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A tall boy's request
By Ben Cope on 30/07/2012 13:49:21
Reader letter: can you help?
This letter was sent into Visordown HQ. We thought we'd put it out to you: the knowledge-packed masses. So all you tall riders, lend this guy a (big) hand.Dear Mr Webeditor My name is Allan Barnard, and I have a dilemma. I'm 6'6" so of course
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Vietnam bans small-chested women bikers
By Visordown News on 31/10/2008 08:07:26
And we thought Richard Brunstrom was bad...
Vietnamese people could become the victim of this joke," Hanoi stockbroker Le Quang Minh said. "Many Vietnamese women have small chests. I have many friends who won't meet these criteria."The average Vietnamese man is 162cm tall and weighs about 57kg
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The new Ghost Rider?
By Visordown News on 10/01/2008 16:35:06
Police-baiting biker breaks cover
the new hooligan is riding, to see if anyone can help them track him down.OK, so it’s only a CBR250 but the guy has already wracked up a lot of trouble for himself by speeding in front of cops, striping a motorcycle cop (who couldn’t keep up with a 250
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Bradley Smith stepping up to Moto2 in 2011
By Visordown News on 12/10/2010 15:29:41
Moto2 deal on the table for top British 125 rider
BRITISH 125 RIDER Bradley “Too Tall” Smith is expected to get his chance to move to Moto2 next year, with the Aeroport de Castello team run by rider/manager Alex Debon.Talks between the two were well advanced at Sepang, with Debon planning to retire
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Simoncelli tops timesheets in Portuguese test
By Visordown News on 17/03/2009 08:17:46
Mad Marco quickest, despite crashing, at Estoril
GILERA FAST man and defending World 250 Champion Marco Simoncelli has been flying during testing at Estoril, with the tall afro-haired King of the Quarter-litre bikes improving by a huge 3.1s from his first day times.Despite crashing towards the end
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Mike Scott Column - May 2005
By Mike Scott on 01/05/2005 09:49:27
One bike to rule them all
Is anyone actually up for beating this man?The most recent MotoGP season was a triumph for humanity, thanks (as usual) to the efforts of one man. Not tireless Riders for Health campaigner Randy Mamola, but Valentino Rossi again, proving the rider
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KTM RC8 Launch - first riding impressions
By Visordown News on 25/02/2008 14:05:16
John Cantlie fires back his first impressions of KTM's new superbike from Ascari test track
. But both bikes just ooze quality and style.To ride despite looking all angular and short the RC8 is actually really roomy. For a tall person like myself (over 6-foot) there is plenty of space to move around the bike. When you ride it the bike feels classy
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Triumph. The Unforgettable Heritage.
By gubbs on 15/09/2006 12:06:53
Triumph. The Unforgettable Heritage.
, but I assure him I'd go there tomorrow if I could. This placates him enough for me to take a step back and fumble with the seal on the Dr. Pepper, suddenly feeling very grateful for the shade this Man Mountain is throwing over me and the loan bike
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Motorcycle Radar: 1991
By Roland Brown on 19/11/2010 16:11:30
Journalist Roland Brown has ridden everything that’s walked or crawled in the last 30 years. Here he looks back at the bikes that defined 1991
of several I’d owned, but still vibrated enough to send its tax disc holder flying into a hedge.It was weird to head back out of the factory ten minutes later on a tall, fully-faired superbike whose turbine-smooth four-pot engine could have come from any
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Living with a 2009 BMW R1200GS Adventure
By John Cantlie on 23/05/2009 11:02:50
John Cantlie's long term impressions of the BMW R1200GS Adventure
May 2009Now look here. There comes a time in a man’s life when he knows what he likes and likes what he knows. At this point, to divert from this path of knowingness is to err and will only make that man (in this case, me) unhappy, angry, or both
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