CASEY STONER slaughtered the opposition during Saturday's Dutch Grand Prix, winning the race by a staggering 11.3 seconds. Second placed went to Dani Pedrosa who now leads the championship with 171 points. Third place was swept up by Yamaha's Colin Edwards, who pipped Repsol Hond...

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then Stoner has struggled to replicate the year's blistering form; a recurrent wrist injury plagued his 2008 championship hopes and a mystery medical issue forced Stoner to miss three races in the 2009 season.Visordown's MotoGP man Mike Scott has predicted

ANOTHER tabloid newspaper has taken a seemingly pointless pop at Britain's motorcycle community, citing statistics published in a recent survey conducted by the Post Office Motorcycle Insurance scheme.Entitled 'Hell on Wheels', News of The World

MOTORCYLE SALES started 41% down in 2010 but by the end of the year were only 14% down, compared to 2009's figures.The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) say that despite the drop, there is a growing interest in the use of bikes for commuting, with sub-125cc bikes gaining a 1...

Rossi now leads the championship with 187 pointsCASEY STONER held his nerve in foul conditions to take victory at a sodden Sachenring circuit at the German Grand Prix on Sunday.It looked as though Dani Pedrosa was about to extend his championship lead when the Respol Honda rider ...

VISORDOWN has it on good authority ITV will no longer be showing the British Superbikes Championship this year.In 2007, Jane Omorogbe and James Cracknell presented live coverage of the 13-round British Superbike Championship but it appears that BSB

. Hmmm, Bajaj say it's going to increase its share in KTM to produce a 250 which it'll sell to Europe (on Visordown yesterday), now it's taking the 250 Ninja to India. Waddya reckon about the KTM 250 being a fair bit sportier than most Bajaj bikes then

MOTORCYCLE deaths dropped in America last year, after more than a decade of increasing fatalities, it has been revealed.Recent statistics show a 16 per cent drop in US motorcycle fatalities through the first nine months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. The welcome dro...

Dani Pedrosa was the man on-form at Sepang today but a rare mistake saw him highside out of the session. Pedrosa limped away from the high speed accident but was detained in the medical centre for the remainder of free practice.Despite his enforced absence Pedrosa continued to to...