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'Fast' Freddie Spencer Interview
By Chris Moss on 04/07/2003 11:14:29
He strode the '80s GP stage as the man who won two world titles in a year and was the Rossi of his day. Step forwards, Freddie Spencer
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
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1985 Championship double - Freddie Spencer
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/02/2008 13:25:00
In 1985, 'Fast' Freddie Spencer did something unique in the motorcycle racing arena - the 250cc and 500cc World Championship double
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
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Freddie Spencer's '85 Honda NSR500 GP bike gallery
By Ben Cope on 18/06/2009 16:25:51
Honda's legendary GP500 won 8 out of 12 rounds of the World Championship, ridden by fast Freddie Spencer
' 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
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Caption That! - Eddie and Freddie
By Caption That! on 11/08/2008 08:15:12
You don't need to be a member to take part in this week's caption competition. Have a go!
picture of 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle legends Eddie Lawson and Freddie Spencer at this year's Laguna Seca GP, having a chat. What are they saying? It's over to you. Get those warped minds in action and let the captions commence!
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Friday Flick: Fast Freddie explains racing
By Robin Goodwin on 07/01/2011 16:22:27
You've seen the infamous challenge, now watch the full docu-film
Unashamedly I am a massive Freddie Spencer fan and I am here with a video of the legend to break the tedium of your Friday afternoon.Above is the first part featuring some gorgeous retro clips and the infamous challenge, that saw Spencer and his GP
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Freddie Spencer: the greatest of all time?
By Tim Skilton on 20/07/2007 19:50:45
Visordown looks back at America's finest
name that deserves serious consideration is triple-world champion, Freddie Spencer.Freddie was born in 1961 in Shreveport, Louisiana. By the age of eleven he'd already become a formidable dirt tracker, winning 10 state championships in short and dirt
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Video: Freddie Sheene tests Icon tribute
By Visordown News on 05/07/2010 09:35:41
Motorcycle legend's son tests ultra-expensive two-wheel tribute
FREDDIE SHEENE has been filmed testing the £107,000 Icon Sheene: a 240bhp retro-styled musclebike, built as a tribute to his late father, double 500cc World Champion Barry Sheene.Freddie rode the bike at last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Pic special: Freddie Spencer's World Championship bikes go up for sale
By Visordown News on 11/03/2010 10:52:12
Fancy a serious piece of 1980s two-stroke Grand Prix history? They don't come better than this
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
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One special day at Spa in 1985
By Robin Goodwin on 20/08/2010 10:18:01
An ode to 'Fast' Freddie Spencer and his double championship victories in 1985
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
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MotoGP: Suzuki unveil Sheene tribute paint scheme
By Tim Skilton on 11/10/2007 12:10:16
Freddie Sheene joins MotoGP star in tribute
Vermeulen and his Sheene tribute paint schemeVermeulen with Freddie Sheene, son of the late GP superstarChris Vermeulen today unveiled his new Barry Sheene tribute Suzuki GSV-R for thisweekend's Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.The bike
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