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Mick Extance off-road school review
By Mark Forsyth on 10/04/2012 12:20:41
Wales, like you've never seen it before
in terms of both body weight positioning and gear position. 'This isn't a trials section so use your legs and feet to your advantage', he said, wisely.To be honest, Extance had me doing things I would have shied away from had he not been making us all do it
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Barry Sheene's penultimate race
By Don Morley on 28/02/2009 16:12:04
Photographer Don Morley shot motorcycles for over 50 years. Every month, we dip into Don’s archive as he talks in his own words about the pictures that made history
, the trials team, everything else was cancelled just to pay Barry. His ego was getting completely out of control. So the following year, Sheene asked for a separate team operating out of his home otherwise he was going to Yamaha. And Suzuki called his bluff
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The Grass Roots of Grass Track
By Mark Graham on 20/09/2010 15:56:13
Tearing a groove in to a field with an adventure in the world of grass track racing
4.00 x 18" trials tyre (speedway pattern for dryer surfaces), set-up is vital.A huge range of adjustment via the rear wheel spindle is largely what makes the difference between an outfit that will steer beautifully with no grip and one that has
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Bad Boy No.6: Jason Lawrence
By Stuart Barker on 07/12/2010 15:17:27
Top AMA Supercross racer sentenced to one year in prison during 2009 for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of battery with serious bodily injury, and one count of mayhem
in the Southwest Detention Centre in Murrieta, California. Somewhat ironically, the man he assaulted still considered himself to be a close friend of Lawrence and spoke favorably of him at his trial.After serving just four months of his one-year sentence, Lawrence
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How to race motocross
By John Cantlie on 19/02/2009 12:13:13
It’s the cheapest and most exciting form of two-wheeled motorsport with a growing ‘veterans’ crowd of over 35 year-olds racing. Fancy something new? Here’s how to get started.
the fags. HELMET & GOGGLESCost: £60Where from: Trials & Motocross NewsUnlike road-riding the impacts in motocross (should they happen) are much lower at club level. If you do have a topple you’ll be going down on loose dirt or mud, and therefore you really
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Nostalgic Moped Memories
By Grant Leonard on 26/11/2010 16:39:34
If you're in your mid-40s this feature will move your soul and bring back floods of memories so vivid you can almost touch them. Just turn the key and push the pedal...
, ie across people's back gardens with the feds on your tail...Gilera -The RS Touring and Trials models were reasonably popular. Like the Garelli, Gileras had a pukka motorbike look. Bit slow though, managing 42mph from their 4.2bhp motors. £210
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Discuss: Government Speed Control
By Tim Dickson on 02/02/2011 15:03:00
Tim Dickson is clearly a man who worries a lot. And now he's worried about the government governing our speed. How likely is it?
following the completion of a five-year trial."I didn't like it but couldn't say it was dangerous," says Jeff. "This thing first warns you if you're speeding, it's not an intervention. Only if you're determined to speed does it intervene. "But I've never had
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Fast Masters
By Stuart Barker on 02/11/2008 14:02:20
Why are some riders faster than others? Is it fear that stops us, a lack of technique or a state of mind? TWO examines what being fast really means and uncovers the secrets of going faster
, and especially trials. You need more balance and feel and better throttle control. Riding off-road is more physically demanding too - I've seen road racing world champions on motocross bikes and you wouldn't even think they could ride a motorbike. It
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Oh yes, it's the new Visordown
By Ben Cope on 08/01/2008 13:17:55
Welcome to the new Visordown, check in to see what's changed
're not drinking Starbucks Frappe Lattes, Facebooking or playing Trials Bike PRO, the team that developed this new site are hard at work, polishing off the next evolution of Visordown, where I'll be looking to introduce new features that make Visordown more useful
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KTM Experience
By Harriet Ridley, Two Team on 22/10/2007 18:22:11
Can't stand the weather? Beat the winter blues with an indoor session at the KTM Experience and boost your riding skills to boot
and that of the KTM instructor team, we all arrived present and correct (if a little green) in time for the main event the next morning.The KTM Experience's meticulously crafted track is built in a 30,000 square foot converted barn and features 'whoops' (a series
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