Ben Cope
1813 articles
First Ride
04/03/10
After years of trying (and failing) to make a decent streetbike has Honda finally got it right?
Road Test
04/03/10
Just what is a sports-tourer these days? Used to be a middle-for-diddle model with zero sex appeal, but these days it could be anything from a superbike with luggage to a purpose-built mile-muncher...
WorldSBK
01/03/10
This is what 0.004 seconds looks like at over 150mph
First Ride
26/02/10
MF rides the new MV Agusta F4 in ‘proper’ British weather
Gear
25/02/10
You're not a biker unless you've either pointed and laughed at someone's chicken strips, or had someone point at yours. Here's the tyre to end the ridicule...
General
21/02/10
Which is harder to ride properly fast, the crazy power of a 1000cc Superbike or the precision of a rev-hungry 600? We ask you, dear Visordown reader
General
19/02/10
Another sweet-lookin’ BMW, but this one was born in 1992, years before the S1000RR and it had desmodromic valves.
First Ride
19/02/10
Who better to sample BMW's 2009 S1000 RR, the most eagerly awaited bike of the year, than three times British Superbike Champion Niall Mackenzie?
General
19/02/10
A review of the kit I wore for my 3200 mile trip to Morocco and back in a a week. From snowy London to the baking hot Moroccan border
General
16/02/10
We're looking for opinions from people who currently own, or have owned, a Yamaha Fazer. To see if it's your model we're looking for, check inside.
New Bikes
26/01/10
A new and aggressive Z1000 heads up Kawasaki’s 2010 model range, but there is no new ZX-10R joining the lime green family
Motorbike
25/01/10
In this molly-coddled, nappy-wearing world Kawasaki stick out like a sore thumb. The Kawasaki marque has always been about power and speed and despite ever-increasing legislation they stick to their guns. Big Kawasaki guns. For this, they are to be saluted.
Motorbike
25/01/10
The bigger version of the 450, more power, bigger balls. Nutters need only apply
Road Test
23/01/10
Andy Hogan and John Stevens share a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R for a year. Here's their review
Interviews
01/12/09
What's he been up to? Will Toseland win WSB? What's this about a Porsche 911 Turbo?
General
29/11/09
John Hogan sees if Flat Track really is as cool as it looks. Even if you're rubbish at it
MotoGP
25/11/09
Aprilia pull out of Moto2 class and won't be supplying any bikes to privateer teams
Road Test
23/11/09
We loved the Victory Hammer S so much after the test we didn’t want to give it back. We still don’t!
General
23/11/09
Ben Cope's onboard lap on the Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Evo SP at Mores circuit, Sardinia
General
21/11/09
Check out this onboard lap of Vito Guareschi riding the new Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Evo SP at the Mores circuit in Sardinia
Motorbike
20/11/09
One of the best big scooters on the market if getting there in time is more important than getting there in style