, umm... I'm not sure yet.You can check out the Oxford Maximiser 3800 here. I've found it for £53 on Google Shopping.
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