Motorcycle Features

The story of the Honda CBR600 (1987 to 2007)

When doomsday comes, history will only record one motorcycle in the all-time hall of fame: the CBR600. Now in its 20th year, we chart the success of a biking icon

Riding the Weston Beach Race

The Weston Beach Race is gnarly. Always cold and wet, it's three miles of knee-deep sand and 1000 dirt bike loons. For three hours. Hogan the Innocent thought he stood a chance...

Would you buy a bike off this man?

Selling bikes - like shooting fish in a barrel. But have you ever tried shooting fish in a barrel? Enter Luke Ponsford and his Browning Prestige 28" (over and under). Fish: 4 Luke: 0

Simon Daukes buys a naked motorcycle

Here at Visordown HQ we have no idea who Simon Daukes is. But we're guessing he's some sort of marketing cheese from the Haymarket days. Here he is, buying a motorcycle. Allegedly

Weird Weekends: BSB with the Rizla squad

There is no 'i' in 'team', but there are four in 'freeloading, indolent bike journalist'. Ponsford joins the Rizla Suzuki BSB squad for the 2006 championship's last hurrah

Readers Rides: Lap of Sussex

Andy Gray works as an IT consultant in central London and commutes on a Buell X1 Lightning. This is his favourite summer run to escape the rat race and take in the delights of the south coast

Weird Weekend's - Rock Idol

James Toseland: Racing hero, rock star. Luke Ponsford: Not bad with a guitar. For one night only, Visordown joins Toseland and his band Crash on stage. Let's rock!

John Reynolds - Retirement Plans

After 20 years of racing, John Reynolds is now watching bike racing from the safe side of the fence. We ask the BSB legend about his career-ending crash, retirement, his plans for the future and what it's like not to be racing bikes for a living

Public Access - James Toseland Road Ride

With just days to go before Brands Hatch WSB, Bertie Simmonds takes a road ride on the wild side with 2004 World champ and Great British hope James Toseland

Hogan's Heroes: Trials Riding

Britain's most popular form of bikesport has just got one more fan. We put Hogan on trial. Verdict? Guilty (of being rubbish)

Hogan's Heroes: Trackday virgin

Mission 4: Pop Track Cherry

Reader's Rides: Barnstaple to Exeter

Bill Partridge is an equipment manager from Weymouth, Dorset. This is his favourite road

Ten years of BSB

BSB's champions tell Visordown what made British racing great again, and what their titles mean to them

The Honda VFR Story

Honda's VFR has stood for two decades as a machine which owners and press alike have claimed to be the world's most perfect motorcycle. Surprising, then, that the VFR story was almost over before it had begun

MotoGP Evolution - Race tech to the road

Four years on from the advent of MotoGP, and with the 800cc formula beckoning, there's just one thing missing: the trickle-down of race tech to street bikes. Why?

Riding Enduro Africa

2500 kilometres, 10days, 5blokes, 5bikes, 1 ginormous continent...and a broken foot

Made In Britain

Britain can be considered, in many regards, as an epicentre of world racing. Come again?

Zero To 180mph In A Day

Can a bona fide biking novice learn to ride in the morning and do flat-out speed runs on a litre sportsbike by teatime? Your CBT was never like this

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Old's Cool: Guide to classic bikes

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Faux modern retro is one way to go, but if you want your old school metal to be authentic there's only one option: get the real deal and buy a classic. Let us show you how

Big Bang Theory - Virgin Yamaha R1

Big bang motors have arrived in BSB. Virgin Yamaha's R1 breaks the mould, not the rules

MV Agusta Racing Resurrection

MV were once racing's dominant force, before slipping into the Japanese shadow. Two men have risked their livelihoods to resurrect Italy's heritage and produce bikes that are works of art and ahead of their time. This is their story

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Indian Takeaway - Enduro India

If you need a break from the drudgery of working life, if you want to ride a bike in a place where traffic laws are non-existent and you can do pretty much whatever you want, well, you need to go to India

All The King's Men - Rossi's Entourage

Being a MotoGP superhero makes Valentino Rossi very popular indeed. But all that fame can be a burden. Here we meet Vale's inner circle - the close allies who control and protect his image

Grubby oiks on the rob, or the very future of motorcycling? Wozza hunts out the kids on scooters to find out

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