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Much-loved and much maligned, the Norton Commando both saved and then helped to kill the British bike industry

Meet Dr Costa. He's a very passionate Italian who has spent the past 30 years at motorcycle races fixing up racers who crash. Here's his story

When our Whit and his Belgarda Yamaha team-mate Paolo Casoli crashed and still finished 1-2 at the 2002 World Supersport race at Silverstone

Where Honda led, others followed. Enter Yamaha's wannabe RC30-beater, the OW01

From a small shed in a small town in a small country at the very bottom of the world came an old man and an old bike - to capture the most remarkable world speed record ever

It's the bike that was once parked outside chip shops across the land. Here we look at the Fizzie and all of its 4.8bhp. Long live pedal power!

Niall Mackenzie speaks with Randy Mamola, one of the greatest and wildest riders to never win a 500GP championship

Kevin Schwantz on how important set-up is to throttle control, how it makes champions and what he learned on a dirt track

The most successful World Superbike racer ever and Ducati's number one son talks about his first year racing the 916

The inter-war years in Britain were no time or place for vegetartians or animal lovers

The Ducati 888 is the Great Grandaddy of the 1198 and its awesome racing pedigree bred a road legend whose racing history is crucial to its status

Helmet maintenace is important to ensure that your lid remains in top condition so that your head is kept safe. Here are 10 steps for great helmet care

Tattooed loon and legendary front man of The Prodigy talks RD400s, racing, his passion for bikes and bumping into the King of Spain…

The ways of the mind game and the racers that take the mental edge over of their competitors

Welcome to the taboo world of the crash. What they're about, why they happen and how not to have them. All you ever wanted to know about something you don't want to do

A long time ago a young adventurer was tasked with assembling a list of the 10 best fictional motorbikes. Here is what he discovered

Conceived in boom-time and canned when Laverda owners Aprilia felt the pinch from falling scooter sales, the SFC (Super Freni Competizione – as in super brakes competition) was an interpretation of Laverda’s iconic early seventies endurance racer

Removing bodywork sounds like a simple task but it can frustrate and confuse. Here's how to do it the easy way

Despite the glamour, racing’s not the early ticket to retiring a rich man. Only the big hitters bring home the big bucks. Here are estimated wages of the not so rich and less famous

When Rossi made the announcement that he was moving to Yamaha it was obvious 2004 was going to be a special year, here are some of those moments

PC Marcus McCormick, a West Midlands Police Bike Instructor, offers some solutions to developing corner confidence...

More riders mess up on lefthand bends than in just about any other situation. Panic has a lot to do with how we can get things wrong and then make things worse

You've reviewed and voted on your bikes over the past 12 months in Visordown's reviews section and here's your Top 10

Castle Combe race track in Wiltshire rattles my senses during inaugural track day outing.