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The planet, the bike and you
By Jon Bentman on 18/10/2010 11:51:26
You can't escape the news reports, they're everywhere: global warming is here. And always the villain's the same, the filthy internal combustion engine. So is the motorcycle toast?
a lot like the end is coming. Yet given the need to get to work, the want to enjoy ourselves of a weekend, given that we love our motorcycles, do we really need to give them up to save the planet?Yes, it's scary stuff. So Visordown's been digging
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Living with a 2001 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Warren Pole on 26/10/2001 15:15:14
Warren Pole was a product of the Superbike generation. Warren was Wozza to many and a pole to all
original, saves weight and sounds loads better too) and Bridgestone 010s - essential as the Michelin Pilots gracing the bike previously were soaked in oil and coolant in the spill.All that's left are a load more trick bits, and the Whitham paintjob. Bring
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Hogan's Heroes: Motocross
By John Hogan on 29/11/2010 15:21:22
It's been a while since Hogan's been subjected to some proper field discipline. Time to go motocrossing with Avago MX
new bikes, kit and instruction. Saving you the embarrassment of buying a bike and all the kit, then selling it 'cos it's all too scary. Maybe.Karl started me off on a Honda CRF100. He was fairly impressed as (apparently) I seemed to look like I knew
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Bike Icon: Honda VFR750R RC30
By Stuart Barker on 30/09/2010 14:32:10
Handbuilt in Japan by HRC and available to Fogarty, Hislop and Joe Bloggs, the RC30 was, and is, a little bit special
cost about twice as much as any other mass produced 750 sportsbike, but no-one seemed to care. Houses were re-mortgaged, grannies' savings were raided and family holidays were put on hold as bikers all over the world sold their very souls to own a piece
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Adventure bikes, why they are the new cool
By Visordown on 25/10/2010 10:08:22
Forget trying to look cool on your new sportsbike, there is a new craze in town. Adventure bikes are the latest up and coming fashion accessory. You’d be a right Charley to miss out...
. For manufacturers adventure bikes are considerably cheaper to develop than a sportsbike. Look at the Honda’s Varadero, when did it last change? Yamaha’s Tenere uses the same engine as the XT range, saving costs, Triumph’s Tiger uses the same trick with its 1050
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Cold Play - Staying in
By Visordown Team on 20/10/2007 18:46:04
The team get together for a long night of beers, pizzas and DVDs to review what's hot on the box
line in threatening pouts. We're too sober and too cynical. If it's meant to be so-bad-it's-good, we're not falling for it. 2/10. Probably should have saved it for later (see Torque).7.55 The Great Escape. This is more like it. We play the opening
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20 things that drive you mad about biking
By Visordown on 07/12/2011 11:18:43
You love motorcycling, but there are aspects to riding bikes that never fail to drive you round the bend. We’ve identified the very things you hate the most, from unscuffed kneesliders to the British weather...
to his pathetic, spotty level and have to do everything in your power to overtake him and save face. Maintenance is something that adults do so he doesn’t bother, but he will have some how sellotaped the loudest exhaust this side of a cross channel
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BMW's Big bikes for little people
By Michaela Irwin on 16/01/2009 16:11:48
BMW are now offering a large proportion of their bigger models with lowered saddles and shocks for those of a shorter stature. TWO sent a tiny person to investigate
on their counterparts. Even when I did drop the R1200R it’s important to note that I almost managed to save it, with my feet paddling beneath to save it. I’m ashamed to say I couldn’t pick it up by myself, though!With the slow-speed handling point proved (and my ego
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Living with a 2001 Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/04/2002 10:59:44
Former TWO magazine editor, Bertie Simmonds, talks about his experience of owning a Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
,000! Hell of a saving... no wonder I hadn't seen too many other bright yellow Blades around. One dealer even confessed that they were selling 2000 Blades with 2001 bodywork and still saving the customers a grand on this year's price.Other things this month
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Freddie Spencer: the greatest of all time?
By Tim Skilton on 20/07/2007 19:50:45
Visordown looks back at America's finest
-stroke...even Spencer couldn't save itSpencer rewarded Honda's support by winning the following year's 500cc GP championship, in one of the closest fought contests of all time. It came down to the last round, where Spencer clinched the title by a mere two points from
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