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GSX-R. No other machine has had the impact on motorcycling in the last 30 years than those four letters have. But what has made the GSX-R so great?

So what if your motorbike is over 10 years old, it will still demolish a £150,000 supercar away from a set of traffic lights

If these bikes were a weapon they would most likely be an elephant gun, Visordown counts down the best of the capable all rounders to the lairy sports baiters

The Ducati Roadshow continues in 2010 bringing its event truck and demonstration fleet to even more locations around the UK

Trick trials rider Jason Finn butts up against Pip Anderson, one of the best free-runners in the UK. Over a city course, who's got the legs?

The orchestrated victory antics that have defined the popularity of the greatest motorcycle racer of all time

With a bit of careful planning and knowing exactly what to say, you could be test-riding the bike of your dreams this afternoon. John Hogan went deep undercover to see just how easily he could blag rides on some seriously hot bikes

The original GPZ900R of 1984 sired a long and illustrious family of Ninjas that are a huge part of motorcycling today. From the mental ZX-10R to the blistering ZZ-R1400, none of them would have existed without the GPZ900 25 years ago

Get track fast for minimum brass. These machines all have what it takes to get right on the pace

Visordown presents the Top 10 secondhand supersport bikes

In the 1980s the hardest Grand Prix racers in the world were the works motocross riders. Their 500cc open-class bikes were savage and virtually uncontrollable by normal people, while the riders themselves were a breed apart

In 2007 the future looked bleak for Ducati. With debts in excess of £30 million and with a product range that simply wasn’t selling, it was quite possible that another famous Italian marque was about to go bust. And then along came the 1098

We look at the 10 movers and shakers who determine what we ride, what we wear, where we do it and even what the future holds

If you’re getting bored of Brands and tired of tipping into Redgate, you need to get your circuit fix abroad. We trawled Europe to find you a selection of the best racetracks you’ve never heard of

When BMW entered World Superbikes last season you’d be forgiven for thinking that the German marque had never started a race before, let alone won any. The reality is rather different

In 1998 the fiercest battle between two team-mates took place in British Superbikes. Niall Mackenzie and Steve Hislop set the racing scene alight with their increasingly vicious clashes

Set your springy bits, go bastard-fast

26 year-old Gary Taylor was the first British rider to nail the back-flip. Here’s how to do it

Before Long way Round there was Mondo Enduro – seven friends riding the world without support crews, GS Adventures, mobile phones or irritating producers called Russ. Mondo’s Austin Vince on keeping it simple

The fine art of taking a motorcycle near-vertical on its front wheel laid bare. Just don’t come blubbing to James when she goes over the top

Regardless of whether or not they’re big or clever, wheelies are the one stunt everyone wants to be able to do. If they won’t admit as much then they’re in wheelie denial and should seek help immediately

The art of engine tuning is a science many fine authors have spent hundreds of pages trying explain. Honestly, it’s not that complicated. Here’s how to tickle another paddock of ponies out of a four stroke

Ron Haslam, who’s nailed Craner curves some 62,937 times in his career, talks you through this epic sequence of corners

Those that can, do; those that can’t, teach. Except for John Hogan, who just pretends. Can he convince a bunch of track virgins he’s an instructor with the Ron Haslam Race School?