Alex Whitworth
Junior Content Writer
Alex has been working in the motorcycle industry for as long as he has been at Visordown, which has been since March 2022 so we'll let you work it out from there. He's the new guy. He'd be fetching us all coffee 'round the clock if he wasn't based in the arse end of nowhere.
Articles By Alex Whitworth
23/07/24
Motorcycle road racer James Hillier has announced plans to return to Dakar for the 2025 edition, in what will be his second appearance
23/07/24
From crashing twice to salvaging an overall podium, Jeffrey Herlings’ Race 2 ride at Loket last weekend is among the best he’s produced
22/07/24
At the Suzuka 8 Hours motorcycle race last weekend, Kawasaki debuted its prototype electric sports bike
22/07/24
The custom wing of a Swiss German BMW dealer has produced one of the most stunning retro bikes we’ve ever seen, inspired by the Spitfire
22/07/24
During the MotoGP summer break, factory KTM rider Jack Miller headed home to Australia to get some more racing in
21/07/24
The first Brands Hatch BSB of the year marks round six of the 2024 season. Ryan Vickers took dominant wins in all three races
21/07/24
Round six of the 2024 WorldSBK season takes the series to the Czech Republic. Toprak Razgatlioglu was victorious in all three races, taking his third successive treble
19/07/24
The rider list for the inaugural edition of Red Bull Tyne Ride has been announced, with some of enduro’s biggest stars set to attend
19/07/24
Nexx, the motorcycle helmet manufacturer, has launched the third generation of its intercom system, X-Com3 Pro
19/07/24
KTM parent company Pierer Mobility Group has announced that it is cutting staff in its motorcycle business due to slowing sales
18/07/24
Husqvarna and GasGas have both revealed new-generation 85cc motocross bikes for the 2025 model year
18/07/24
Honda Adventure Roads 2025 will take participants from Rome to Istanbul on a grand tour of Europe
16/07/24
A new event focused on Norton is coming to the National Motorcycle Museum this September in collaboration with the Norton Owners’ Club
16/07/24
The Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE is one of the most extreme sports tourers around, and this particular one is unusually affordable
16/07/24
The Suzuki GSX-S1000 Evo is a new special edition of the one-litre naked and, for most people, it’s unobtainable
16/07/24
Cal Crutchlow will be replaced by Remy Gardner at the British MotoGP round, due to ongoing injury troubles for the Brit
15/07/24
The Tank Sports Urban Courier was never marketed as an off-road weapon, but it turns out that it’s truly at home on the loose stuff
15/07/24
MotoGP has announced the replacement of its Kazakhstan GP with a second race at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
15/07/24
Two-strokes could be set for a revival by Kawasaki, which has filed patent documents for a new engine
14/07/24
Toprak Razgatlioglu has dominated the WorldSBK UK weekend, winning all three races from pole position to extend his championship lead
12/07/24
Motorcycle exhausts can be works of art — just take a look at an early-2000s KX125 — but this one is uniquely bombastic
10/07/24
The Superveloce Serie Oro is the latest in a long line of stunning special editions from the Schiranna factory, with over 200bhp
08/07/24
The 2024 German MotoGP was the final round before the summer break, and Jorge Martin’s late crash had huge implications ahead of three weeks off
08/07/24
Featuring a two-litre, eight-cylinder boxer engine, this Chinese cruiser will surely be one of the most ridiculous bikes going when it launches