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SCOOP: Fake dealer rip off website exposed
By Visordown News on 02/08/2007 14:31:07
Bikers ripped-off by spoof dealer
A MASSIVE scam dealership has been exposed today. The website, found at www.motosw.com pretends to be a dealer - that doesn't exist - and has been taking deposits for bikes that they don't have.The website lists Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Honda and Suzuki bikes for sale and lists its ...
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Knievel ends feud with American rap star
By Visordown News on 27/11/2007 19:21:44
Stunt god seeks compensation for 'rip-off'
video.Richard Fee, Knievel's attorney, told MTV News at the time that his client did not consider the video an homage, but "more as a rip-off," he said. "Mr. Knievel has a trademark on Evel Knievel and an extraordinarily well-recognized white jumpsuit
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Why bother designing a new bike...
By Visordown News on 03/04/2012 09:20:34
...When somebody else has already done it?
WE'VE seen plenty of bikes with features 'inspired' by others, or even with styling that's dubiously similar to rival machines, but this is taking it a bit too far.So why are we showing pictures of a Ducati 1198 and Streetfighter with this story? We're not. They're new models fro...
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Stafford Bric-a-Brac. Misery and Sadness in excess
By mark forsyth on 16/10/2010 19:15:43
What on earth is going on?
Just got back from the Stafford show. It was packed. Largely with groups of silver-haired men.But that’s not what made it a sad event. No, what was really depressing was what people think things are worth nowadays. Or rather, what they think they can get away with.Bikes that were...
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Win a test on Tom Sykes’ actual BSB racebike
By Visordown News on 10/06/2008 11:05:06
Yes you could win a test on a rip-snorting 200bhp monster!
.Here’s the complete run-down so far for what’s on offer with the Rider’s for Health charity day. We don’t have much more to say on this really, it’s a great charity, we urge you to go and we’re off to pool all of our money together to see if we can go and thrash
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Rubbish bike thief caught red handed
By Visordown News on 09/08/2007 09:33:58
Police find unique clue left by tampered bike
. But not without leaving the vital clue. It's thought the thief's hand was wedged under the bike's tyre and when he tried to escape in a hurry, he ripped off the end of his finger, leaving it under the bike.Police wrapped up their evidence and took it to the local
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Build a Yamaha - out of paper
By Tim Skilton on 27/11/2007 14:33:45
Too much time on your hands?
And that's just the frame...TO CELEBRATE the continuing success of its longest-running model (andkeep really sad anoraks off the street) Yamaha has published a hugelydetailed "paper craft" modelling kit of the not-so-rip-snorting SR400.For those
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Milan Show: Chinese invasion
By Visordown News on 02/11/2010 15:07:59
It's a Van Van, but don't look too closely
blatant rip-offs that are cramming the halls of the EICMA show.And if that wasn't enough to rile Suzuki the price certainly is: The V-Raptor retails at just 1,770 Euros. The Van Van is retailing at £2249 in the UK.
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Honda CBF600 World Press Launch
By Visordown News on 02/12/2007 15:19:17
TWO's Jon Urry sends us back his first impressions
but inspirational. Yes, it's got a 2007 CBR600RR-derrived engine and a new frame for 2008, but that doesn't make it rip-roaring race rep. No, Honda has done its best to make the CBF anything but rip-roaring. It's aimed at riders progressing from a 125 their first
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Big legal bust-up for Indian bike brands
By Visordown News on 21/01/2008 10:56:32
Bajaj and TVS fight over patents
that TVS has ripped off its patented digital twin spark ignition (DTS-i) system for the Flame and has been pursuing an infringement action in the Madras High Court. TVS, which says that twin-plug head technology is not new anyway and its own system differs
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