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1. Yamaha’s Japan-only 250s

   ... A JAPANESE-LANGUAGE press release tumbled into the inbox at Visordown towers ... that Yamaha has revealed the 2014 colour options for its Japanese-market Serow and Tricker 250cc singles. Not something that’s ...

   Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

2. Moto3 Qatar: Toba takes history making win

   ... Prix as he ran a near perfect last lap to become the first Japanese Moto3 winner at the Qatar Grand Prix. Honda Team Asia saw their ... corners to battle it out in the run to the line, with the Japanese rider having enough power on the finish straight to hold position for ...

   anonymous - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

3. LCR Honda confirms Takaaki Nakagami extension for 2020 MotoGP

   ... sit out the final three rounds of the 2019 season. The Japanese rider – competing in his second season of MotoGP with LCR Honda - ... rather pointedly dismissed those assertions, claiming the Japanese rider was only quicker because his 2018 specification bike was easier ...

   Ollie Barstow - 15/10/2019 - 11:01 - 0 comments

4. Discuss: China or India?

   DURING most of the 1960s Japanese bikes were seen as cheap transport and widely scoffed at by many ... CB750 (swiftly followed by similar machines from Honda’s Japanese rivals) establishing itself as a world-beater in performance, ... the same things today. On the downside, just as early Japanese bikes (and even more so, their cars) often struggled when it came to ...

   Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 08:01 - 0 comments

5. Missing Link - The Story of Trick Frames

   ... and with it - you guessed - even worse handling. The Japanese just couldn't build a chassis to save their (or your) lives. Their ... their products: power and speed you couldn't use. While the Japanese continued up this path, a spontaneous movement was growing alongside - ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 22/09/2019 - 19:20 - 7 comments

6. Daytona 955i (1998 -2001) review

   ... late ‘90s that Triumph genuinely felt it could match the Japanese. It couldn’t. Since this time the management has had a re-think and worked out that to beat the Japanese you have to offer an alternative, not a competitor, but the 955i is a ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

7. Splitting the deck | 6 of the best WorldSBK wildcards… and 6 we want to see

   ... Torres in the process. Japanese giants steal the show at home Yuichi Takeda (Honda) vs Noriyuki ... starts though he is an annual wild-card entry to the Japanese MotoGP at Motegi, while a couple of stand-in performances at Valencia ...

   Ollie Barstow - 04/10/2022 - 10:33

8. First Ride: 2005 Yamaha MT-01

   ... used in reference to Far Eastern bikes. Let's face it, most Japanese machinery is fashion-led and could cruelly be described as 'throw ... for a phrasebook let me explain what Kodo is. Kodo is Japanese for a pulse or sound that resonates within the mind and body. A bit ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

9. Honda CBR250RR Special Edition

   ... The new CBR250RR Special Edition is themed on the Japanese art of Kabuki, apparently. The pop-art style woman’s face daubed on ... doesn’t look much like it’s from a 16 th -century Japanese play to us, but hey, we’re not art critics. There’s also a map of ...

   Visordown - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

10. Top of the Grey Scale | Top 10 BEST Grey Import 400cc Motorcycles ever made

    ... Back in the early 1990s, uber-exotic Japanese-market 250 two stroke and 400cc four-stroke sportsters, which had been ... good. It couldn’t last, of course. By the late 1990s Japanese fashions and restrictions had changed while at the same time ...

    Simon Hancocks - 30/10/2022 - 16:53

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