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Biker night-vision for £1200
By Visordown News on 16/10/2009 15:38:39
American motorcyclist develops bar-mounted night-vision system
AN AMERICAN motorcyclist has got a step ahead of many motorcycle manufacturers' future plans by developing his own a night-vision system.Darren Haley, 34, has developed the system in conjunction with Flir, a leader in thermal imaging technology. “I
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BMW release new BMW Sport Helmet
By Visordown News on 24/06/2008 12:34:20
It's one of the quietest full-face helmets on the market, according to BMW
levels to an absolute minimum. Safety is further enhanced by a chin spoiler, neck strap and an anti-scratch double-visor (optical class 2) designed to maximise peripheral vision. A practical ratchet lock enables the visor to be opened quickly and easily
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Hogan's Heroes: Track Virgin
By John Hogan on 31/10/2007 14:44:31
Mission 4: Pop track cherry
Potential: The potentially ruinous realisation I'm not as good at riding as I think I amReality: Christ on a bike, I just got me knee down at 85mph! I love track ridingWhat I learned: Loads of new skills like lifting my vision, body position
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Hogan's Heroes: Trackday virgin
By John Hogan on 01/06/2006 13:36:35
Mission 4: Pop Track Cherry
Potential The potentially ruinous realisation I'm not as good at riding as I think I amReality Christ on a bike, I just got me knee down at 85mph! I love track ridingWhat I learned Loads of new skills like lifting my vision, body position and using
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The Professionals: Jonathan Palmer
By Visordown on 22/10/2010 11:01:24
Jonathan Palmer owns MotorsportVision and most of the racing circuits in the uk. He's very important in our little world of motorsport
that just get in the way.We need to know: Are you the Stig?I think the Stig is a number of people, and I am not one of those people. Anybody that knows me knows I don’t have the time to even consider being the Stig, anyway!Qatar motogp was a floodlit night
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Mental Preparation
By Password on 16/11/2007 14:54:03
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your riding experiences with others and you may find that you have a lot in common!Some kinds of riding are more demanding than others. Fatigue can become a factor on long tours or late-night rides. Make sure you are in good physical and mental
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Hunter S. Thompson reviews the Ducati 900SS
By Hunter S. Thompson on 30/07/2010 14:01:00
Hunter's story 'Song of the Sausage Creature' of his time with a Ducati 900SS
like it. A thoroughbred Cafe Racer will ride all night through a fog storm in freeway traffic to put himself into what somebody told him was the ugliest and tightest decreasing-radius turn since Genghis Khan invented the corkscrew.Cafe Racing is mainly
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To Cannes on a Hayabusa, Blackbird & ZX-12R
By Warren Pole on 22/10/2004 14:57:39
Wozza, Gus and Tim head from London to Cannes in time for cocktails, so make it as fast as possible please, by Hayabusa, Blackbird and ZX-12R
upwards then disappears left and out of sight. There must be a corner coming. Concrete barriers lining the three-lane motorway flash by in my peripheral vision while the blazing pool of light from the Busa's headlamp taunts my eyes into its comforting
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Living with a 2004 Benelli Tornado
By Simon Bowles on 15/10/2004 12:35:26
Simon rides a Benelli Tornado to the track and back
is the Datatool Fortress 1 ground anchor. At fifty quid it's good value, even coming with four M10 security bolts and a drill bit. Not bad, that. And It's a piece of cake to install. I'd had visions of having to hire a cement mixer and pneumatic drill
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Cold Play - Staying in
By Visordown Team on 20/10/2007 18:46:04
The team get together for a long night of beers, pizzas and DVDs to review what's hot on the box
for the arty types, half-a-dozen pizzas and a great big sofa and settled down for a night of box watching. Barry Norman never did it like this.7.30 We kick off with Blade II, in which good guy vampire (Wesley Snipes) fights evil vampire (bloke from Bros
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