Alex Whitworth

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Alex Whitworth

Junior Content Writer

Alex has been working in the motorcycle industry for as long as he has been at Visordown, which has been since March 2022 so we'll let you work it out from there. He's the new guy. He'd be fetching us all coffee 'round the clock if he wasn't based in the arse end of nowhere. We joke - he has (some) other uses, like tapping out numerous stories on various subjects somewhat frequently. 

Before Visordown, Alex wrote about motorcycle racing in other places and worked on racing broadcasts at national championships (thankfully not in front of the camera) while completing a journalism degree at university into which he shoehorned motorcycles at every possible opportunity: MXGP, BSB, WorldSBK, Motorcycle Live - they all appeared in his academic work somewhere.

Frustratingly, Alex's love for racing originated in - brace for it - cars. A trip to Donington for the BSB race in 2011 saw him realise that there was a far more interesting, exciting, and substantial world of racing outside of F1, and he became a fan of motorcycles. But that was 11 years ago, and he still doesn't ride! What's wrong with him? This is a serious question. Will he ever ride? Could Marc Marquez win outside of HRC? What would Jonathan Rea do on a MotoGP bike? All great questions, and we might never know the answers to any of them. But we think that, with sufficient peer pressure, we can get him on two wheels in a safe enough manner. If it happens, you'll find out about it here on Visordown.

Articles by Alex Whitworth
The Ducati Diavel for Bentley was probably the most expensive motorcycle of 2023, but that has not stopped it selling out in just over a month
Yamaha has launched its 2024 WorldSBK programme, including the factory Pata Prometeon Yamaha team with six-time champion Jonathan Rea
The new Trackhouse Racing team has revealed its livery for the upcoming MotoGP season, with US colours adorning its Aprilia RS-GPs
New spy shots coming out of India show a Royal Enfield Hunter 450, which is getting closer to its public launch
​The first episode of a new documentary following the first season of the Kawasaki British Superteen series has been released
Pricing has been confirmed for the new 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 500 and Kawasaki Z 500, with both to be available from under £6,000
A super-rare Ducati 916 Senna III is set to be auctioned later this year in April, with an estimation of at least £13,000
Ducati has rediscovered some of its past in the last few months, notably that of single-cylinder motorcycles
The Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX is one of the punchiest of all sports tourers, but this used one doesn’t have a punchy price tag
The Suzuki GSX-8R has been homologated to race in a US championship, and racing efforts in the UK could follow 
The Pirelli Scorpion Trail III is the newest multipurpose motorcycle tyre, with capabilities both on sealed and loose surfaces
The 2024 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP has been announced as the first production bike to make use of new electronic suspension
The Harley-Davidson CVO range is updated and expanded in 2024, with a new touring model and a Pan America 1250 adventure bike
2023 MotoGP World Championship runner-up Jorge Martin is set to head to the London Motorcycle Show next month as the guest of honour
​Lee Johnston will return to racing in 2024, after missing much of 2023 due to injuries sustained at the North West 200 road race
BMW Motorrad celebrates its 100th anniversary in style with record sales figures for 2023 and significant growth over 2022
CFMoto is developing a new form of electronic suspension that would be able to read the road ahead and adjust accordingly
After the acquisition of the Italian brand last year, Vircos will be known as Rev’It Tailortech and will provide bespoke, leather one-piece suits
The famous Californian circuit, Laguna Seca, is under threat after local residents filed a lawsuit over noise and traffic complaints
The Ducati Desmo450 MX dirt bike has been publicly revealed for the first time, ahead of the bike’s debut in the Italian Championship this year
A Dakar Rally bike snapped in half mid-stage on the penultimate stage of the rally, but fortunately the rider was okay after the crash
The Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten has been launched at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona as a tribute to the Moto Guzzi owners's club
The ‘Dakar spirit’ or ‘rally spirit’ is something you hear about a lot at this time of year, and it was perhaps summed up best by this incident
A high-performance electric motorcycle could be on the way from BMW, according to patents filed by the Bavarian manufacturer
The American rider, Ricky Brabec, has taken his second win on the Dakar Rally, as KTM made some unwanted history for itself