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Video: Lorry shunts car for half-mile on A1(M)
By Visordown News on 18/03/2010 15:31:17
No bikes involved - but still serious food for thought
THANKFULLY there AREN'T any motorcycles involved in this clip - just a car and an HGV driven by a dozey twit.See for yourself how the lorry driver fails to notice his 18-wheel truck is pushing a car along at 60mph for almost half a mile, in a clip
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Win a signed Arai poster in aid of Afghan war effort
By Visordown News on 15/03/2010 10:39:30
Royal Air Forces Association’s Wings Appeal Easter Egg Run on Sunday 28th March, 2010
ARAI is taking the Arai race truck/service and supporting the Royal Air Forces Association’s Wings Appeal Easter Egg Run on Sunday 28th March, 2010.The event, at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is raising funds to help RAF personnel serving
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On the subject of safety
By Ben Cope on 27/10/2011 12:14:25
..eye opening video from back in the day
rescued by men in pants? I'll stick with gravel traps and paramedics, thanks.Mimmo Cazzaniga survived and these days he's a truck driver. Probably quite a fast one.
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Coulon charged with manslaughter
By Visordown News on 13/05/2011 11:36:35
Tech 3 crew chief involved in the death of a motorcyclist at a French toll booth
COLIN EDWARDS' crew chief Guy Coulon has reportedly been charged with involuntary manslaughter after accidentally reversing the Tech 3 team truck over a motorcyclist at a French toll booth.Coulon, who was driving the team HGV, was unable to see
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Lorenzo passes his bike test
By Visordown News on 08/03/2012 09:27:33
2010 MotoGP champion now allowed to ride bikes up to 47bhp
confessed that he felt vulnerable amongst the cars, traffic lights, signs and trucks on the road.The Mallorcan is hoping to get his hands on a Yamaha T-Max to ride around the streets of Barcelona.
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Boorman heads out on another huge trip
By Visordown News on 18/03/2008 10:19:41
The less famous half of Long Way Down is to star in a new BBC series traveling the world ...in a taxi?
called By Any Means and am leaving in four weeks. I go from my hometown in Ireland to Sydney and I get to ride bikes, buses, taxis, boats, trucks, you name it. And I fly, ride and drive myself. Over the last six months I have been learning how to fly
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Man jailed for 4 years over toddler minibike death
By Visordown News on 15/08/2008 19:15:30
'It is the crass stupidity of the defendant which is the graveness of the offence' says judge
THE MALE RIDER of a minimoto bike that collided with a pick-up truck, killing his three-year-old stepdaughter while she rode on the petrol tank, has been jailed for four years. George Franklin, 22, put Abbie Perrin on the tank with nowhere to put
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ESPN plan New Year Evel Knievel style stunt show
By Visordown News on 18/11/2008 10:50:09
American television network plans big stunt show to see in the New Year
AMERICAN television network ESPN is going to mark the New Year with a brace of Evel Knievel-style motorcycle and pick-up truck stunts in Las Vegas.Rhys Millen will try to do a complete back-flip of an off-road truck. Robbie "Maddo" Maddison will try
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Laverty and Cooper's superbikes stolen
By Visordown News on 26/09/2011 11:57:54
More than £100,000 worth of kit stolen from team's HQ
loaded in a white LDV van, parked in the team's compound. The thieves broke into the team's truck, then smashed the key cupboard to get the keys to the LDV van. Meanwhile, they also loaded up their own van with spare parts from the team's truck, including
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Sand Rovers: The Moroccan desert
By Oli Tennent on 09/08/2010 10:14:05
The vast Moroccan desert exerts an eerie, wholly other-worldly charm. Even for that notoriously unappreciative tourist Oli Tennent
Just across the Mediterranean – visible on a clear day from Spain – lies Morocco. And because it’s there, it must be explored. That simple.A bright yellow painted ex-army ammo truck greets me in Malaga, Redtread’s base for its tried and tested trail
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