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Could external airbags save riders' lives?
By Visordown News on 23/05/2012 14:04:09
Volvo's latest tech might help
VOLVOS have long been seen, somehow, as the motorcyclist's enemy. Whether it's because their drivers are swaddled in a sea of impact-protection beams and airbags or simply because the firm's angular cars of old always looked like they'd be particularly unforgiving to crash into, ...
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Vladimir Putin rides Harley trike
By Visordown News on 26/07/2010 10:39:00
Russian PM addresses crowds at Ukranian biker rally
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rode a Harley-Davidson trike to an international motorcycle rally in southern Ukraine, describing motorbikes as "the most democratic form of transport".Speaking to bikers at the rally in Sevastopol, Putin, whose
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First Look: The flame-throwing scooter
By Visordown News on 24/03/2010 16:15:59
Colin Furze brought you the world's longest bike - now he's built this...
EXTROVERT BIKE builder Colin Furze, the man that brought you the world's longest motorcycle, has been busy in his garage once again - this time building a flame-throwing scooter.Furze, who lives in the market town of Stamford, Lincolnshire (where
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VIDEO: Elbow down, backing it in - Supermoto style
By Visordown News on 03/06/2009 16:25:38
Check this - makes your usual knee-down stuff look a bit tame, eh?
A GREAT video for you here: Check out this pair of racer aces, David Checa and Dani Ribalta mucking around on Supermotos, doing things like backing it in and getting their elbow down - stuff that we'd all spend the rest of our lives trying to learn
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VIDEO: 2010 Harley-Davidson models on show
By Visordown News on 25/09/2009 11:44:49
'It's a free country' features the latest line-up from Milwaukee
HARLEY-DAVIDSON has released a promotional video featuring machines that will appear in the company's 2010 range.'It's a free country' features 34 new metal masterpieces; 34 more opportunities to ride; 34 new ways to show the world what living free
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Video: 2011 Aprilia Tuono V4
By Visordown News on 26/11/2010 09:04:18
See Aprilia's new V4 naked ahead of this weekend's opening of the NEC Show
APRILIA has launched a promotional video for the 2011 Tuono V4 naked, complete with cheesy 90s heavy rock soundtrack.The machine will make its UK debut at this year's Carole Nash Motorcycle Live, which opens at the NEC this coming Saturday
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Lucky escape for Brazilian stuntman
By Visordown News on 05/12/2011 10:04:54
Slick stunt show goes horribly wrong in an instant
BRAZILIAN motorcycle stuntman Denis Borges can strike off one of his nine lives after this accident at the Beto Carrero World theme park in south-east Brazil.Borges and his stunt partner Anderson Sanches were putting on a slick show until the part
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Bikers help skateboarder break 60MPH speed limit
By Visordown News on 04/09/2008 11:00:19
Check out this crazy footage of two bikers towing a skateboarder along a German motorway
are particularly concerned about copycats who may imitate the stunt, putting their lives at risk.”
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VIDEO: Chained Honda CB550 on full throttle
By Visordown News on 17/09/2008 08:56:07
Modern art or just utter claptrap? Check this footage of a classic Honda thrashing about on full throttle
has been made by artist Hubert Dobler, who really should get out a bit more.No, we don't get it either. But it does remind us of the time our friend Mad Chris tried to jump his MB5 off the roof of an abandoned WWII storage barn near where we lived
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15,000 turn out for Wootton Bassett Afghan Heroes charity ride
By Visordown News on 15/03/2010 08:51:38
Mother's day motorcycle parade a 'huge success' say organisers
AROUND 15,000 people took part in a Mother's Day motorcycle ride through Wootton Bassett to honour soldiers who have lost their lives in the Afghan war.The day was the brainchild of 18-year-old motorcyclist Elizabeth Stevens, who promoted the idea
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