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3-11-90 - The first Day of Champions
By Visordown on 01/12/2010 14:09:04
When GP racing found its conscience and the Day of Champions was born
to be present, and so available, at a Brands Hatch club race was a very special and, then, unique occasion."None of us had any idea what it would turn into," says Andrea. "That first Day of Champions raised £13,400. The Day of Champions is the cornerstone
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Class of '91 - Pocket Rockets
By Visordown on 23/09/2010 12:09:33
There’s the buzz of impending revolution in the air as UK riders demand scaled-down, high-performance pocket rockets built for the Japanese market. and the cbr400 and zxr400 are the best of them all...
power output, they come with no more torque than a 250cc 2-stroke and weigh more, making them reliant on heaps of revs.Dragging 15 stone Englishmen from corner to corner wasn’t exactly part of the original design brief whereas a jockey-sized rider
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Honda TT Legends line-up announced
By Visordown News on 03/02/2012 10:26:26
John McGuinness and Cameron Donald joined by Simon Andrews and Gary Johnson
-man team for the Isle of Man TT and the Northwest 200.Donald and Johnson will remain in the Honda family at both road racing events, competing for Wilson Craig Honda and Padgetts of Batley respectively. Johnson will also contest the 2012 British Superstock
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My first time on a track
By PhilRR1 on 08/09/2007 06:57:56
Racing newbie takes to Donington Park
I was at Donington on 1st August for my first try at track racing. It was an xmas pressie from my dear lady wife who tries even more crazy presents each year. After racing a Ferrari, flying a Tiger Moth, and sledding with huskies in the arctic, she
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Living with a 2001 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Gus Scott on 26/04/2002 11:45:59
Gus Scott the man, the legend, a ladies man and a very tight northerner indeed. And he was very fast on a motorcycle
for longer ways home. Good tank range (much better than the 12 - 200 on the 6, 130 on the 12...) brilliant handling, bags of room even for a 'lurch' like me, agile, fantastic for commuting and filtering, doesn't make your ears bleed like the 12 (no pipe, see
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Trials & Error - Whitham rides a Montesa
By James Whitham on 21/09/2010 14:40:17
Motorcycles aren't all about going fast - sometimes they go up vertical walls instead. Whit blags a go on Dougie Lampkin's trials bike and wishes he was somewhere else
-Hondas reads like an entry sheet from a World Trials Championship event: David Cobos, fifth in the world in 2002; Josep Manzano, 2001 World Junior Champion and a former European champ; Jordi Tarres, seven times a world champion... The list goes on. The only
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Learn to ride with Visordown: Restricted or not?
By Tim Skilton on 30/08/2007 14:01:17
Direct Access isn't for everyone. Here's why 33bhp might be the best route for you
.survivalskills.co.ukBikesafe 01492 510969 www.bikesafe.co.ukBSM 0870 902 1700 www.bsm.co.ukBMF Rider Training 0800 328 9609 www.bmf.co.ukInstitute of Advanced Motorists 0208 996 9600Driving Standards Agency 0115 901 2500 www.dsa.gov.ukDepartment of Transport www.dft.gov.uk
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Crutchlow gets his ticket to ride
By Visordown News on 09/07/2008 11:23:24
HM Plant BSB ace passes motorcycle test and collects new Honda CB1000R
Crutchlow...picking up his new CB1000RHM PLANT Honda's Cal Crutchlow passed his motorcycle test at the end of last week, and on the same day he took collection of his all-new Honda CB1000R. Crutchlow said: "I've got such a busy schedule with racing
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First Ride: 2001 Ducati 620ie Monster
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 21:20:35
Jon Urry tests out the Ducati 620ie Monster
The original M600 was an amalgam of 583cc two-valve desmodromic V-twin motor and chassis from the 851 Superbike, clothed in the minimal bodywork from the pen of Miguel Galuzzi. More than 100,000 of the little beauties have been sold worldwide
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First Ride: 2004 Honda CRF250-X
By Chris Moss on 30/03/2008 19:54:34
Mossy goes over the hills and far away on Honda's new CRF250-X enduro tool. Off-roading just got a whole lot easier.
more and needs modifiying to make it road legal2004 Honda CRF250X SpecificationsTYPE - OFF-ROAD PRODUCTION DATE - 2004 PRICE NEW - £4995 ENGINE CAPACITY - 249cc POWER - 27.5bhp@9000rpm TORQUE - 16.5lb.ft@9000rpm WEIGHT - 103.5kg SEAT HEIGHT - 955mm
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