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First X-Games front flip takes best trick gold
By Visordown News on 01/08/2011 10:36:58
Kids: when they're not killing each other on computer games or wearing menacing hoodies, they're getting up to this sort of nonsense
Rosen tried to become the first X-Games front-flipper, suffering some pretty unpleasant injuries. You can see the front flip crash video here
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2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 traction control video
By Visordown News on 07/12/2011 12:24:40
Get a feel for Yamaha's new traction control system
YAMAHA'S revised-for-2012 YZF-R1 now comes with traction control.The six-stage system uses front and rear wheel speed sensors to monitor any rear wheel spin. Check out this video to see the system in action and when you're done watching that, you
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Ducati 1199 Panigale on the dyno
By Visordown News on 19/01/2012 21:09:25
Hear the new Ducati's engine put through its paces
FOOTAGE of Ducati's 1199 Panigale on the dyno has been revealed by Italian magazine Motociclismo.The minute-long clip shows the Panigale being rolled-on in 4th gear from next to no revs. Curiously, it's the first time we've ever seen anyone dynoing
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Hutchinson suffers broken leg in first lap drama at Silverstone BSS
By Visordown News on 27/09/2010 11:45:59
2010 TT legend out for rest of season
TT LEGEND Ian Hutchinson - winner of a record five races at the 2010 TT - is out of the remainder of this year's British Supersport Championship after a first lap crash at Silverstone.Hutchinson came off worst in an opening lap melee, which saw a
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Video captures rider surviving horrific crash
By Visordown News on 28/04/2011 09:38:14
American war veteran suffers four broken vertebrae and a ruptured spleen
CCTV footage captured the moment that an Iraq war veteran was thrown in to a car after being hit from behind.Zacharie Perez was riding home on his Triumph Daytona 675 on a Dallas highway in Texas when a silver car failed to notice the rider and forced him into the vehicle in fron...
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Teaser video of the new MV Agusta F4
By Visordown News on 05/05/2011 16:10:14
Because the world needs a faster MV F4...
's 198bhp.Add in the usual mix of Brembos, Ohlins and carbon fibre and the result should be something fairly spectacular. Sounds good, too.Obviously it won't be cheap; bank on something in the region of £20,000. But that's a bargain compared
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Husqvarna Nuda 900 – the video
By Visordown News on 04/07/2011 12:27:56
Official video of the new Husky in action
to what we already know, except to confirm that, yes, a sub-175kg bike that claims in excess of 100bhp will wheelie.Spec-wise, as well as those figures, the Husqvarna mini-site that's been drip-feeding information about the bike confirms that it's got more
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Vietnam police using batons to stop riders
By Visordown News on 08/12/2011 09:08:10
Police chief claims the video was fabricated
ALONG with throwing nets at speeding motorcyclists, police in Vietnam have been accused of throwing a baton through the spokes of a bike.From the footage in the above video, a stricken scooter is seen amongst a crowd of people with a police issue
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Rider almost killed in circus stunt
By Visordown News on 07/02/2012 10:24:55
Video captures when circus jump goes wrong
, the packed crowd believed the fall was part of the act until the ringmaster revealed it was an accident.As the lights dimmed the crowd feared the worst but Headford was lucky as he only sustained breaks to his leg, wrist, elbow and shoulder.The 20-year
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What does Guy Coulon do in his spare time?
By Visordown News on 24/02/2011 09:24:47
The Tech 3 Yamaha crew chief and his 300cc, six cylinder that can rev up to 22,000rpm
own.The crew chief, who is the man behind Colin Edwards' Yamaha M1 and the Mistral Moto2 machine, is somewhat of a mad genius of engineering and in his spare time tinkering in the shed put together this wild 300cc inline-six race bike.The 300cc inline
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