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Julian Rhind-Tutt, the blond actor from those Barclay Card adverts, discusses Ducatis, the incorrect way to exit Druids corner and playing Mr Monks with a broken thumb...

Looking like it had been waved out of pitlane and on to the road, the KR-1 arrived in a puff of blue smoke back in 1988

What really happened behind the scenes when the 2008 Dakar rally was cancelled due to terrorist threats. Visordown investigates

If you wear an AraI helmet it’s thanks to thIs guy. Ferry Brouwer Is the founder of AraI Europe. He’s also Dutch and a lIttle odd...

It’s motorsport in its purest form. Take two vehicles, ¼ mile of straight tarmac, a set of traffic lights and two warring parties. The bullshit stops when the lights turn green…

Ever watched MotoGP and thought “I could do that if I had the breaks...”? Well stop dreaming and get racing. Here’s the inside line on the curious world of the British club racing scene...

Simon Smith of Global Enduro on corrupt coppers, giving £1million to charity and sucking warm milk from a cow’s udder…

Want to see Mexico by motorcycle. Well it's easy, really it is. We did it

It’s a one way ticket to motorcycle Nirvana and the respect and adoration of all your mates. We all want to do it, but only the chosen few can. Time to go back to school...

It's easy to rent a motorcycle in Libya. We did it, here's how.

Matt Wilde is a motorcycle paramedic in London. Hopefully you will never meet him, but if you do you'll be in safe hands...

Ade Packett is a motorcycle mechanic from Stoke-on-trent who has lived and worked in Los Angeles, California for 19 years

Men versus machine in an old fashioned, brute force, give it all you've got contest

Find yourself backing off on corners you used to take at full throttle? Noticeably slower today than you used to be and feeling left out of the pack? We’ll show you how to get your edge back

Best-ever biking summer holiday across America so you can get some ideas for your own. You don’t have to spend thousands of pounds or be away from work for long

Best-ever biking summer holiday to Italy so you can get some ideas for your own. You don’t have to spend thousands of pounds or be away from work for long

It’s the cheapest and most exciting form of two-wheeled motorsport with a growing ‘veterans’ crowd of over 35 year-olds racing. Fancy something new? Here’s how to get started

If you live in the South-East and fancy giving trials riding a go, there’s an outfit based in Kent with 50 acres of woodland just waiting to be played on...

He knows his way around a swear word or two, he's Suzuki GB's head mechanic and former European development rider from 1982 to 2005.

Sweden. Home to Volvos and Saabs, Viggens and Vikings, preposterously expensive beer and – quite frankly – the most beautiful women on earth. ll in all, possibly the last place on earth that you’d expect anyone to build a brand new racetrack in Europe

Mick Doohan was the most dominant force in Grand Prix racing. His legendary intolerance of fools made him as feared off the track as he was on it. Today, Doohan applies the lessons he learned on the track to his business interests

Become an instant expert in to the extreme area of motorcycling; stunt riding

Akihito Arai is grandson of Hirotake Arai and Director of Arai Europe. motorcycle helmets have been his whole life...

For sheer spectator thrills few sports can top speedway. It’s a contact sport fought over four short, sharp laps. Real men only turn left...