French stuntman Jean-Yves Blondeau kitted himself out with roller skates on his feet, knees, chest and hands to race a Honda CBR600 on Japanese television – and was credited with a win. Blondeau was wearing his own home-made ‘super-impact’ suit for the downhill race aired last week. His win may have been helped by the fact the Honda barely got ...
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- General news
- 09 August 2007
Here's the first crash on the all-new Kawasaki GTR1400 – courtesy of some French mates of ours at top motorcycle magazine Moto Journal. The testers were at the launch of the bike last week, then set out to film a mickey-take of French TV show Turbeauf. Turbeauf is one of France’s longest-running Top Gear type shows and is well-known for ...
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- First rides & tests
- 10 July 2007