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Road Test: Suzuki GSX-R750 History
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 19:34:55
Suzuki's GSX-R750 snapped up the TWO Bike Of The Year Award 2004 last month. To mark the occasion, we celebrate 20 years of three-quarter litre lunacy with every generation of GSX-R 750
The year was 1984. Frankie Goes to Hollywood were winding the establishment up by telling everyone to 'Relax', Margaret Thatcher was embroiled in a Mexican standoff with Arthur Scargill and his miners, and the humble halfpenny coin bade farewell
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The perfect launch?
By mark forsyth on 06/09/2010 16:54:24
Well, it's pretty close
If you're struggling to understand how this bike finds so much grip, so quickly you've obviously never walked on a drag racing starting line before. It's a bit like being in a shit nightclub where your footwear stays stuck to the carpet.The start area is a thick layer of years an...
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Hayabusa versus radio controlled car
By Rob Hoyles on 14/01/2009 12:14:14
The fastest production bike in the world goes head-to-head at Santa Pod with the fastest radio controlled car in the UK. Who’s going to come out on top?
look at the stats for a minute. The Hayabusa has to shift a claimed 220kg using 190bhp. That’s 850bhp per tonne. The car on the other hand, has just 1.7kg to propel with a 2.6bhp motor that shrieks its way to a 33,000rpm redline and a top speed well
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Electric drag-racing record set at Santa Pod
By Visordown News on 20/05/2011 08:32:36
Lots of batteries and electric cables get tangled up at The Pod
Weald Electric Vehicle Technology is claiming a new UK electric motorcycle drag-racing record with their custom built “Drag Racer” project. The prototype motorcycle hit 96.53mph in just 14.12 seconds over Santa Pod’s quarter-mile dragstrip
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2011 ZX-10R: the Rickey Gadson way
By Ben Cope on 22/07/2011 09:12:26
How do you get a ZX-10R to go fast down the strip? Give it to this man.
. The result? A 9.40s quarter-mile @ 155mph. If you're keen on getting your ZX-10R off the line faster, you had better get the notepad out..
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Kawasaki pitch new ZZR1400 against Hayabusa
By Visordown News on 10/10/2011 14:17:21
No messing for the big K
KAWASAKI have released this video, pitching the ZZR1400 against the Suzuki Hayabusa.No surprise for guessing which ones comes out on top but it's clear that Kawasaki mean business with this new bike, not afraid to incite a retaliation from Suzuki
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Harley-Davidson announce profit drop
By Visordown News on 17/07/2008 13:34:50
America's No.1 motorcycle manufacturer shows a net income decrease of 23.3 percent
.3percent. Second quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $0.95, a 16.7percent decrease compared to last year's $1.14."During the second quarter we shipped 80,326 Harley-Davidson(R)motorcycles to our dealers and distributors around the world. While
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Harley Davidson profits down
By Visordown News on 25/01/2008 15:35:17
Firm announces ongoing losses
for the quarter was $186.1 million compared to $252.4 million, down 26.3 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2006. Fourth quarter diluted earnings per share were $0.78, a 19.6 percent decrease compared to $0.97 in the fourth quarter of last year. During
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Harley-Davidson profits slump again
By Visordown News on 17/10/2008 11:49:45
Milwaukee-based manufacturer's financial woes contine
with analysts Thursday morning.Harley said its earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 28 dropped 37 percent to $166.5 million, or 71 cents per share, from $265 million, or $1.07 per share, in the same quarter last year. It was the company's fifth straight decline
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Harley cuts losses, shares rise
By Visordown News on 27/01/2011 11:35:10
The future's looking bright for american iron
gave rise to added investor confidence.Harley made a net loss of £29.6m for fourth quarter compared with a £137m loss during the same period last year. In 2010 Harley's global motorcycle sales fell 8.5% to 222,110 units. However, the volume
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