quality, technical excellence, powerful and beautiful. I hope you will agree that the bike is all of this and more.”The auction currently stands at £57,100 with 47 bidders.

magical event for Honda. It is where Honda began racing and has been coming for over 50 years to compete, with numerous successes during this period."A former TT competitor himself, Tuxworth has managed Honda's road-racing teams for more than 20 years

to increase the number of bikes on the wildcard fleet for the remaining rounds to make sure anyone else wishing to take advantage of the scheme is able to do so.”The places are open to riders over the age of 16 who have a full national race licence. For more

motorcyclists, did you?) but having run out of space for more airbags inside their cars Volvo is starting to put them on the outside, too.Making its debut on the firm's new V40, the pedestrian airbag inflates from the rear edge of the bonnet, shielding

year I finally gave in, with the stipulation that he take a safety course and buy a good helmet and riding gear. Two months later, Chris was in a crash and suffered several broken bones and a concussion. The hospital bill was more than $60,000.His

Hypermotard and the supremely accomplished Multistrada. A Hyperstrada or Multimopard, perhaps?In terms of styling, the front is pure Hypermotard while the rear – shorn of its under-seat pipes in favour of the more modern-looking belly-mounted exhaust

THIS may turn out to be the only story in Visordown's history where the bikes' names make up more of the text than the rest of the words combined. It's the first of the new Harleys for 2013.No pictures yet, but we've got a leaked list of new models

but don't worry, Lime Green will still be available.No word from Kawasaki UK yet, but we expect it to be around £200 more than the current model which retails at £11,999 and £12,999 for the ABS model.

sports bike, with Suzuki pitching it as a commuter, and the cheapness doesn't end at the purchase price, since the firm reckons it's good for more than 85mpg.Each one will come with a 2-year warranty and one year's roadside assistance included

and in the following two years, motorcycle-related deaths rose by 21%, while costs for motorcyclists with head, brain or skull injuries more than doubled, increasing from $21 million (£13.4 million) to $50 million (£31.9 million).Motorcycle groups like ABATE have