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Grandson of Arai - Akihito Arai
By Akihito Arai on 20/10/2010 12:14:55
Akihito Arai is grandson of Hirotake Arai and Director of Arai Europe. motorcycle helmets have been his whole life...
. He loved to visit the company and loved motorcycles and remained very involved until he was too old. Unfortunately he died when I was young, on June 14, 1986. Looking back I don’t remember ever seeing him riding motorcycles, he was very old when I
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The Professionals - Richard Stevens
By Visordown on 02/09/2007 14:41:50
Richard Stevens is the artist behind the mad paint designs seen on nearly every helmet in the British Superbike Championship
!HAVING DONE THEM BOTH, HOW DO CAR RACER'S DESIGNS DIFFER TO BIKE RACERS?With a car driver it's more important for them to have a design because it's their trademark, so what goes with their name is their helmet design. Motorcycling is more flamboyant, more
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First Person: Julian Rhind-Tutt
By Visordown on 22/10/2010 10:53:16
Julian Rhind-Tutt, the blond actor from those Barclay Card adverts, discusses Ducatis, the incorrect way to exit Druids corner and playing Mr Monks with a broken thumb...
motorcycle indoors. In the end we had six blokes push me down a corridor, I tucked in and six more blokes caught me at the other end.I ride the bike to job interviews now. Helmet hair doesn’t bother me, I’ve given up caring what I look like..
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Interview: Valentino Rossi
By Visordown on 22/05/2012 16:26:00
Valentino Rossi answers the fans' questions at Le Mans
At the Grand Prix de France at Le Mans, Valentino Rossi participated in a Monster Energy interview with MotoGP commentator Gavin Emmett to answer questions sent in by fans. He revealed his thoughts on recent developments, whether he can win
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20 Questions... John Warr
By Hariet Ridley on 22/10/2007 16:38:14
Europe's oldest Harley-Davidson dealership, Warrs, was founded by John's father Fred. The former racer and mechanic now runs the company
that has ever happened to you on a motorcycle?I don't want to tempt fate with that one.What is the most miserable time you've had riding a bike?Riding with an open face helmet in the pissing rain - ouch!Who's your motorcycling hero?My father Fred, who
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20 Questions: Martin Brundle
By Visordown on 10/04/2008 15:57:00
Martin Brundle ITV's Formula 1 commentator
's imagination and intellect at the moment.16. What's your proudest achievement?Winning the '88 World Sportscar Championship and surviving 158 F1 GPs.17. Do motorcycles inform your work and, if so, how?Riding a bike is like motor racing. Wearing a helmet, senses
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20 Questions: James Cracknell
By Mark Shippey on 17/03/2008 15:31:25
Olympic gold medallist rower and very tall bloke
is the maddest thing you ever did on a motorcycle?At the National Water Centre in Nottingham there's a two-metre wide strip of road. I went along it on the back of a ZX-10 at 150mph with no helmet and in T-shirt and shorts.7. What's the worst thing that has ever
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The Professionals - John Mockett
By Visordown on 01/04/2010 12:31:41
Loved for his Sprocket cartoons and respected for his huge design back catalogue, Mr Mockett’s pen is one of the most influential in British motorcycling
working for Yamaha Amsterdam doing general design work; stuff that ranged from full-sized concept models through to helmet stickers and mad stuff like life-casts of Kenny Roberts. On the back of that I got the job designing the livery for the factory team
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Graziano Rossi - The God's father
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/09/2010 09:52:37
While Valentino proves proves his class in MotoGP, Niall Mackenzie speaks to The Doctor's daddy, Graziano Rossi
still like to ride motorcycles?I still love to ride. We have about 20 friends, including Aldo Drudi (now famous for the Rossi and Schwantz helmet designs), who all ride for fun. We have enduro bikes with knobbly tyres on the front and intermediates
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Vicky Butler-Henderson
By Visordown on 26/10/2001 16:18:01
Speed and Fifth Gear's Vicki Butler-Henderson seem somewhat impossible to separate.
managed to squeeze our interview in for a few hours on her one day off, before she drove away up North (obviously at 200mph) to test a load of bikes for Top Gear. Yes indeed, having tested every modern car to hell and back, Miss Henderson is now having a
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