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Living with a 2001 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K1
By Alex Hearn on 26/05/2002 14:42:12
Alex Hearn used to edit TWO magazine and also had a Porsche Boxster with the number plate AL3X HN. Bonza!
August 2001So. Suzuki's demonic 145bhp/180mph GSX-R1000 has scythed its way into my somewhat moribund motorcycling life, despite my heartfelt belief that - these days - less is more when it comes to motorcycles.That's less power, speed and potential to get me any more nicked than...
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The Best 600 On The Planet - Crutchlow's Championship winning R6
By Ben Miller on 08/04/2010 14:57:16
NO ARGUMENTS, FOR THESE ARE THE NUMBERS: 140BHP, 158KG, £45,000 and more points than anyone else in the World Supersport championship. Meet Cal Crutchlow’s R6
Tucked-in on a Valencia start/finish straight hazy with heat, the blue and carbon of Cal Crutchlow’s R6 were so tight to the exhausts of Anthony West’s CBR600RR going into the last lap, the two were virtually indistinguishable. The headline battle of the third round of the champi...
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TT Centenary: Mad King Molyneux
By Jonathan Bentman on 13/05/2007 11:54:06
In 2006 11-times TT winner Dave Molyneux flipped his outfit at over 140mph. He promptly retired. But this year he's back for win number 12
Moly's a mad bugger. Those are his words, more or less, not ours. Last year Manxman Dave Molyneux, with some 11 TT victories under his belt, flipped his outfit while going flat out through Rhencullen, just after Kirk Michael village. We can assume he was travelling somewhere clos...
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Lucky Stars - Superstitious racers
By Stuart Barker on 15/05/2009 14:48:43
Rossi, Foggy, Sheene - In this age of space technology, it's comforting to know that bike racers are a desperately superstitious bunch
at the same time.It shouldn't be surprising that so many racers have lucky routines, numbers or garments of clothing. After all, belief is everything for a motorcycle racer. If he doesn't believe he's faster than his opponents, he's never going to beat them
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Discuss: Would you rather have cops or cameras?
By Visordown on 20/07/2009 12:06:00
We asked you, the Visordown reader whether you'd opt for camera or cops on UK roads. Here's what you had to say
cops around when I want to ride fast. And the other benefit of moving towards automated road policing is that a number-plate alteration means you are immune to the cameras..." Tony Hathaway"...I want to see more coppers. The human discretion
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How my stolen 'Blade ended up on the WSB grid
By Jon Urry on 24/06/2010 10:28:00
In 2004 I had a Honda Fireblade, and very nice it was too. Then some lowlife scum decided to relieve me of it. Now, years later, the police have recovered the bike. What happened in between?
? You use a legitimate identity. My bike’s frame and engine numbers were erased and replaced with numbers from a British Superbike. Why? When a race team buys a brand new bike to go racing, the manufacturer registers the bike as a sale and obtains a
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The cars driven by MotoGP stars
By Robin Goodwin on 20/07/2011 09:43:55
From supercars to hybirds, check out what the fastest riders on the planet roll around in
; Rossi's has been personalised with the yellow 458 topped with a matte black roof and his signature number 46 embroidered on the door panels.
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Groovy motorcycle ads from the past
By Visordown on 01/12/2011 09:32:13
Step back in time with the funniest classic adverts of all time. Wax your moustache, pull on your Belstaff and pull women on your motorbike
is unbelievably cool. Sadly for Honda the price of £2,800 was a very large number, and the CBX didn’t sell.
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The Visordown 'End of 2011' Quiz
By Ben Cope & Robin Goodwin on 21/12/2011 13:29:00
Have you been paying attention at the back?
, prepare to get guessing.So grab a pen and a piece of paper, write down the numbers 1 to 20 and get ready to rack your brain. No Googling (or other search engines).All answers are on page two. Remember, if you cheat, you're only cheating yourself!1. What
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Two Hundred Miles Per Hour
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 12:17:58
Take six people who've never done 200mph before, take one of the fastest bikes in Britain, add a two-mile long runway and this is how it feels
200mph is a number banded around a lot these days as a number easily achievable on a modern superbike. It's a bit silly really as all these bikes are limited to 'only' 186mph, and a Hayabusa or ZZR1400 will happily hit this point, then go no further
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