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FIM to face charges of monopoly practices and anti-competitive behaviour?
By Visordown News on 23/03/2010 18:23:23
'...our view that the FIM based in Switzerland have a case to answer...' says Government bigwig
Carter, Business Development Manager for the Government's Automotive Unit Department for Business Innovation & Skills, says:'I can confirm that it is our view that the FIM based in Switzerland have a case to answer in anti competitive behaviour
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Road Test: Tuono R vs. TDM vs. Varadero
By Colin Goodwin on 12/05/2008 21:41:46
Who are everywhere right now. Nope, these Arctic Monkeys are our brave idiots who rode three unsuitable motorcycles to Switzerland. To do the Cresta Run. Eh?
Who are everywhere right now. Nope, these Arctic Monkeys are our brave idiots who rode three unsuitable motorcycles to Switzerland. To do the Cresta Run. Eh?Urry sidles up to me with a smug look on his face. "There's a prince in my group," he boasts
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Caught speeding with no bike?
By Visordown News on 13/10/2011 12:31:34
Swiss biker narrowly avoids ban
A Swiss biker has been caught speeding, even though he wasn’t on his bike at the time.Boris Maier, 38, from Bern, was clocked doing 107 kph (66.49mph) in an 80 kph zone despite the fact that he was traveling up the road five feet away from his bike. A police spokesman said, "It a...
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Shane Byrne injured in 70mph head-on crash
By Visordown News on 11/01/2012 19:53:25
British Superbike star lucky to be alive
BRITISH Superbike rider Shane Byrne has been involved in a 70mph head-on car crash on his way back to his family home in Switzerland.Byrne, who was travelling with his family, was involved in the crash early on the morning of the 9th of January
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Clooney's agent quashes bike accident rumour
By Visordown News on 28/08/2009 14:15:29
Hollywood star injured after shutting car door on hand
he slammed a car door on his fingers.Clooney's agent, Stan Rosenfeld, told People magazine: "There was an accident and he did break his hand. But he was not riding a motorcycle, it was not in Switzerland... He was on his property in Italy and he shut
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One-two for BMW Motorsport at Oschersleben 24hr
By Tim Skilton on 31/07/2007 14:19:45
BMW R 1200 S dominates Open Class
to Yamaha Austria (Igor Jerman, Sebastian Scarnato and Steve Martin), while Team Bolliger Switzerland (David Morillon, Patric Muff and Horst Saiger) finished fourth.Coming home in fifth overall and taking outright victory in the Open Class was the number 17
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Biker clocks up 1 million mile road-trip
By Visordown News on 21/05/2007 12:20:30
That's a lot of tyres, chains and petrol stops..
!For the first five years, Hermann kept his US-registered bike in Germany but after his BMW K75 gave up the ghost in Switzerland, he signed for his first Euro rental. After putting over 3,000 miles on that bike, he never brought his bike back over from the States
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Ducati 1098 voted 'Best Bike of the Year'
By Roger Willis on 10/12/2007 11:31:22
World's top publications choose Ducati's new superbike as No
), Moto Revue (France), Solo Moto (Spain), 0-300 (Greece), Due Ruote (Italy), Moto! (Brazil), Moto Journal (Portugal), Moto Sport Schweiz (Switzerland) and TWO (UK) gave the top award in the "Bike of the Year" category to the 1098 with 18 points. Second
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Europe's 10 best biking roads
By Visordown News on 25/03/2008 11:59:25
Europe's top ten places for riding your bike, according to an article in today's Guardian newspaper
to Geiranger, Norway5. Trabzon to Savsat, Eastern Turkey6. Furka Pass, between Gletsch and Andermatt, Switzerland7. A2, the Antrim coast road, Northern Ireland8. Bar in Montenegro to Sarajevo in Bosnia9. Saranda to Vlora, Albania10. Cabo de Gata to Granada
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MotoGP switches to 1000cc in 2012
By Visordown News on 12/12/2009 12:54:29
FIM announce return to big-bore racing as we say goodbye to 800cc
FOLLOWING MONTHS of speculation, the FIM has announced the blue riband racing class is to return to 1,000cc in 2012.The move was announced by the International Motorcycling Federation said after meeting rights holders Dorna in Switzerland
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