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Suomy unveil new Troy Bayliss replica
By Visordown News on 10/10/2008 08:45:31
Only 1098 helmets made to honour Aussie's third WSB title
features the hand-painted design that the champ will wear at the upcoming final round of the series at Portimao on November 2.It comes with an iridium visor and will cost around £500.Nice one, cobber!
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Product Review: Holroyd Race-Tech tyre warmers
By Lucas Hutchings on 08/07/2009 12:05:37
Tyre warmers are a common sight on trackdays. We review budget-priced Race-Tech tyre warmers
.95 delivered, are British made and come with a 12-month guarantee.The first trackday I took them on was at Portimao and for the first couple of sessions I didn’t bother with the warmers as I was learning the track and to be honest couldn’t wait to get out
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Tested: Metzeler Sportec M5 Interact
By Jon Urry on 15/03/2010 15:03:48
Visordown tests new road-biased sports tyre in a wet and windy Portugal
at Portimao I was very impressed by the M5’s grip levels. I can’t see it being a problem to run in the fast group of a trackday on this tyre and having charged far too hot into quite a few corners due to not knowing where the hell the track went I didn
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Used: X-lite X-802
By mark forsyth on 07/10/2011 15:42:33
If the hat fits, wear it, etc
wearing it pretty much non stop since January and generally I adore it. However, it took a track day at Portimao for me to realise that I'd have to get it tweaked. Popping my head up into the 170mph draught at the end of the straight forced the chin bar
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New Stuff: Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond
By Andy Stevens on 17/06/2011 16:33:42
Its bold, it’s brave and it’s certainly new, have you ever seen a tread pattern like that in your life?
them.Earlier in the year Mark Forsyth spent two days thrashing all sorts of bikes around the Portimao circuit all clad in the Supermaxx Diamonds and he survived, in fact you can check out the onboard video, he actually quite liked them and he wasn
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Tested: Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond
By Andy Stevens on 23/09/2011 11:08:35
6500 miles later how did the oddly-patterned Supermaxx’s shape up?
to the road, then consider something else.Read MF's review of them on the road and watch an on board video of him thrashing around Portimao, riding a Kawasaki Z1000SX shod with the Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond tyres. Here's what i said about them when they were
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Goodbye Arai, hello X-Lite
By mark forsyth on 25/02/2011 10:29:00
MF's breaking 25 years of helmet habit
firm that have kept me in Arai for two decades, so by now I've just about started to trust their judgement.I've only tried it on so far (I'll use it next week for my first trip to Portimao) but the first impressions are good. It's super-light (1340g
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Drift Camera HD170 review
By mark forsyth on 11/03/2011 12:55:44
Fool proof on-board camera, proof tested by a fool
I’ve been testing this Drift 170 camera for the past few days. I also took it on the recent Portimao Maxxis tyre launch where I managed to sneak it onto Gary Mason’s Kawasaki Superbike.We’ve been using the GoPro HD set-up for over a year now
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