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Isle of Man: Rutter rides Senior TT with broken wr
By Visordown News on 09/06/2007 12:56:05
Top ten finish for BSB regular despite broken wrist
eighth place in the Pokerstars Senior TT " and this despite a broken scaphoid bone in Michael Rutter's wrist.Michael picked up the injury when he crashed out of one of the British Superbike races at Snetterton last month. The top ten result comes
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Goodyear ordered to pay US $15 million fine
By Tim Skilton on 30/08/2007 22:09:23
Faulty tyre deemed cause of serious accident
, leaving Trish McCloud with severe brain damage. The jury concluded the tyre fitted to the motorcycle on which Ms McCloud was riding as pillion contained a defect that caused it to abruptly deflate. The ensuing crash resulted in Ms McCloud hitting
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Isle of Man tourism minister responds to TT deaths
By Roger Willis on 20/03/2008 19:21:43
Redefinition of prohibted areas following analysis by new TT organising body
.According to Earnshaw, new TT organiser ACU Events Ltd has already carried out an analysis of the course which has resulted in further definition of restricted and prohibited areas – which will be announced soon. And following TT 2007, the Isle of Man government also
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Yamaha to recall 53,814 bikes
By Visordown News on 27/01/2009 11:24:29
Yamaha recall TW200E over faulty rear shock
YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY have said it will recall 53,814 motorcycles to replace a defect in rear-wheel shock absorbers on the company's TW200E.The TW200E's in the recall were manufactured between 1987 and 2001 and all sold in Japan, the motorcycle firm
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Bikers hate poor indicating by car drivers
By Visordown News on 19/12/2011 10:38:12
Survey finds what factors irritate motorcyclists the most
was the most annoying, the poll also revealed that 21% of bikers get irate when a driver throws a cigarette butt out of the window, with around a fifth of them saying they had been hit by one thrown from a car.Among the other results were poor road conditions
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BSB: Oulton Park race report
By Visordown News on 08/05/2007 12:21:43
Ducati and Honda share the honours at Oulton
mate Sykes.Oulton Park Race 1 results1. Gregorio Lavilla2. Leon Haslam3. Ryuichi Kiyonari4. Johnny Rea5. Tom Sykes6. Shane Byrne7. Cal Crutchlow8. Leon Camier9. Karl Harris10. Tommy HillRace 2Kiyonari took the second race win in tough conditions
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Vote: Traffic Cops vs. Speed Cameras
By Visordown News on 31/05/2007 12:27:39
Visordown's holding a vote, so get involved!
!We'll post the results up next week.
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BSB: No stopping Kiyonari at Snetterton
By Visordown News on 21/05/2007 10:12:20
HM Plant squad dominate round five of the BSB championship
the short straw, with a weekend of poor results, he could only manage 11th in race one and a crash in race two ended his weekend, but he escaped without injury.Snetterton Race 1 results:1 Ryuichi Kiyonari 2 Jonathan Rea 3 Leon Haslam 4 Tom Sykes 5 Leon
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Furious wife takes revenge on husband's YZF-R6
By Visordown News on 08/05/2009 08:56:35
And the poor bloke claims he hadn't been unfaithful!
The end result of a wife's furious wobbly BIT OF a Friday funny for you:Spotted by a Visordown member on eBay, the owner of this rather sorry-looking Yamaha YZF-R6 seems to have upset his wife to the point that she's taken a Stanley knife and a club
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Survey: Increased support for road charging
By Visordown News on 27/08/2010 12:29:15
Department for Transport study shows growing support for IT-based charging system
A SURVEY commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) has found more than 50 per cent of the UK's motorists believe road charging should be based on usage.The results from the survey, released yesterday, showed more than eighty per cent
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