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Simon Daukes buys a naked motorcycle
By Jon Urry on 01/01/2007 17:20:21
Here at Visordown HQ we have no idea who Simon Daukes is. But we're guessing he's some sort of marketing cheese from the Haymarket days. Here he is, buying a motorcycle. Allegedly
Although sportsbikes continue to dominate the UK's bike sales market their success is starting to decline. Compared to last year sportsbike sales are down 4% year on year and there is a definite shift away from race reps to alternative styles
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One Fine Day
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 17:49:37
To discover the best 10-mile stretch of road anywhere in the UK you have to go to Loch Leven in Scotland. But it's worth the ride. We whipped the brand new Street Triple, the manic KTM690SM and the glorious GSX-R750K7 into a frenzy
the day.We needed a sportsbike with grunt, but not too much grunt, and handling to make the most of the corners. A simple choice, Suzuki's GSX-R750, probably the best overlooked (by the fashion conscious 'much have a 1000' owner anyway) sportsbike out
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Discuss: The 999 will be a future classic
By Jon Urry on 18/02/2009 10:31:00
Today's unloved 999 superbike is tomorrow's enthusiasts' gold
impact when it was launched. Yamaha's RD350LC shaped a generation of two-stroke fans, Honda's FireBlade showed what a sub-litre sportsbike should be and Ducati's own 916 made jaws drop the world over on looks alone. And it performed on track
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How my stolen 'Blade ended up on the WSB grid
By Jon Urry on 24/06/2010 10:28:00
In 2004 I had a Honda Fireblade, and very nice it was too. Then some lowlife scum decided to relieve me of it. Now, years later, the police have recovered the bike. What happened in between?
if needs be, they saw it going in and out of the garage and wanted it because it was a new bike. At this point it would have been stuck in the back of a van and taken to a ‘fix-it man.’ It probably wasn’t stolen to order, but was a new sportsbike and in a
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Five great £3000 track weapons
By Jon Urry on 31/05/2012 16:51:00
Want a road bike that'll also cut in on the track? You don't need to blow the bank, check out these smart buys instead
of Lancaster bombers coming into land.It’s quirky, surprisingly good fun to ride and a very good handling bike with a degree of rarity about it. Ultimately your mates will be faster on their ‘proper’ sportsbikes, but the Buell goes around corners like stink
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Second Hand
By Jon Urry on 12/10/2007 12:49:25
With a £5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around, the 2001 Aprilia Mille, 2000 Duacti 748, 2001 Honda Fireblade and 2001 Suzuki GSX-R750
The sportsbike market is a battleground between manufacturers all trying to prise the cash from your hands. Every year the one-upmanship takes on new heights as every new model tries to better the current market leader by grabbing the headlines
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American Muscle - Yamaha V-Max
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2009 17:39:26
In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?
’s style. If it isn’t black it’s polished chrome, accentuating the bike’s features and lines. Which is why I assumed that the fake carbon petrol tank cover and rear mudguard on this model were aftermarket additions. Not so, late in its life Yamaha actually
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