Westcott was the British Motorcycle Racing Club's last meeting before the Second World War and the last at Brooklands.In one of his letters before the sale, Hood wrote: "This confounded war has unfortunately put me rather ‘in the spot’ so far as the Rudge

TYRE GIANTS Pirelli and Dunlop will soon be going head-to-head for the right to be the control tyre of the World Superbike Championship. FGSport, the organisers of the World Superbike Championship, have put the control tyre contract up for bid

A Triumph Rocket III makes an incredible 135ft/lb of torque and with two people onboard it weighs 524kg, more than half a ton. The Sanhurst Tug of War team weighs 560kg and each man can pull 200kgs of weight. So right now, who's your money on

virgin, Madonna, who turns 50 this month, sourced the limited edition 1938 vintage BMW R71, after scouring a string of collectable bike dealers.Apparently, Richie had always lusted after an old World War II bike and now he's got one, or maybe two.

THE REAL Great Escape hero, one of the men who inspired the classic Steve McQueen movie, has died aged 92.Squadron Leader Eric ‘Digger’ Dowling was one of the real World War II PoWs who dug the tunnels nicknamed ’Tom, Dick and Harry’ out of a Nazi

TWO DOZEN Garelli Grand Prix motorcycles are coming up for auction in Paris.The machines, currently owned by one man, have been kept in a private chapel and date back to pre-war but also include important motorcycles from Garelli's heyday

and profile every year. It seems that yet again the two impending World Wars and our latest Civil War will reach new highs.That ain't no joke, but it should make us all smile anyway.Baker's dozenThirteen is such an unlucky number for some people that even

anniversary and American flags, admission to the two-day festival on the Summerfest Grounds, Discovery World and the special Harley-Davidson exhibit and a commemorative key chain.Tickets for the Springsteen show, which are $40 and go on sale April 5

WILLIAM "Regas" Woods believe's he's the world's first bilateral amputee stunt rider."I was born with a congenital defect in my legs. My mom decided to amputate early on," he said.Woods said the most important factor in his development was a

MUSCLES ARE being flexed between the two biggest motorcycle racing championships in the world, sparked by the talk MotoGP may be considering going back to 1000cc engines.Earlier this month, Visordown reported the news MotoGP big-shot Carmelo