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Adventure riding gear: Budget & Expensive
By Visordown on 24/01/2008 15:25:09
Budget and high-end gear for the adventure rider
Budget motorcycle adventure gearBudget collectionRoof Boxer V helmetFavoured by adventurous types, the Roof Boxer is three helmets in one.Price: £245www.thunderchild.co.ukIxon Automatic suitPerfect suit for adventure on the cheap, armoured
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Visordown's motorcycle insurance guide
By Visordown on 24/01/2012 15:18:38
Insurance is a right hassle right up to the point the man with the skillsaw has your bike away - then it's a God send. Here's our guide
varies a lot depending on your circumstances. Your driving and claims record, age, where you live, what you do, and what you ride are all taken into account.Policy typesIt is a legal requirement, if you want to ride on any public road, to have a valid
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Reader's Rides: The Welsh TT
By Visordown on 29/11/2010 17:18:49
Rowan Evans, 36, is a car mechanic working in Swansea. He rides what he says is a 'ratty 15-year-old CBR600'. This is his Sunday morning 50-mile warm-up, something of a Welsh TT.
you over Black Mountain. The first section will remind TT types of the Glentramman run - trees, walls, bumps and driveways. Fun at speed, hellish, but beware the risks. You'll know when you've hit the Black Mountain proper when you cross the cattle
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The Future of Crashing
By Visordown on 28/03/2002 11:55:34
Insight in to the next generation of crash protection, the airbag system
sophisticated technical items and armoured to buggery yet still very wearable. Gloves and boots feature protection that even 10 years ago would have been unheard of. And all this is thanks to what happens when the like of Fogarty, Biaggi and Rossi get it wrong
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Four-stroke GP retrospective
By Visordown on 16/09/2010 09:53:15
MotoGP is about to see another change with a move to a 1000cc engine limit, this change is seen with excitement. Here we look back at the trepidation of the four-stroke GP before the class changed in 2002
uncertain of the original four-stroke change. This feature from 2001 sums up the intrigue, distaste and excitement before the MotoGP class was born.Why? Well the GP people have been addicts to the smell of two-stroke pre-mix and the sheer purity of an engine
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Slice of life
By Visordown on 22/02/2013 15:26:00
In Their Shoes: Domino's Pizza delivery rider
the following specifications that the kit issued to its riders must comply with:A properly-fitting, plain-coloured helmet with a clear visor. It should be secured using the chinstrap at all times. The helmet must comply with BS6658 type A or ECE 22-05 standards
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Lunchtime Debate: To nod or not to nod
By Visordown on 07/12/2010 14:37:29
Is motorcycle camaraderie coming to an end? Do you still nod? Discuss the merits of nodding to your fellow biker below
"...I try and nod at most types, especially those who ignore me. It's great fun to nod at a young lad on a scooter, watch him ignore you then do a u-turn chasing him down the street waving, flashing lights, beeping the horn to get his attention
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Visordown's Used Motorcycle Buying Tips
By Visordown on 11/01/2012 15:57:04
Our checklist guide shows you what to look for when buying your next used motorcycle
the type of rider he/she is. Squared off – plenty of motorway and commuting work. Frazzled edges – trackday fiend. The tyres are a good window into the way the owner rides their bike, so do a little bit of background on what's available.15. BRAKE PADSBadly
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Ducati Desmosedici GP9 carbon frame explained
By Visordown News on 14/04/2009 09:58:03
We take a closer look under the skin of Stoner's latest weapon
The GP9's exquisite carbon chassisACCORDING TO the tech bods at Ducati, the most significant innovation of the GP9 is the monocoque frame in carbon fibre composite.The technical selection of this type of frame is the next step in the advancement
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Cold Play - Staying in
By Visordown Team on 20/10/2007 18:46:04
The team get together for a long night of beers, pizzas and DVDs to review what's hot on the box
for the arty types, half-a-dozen pizzas and a great big sofa and settled down for a night of box watching. Barry Norman never did it like this.7.30 We kick off with Blade II, in which good guy vampire (Wesley Snipes) fights evil vampire (bloke from Bros
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