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Half Price Sale: £5k used sportsbikes
By Jon Urry on 13/08/2010 10:49:09
With new litre sportsbikes costing upwards of £10,000 the used market is booming. But at £5k are these bikes half the performance as well as half the price?
At the moment secondhand dealers are crying out for stock and decent used sportsbikes are the most sought after commodity. The astronomical cost of buying a brand new sportsbike, not to mention the fear of being locked into a potentially tricky
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Sportsbike slowdown
By Ben Cope on 26/01/2010 14:43:53
Riders turn away from crotch rockets
We were shocked to read that sports bike sales were down nearly 44% in October. But not that shocked.As far as the cause of the decline is concerned, we have our opinions but for a true barometer reading we rang multi-franchise outfit, Fowlers. The Bristol-based dealers sell Yama...
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Practical Sportsbikes for under £3000
By Nathan Clark on 20/06/2011 14:14:23
Want a sportbike that's fast, comfortable and practical? Here's our top 5 choices, andall for less than three-grand.
If you want a 180bhp superbike, you're not going to get much change from £15,000. So ask yourself, do you really need the latest lightweight this and cutting-edge that to get your kicks? Clearly, the answer is no.If you like your sportsbikes fast
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Are sportsbikes getting uglier? You decide.
By Visordown on 07/10/2010 17:13:51
Are the latest generation of 1,000cc sportsbikes the ugliest of the lot? look at the 2004 GSX-R, ZX-10R, R1 and Blade. weren’t they much prettier? Discuss...
We asked you, the Visordown audience, what you thought of the modern crop of sportsbikes. Have they lost their way? Are they being beaten by a big Japanese ugly stick or do they hold looks that we'll treasure in the future? Here's what you had
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Nick Sanders' advice on sportsbike touring
By Nick Sanders on 07/01/2011 13:46:37
The world's a big place. And there's a lot of ground to cover quickly. Nick Sanders is known for his globe-trotting adventures
Years ago you went round the world on a BMW and took two years to do it. But today you can ride round the world on a sportsbike and do it in a month or two.People say Yamaha's R1 is a track only bike and uncomfortable for long distances. The truth
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Kawasaki ZX-10R awarded best sportsbike
By Visordown News on 02/06/2011 10:03:56
The Best of the Best for sportsbikes, cruisers, tourers and customs revealed
R was recognised by the luxury magazine as the leader in the sportsbike category, with the BMW K1600 topping the tourers, for cruisers the Ducati Diavel and the NCR Millona 16 as the best custom.For 2011 Kawasaki reworked the ZX-10R to incorporate
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We've launched Classic Sportsbikes reviews
By Ben Cope on 23/06/2010 12:44:51
Find out what other owners reckon about their late Eighties to late Ninties superbikes
WE'VE JUST launched a new reviews section on Visordown: Classic Sportsbikes.As we enter an era of traction control, ABS and power modes, these earthy, honest and often brutal sportsbikes are enjoying a resurgence of interest.We've currently got 21
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First Look: Benelli 600cc sportsbike
By Visordown News on 29/07/2008 12:02:45
It's only at the design stage but we reckon Carles Solsona's Benelli concept is well worth further investment
Like it? We do...CHECK OUT this awesome drawing of the future Benelli 600cc by Spanish designer Carles Solsona.The front suspension for the four-cylinder sportsbike apes the Bimota Tesi (no surprise there as the technical director of Benelli
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Road Test: 2004 600cc sportsbike review
By Jon Urry, James Whitham on 22/04/2008 19:48:20
Take the best 600 sportsbikes in the world to a circuit for three days, put them on identical tyres, add thirteen journalists from ten different countries and you have the most comprehensive test ever
The Supertest began as an idea last year between Spanish magazines Solo Moto and el Periodico, Portuguese mag Motojornal, Italian magazine La Moto and Visordown. The idea of the test was to put all of the very best sportsbikes head-to-head on track
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Honda will produce V4 sportsbike in 2010
By Visordown News on 04/11/2008 10:04:40
Talk of push-button gearchange wows journos at Honda press conference
Sorry folks, no V5 engine for Honda's new sportsbikeHONDA HAVE revealed to the world's motorcycle journalists that it will be launching a V4 superbike in 2010. The bike, expected to be the next Fireblade, will feature something never seen before
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