Sorry folks, it's all make believeVISORDOWN HAS just spoken to Honda UK regarding the front cover story of this week's Motorcycle News, which claims the company have TWO 1000cc V5 road bikes in the pipeline.When asked about the rumours, Honda UK

limited run of V5 road bikes.Now a trawl through the patent archives reveals this sketch, dating way back to 2002 and lodged alongside drawings of the original 2002-spec RC211V racer. As you can see, it's identical to the race bike, but features lights

IN AN exclusive interview with roadracerx.com MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has said his Honda RC211 V5 MotoGP bike, which took the Italian to the 2003 and 2004 championships, was 'a missile'.Asked about his time at Honda, and in particular

near-impossible task.At the other end of the scale comes this. Yep, that's a Yamaha OW-01 ex-racer being offered “spares or repair” - no hint of history other than the fact it was originally road registered with a James Whitham appearing on the V5

was to emphasise that the V4 engine will be at the heart of future models from Honda - possibly the new Blade and most definitely the new VFR.There's been much speculation over the last few months by certain publications that Honda were going to release a V5

if money were no object? Honda V5, Ducati 999R, BMW K1200R and a KTM something. 12. What's the maddest thing you've done on a bike? A 100mph+ tankslapper with jeans and Timberlands on. 13. Have you ever spent a night in jail? Not yet.14. What

THE GOVERNMENT announced today that quality bikes seized on behalf of the DVLA for road tax evasion will no longer be automatically scrapped, but will be auctioned off instead. NSL Ltd seizes more than 100,000 untaxed vehicles every year

of the word.There have been rumours of an all-new Blackbird for years – possibly even a V5 VFR1000 replacing both the Blackbird and VFR800. Even if a new version is released, the current ones will retain their following and their used value. They have a near

: Honda RC30V5There has only been one production, and limited at that, V5 motorcycle engine ever made and it powered Honda’s MotoGP bike from when the series changed to four strokes in 2002. Rather than use an orthodox inline four, HRC went with the V5

GP bike for the road.Well, not exactly. But I hope you’ll see what I mean.The bike is Honda’s forthcoming 2009 VFR, and it has the first road-going V5 engine. As pioneered on the all-conquering 990 MotoGP RC211V.Sadly it will be no balls-out street racer