Phil West
SEO Editor and Writer at The Daily Dot
Writer and Editor at ABRAMS
Associate Editor at Texas Medicine Magazine
Find me at Verde All Day (covering @AustinFC) and philwest (Bluesky). Keeping this account up to park the name but not actively posting here. Again: Bluesky!
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visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
The Isle of Man TT is set to hit a global audience thanks to Amazon MGM Studios acquiring a Brad Pitt and Channing Tatum film, along with a four-part docuseries about the legendary motorcycle race. Tatum is not only producing but also starring in the project, with production companies involved being Free Association (Tatum and Reid Carolin), Plan B (Brad Pitt), and Entertainment 360. Reid Carolin is directing from a script he co-wrote with Jason Keller (of Ford v Ferrari fame) and Bryan Johnson.
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visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
KTM has unveiled the latest iteration of its Dakar-developed rally weapon, the 2026 KTM 450 Rally Replica, with production capped at just 150 units worldwide. Designed for serious competitors in RallyGP, Rally2, and Malle Moto classes, the machine remains closely based on KTM’s Factory Rally bikes that continue to dominate the Dakar Rally and other rally raid events. Alongside the standard Rally Replica, KTM has also announced the 450 Rally Replica Sanders Edition.
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visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
Charley Boorman may be famous for teaming up with Ewan McGregor for the Long Way series, but he’s been back in the saddle for a new adventure. This time, he’s teamed up with Touratech USA boss Paul Guillien for ‘Azores Untamed – The Ride between two continents’, a 32-minute motorcycle travel film set in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
Classic Legends, which is a subsidiary of the giant Mahindra Group, is looking to the future, with reports pointing to four new models across the BSA, Jawa, and Yedzi marques. The news comes from NDTV Auto, which put the question of new models to Classic Legends’ co-founder Anupam Thareja. In the interview, he revealed that “one [new] BSA, one [new] Jawa and two [new] Yezdi motorcycles are slated for a launch in the next six months”.
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visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
China is set to curb exports of certain rare earth minerals as part of its retaliation against President Trump’s tariffs. The move could seriously impact the automotive industry, and that means motorcycle makers too. If you cast your mind back a few years, three major events seriously affected the global motorcycle industry. The first, and arguably biggest, was the Covid-19 pandemic, with a knock-on effect of that being a global shortage of microchips.
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