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'Barry Sheene was my uncle'
By Visordown News on 24/11/2009 12:07:30
Michael Sheen confesses schoolboy story was all untrue
WELSH ACTOR Michael Sheen pretended he was related to famous motorcycle racer Barry Sheene to improve his popularity, the star has confessed.The actor, who's enjoying worldwide acclaim for his roles in 'Frost/Nixon' and 'The Queen', told school pals
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Mackenzie dreams of Sheene
By Niall Mackenzie on 13/09/2010 11:31:14
Our Niall's teenage dreams come true when he gets to ride two ex-Barry Sheene machines - a Suzuki XR45 and a Walmsley Manx Norton
was driving down the Spine Road in Denny in my Electricity Board Leyland Sherpa Van when Newsbeat came on Radio One just after Peter Powell's afternoon show.The top story was Barry Sheene had crashed at the French GP and may have a finger amputated. Being a
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Video: Sheene: Magnificent 7
By Visordown News on 14/01/2010 09:10:08
Bit of Bazza to perk up your Thursday morning...
GREAT BIT OF retro 1970s action for you this morning, with a quick Barry Sheene tribute video.Complete with funky disco soundtrack, the short film traces the antics of Sheene at various points through his illustrious career.It's all old hat, we know
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'New' Silverstone honours Sheene
By Visordown News on 18/06/2010 11:16:49
Steve Parrish unveils tribute to 500cc legend
THE BRITISH Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) has honoured the late, great Barry Sheene by commissioning a painting of the former double 500cc World Champion, which will hang in the asscociation's new clubhouse at Silverstone circuit.The painting
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Barry Sheene tribute gallery
By Visordown News on 13/03/2010 11:27:16
Visordown salutes Britain's greatest-ever motorcycle racer seven years on from his death
LAST WEEK marked the seventh anniversary of the death of motorcycle racing legend Barry Sheene.The two-time 500cc World Champion passed away on 10th March 2003, after losing a brave battle with cancer.Sheene, undoubtedly the most charasmatic
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Sheene leathers fetch £8000 at auction
By Visordown News on 02/12/2008 11:57:18
Bazza's iconic Suzuki race leathers top the bill at Sotheby's
Sheene's leathers fetched £8000 at yesterday's auctionA SET of motorcycle racing leathers once owned by the late Barry Sheene fetched £8,000 at a Graham Budd sports auction yesterday at Sotheby’s. The iconic white, red and black Bates Suzuki one
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Barry Sheene tribute leather holdall
By Visordown News on 28/04/2009 18:07:11
Retro-cool kit bag for discerning (and well-heeled) Bazza fans
Barry Sheene leather holdall - yours for £295AVID BARRY SHEENE fans may like to know that Italian bag manufacturer Caracalla Bagaglio has produced a leather holdall dedicated to one of the world's most charasmatic motorcycle racers.The company
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Barry Sheene's penultimate race
By Don Morley on 28/02/2009 16:12:04
Photographer Don Morley shot motorcycles for over 50 years. Every month, we dip into Don’s archive as he talks in his own words about the pictures that made history
Where: Italian GP, Imola When: 1983I was walking through the paddock at Imola and saw Barry Sheene sat on a packing crate. He looked utterly dejected, so I took the shot. Everybody knew his bubble was bursting and we all knew he was finished then
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Sheene to ride Goodwood on tribute Icon
By Visordown News on 03/06/2010 09:41:40
Son of Britain's greatest Grand Prix hero to star at Goodwood Festival of Speed
FREDDIE SHEENE, son of the former double 500cc World Champion Barry Sheene, is to ride at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2-4 July.Freddie will ride the Sheene Icon: a 200mph, 250bhp, turbocharged tribute to the late, great Bazza.The bike
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Sheene: "The crowd were pigs"
By Visordown News on 22/09/2009 17:25:21
September '77: Race fans upset double World Champion at Scarborough
MOTORCYCLE RACING LEGEND Barry Sheene stormed off a race circuit in Scarborough after he was jeered by fans - 32 years ago this weekend. The 26-year-old rider was booed and had objects thrown at him after his engine blew up during a race
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