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Used Bike
10/09/10
Both these bikes are the product of 'modular engineering'. But do they represent a good BUY?
Used Bike
10/09/10
Yesterday's supersports screamers are still duking it out on the used battlefield. Under cover of sunshine, Bertie advances on middle England with a bunch of war veterans to find out who still cuts the mustard gas
Used Bike
09/09/10
Suzuki's GSX-R brand represented the ultimate race replica for the people. Can Kawasaki's masterpiece take it on?
Used Bike
06/09/10
Rally replicas of the desert kings, the Honda Africa Twin in a used battle with the Yamaha Super Ténéré
First Ride
06/09/10
Honda’s mostly-under-the-skin revised CBR600RR has one very significant addition for 2009 - an ABS braking system. But can ABS really sit comfortably on a supersport bike?
General
01/09/10
One of the UK's leading graphologists analyses Valentino Rossi handwriting from a note he wrote to his team and offers remarkable insight
Used Bike
16/08/10
Classic styling for these retro inspired modern bikes, Triumph, Ducati and Moto Guzzi all have what it takes. But who's got it licked?
Used Bike
13/08/10
With new litre sportsbikes costing upwards of £10,000 the used market is booming. But at £5k are these bikes half the performance as well as half the price?
New Bikes
06/08/10
Big Green's 2011 superbike spied out on track with Skyes and Yanagawa testing the Kawasaki ZX10R at Autopolis, Japan
General
05/08/10
WSB man gets to grips with new 1000cc sportsbike
Used Bike
05/08/10
With the new Yamaha Fazer 800 arriving we dip into the secondhand market to sample the best and worst of the Fazer family…
First Ride
04/08/10
Visordown’s Chief road tester is former World Supersport star and all-round top chap James Whitham. MV Agusta generously allows him to sample the new F4. Is he a happy chappy? Or utterly disgusted with Agusta? Find out
First Ride
02/08/10
Dependable do-it-all gets a facelift and a suspension twaeak. Mark Forsyth rode the new version to bring you chapter and verse
First Ride
02/08/10
BMW’s already excellent big tourer gets a new motor with more grunt and a host of comfort improving gadgets for 2010, not to mention a fruity exhaust note
First Ride
02/08/10
The bike that defined the Adventure market gains some extra grunt for 2010 to help it deal with the rough terrain of the Gobi desert. Or a gravel drive in Epsom
Road Test
28/07/10
For the average trail rider in the UK, a full-on enduro bike is overkill. Surely, a road bike with some big knobbly tyres for green-laning is enough? We put three grumpy old men haggard on a trio of BMWs to find out
Road Test
26/07/10
How do you like your big-mile kicks? We evaluate four different takes on the tourer From the Suzuki Hayabusa to the KTM 990SMT
General
18/07/10
Information and history on the Italian multiple MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi riding for Ducati in 2011
MotoGP
13/07/10
The Doctor puts in a 46 fast laps on a World Superbike-spec R1 at Brno
MotoGP
08/07/10
The Doctor puts in a few laps at the Misano circuit in Italy on a World Superbike-spec R1 borrowed from the Sterilgarda Yamaha factory team
MotoGP
05/07/10
News on the crash recovery of Valentino Rossi and his alleged move to Ducati MotoGP in 2011
First Ride
11/06/10
Honda has a lot riding on this one. With dwindling 1000cc supersports sales and an increase in the sports-tourer market, the VFR1200F is arguably the company’s most important new bike for a decade
First Ride
04/06/10
One of motorcycling’s worst kept secrets - Honda’s top-secret VFR1200F. Visordown were among the chosen few to ride it at the Sugo circuit in Japan