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Female pillion awarded £4m crash compensation
By Tim Skilton on 13/11/2007 21:34:19
Insurers agree on massive sum after seven year ordeal
for fashion week and whose insurers today agreed to settle her claim for £4 million, which will be used to fund her care for as long as she lives.Approving the deal, Mr Justice David Clarke said: "This matter has been considered with great care and you have
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Learn to ride with Visordown: Earplugs
By Tim Skilton on 29/04/2009 21:34:42
Visordown's guide to why earplugs should be part of our everyday riding kit
over time. You probably won't notice 'wind roar' when you're learning to ride, as the majority of schools use intercoms, but once you've passed your test you may want to consider earplugs as part of your everyday riding kit.So where does the noise come
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Bimota Mantra on eBay
By Tim Skilton on 05/09/2007 22:44:14
Wooden dash weirdo starts at £4000
-twin powerplant Ducati used in their early Monster range. The Mantra cost over £12,000 new.This particular model was registered in 2005 and has 3000 miles on the clock.Any takers?
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North Wales Police consider banning bikes
By Tim Skilton on 06/11/2007 13:31:51
A hardcore minority still flouting speed limits
NORTH WALES Police are considering banning motorcycles from their National Parks in an attempt to reduce the high number of fatalities in the area.Chief Supt Geraint Anwyl Williams said there was a "significant core" of bikers who used the area like
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Milan Show: Bimota DB7
By Tim Skilton on 07/11/2007 13:42:54
Stunning new superbike is 7th Bimota/Ducati project
The DB7 is armed with Ducati's 1098 motorThe chassis's part steel tubing, part aluminiumStyling and detail touches are all pure BimotaBIMOTA'S STUNNING new DB7 superbike, which is the seventh Bimota-Ducati collaboration uses the Testastretta
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Honda unveil robots that work in pairs
By Tim Skilton on 12/12/2007 10:55:30
Is this the end for Ant and Dec?
dignitaries.The robots, using new face-recognition software, can now remember who ordered which drink and deliver it to your table.Coming to a Berni Inn near you soon, perhaps.
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Jet powered minimoto video
By Tim Skilton on 08/10/2007 13:50:29
The perfect Xmas present for the kids!
to strap a gas turbine engine on instead. It has a fuel capacity of 4.25L and uses a purified diesel or Jet A-1 mix with turbine oil.
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Learn to ride with Visordown: Misting visors
By Tim Skilton on 14/10/2008 21:46:05
Can't see the road for the fog? Here's how to stop it
dissipate any moisture lurking close to your visor and help keep you vision clear. I've used them since they were introduced a few years ago and they've never let me down. Rated by many as one of the best bits of kit they've bought. Recommended.Useful
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Cheap off-roaders to be investigated
By Tim Skilton on 12/06/2007 11:29:14
Coroner calls for action following teenage death
inquiries into how it is that such motorcycles, which I understand are made for use in China, can come to be in this country and used, unwittingly it seems, with plastic fuel tanks and caps that can pop off." Zak's stepmother, Carlynne Jones, 34, said after
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Bikers should be seen and heard says road safety t
By Tim Skilton on 05/07/2007 18:31:15
Launch of major consultation to improve safety
He's getting himself seen and heard"GET yourself heard" is the message Devon County Council is giving to motorcyclists who regularly use the county's road.This summer marks the launch of a major consultation for bikers, allowing them to comment
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