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SCOOP: FTR Haslam racer to cost £69,850 (£82,073 inc VAT) excluding delivery
By Visordown News on 16/02/2010 09:35:09
Limited edition full specification Moto2 racer goes on sale - check out the full deal here
.• A celebratory dinner, presentation and evening with Ron Haslam.• An Arai Quantum Ron Haslam replica crash helmet, bespoke fitted.• A Spidi Elf Honda replica set of GP Kangaroo leathers, bespoke fitted.• Matching Spidi gloves and XPD boots.• A framed
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Estoril MotoGP Rider Comment
By Visordown News on 05/10/2009 13:51:19
Find out who said what about who following this weekend's racing action
not easy but we have nothing to lose! I'm proud that we have won the Team Title and I want to say thanks and congratulations to everyone. I liked my leathers and helmet a lot this weekend and I wanted to celebrate Neil Armstong and his landing on the moon
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ROSPA: Ten Reasons to Maintain Speed Camera Enforcement
By Visordown News on 02/09/2010 11:23:38
Leading road safety group lists reasons why the UK's speed camera system should stay
-use of safety belts and child restraints, the non-use of helmets, drinking and driving, inappropriate and excessive speed and the lack of appropriate infrastructure". An EC project, SUPREME, 10 to identify the best ways of preventing road deaths gave the speed
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Last Ride of the Summer
By Stuart Barker on 28/12/2002 17:02:21
Having been relegated to a ten year-old Ford Escort for the past few months for reasons to dull to go into, I've now realised how much there is to miss when you've not got a bike
...Conventional wisdom has it that now is the time for smart people to tuck their motorcycles away until the evil months have passed but conventional wisdom can kiss my butt - I've always found the queue less busy in the opposite direction.Don't get me wrong, I don
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First Ride: Honda Goldwing
By Tony Middlehurst & Krys Freeman on 19/10/2010 10:27:23
Former Superbike magazine editor Tony Middlehurst takes his better half on a journey across the Lakes
Click to read: Honda Goldwing owners reviews, Honda Goldwing specs and to see the Honda Goldwing image gallery.I stood over the Goldwing lying accusingly on its side, flood-waters raging around it, hailstones pinging off my helmet. A playful gust
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Goodbye RM85 Suzuki
By mark forsyth on 10/05/2011 08:57:39
It's been a blast
and modernity - an ancient, very, very high mileage R1100GS BMW.I made him a brew and some pasta arrabiatta then made him ride my 2011 Fireblade. Unlike some Harley owners he is open minded to other aspects of motorcycle culture.Off he went, lace up leather
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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
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848 Challenge rider profiles
By Ben Cope on 27/04/2011 12:09:24
All the riders in the 2011 848 Challenge series
Superstock 1000cc competitorMark Cheetham #21Age 38Hometown: OrmskirkOccupation: TechnicianWebsite: www.johnhuntbolton.co.ukTeam Name: Mark Cheetham RacingManager: Mark CheethamSponsors: Shorrocks Motorcycles, AGV, Berick, Moto Direct, MTC Exhausts
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Riding Enduro Africa
By John Cantlie on 29/11/2005 16:09:55
2500 kilometres, 10days, 5blokes, 5bikes, 1 ginormous continent...and a broken foot
rickety old Tiger Moth from Croydon to Capetown in 1958. In the UK, where we live safely protected from ourselves and nobody takes responsibility for anything anymore, a motorcycle offers a rare form of escape. Ride and rejoice! You might hurt yourself
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Rockers Roll
By Alex Hearn on 12/10/2007 11:17:04
Reliving a past they never had on machinery they didn't own first time round, Alex, Jon and Jim indulge in a spot of nostalgic old school cool. Let's go retro
-focused digital world to the first point to ponder: why, when everything on two wheels is getting faster, lighter and better, would you want a motorcycle that is antiquated, slow, heavy and quite plainly not brilliant?Part of that answer we'll get to after a
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