Knievel attempted a 16-bus jump at Wembly in 1975ACCORDING TO reports in the American media, Robbie Knievel - son of the famous Evel - is not only going to replicate his dad's Snake River Canyon Sky Cycle jump, the stunt that nearly killed him, but he's also going to come to the ...

New YZF250 ... white is the new blue for YamahaHERE'S the first official picture of Yamaha's 2009 YZF250 - and according to the factory, the bike does not get the widely-rumoured fuel injection.We'll have to wait until 2010 for the injection system on the Japanese factory's dirtb...

GSE Racing, the team that are favourites to win the British Superbike title this year with Shane Byrne on an Airwaves-backed Ducati, are switching factories and will be the OFFICIAL Yamaha squad in British Superbikes in 2009.An official announcement is expected from the team tomo...

HERE ARE visordown.com's scoop pictures of Yamaha's 2009 YZF-R6.Three colour schemes will be available of the new 135bhp machine. The black version gets gold forks, brakes and wheels to ape its sibling YZF-R1 SP.More details as soon as we get them

THIS just in from the London Evening Standard: Motorcyclists and cyclists will be able to share London bus lanes under plans unveiled by Boris Johnson. The Mayor has instructed Transport for London to develop plans to allow motorcyclists on the lanes. Mr Johnson said a simila...

TWO magazine has uncovered a pic of what could be the new Blackbird. Honda have denied this is the next new model.TWO say: "We can't see much from the logo but does that say 1200 or 1100? What is clear is that the chassis has been given a sportier edge with radial brakesWhile the...

FIAT YAMAHA star Valentino Rossi has revealed his much-anticipated Mohican barnet at the first free practice from Mugello.Yesterday, Visordown was the first to break the news the Italian was going for a hair-do to match his flambouyant character.It's not quite as daring as we'd h...

FORMER BSB frontrunner Yukio Kagayama will be returning to the British Superbike Championship racing for Worx Suzuki in 2010 - that's the latest hot news from the BSB paddock.The 35-year-old star will leave the World Superbike series at the end of 2009 to partner Sylvain Guintoli...

VISORDOWN'S WSB insider has been told that Max Neukirchner's racing future is in serious doubt due to injury.The German sustained serious leg and foot injures during a first corner multi-bike pile-up at the Monza round of the World Superbike series, which put the Alstare Suzuki m...

FOLLOWING VISORDOWN'S exclusive scoop yesterday, Texan sensation Ben Spies will be confirmed today as a wildcard entry for the last race of the 2009 MotoGP season at Valencia.Spies, who is joining fellow countryman Colin Edwards at Tech 3 Yamaha