| |
 |
Inner City GP: Milton Keynes
By Visordown on 01/12/2009 14:40:17
Living in the centre of town? Want to get some early-morning thrills without venturing too far?
-checkingMilton Keynes was always going to turn up on the ICGP radar, it was just a question of when. This route covers four and a half miles and no less than 14 roundabouts.Starting off at the Xscape indoor ski centre, head out of town flicking through the first three
|
|
 |
Booty Call: The Fattie custom craze
By Visordown on 18/11/2010 16:44:11
Forget choppers and custom bikes, there’s a new craze sweeping the USA from the West coast to the East. It involves grafting ridiculous oversize tyres and swingarms onto previously normal sportsbikes...
Angeles, long, low and powered by old push-rod Harley motors with slash-cut pipes.But with the arrival of the FireBlade in 1992, for the first time the chop-shops directed their attention to Japanese sportsbikes. In 1994 a handful of CBR900s with extended
|
|
 |
Inner City GP: Wellingborough
By Visordown on 06/12/2010 12:55:36
You don’t have to ride miles to practice your roadcraft
the Wilby Way part of the A509. A sweeping roundabout taken in third gear on a big bike equates to 39mph, and the exit is crucial for the long straight to the next junction, ideal for blowing out the cobwebs.Down the off-ramp towards Tescos, braking hard
|
|
 |
The Rise and Fall of HRC
By Visordown on 25/03/2009 14:53:10
We all got so used to Honda winning everything for so long that their slow-down in race results, followed by recent pull-outs, have sent wagging tongues into overdrive. What’s really going on at Honda and why?
– in 1997 – the contrast between then and now is amazing.Doohan is World Champion for the fourth of five times, NSR500s of some kind win every GP contested and Honda wins its 10th constructors’ championship. Biaggi wins 250cc championship first time out
|
|
 |
In our modern world is there any place for real-road racing?
By Visordown on 23/11/2010 14:07:49
Is there any place for road racing on the modern bike-racing calendar? In our increasingly safety-first world, where does it stand?
.Fans2.Funding3.Motorsport itselfRoad racing is an exciting sport and is here to stay, so there.kendizx9rRoad racing rocks! It’s only pussies that have a problem with it...PiersronanResult:Leave road racing alone: 13Its time for a rethink: 0A complete
|
|
 |
Katja Poensgen
By Visordown on 26/10/2001 16:47:36
For a girl to make it into professional bike racing is rare enough. For a girl to make it all the way into Grands Prix is even rarer
- I was so furious that I didn't eat or talk for three days! So in desperation, dad asked if I wanted to have a go on these RG125 school bikes, and I said no way! I just want to go home! By the fourth day, I was so bored I was looking at the bike
|
|
 |
Adventure bikes, why they are the new cool
By Visordown on 25/10/2010 10:08:22
Forget trying to look cool on your new sportsbike, there is a new craze in town. Adventure bikes are the latest up and coming fashion accessory. You’d be a right Charley to miss out...
under a quarter of all bikes sold in the UK are sportsbikes, whereas naked bikes account for about 20% and adventure bikes 10%. But that isn’t the most significant figure, in a sales climate which is plateauing adventure bike registrations were up 31
|
|
 |
20 things that drive you mad about biking
By Visordown on 07/12/2011 11:18:43
You love motorcycling, but there are aspects to riding bikes that never fail to drive you round the bend. We’ve identified the very things you hate the most, from unscuffed kneesliders to the British weather...
they did it all on their weekly wobble around the same car-infested roads. Who cares about getting your knee down? Er, lots of people it seems. That’s the trouble. You’ve got a £10,000 motorcycle and a £1,000 set of leathers and your sliders are untouched
|
|
 |
Discuss: Can girls be fast competent riders
By Visordown on 21/10/2009 12:19:00
Can girls be fast, competent riders, or do they lack the basic skills to ride quick and safe? This hot potato copped us a load of flak, so join in!
. And if the bike is not small enough, it can instill nervousness.Taff107Women can ride like idiots, they can ride well, or they can be somewhere in the middle. Look at your 200mph Feature - won by a woman. Blokes probably have more of an issue with ego and showing
|
|
 |
James Whitham Scrapbook: Part Two
By Visordown News on 06/06/2011 12:49:30
More comedy life in photographs
Kirkistown, Northern Ireland, early 1988. I love motorbikes me... ’80s hair worth a mention.Me, Andrea and Scott Russell at the WSB end of season party, Hard rock Café, Sentul, Indonesia, 1997. I suspect we’d had a drink or two at this point. Later
|
|
|
|
|
