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Ride Like Mackenzie: Road Survival
By Niall Mackenzie on 11/11/2010 14:23:16
Join the one and only Niall Mackenzie as he divulges everything he knows about faster, smoother, safer riding, on the road and track, all of it gained from the highest levels of world competition and through 24 years of road riding experience
Now I know road survival sounds about as fun as watching paint dry while listening to Will Young's greatest hit, but bear with me. Obviously it'll never be as sexy as learning to hoist massive stand-up wheelies or how to slot in a sub 1.36-second lap of Donington, but as the road...
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11,000 speeding fines could be overturned
By Visordown News on 12/03/2013 10:45:00
Signage blunder could mean a let off for thousands
THOUSANDS of speeding convictions could be reversed on a technicality, because the font used to display the numbers on some variable speed limit signs did not comply with traffic regulations.The Crown Prosecution Service informed Warwickshire Police last November of the irregular...
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Fake motorcycle police. Why?
By Ben Cope on 17/01/2012 16:03:51
Dressing up like the plod. To achieve what exactly?
People who like to pretend they're police baffle me and annoy me in equal measure.I took this picture the other day at Cobham, about to join the A3 heading to Guildford. I guessed that the guy on the left had just bought his rather fetching BMW off the guy on the right. He was be...
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M62 Biker protest goes ahead
By Visordown News on 05/06/2008 10:33:21
Hundreds of riders turn out to support anti-government fuel price demonstration
MOTORWAYS AROUND Manchester were brought to a halt this morning as hundreds of bikers staged a go-slow protesting against high fuel prices. The protest, which was announced on visordown.com yesterday, left Birch services just after 0800 BST
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Cat and Fiddle declared most dangerous biking road
By Visordown News on 25/06/2009 11:29:07
Sixty per cent of UK A-roads unsafe according to the Road Safety Foundation
and coastal areas. 11% occurred on dual carriageways, and just 6% on motorways. The road at the top of this list is the 'Cat and Fiddle' A537 Macclesfield to Buxton. Of the 27% fatal and serious collisions between 2005-2007, over two-thirds involved a
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Video: That was always going to happen, part one
By Ben Cope on 25/02/2010 12:29:08
Whenever you get the video camera out, and it involves bikes, it's almost certainly going to end like this..
Simple really, just get a little put-put, find some land under a motorway somewhere and then stunt it infront of your mates holding the video camera. What could possibly go wrong?
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How to take a toll booth - Dukes of Hazzard style
By Visordown News on 08/06/2010 10:16:54
Drunk US driver escapes without serious injury
THIS IS what happens when a p*ssed female motorist starts scrabbling around for her spare change on the approach to a motorway toll booth.Filmed in the USA, both driver and toll booth attendant escaped serious injury. Can't say the same for the car
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The biggest tw@t in motorcycling?
By Visordown News on 10/05/2010 12:08:00
High on speed, low on brain cells
NOT CONTENT with hoiking a wheelie at over 160mph between two articulated lorries, matey in the attached clip turns around to ride the wrong way down a motorway in order to dive between both vehicles flat-out in a head-on pass.Not quite sure what
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Bike cop serious after training accident
By Tim Skilton on 13/06/2007 14:12:09
Police motorcyclist injured on M61
A POLICE motorcyclist on a training ride suffered serious injuries after crashing into a motorway barrier.Allegedly, he was riding along a slip road from the M61 to the East Lancs Road when he careered into the central reservation barrier
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EU orders wire-rope barrier review
By Tim Skilton on 09/10/2007 09:26:28
'Cheese-cutter' barriers branded lethal for motorcyclists
Wire crash barriers...lethal to motorcyclistsTHE EUROPEAN UNION have ordered a review of central wire rope barriers on motorways following increasing concerns over incidents involving motorcycles.The wire barriers are mainly seen in Ireland
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