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Road Test: Kawasaki ZX-12R vs. Suzuki Hayabusa
By Warren Pole on 21/04/2008 22:31:36
For what we are about to recieve may the good Lord make us truly thankful because what we are about to receive is more speed than can possibly be good for you as we hop the channel with Suzuki's Hayabusa and Kawasaki's ZX-12
miles a minute, choose 70 miles to a tank and 1,500 miles to a back tyre, choose being the fastest thing on the road. Choose a ZX-12R and a Hayabusa.They are the fastest motorcycles you can buy. No arguments, no ifs, buts, or maybes, they are the Daddies
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Street Rod v. Yamaha R1
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 13:39:21
One man's floor is another man's ceiling. The words 'sports bike' can mean very different things, so we compare two contrasting takes takes on a common theme.
planted confidence. You have to lean a fair way over on the 180-section rear tyre before the pegs make contact with the road, which means enthusiastic scratching is permitted without the constant distraction of metal on Tarmac. The configuration
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First Ride: 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R
By Simon Bowen on 10/04/2008 22:30:57
Jim Bowen managed to completely spanner a ZX-10R the last time we put him on one. He has never been to the Qatar MotoGP circuit. So, who better to make a complete arse of himself...
fighting the new ZX-10R. You can just get on it and ride it fast from the off and it does everything very well, giving plenty of feedback from the chassis, tyres and brakes. So, Kawasaki, I’m happy to say, have finally cracked it with a genuine contender
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WSB: Haga leads championship after Island clash
By Visordown News on 02/03/2009 08:58:57
Mixed fortunes for Spies, Haslam takes podium - get the results, rider comment and championship standings from Australia
tyre was finished, so I had to settle for second. I really enjoyed the race and I am very happy; my team has done a great job this weekend and I am feeling very comfortable on my 1198. A fantastic day, thanks to Ducati and thanks to the fans and I
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MotoGP: 2009 Catalunya rider comment
By Visordown News on 15/06/2009 09:20:39
Find out who blamed who following yesterday's Catalunya Grand Prix
for the last two weeks and today it worked and I am so happy to have this 99th win. "We did a perfect job all weekend and my M1 and Bridgestone tyres were brilliant, but we knew that Lorenzo was in the same situation and for sure he was very strong today. I had
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John McGuinness on his annoying neighbour and packing in the TT
By Visordown on 03/08/2010 16:39:29
Former King of the Mountain with 15 Isle Of Man TT wins to his name, John McGuinness, takes Visordown for a ride in a motorhome... so, some words from the ‘Morecambe Missile’
in it and pump the tyres up. There’s no better a set-up to start this year with than the one we had on the bike at the end of last year.When I was 13 I used to sneak onto the ferry on my own Just to go and pull wheelies on the prom on my BMX. I first came
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Altitude Sickness - Tackling Pikes Peak
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2010 15:27:47
There is a race twelve miles long, with 156 flat-out bends on a mix of tarmac and dirt. on any one of those corners, running off the track means plunging over a cliff and hitting rocks. We tackle the legendary Pikes Peak hillclimb
the front, leaving the rear tyre to slide wherever it wants. For this is Pikes Peak, I’m three turns from the top and nothing’s getting in the way of me posting a decent race-time. Nothing.I’ve wanted to race Pikes Peak ever since I first heard about
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James Whitham Column - Jun 02
By James Whitham on 13/06/2002 11:17:06
This months Whit jets around the world for his commentary and musical gigs
track - which is important because we're down to 45-minute sessions this year.Everything went swimmingly early on, went out in morning warm up and did a time quicker than anybody, on an old tyre that we had done ten laps on the day before. It started
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Paul Denning - Interview
By Visordown on 30/06/2010 09:35:17
Suzuki MotoGP team manager and Crescent boss Paul Denning talks Moto2, the purity of 990 GP bikes without traction control and why Capirossi is special
There’s no one thing keeping us from the front “The Yamaha is the best balanced bike out there. Wherever they go the M1 is quick. It’s user friendly and it looks after its tyres, which is important now that the 800s now are making as much horsepower
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Yanks
By John Cantlie on 26/11/2010 14:53:27
There are some 12,000 American military personnel stationed in the UK. Every year, they remember their fallen comrades by taking to the streets on their Hogs. This year, we tagged along for the ride
the Victory Hammer S we’ve had for the summer. It gets admiring respect for its 250-section rear tyre. 300 yards later, we’ve stopped at the first memorial. A simple ceremony follows, heads bowed, hands crossed in front of body, military fatigues standing
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