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Amusing Carlsberg biker ad showing online

Andy Downes, 23 September 2011 14:09

This Carlsberg beer advertisement has surfaced online and shows a fly-on-the-wall filmed series of reactions to people walking into a cinema packed almost to capacity with tattooed bikers. The films show a 150 seat cinema with all but two seats taken by an array of large and tattoed bikers and what happens when innocent couples who are not in on ...

Motorcyclist rescued from blazing crash

Andy Downes, 13 September 2011 15:15

This amazing footage has emerged showing a motorcyclist being rescued by passers-by after he became trapped under a car he had been in collision with. The footage is on the BBC website and was taken by CCTV cameras near the Utah State University in America with the BBC report stating the crash happened “when a driver crashed into a motorcyclist ...

Bird box disguised as a speed camera

Andy Downes, 22 August 2011 12:25

A pensioner in Somerset has become so fed up with speeding road users breaking the 30mph limit through his village that he built a bird box in the shape of a speed camera and put it up outside his house. Ian Magee lives in Willerton, Somerset and spent a week building a wooden bird box as an exact replica of ...

Onboard lap of the Nurburgring with a gyro-camera

Andy Downes, 28 July 2011 09:33

This new video put together by Bridgestone straps a gyroscopic camera to a Kawasaki ZX-10R and shows Bridgestone tyre tester Tim Röthig on a flying lap of the Nurburgring in Germany. Gyroscopic cameras have been used in MotoGP for the past few months and manage to give a unique perpective of racing as the camera stays level no matter how ...

Freestyle madman learns to courier

Andy Downes, 20 June 2011 11:23

Freestyle motocross star Robbie Maddison meets up with Brazilian courier Karlo Maxwell as each try and teach some of the secrets of their respective jobs to the other…we’re not sure which is more dangerous to be honest. Maddison may be used to making massive jumps on dirtbikes but the insane traffic of Brazil’s biggest city Sao Paulo looks almost as ...

The difference between cars and bikes on the Isle of Man TT

Andy Downes, 10 June 2011 12:46

This incredible near miss is what happened when rally driver Mark Higgins took a Subaru rally car around the Isle of Man TT course earlier in the week. Yes we know this is Motor Cycle News but we defy anyone to watch it without clenching their buttocks as it unfolds. Watch the bottom inset screen to see how much arm ...

Eddie Kidd set to finish London Marathon today

Andy Downes, 06 June 2011 13:51

Former motorcycle stunt rider Eddie Kidd is set to complete the London Marathon almost two months after setting off to raise money for Children with Cancer UK. Kidd was seriously injured and left with permanent brain damage after a stunt went wrong at the Bulldog Bash in Warwickshire in 1996 after he jumped the drag strip. Despite his serious disability ...

London to Bangkok charity ride sets off

Andy Downes, 27 May 2011 17:17

Triumph Tiger 800XC owner Phil Evans today set off to ride his bike from the Jack Lilley showroom in Ashford, Middlesex to the Triumph factory…in Thailand! Evans is raising money for a charity called The Lewy Body Society which aims to help with treatment for this little known disease. Evans said: “I’ll be riding a Triumph Tiger 800XC from London ...

Video: A lap of the Las Vegas supercross track

Andy Downes, 09 May 2011 11:39

Ever wondered what it's like to be able to ride a factory motocross bike? We mean really, really ride it rather than wobble around with a look of terror like most people would actually do when faced with the Las Vegas supercross track? Ryan Sipes is a factory rider in the AMA Supercross Lites class which means he races a ...

BMW makes two millionth motorcycle in Berlin

Andy Downes, 06 May 2011 15:44

BMW is celebrating the two millionth motorcycle to be built at the Berlin plant in Spandau with factory-backed stunt rider Christian Pfeiffer writing 2,000,000 with a burn out on his BMW F800R. The celebration marks 2 million motorcycles being built at the Berlin plant; fittingly the bike was a special edition R1200GS adventure bike. The special anniversary bike was unveiled ...