April 21, 2016
Caption that Visordowns Kane Dalton deploys his GoGo Gadget ExtendoKnees YOUR funniest caption, please. Sign up for Visordown’s weekly newsletter, Bugsplat, to get the best motorcycle news, road tests and features plus exclusive competitions and offers direct to your inbox. Register as a Visordown member here and tick the box for Bugsplat in your newsletter settings here. Related […]
April 21, 2016
You can never see too many wheelie fails THE first rule of the Cool 250 Cruiser Wheelie Club is there are no members of the Cool 250 Cruiser Wheelie Club. Sign up for Visordown’s weekly newsletter, Bugsplat, to get the best motorcycle news, road tests and features plus exclusive competitions and offers direct […]
April 21, 2016
Honda factory closure extended Honda’s Kumamoto motorcycle factory HONDA’S flagship Kumamoto factory – where Fireblades, VFR1200Fs, Goldwings and NC750Xs are made – will remain closed until at least next Thursday as the firm repairs earthquake damage. Following the two large tremors that hit the area last Thursday and Saturday, Honda closed the Kumamoto plant […]
April 20, 2016
Ducatis Ciabatti explains big plan DUCATI’S Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti has stated that Jorge Lorenzo’s move to the Italian manufacturer is only one part of a much larger plan, but the Spaniard was not the first rider the Italian team had in mind. It had been speculation for a while, but yesterday it was […]
April 20, 2016
Ducati Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti explains big plan after Lorenzo signing DUCATI’S Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti has said that Jorge Lorenzo’s move to the Italian manufacturer is only one part of a much larger plan, but the Spaniard was not the first rider the Italian team had in mind. Yesterday it was confirmed that […]
April 20, 2016
Yamaha Tracer 700 revealed AS we predicted earlier today, Yamaha has just revealed the new MT-07-based Tracer model, first seen in spy shots last year. Contrary to expectation, it’s called the Tracer 700, not the MT-07 Tracer. Using the same frame and 75hp, 689cc parallel-twin engine as the naked MT-07, it does what the MT-09 Tracer did for […]
April 20, 2016
Yamaha announcing new model this afternoon The MT-07 Tracer spotted testing in Milan last summer YAMAHA is set to announce a new model later today. Call us premature but we think it’s probably the MT-07 Tracer that we saw in spy shots last year. If it is, it will bring touring ability to the […]
April 20, 2016
What BMWs new G310R adventure bike could look like BMW MOTORRAD’S UK director Phil Horton recently confirmed plans for a GS-style G310R derivative, and here’s how Indian bike site RushLane thinks it will look. The rendering takes the G310R chassis and 313cc single-cylinder engine and re-imagines it packaged as a smaller sibling to the F700GS. […]