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The Honda VFR Story
By Bertie Simmonds on 30/04/2006 14:05:42
Honda's VFR has stood for two decades as a machine which owners and press alike have claimed to be the world's most perfect motorcycle. Surprising, then, that the VFR story was almost over before it had begun
-Arm. This came from Honda's Elf racing days and, while it hinted at sportier performance, the VFR750FL was most definitely a road-going machine. Albeit a supremely efficient one.Continue the VFR Story 2/2
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The week's most popular stories
By Visordown on 16/12/2011 12:21:15
What's been going down on the 'down this week
Want to know what people are looking at on Visordown? Well for the past 7 days, these have been our most popular stories:Motorcycle Racers on Twitter, 5 things no-one told you about becoming a biker, Thieves nick copper's bike, Honda Moto Compo
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The story behind the revamped 2008 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 11:43:44
After nine years waiting, Suzuki unveiled their all-new Hayabusa in 2008. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together
How fitting that Suzuki chose Rome as the venue to launch the 2008 Hayabusa - after all, neither were built in a day. Suzuki have made us wait a full nine years for an update on the original 173bhp 194mph heavyweight hypertourer. Time, and the official test launch in September (w...
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The story of Akrapovic
By Bertie Simmonds on 07/01/2011 13:06:52
From a shed in Slovenia, Igor Akrapovic's exhausts now dominate the world
In just 15 years Akrapovic has come from a one-man-band making exhausts in a shed to being the number one brand worldwide for road-riders and race teams alike.Stories like this generally start with a visionary, and this is no different. Ours is Igor
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Caption That: Story time for Teddy
By Visordown News on 25/08/2009 10:56:36
You don't have to be a member to leave a caption on this week's image
WELCOME READERS to our weekly caption competition, where you get the chance to slap your best effort on our chosen image.This week we've got a shot of a chap, on a bike, reading a magazine to a toy bear.So what's going on? It's over to you. Get those crazy minds to work and let t...
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Morini Rebello – the story so far
By Visordown News on 20/03/2012 11:27:41
The teaseathon continues
LAST week we reported on the new Rebello model from reanimated Italian firm Morini. Being slowly revealed over a full month, with the final images set to be shown on April 14, Morini may only be making 600 of the things but the Rebello will go down in the record books as having t...
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Missing Link - The Story of Trick Frames
By Mark Forsyth on 22/07/2008 20:00:30
In the days when the Japanese thought a frame was just something to hang an engine from, there was a booming trick-frame market in the UK. Did we show them how it should be done?
It was the summer of 1985. Me and my Honda CBX Thou' were heading north up the M6 in a hurry. We were racing a 2.8 injection Capri and this 125-130mph duel had been going on for the previous three or four miles, but now it was no longer visible in the mirrors. It was alongside.My...
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Amazing story of collapsing Aprilia Tuono wheel
By Visordown News on 23/03/2007 13:36:30
Visordown regular gets off unscathed after front wheel drama
A BLOWOUT while riding your bike is probably the last thing you'll ever want to experience, but Visordown regular, Docca, experienced far worse.While riding his 2004 Aprilia Tuono back from work he heard a bang and the front wheel immediately went flat causing to bike to shake v...
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The story of the Honda CBR600 (1987 to 2007)
By Bertie Simmonds on 06/02/2007 11:10:33
When doomsday comes, history will only record one motorcycle in the all-time hall of fame: the CBR600. Now in its 20th year, we chart the success of a biking icon
1987 to 1990 CBR600 (FH/FJ/FK/FL)And so it was born. The 'jelly mould' fairing hid a steel frame, an inline four of 598cc with 16 valves and 70-80bhp, good for a top speed just shy of 150mph. Around 10bhp up and, at 182 kilos, more than 10 kilos down on Kawasaki's then shit-hot G...
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Big Ugly: The Story Behind the Landspeed Record
By Stuart Barker on 03/06/2010 09:06:34
In September 2009, Chris Carr set a new motorcycle land speed record of 367.382mph in the BUB Seven streamliner. And the shape of the fastest bike ever built was inspired by, erm... a fish. Here’s how it all happened
Like countless other 65-year-old gentlemen, Dennis Manning was flicking through the documentary channels on a Sunday afternoon when he happened upon a programme about migrating Coho salmon and settled down for a pleasant hour’s viewing. But unlike his peers, Manning wasn’t lookin...
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