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Rocketman
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not many people are legendary in their own life time but Barry Sheene was one of them.

A truly great racer and by all accounts a truly remarkable bloke.

A Rite Sound Bloke

God bless you Barry as I know he will :)

Rocket
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Blake
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thanks for all the great races and God bless Barry Sheene.
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Jrh
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 09:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thats really sad.It takes me back to 1976 when i was a youngster attending a 3 month motorcycle mechanics course in Daytona at AMI.To get from my motel to and from the school i always walked across the grassy parking lot in front of the speedway.It was a sunny warm Friday afternoon,about 2 weeks before the big race and when i would go back to the gloomy,cold,Ohio weather.All afternoon in school i'd heard a two stroke at the track,so after school i wandered in and sat down in the stands(it was really odd that there was no security and only a handful of people in the entire place).A lone rider came shrieking by and it was Kenny Roberts.They were testing tire compounds with Goodyear.

Pretty soon a car pulled up into an entrence lane to the track,it was a dark blue Rolls Royce with a rear l.plate that read SHEENE,out he stepped,walked over to the fence and stood for a while watching Roberts ride.I suppose i could have walked right over there and started talking to him but it didnt seem right to bother him,he was standing alone probably planning his race?
Not much of a story i guess but i stll remember it well,the whole scene had such a surrealistic quality to it.Its a good memory.
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Tripper
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sheene and Roberts had some great battles, and respected each other as racers. This period marks the start of an American dynasty in international motorsport that we may never again see.

Fly low, fly fast Barry.
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Tripper
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 10:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Aaron got me remembering during the recent Singapore discussion of a pair of autographs I had under my bed, and memories of Barry got me to move and get this scanned.
7 World Titles
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Rocketman
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Motorcycle News printed and 18 page tribute edition to Barry this week. It makes nice reading.

There's the one story about Sheenie at the doctors sorting his legs out, missing qualifying for Sunday's race. Steve Parish put Sheenie's leathers on and qualified Sheenie's bike on the front row, and in front of himself. Barry of course won the race.

He really was a cult figure over here, not in the mainstream public eye like he use to be, but still loved a lot by millions.

Rocket
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Jocklandjohn
Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 01:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There used to be (still is) a wax furniture polish that was really popular in the UK called "Mr Sheen". After one memorable race in which Barry demolished the opposition with a brilliant ride in bright sun that turned to slithery torrential rain....the MCN headlined with the unforgettable, and absolutely accurate "Mr Sheene - shines on all surfaces..."

How true. End of an era........
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Rocketman
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

 A rite sound bloke

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Madgaz
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 05:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Barry in his retirement in Australia continued his humourous, and unparaleled knowlege of motor racing in the field of commentary. "what a sassage that is" being a memorable line. On Oz TV Barry was the informative, non-political, in ya face, humourous commentater on late Sunday nights watching the latest conquests of Val Rossi. Barry's word was also listened to by our V8 supercar class, amoungst many others. It appears there are many who can claim some of their success coming from advice from Bazza. Mick Doohan being one. This mans opinion was valued by all. The changes he suggested always worked. I think he was the ultimate motor racing fan. His influience was saught from F1 to classic bike racing and he done it all with honor, honesty and intregrity. His influence and achievements will be felt for many many years yet. And my late Sunday nights watching Moto GP and SBK, will be with less laughs than has been for the last few years. A legend in his own lifetime. G'onya Bazza. Miss ya mate.
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