Talking to Freddie Spencer takes time, simply because there's so much to hear. But it's all worth it and any chat with the modest icon makes you realise just how much he's done. In short, absolutely masses.He can recall his GP days, or any other

One former motorcycling deity won two championships in the 1980s. Freddie Spencer achieved what many thought was impossible, taking both the 500cc and 250cc titles in the same year - 1985. In doing so he shone briefly like a supernova before

' Championships. Ridden by Freddie Spencer, the engine was a liquid-cooled 2-stroke 90-degree V4, the animal of the GP500 world. It weighed in at just over 115kg and produced around 140bhp at the rear wheel. Most riders who thought they could tame it were wrong

FORMER World Champion Freddie Spencer is to star at the Vintage Motorcycle Club's Festival of 1000 Bikes this July at Mallory Park, on a triple-cylinder Rothmans Honda NS500 GP race bike.Spencer, who won the 1983 World Grand Prix Championship

FREDDIE SPENCER'S championship-winning Honda NS500 and NSR250 have gone up for sale for an undisclosed amount in the United States.The machines helped Spencer secure two world titles: the 1983 500cc crown, when Spencer was just 21, and the 1985 250

Early days...Spencer (left) Roberts and HaslamWHO'S THE greatest racer of all-time? The debate's been around since bike racing started and will remain hot gossip for years to come. Everybody has their own favourites, but whatever your views, one

25 years ago Freddie Spencer managed a magical feat by winning both the 250 and 500 Grand Prix championships in the same year. Freddie Spencer tested his abilities to the upmost from jumping off the 250 to then line-up on the grid for the 500 race

Got to apologise for the mogadon-inspired soundtrack but this 1979 Kawasaki promo vid' is worth watching just for the footage of Freddie Spencer and Wes Cooley.Watch the slo-mo of Cooley's GS1000 Suzuki on the brakes. It's horrendous. Check out

of the sport's all-time greats - Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and Freddie Spencer, the men he hero-worshipped as a kid - he positively rubbed his hands at the prospect of answering them.Kevin Schwantz graduated from Superbikes with Suzuki in the 1980s and won

Following the cool retro Alpinestars advert it's now the turn of Nankai with this TV spot from 1988.Nankai appear to have disappeared from the face of the Earth, but I've dreamt of owning a one piece Nankai or Kushitani suit. Speaking of Kushitani, you can design your own leather...