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  1. Here are 10 Motorcycling Facts you (probably) didn’t know…

    ... is full of quirky trivia, like the fact that Barry Sheene was instrumental in the invention of the back protector in the late ...

    Alex Strange - 24/11/2021 - 10:57

  2. EXCLUSIVE: Scott Smart (WorldSBK technical director) Interview Part 1

    ... Rea factor. Smart, nephew of the legendary Barry Sheene, oversees the technical rules and developments in World Superbikes as ...

    anonymous - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

  3. EXCLUSIVE: Scott Smart (WorldSBK technical director) Interview Part 2

    ... at Honda. Smart, nephew of the legendary Barry Sheene, oversees the technical rules and developments in World Superbikes as ...

    anonymous - 10/05/2019 - 12:32 - 0 comments

  4. Legendary Supersports - 2008 600cc Test

    ... and led the 1976 British GP until the last lap when Barry Sheene held out a sign saying “gas it wanker.” Parrish fell off a few ... on the MotoGP, I’ve just written a book on Barry Sheene and I’m still heavily involved in the motorcycle world.” Alan ...

    James Whitham - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

  5. The Cigarette Papers: Grand Prix sponsorship

    ... Cancer victim and timeless racing superstar Barry Sheene was the world’s greatest smoker. He even had a hole drilled in the ... on his Gitanes (the filter broken off) on the start-line. Sheene was also the unashamed pioneer of securing sponsorship money. It is ...

    rgo - 10/05/2024 - 04:19 - 0 comments

  6. SC1000 Paul Smart (2005 - 2008) review

    ... including five GP podiums finishes. After meeting Mags Sheene (sister of Barry Sheene) at Assen in '70, the pair married a year later and went on to have two ...

    Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  7. Kenny Roberts - MotoGP Diary 2002-2003

    ... It was obviously a shock for me to hear about Barry Sheene's death, a mere seven months or so after his cancer diagnosis. I talked ... the door open a little bit. Those kinds of races are like Sheene and me at Silverstone in 1979. No one is really a loser. Sheene just ...

    rgo - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

  8. The Professionals - John Mockett

    ... WE HEAR YOU DESIGNED LEATHERS FOR BARRY SHEENE HIMSELF. WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH THE MAN? The first time I ...

    Visordown News - 10/05/2024 - 04:19 - 0 comments

  9. People who changed motorcycling no 4 - Colin Seeley

    ... and revered frame designer who supplied the likes of Barry Sheene. He then went into F1 with Bernie Ecclestone and Brabham before ... Yamaha-powered ‘Yamsel’ and in 1971 a young Barry Sheene used a Seeley frame for the T500 Suzuki on which he won the British ...

    Alex Strange - 19/04/2021 - 12:26

  10. Race format revisions for Goodwood 2008

    ... legendary top riders are set to star in a 'new look' Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy for 1950s motorcycles. In the Goodwood Motor ... - 'Goodwood Saturday', held in 1951. The new look Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy will be representative of this original meeting -- ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/05/2024 - 04:24 - 0 comments

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