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Living with excess: Aprilia SXV5.5
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2010 11:42:16
I've been riding the Aprilia for less than 20 yards, in fact I haven't even made it out of the office car park, and I've already got into trouble.
Aprilia SXV5.5Special excess: race bike on the roadLived with: Jon UrryI've been riding the Aprilia for less than 20 yards, in fact I haven't even made it out of the office car park, and I've already got into trouble. A lady is waggling her finger
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Living with excess: 2006 Kawasaki ZZR1400
By Tim Dickson on 28/03/2010 10:11:42
Special excess: a claimed 197bhp
is usable and massively entertaining. Add to that everything else it does so well and excess never seemed so appealing.Friday 28 July, 2006. Take ZZR1400 back to Kawasaki. "Er, can I maybe keep it just a bit longer..?"Kawasaki Kawasaki ZZR1400 Specifications
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Living with excess: 2006 Triumph Rocket III
By Niall Mackenzie on 28/03/2010 10:17:29
Special excess: 2.3-litre engine
Until I took delivery of the Triumph Rocket III, never before had any motorcycle come close to taking up a whole parking bay in my garage. I reckon if someone broke in not expecting to encounter this beast they would take fright and run a mile. It's a monster, it's a behemoth but...
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Speed cameras save lives and don't rake in excess cash
By Visordown News on 24/11/2010 10:35:43
RAC Foundation claims scrapping cameras is a "big mistake"
A RECENT REPORT by the RAC Foundation suggests 800 people a year could be killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads if all speed cameras were scrapped.Professor Richard Allsop, Professor of Transport Studies at University College London, said cameras have improved road safet...
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Living with excess: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750
By John Hogan on 28/03/2010 10:03:49
Special excess: the UK's best-seller
It's the Friday before Brands Hatch World Superbikes and the guys in Suzuki GB's workshop are talking me through all the things I'm supposed to know before I can take away their shiny new GSX-R750. Except all I can hear is a Bart Simpson-style 'blah, blah, blah' - I am transfixed...
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Road Test: SXV5.5 v. ZZR1400 v. GSX-R750 v. Rocket
By Niall Mackenzie, Tim Dickson, John Hogan, Jon Urry on 20/05/2008 10:30:19
Motorcycling with the mostest and living with extremes: Kawasaki ZZR1400, Triumph Rocket III, Suzuki GSX-R750 and an Aprilia SXV5.5. Can too much ever be enough?
The world of motorcycling is one rich in extravagance and excess. For many, although far from all, it's an arena of 'mine's bigger than yours' one-upmanship, and we live richer, more varied biking lives for it. Excess and extremes take on many forms
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Feed the habit: Living with the Ducati 1098R
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2010 10:55:25
Ducati’s hand-made and deliciously savage 1098R is unashamedly brutal, it takes no prisoners and makes no excuses. We lived with the £26k masterpiece for three weeks to find out if you can really live with such excess
Ducati 1098R, you honestly don’t care what other people think. You’re living in a special place called Me Town, population: one.I’ve ridden everything from jet-bikes in Arizona to Valentino Rossi’s RC211V in Malaysia, but the Ducati 1098R is as special
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Death race Biker jailed for 6 years
By Visordown News on 29/05/2008 09:44:10
A teenage motorcyclist whose was found guilty of causing the deaths of five people in a road accident given just 6 years
Knights: "Your race took the lives of five people, four of them innocent. The consequences for those who survived have been devastating."According to police reports, the Sierra had hit speeds in excess of 100mph during the race before it took off over
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Visordown's motorcycle insurance guide
By Visordown on 24/01/2012 15:18:38
Insurance is a right hassle right up to the point the man with the skillsaw has your bike away - then it's a God send. Here's our guide
the industry but the type of bike you ride or the area in which you live can also affect this.Voluntary excess:This is the amount a rider chooses to pay in addition to the compulsory excess. If you decide to bear an additional excess it may bring your premium
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Safety campaign gets £30,000 boost
By Tim Skilton on 15/06/2007 09:54:42
Council funding for Operation Halter
patrols aimed at road users who speed excessively. The force already has the power to strip offenders of their licences within days of a serious offence. More funding is promised for the next three years.Road Policing Inspector Chris Charlton said: "North
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