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Tanks for the engine!
By Visordown News on 26/11/2007 14:30:57
Russian tank engine powers custom built bike
Mad bastards...IT'S NOT everyday a bike-builder gets his hands on a tank engine to play with but that's what happened to German motorcycle nut Tilo Niebel at the Harzer Bike Company. The bike Niebel's built uses a motor from a Soviet T-55 tank
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Photo: Police hunt petrol tank passenger biker
By Visordown News on 22/02/2010 11:46:27
Rider flees Police with child on tank. Do you know him?
SOUTH YORKSHIRE Police are hunting a biker who sped away from officers with a young girl riding pillion on the bike's petrol tank.Cops branded the motorcyclist "irresponsible" after the rider failed to stop for Police, in Cudworth, Barnsley, over
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New iPhone App: Daredevil Dave: Motorcycle Stuntman!
By Visordown News on 19/02/2010 09:36:33
Jump buses, shark tanks and even the Grand Canyon
iPHONE-OWNING motorcycle stunt fans are going to love this new bike stunt 'app' from M-Digital MediaThe company has just launched a new game: Daredevil Dave: Motorcycle Stuntman!Attempt to jump Dave over 20 buses, a shark tank or the Grand Canyon
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Harley recalls 111,569 machines
By Visordown News on 11/12/2009 10:31:31
Fuel tank mounts force mass H-D recall
AS IF Harley-Davidson hadn't got enough on their plate (see here) the company has issued a recall on its 2009 & 2010 touring line models - all 111,569 of them.Harley have recalled models made between June 6, 2008, and Nov. 19, 2009, over fuel tank
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Boy, aged 5, gets helmetless ride from mother
By Visordown News on 06/03/2009 13:31:25
Police nab 23-year-old mother riding on main road with child sat on petrol tank
A WOMAN has been caught riding a motorcycle along a main road with her five-year-old son sitting on the petrol tank, a police report said.Traffic officers stopped the 23-year-old woman in Glenrothes, Fife, after she was seen driving the bike
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19p a litre 'petrol' in development
By Visordown News on 31/01/2011 18:01:07
Hydrogen based fuel could mean a full tank costs just £3.23
energy than its equivalent weight of petrol and when it burns its by-product is water.At 19p pence per litre it would cost just £3.23 to fill a typical 17 litre tank, however the government would typically tax it so that its price at the pump would
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Biker faces child neglect charges
By Visordown News on 22/05/2008 11:57:15
Biker busted after speeding away from Police while balancing a 7-year-old boy on the tank
irresponsible some people can be,” Inspector Tony Kenyon told The Bolton News. “Wecan only be thankful that a serious accident did not occur and we want to do everything we can to prevent such incidents leading to tragedy."The man was riding his bike
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The diesel bike cometh
By Visordown News on 28/01/2011 11:37:17
Indian firms planning oil-burners
until 2001. Managing 150mpg, they were certainly economical, but let's hope the firm's future diesels can muster more than the Taurus' 6.5bhp...
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Husqvarna SMR511 gets price cut
By Visordown News on 12/10/2011 17:43:18
Go mental for a grand less
IF you've ever fancied the idea of a supermoto as a second bike or a bit of a toy, then here comes some good news.The super-lightweight, race bike inspired SMR511 has had its price cut by Husqvarna and is now just £6,199. When it was launched
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KTM's latest dirtbike concept
By Visordown News on 28/05/2008 10:14:19
Visordown gets a look at what's in the pipeline from KTM
Drawings of KTM's latest dirtbike conceptKTM’S LATEST dirtbike idea – the rear-mounted fuel tank. The Austrian factory has filed a patent for a new motorcycle where the fuel tank is shifted BEHIND the bike’s usual centre of gravity. The idea
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