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Honda unveil robots that work in pairs
By Tim Skilton on 12/12/2007 10:55:30
Is this the end for Ant and Dec?
dignitaries.The robots, using new face-recognition software, can now remember who ordered which drink and deliver it to your table.Coming to a Berni Inn near you soon, perhaps.
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Italian PM gives home bike market big boost
By Visordown News on 06/02/2009 09:16:08
Silvio Berlusconi moves to reduce new bike prices in answer to Italy's flagging bike market
chunk of money off the new bikes.In the first draft the amount tabled was 300 Euros off the cost of each new motorcycle that meets the Euro 3 standard, but it now seems likely to be upped to 500.Wonder if our Government would ever do anything so positive
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Honda top 2011 Q1 sales Chart
By Nathan Clark on 26/05/2011 12:11:09
Sales figures for 2011 Q1 reveal Honda, Yamaha and Triumph in the top three
THE motorcycle sales figures for the first quarter of 2011 have been released by the Motorcycle Industry Association.Honda heads up the chart selling 3913 units in the opening quarter, followed by Yamaha in second place with 2518 and Triumph ranked
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Hopkins to go to BSB!
By Visordown News on 28/09/2006 18:04:48
Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins is coming to BSB
around the famous GP circuit as a treat for all the BSB fans. The GSV-R will be the most powerful motorcycle ever to circulate this historic track and could - in theory - set a new lap-record, but Rizla Suzuki say Hopkins will just be enjoying displaying
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Chaz Davies to race in US AMA Supersport class
By Visordown News on 29/11/2006 17:26:34
Young GP hopeful is heading Stateside to race for Yamaha
looking grim for the young talent from Wales, but now the tables have turned with this new Celtic Racing deal. Davies, who trialled the Yamaha at one round this season, impressed potential backers by putting the heat on champion Jamie Hacking, showing he
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10 year old 'biker' christened in a pub
By Visordown News on 15/02/2007 10:02:36
Combining your faith with your religion
BIKERS don't like to conform and there's no better example than Forrest McDonald's christening which was held in a pub of fellow bikers with the ceremony by the pool table. Haslingden schoolboy Forrest McDonald had just that when he was baptised
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WSB: Phillip Island, Toseland leads the championsh
By Visordown News on 05/03/2007 08:49:25
Brit sees off both Troys on their home turf in Race 2
.Max Biaggi, was sharing the lead of the championship with Toseland after the first round but a third and fourth finish on his Alstare Corona Suzuki saw him nudged off the top spot. He now holds second place in the table with 74 points to Toseland's 90
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BMW UK motorcycle registrations up 15% over 2007
By Visordown News on 29/01/2009 09:16:45
R1200GS range takes a whopping 41% of BMW's 2008 sales
in 2008: a year when UK motorcycle registrations fell by 5.3 per cent.·Combined sales of the R 1200 GS and its Adventure variant ‘unofficially’ made it the UK’s best-selling bike. Registrations totalled 2,411 units, up 21% over 2007.·BMW increased its
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Ducati scooter mystery deepens
By Visordown News on 08/03/2011 18:22:16
It's never straight forward, is it?
It's been officially denied by the Ducati's CEO, Gabriele Del Torchio, while the firm's product director, Claudio Domenicali has suggested in a recent interview with Italian magazine Moto Sprint that it's firmly on the table. So is Ducati making a
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Boorman riding across South Africa for documentary
By Visordown News on 18/06/2012 10:37:43
Charley Boorman crossing South Africa for Channel Five TV series 'Extreme Frontiers'
- Boorman will spend six weeks travelling around South Africa for a four-episode documentary that will air later this year. He will experience shark diving without a cage, climbing up and abseiling down Table Mountain and learning how to fly a fan
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