
Visordown News

Sidecar sales booming. No, we hadn’t noticed either
Sales up a third in a year for British sidecar maker Watsonian

New: Touratech Ambato Exp tank bag for BMW R1200GS
Red and silver expandable tank bag to match R1200GS colours

1901 Ariel to be auctioned in the same building it was first sold
Quadricycle will go under the hammer at the same London address as the Ariel showroom that sold it 112 years ago

Top 10 'grey' import motorcycles
This is it; the 10 best motorcycles that never officially made it from Japan to the UK

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New: Alpinestars 365 X-Trafit gloves
Need something to keep your hands warm and dry over the next few months?


New: MIVV exhausts for KTM Duke 125 and 200
Slightly more power, slightly less weight but most importantly, they look cool

Goldwing rider stays in control as lightning strikes helmet
Michael LaDue managed to stop safely after his Honda “lit up”

Thought of joining the AA?
Uruguayan motorcyclist spent four months lost in the Andes eating rats to survive after his bike broke down
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Top 20 ‘grey’ import motorcycles: Part 1
The bikes we were never given a chance at from the UK's official importers. Part one features our countdown from 20 to 11.


One tank of fuel, 520 miles
Rider spends 18 hours on Chinese 125 at 30mph, to prove it will do 173mpg. We’d want to drink the remaining petrol, too.

Check your mirrors, man
See that car going just as fast as you? It's not because the driver wants a race

Yamaha MT-09: the rivals
It’s not just Triumph’s Street Triple that should keep one eye over its shoulder on the MT-09

First Saietta R electric sports bike sells
London-based financier buys first production version of £16,770 Saietta

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