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UK daredevil claims new world stunt record
By Visordown News on 02/06/2009 10:11:10
Ryan Griffiths, 37, lays claim to pulling off the longest flat-landing jump in history
FLYIN' RYAN Griffiths is claiming to have set a new world record last weekend, after the Northampton-based daredevil cleared 142ft in a long-jump spectacular at Northamptonshire Beer Festival.Veteran stuntman Eddie Kidd is believed to have jumped 160ft in the mid-1980s, but as th...
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Pfeiffer retains German Stunt Riding Championship
By Visordown News on 09/06/2010 10:48:51
World's leading motorcycle stunt rider clinches win on BMW F800R
SUPER-TALENTED stunt ace Chris Pfeiffer won last weekend's German Stunt Riding Open at the Hockenheimring, where the Bavarian rider also successfully retained the German Stunt Riding Championship title."I am very happy to win," said Pfeiffer, who
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Robbie Knievel talks about Wembley 2010 stunt
By Visordown News on 15/02/2010 14:05:29
Daredevil legend talks about bettering his father's failed Wembley stunt at Battersea in 2010
retired from motorcycle stunt riding.Knievel will jump the same model of motorcycle as used by his father, an iconic Harley-Davidson XR750, instead of the lighter, faster Honda CR500 motocrosser he has uded in the past.The jump is scheduled to take place
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Stunt king Pfeiffer tackles iron bridge
By Visordown News on 18/06/2008 16:25:38
World stunt bike champion rides across an arch bridge in Italy for his forthcoming DVD
That's one way of beating the rush hourWORLD STUNT bike champion Chris Pfeiffer has ridden across an arch bridge in Italy for his forthcoming DVD. He rode a BMW G450 X enduro bike over the bridge’s supporting span.Pfeiffer said: "I had already
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Broke Kidd forced to auction prized stunt bikes
By Visordown News on 18/10/2010 10:20:17
Former daredevil Eddie Kidd to part with jump bikes as financial pressures mount
FORMER motorcycle stunt rider Eddie Kidd is to sell the motorcycles used in a variety of his world record-breaking stunts, as the disabled rider struggles to cope with ongoing financial woes, it has been revealed. The 51-year-old has been wheelchair
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KTM stunt fiend wheelies through DIY superstore
By Visordown News on 15/10/2009 12:08:44
It's one way of seeing what's on the top shelf
, it makes perfect sense.There's a massive B&Q near Visordown... if the CR500 fires up we're sending the work experience lad to have a go a bit later...
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Chest protector saves young stunt rider's life
By Visordown News on 10/09/2009 09:51:27
Teenage member of the Imps motorcycle display team undergoes life-saving surgery
DOCTORS WHO performed life-saving surgery on a teenager after a motorcycle stunt went wrong believe his kevlar chest protector saved the young biker's life.Bradley Laing, 16, of Ingatestone Road, Wanstead, was training with the Imps motorcycle
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Robbie Knievel to perform nightime glow stunt
By Visordown News on 29/10/2008 09:31:31
Captain Robbie Knievel to jump again on Halloween Night
” product by Glo-Tek that will help with safety programs for motorbikes, along with many other uses. Knievel will perform his stunt wearing clothing made from Glo-Tek, so he'll, wait for it, glow in the dark.
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Biking vicar breaks wrist in service stunt
By Visordown News on 22/07/2008 13:07:00
American pastor comes unstuck in holy motorcycle demonstration
AN AMERICAN bike-mad Vicar who used a dirt bike during a church service to demonstrate the concept of unity came unstuck after breaking his wrist executing a five-foot jump.Jeff Harlow, the senior pastor at Crossroads Community Church, lost control of the motorcycle at the start...
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Video: BMW S1000RR sliding, stunting, wheelying
By Visordown News on 28/01/2010 15:58:29
Great footage of BMW's new superbike in action
WE DIDN'T think it'd take long for someone to start stunting BMW's new S1000RR superbike - and here's the 190bhp bike in the hands of US stunt ace Chris McNeil.It doesn't take McNeil long to get the hang of the near-new superbike; watch how he
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