This was filmed at Barry's house in Walton highway on the norfolk Cambridgeshire border. As kids we used to turn up there every chance we got, even though we were youngsters we appreciated that we were in the presence of a legend. He always made time to chat with us and never ever turned any of us away. Since Barry retired there have been several riders who were arguably better riders but I doubt if any of them were a better human being. God bless you mate.
One minute you are in the sunshine having a great time on your brand new Suzuki 500cc 2 stroke at 175 mph around Daytona the next minute you are laying mangled and broken on the track staring at your own foot pointing at a vomit inducing angle looking you right in the eyes 👀..... this can be taken as a metaphor for life and it’s trials sometimes. You must remain positive. Optimistic. No matter what life throws at you. Barry is a great example of this. His positive attitude at all times even up to his battle with cancer and death should be a great example for many people to take from. God bless you all 🙏
Met the man on many occasions when i worked for another famous British rider as his mechanic was a really nice person and life and sole of a party RIP Barry 👍👍
An amazing piece of history. I watched it for the first time when I was 12 and the second time just now (nearly 50!) The fact that I have ridden bikes since then and eventually went racing myself can be traced back to this film! Thanks for sharing!!
Really enjoyed that, brought the 70s back. Used to love watching Barry at Brands, camping over the weekend and following it on the tele and in the Motor Cycle News. Also reminded me of when my Dad was mechanic for me at Motocross. Thanks for sharing.
Me and my mates used to play a game we called ‘ Barry Sheene ‘. There’s was a hill leading down to the left hand corner into our street. We’d all sit on the corner and take turns freewheeling down the hill and ‘crank it’ round the corner and see who could lean over the furthest………..I had a Raleigh Chopper with a little front wheel that would ‘tuck’ under if you leant a bit to far. I still have the scars on my knees ! RIP Baz
What a legend , the last scene showed him limping out of his tiny caravan to put his leathers on then sitting down on his bike with the seat held on by parcel tape and wearing a helmet that would probably not pass any safety tests in this day and age now days he would have been escorted out of £100000 motor home to sit on his million pound bike wearing his £50000 safety equipment they were true warriors back then! Rest in peace Barry
"I mean if he were a real man he wouldn't be wearing a helmet at all, the southern poofter".... is no doubt what some old tosser was saying back then. Its $5'000 mate. You can buy all the same gear these days. Same shoei helmet $760, same Dainese suit with airbag $2500 etc and these guys have 280bhp. Stop whining online like a child.
Merci pour cette vidéo très réaliste. Barry était une idole pour beaucoup d'entre nous, passionnés de moto un peu grâce à lui! je l'ai rencontré un an avant sa disparition, en australie. Sa simplicité n'avait d'égale que son talent pour la vie. Merci à toi Barry
I'm 5 minutes in and this is AWSOME! I've never even ridden anything bigger than a moped but I've always loved motorbikes, I'm a bike messenger in SF, next best thing!
Fantastic many thanks for this,when men were real men!with the great smell of brute,barry paved the way for track safety he was and still is my hero,even now at 55 when I meet up with riders at the local,you get the one trhat has got to pull away doing a wheeli,my mate always says and we have all said it"who does he think he is Barry Sheene"my bike?its a susuki hyabusa. R.I.P. Barry.
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Here's an old TZ-750/700 story I heard Cal Carruthers tell once; he said when the TZ-700's first came out Yamaha gave them three to go test at Ontario speedway with the three team Riders, Kenny, Romero and Ago...Cal said Romero and Ago basically couldn't ride it and were both a full 5 seconds slower than Kenny.
steve Fowler As in Fowlers of Bristol? Steve Baker was the man for riding the big TZ to the limit, including as a flat tracker also. He is still pushing Kenny to go faster in classic events too. Big respect to both!
wreckerman Laughed my ass off, you gotta know the Americans T H I N K they have the best in everything, they know Nothing outside of the states, that's UNTILL the rest of the World goes over there ( race cars and bikes ) shows them up, example.... that Plank Ken Block THINKING he's a rally car driver, they think there so good with engines so why does that plank have to come to England to buy a car then get a decent engine again built in England,?? Like I said they THINK there so good with motors why not build one over there.????
Had the flu the other day felt like a pile of shit did not want to speak to anyone this chap comes off at god knows what speed and is prepared to talk to anyone.. What a champ !!!! I have heard folk call him a nancy cos he would not ride the T.T. Well to all those folk get a grip I would like to see you in this situation and still smile ..................
Coldsmoke Better late than never.. The suspect was the new slick tyre (Michelin on Barry's bike, IIRC), expanded so much at that speed (from wheelspinning) that it seized against the swing arm.
@@keithdawson4804 even later still! I never knew that, I was always under the impression that the square 4 motor heat seized I thought that was why the riders nicked named it "whispering death"?
These are not normal men, most of us, after an off like Sheene’s, would be thinking, “sod that, never again” but people like Sheene and Nixon, and the modern day moto gp and suprerbike riders will be back racing with barely mended bones.
Anyone who has ridden a two stroke big cap can testify as to the viciousness of these bikes. Mens bikes. Now everything is electronically controlled and nanny state safety features. Old and raw bikes were the best and the test of real riders.
Only 1 Harley bagger at the Daytona race? With a top speed of 74 mph and slinging oil all over the track I suspect his strategy was to crash all the real race bikes in the oil slick. Steve
