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Continental Sport Attack
By Simon 'Jim' Bowen on 01/09/2005 20:07:25
Conti may lurk in the shadows of the mighty Michelin and Pirelli, but their SportAttack tyres are set to be big contenders
Having already added the capable RoadAttack all-season sport-touring tyre to head the existing ContiForce model range, the low profile German manufacturer is out to prove they can now mix it with the more glamorous names in rubber. But they'll have
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Tougher than Leather - 80's MXers
By Visordown on 06/05/2010 15:06:00
In the 1980s the hardest Grand Prix racers in the world were the works motocross riders. Their 500cc open-class bikes were savage and virtually uncontrollable by normal people, while the riders themselves were a breed apart
Certain sports are derived not only from man’s competitive spirit, but from a necessity to feel scared. Really scared. And in the early 1980s, there was no machine more terrifying than an open-class motocross bike. Trapped between a need for maximum
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10 of the Best: Back protectors
By Robin Goodwin on 29/06/2012 09:48:13
Don't get a pain in the back, check out these 10 CE-approved back protectors
the amount of peak force recorded after rounded triangle anvil is dropped onto the back protector, below 18Kn for level 1 and 9Kn for level 2.There are different options available for back protector types, mainly slip-on or the standalone featured here
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Ten reasons why Rossi rocks
By Robin Goodwin on 05/01/2011 10:51:43
Here are ten for why Valentino Rossi is the greatest...
chromosome passed on from his mother.2. An astonishingly close love and anorak's knowledge of the sport. Rossi is a self-proclaimed student of Grand Prix racing and like the fans of the bygone era, he truly respects the legends of the sport
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Discuss: Everyone wants a 750
By Visordown on 01/06/2010 11:29:00
1000cc is now too much and the 600s too track orientated, do we need to see a return of the 750s?
changed. Sports 600s are now so focused on track performance and race success that they're bordering on the unrideable in everyday use. Yamaha's new R6 and Honda's CBR600RR are no longer the do-it-all everyday options their predecessors once were. The fact
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Retro Race to the Bol d'Or
By Jon Bentman on 16/01/2011 16:55:31
Back in the day the Bol d'Or was THE end-of-summer ride out. Using retro-repros Visordown recreates the experience: twins and twin-shocks to the Bol. Let the slipstreaming begin!
John, wisely, could smell trouble and so held back to protect the rear.It took a few corners, but eventually the Griso was tucked right onto the back wheel of the second R1. Frenchie Two was riding in the wheel tracks of Frenchie One and the pair were
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Nostalgic Moped Memories
By Grant Leonard on 26/11/2010 16:39:34
If you're in your mid-40s this feature will move your soul and bring back floods of memories so vivid you can almost touch them. Just turn the key and push the pedal...
, but looked like 'proper' motorbikes - sports mopeds. Sports mopeds were a clever response to new road safety legislation of 1972 which restricted 16-year-olds to 50cc mopeds. The government imagined those to be naff, impotent, safe step
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Honda's 2nd gen. Dual Clutch Technology
By Ben Cope on 02/11/2011 13:49:28
What changes have been made to Honda's automatic gearbox?
will then revert back to automatic mode.If you're in D mode, the system will 'stretch' to the Sport mode if you're going for it, it'll then revert back to D mode once it feels like you've got whatever it was out of your system. When you're in S mode, it stays
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A Different League - Valentino Rossi
By John Hogan on 14/04/2010 14:15:56
Through exclusive interviews with the people who know and race against him, we get inside the mind of the greatest motorcycle racer the world has ever seen
the Overlook hotel from The Shining. And it is right here, just after midnight, that Rossi reconciled himself to one of the most monumental decisions in the history of MotoGP: the reigning world champion was turning his back on Honda and their dream machine
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Porsche 997 Turbo vs. Honda Fireblade
By Visordown on 15/10/2010 12:27:37
You don't often get to see this - a fast car and a sports bike hammering it out on track together. Rockingham's bumpy, twisty National circuit, as it goes. Honda Fireblade or Porsche 911 Turbo: who's the daddy?
THERE'S ONE HELL of a lot of heat coming out of the back of that 3.6-litre, 473bhp Porsche, and it's spitting up chunks of grit and rubber that are stinging my flesh. And if that camera falls off I'm in trouble...And we're doing this why? Visordown
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