One of my favorite smokers Mr Sheene
...didnt he have helmet with a hole drilled for a last minute puff before races? lol
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Post #13 numb nutts
Well then, I was right
I aint got time to read through all yalls ........ sir
Well then, I was right
I aint got time to read through all yalls ........ sir
What are you doing hangin around this .... hole. Aint you got some painting and plastering needs doing.
He also used to have a donald duck pic on his helmet every time he raced..i had read somewhere that he had also acted in a movie as barry sheene himself.'SPACE RIDERS',(not to be confused with space raiders),i have not seen it.But the other day i watched a documentary on him and F1 champion James hunt,titled 'When playboys ruled the world'...it was awesome,jst superb to watch how he glamourized the sport,i thnk he was the first rider from motorcycle racing to become a celebrity..its available on youtube
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For godsake don't ever watch Space Riders, there is a reason there is no footage on youtube & it's not available to buy except on VHS!
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Ha! great avi....The Monkey!!! I still remember their foul language on some 80s kids Saturday Morning show. These things were so ill conceived - who the .... was booking the bands??!! I recall PiL on 'Hold Tight' with Christopher Biggins, performing 'Seattle' to a crowd of bemused schoolkids at Alton Towers....or worse still 'Hanoi rocks' on Razmattaz. Probably all there on You Tube.
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Living the dream in Scotland
Ha Ha!!!!! I mind seeing both o these! Hanoi Rocks on Razmattaz! Don't you ever Leave Me wasn't it? What about the guy who phoned Swap Shop and goes "Matt Bianco, yer a load o ......s!"
I've been trying to post the pic I have on Facebook o me an Barry's Manx, but it's no lettin me. So if you don't have me as a friend on facebook, I do have a great pic o me with Barry's Manx!
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Yeah it was - the single version..Andy McCoy bombed out of his head on smack on kids TV.
I also remember The Stranglers on 'Cheggers Plays Pop'
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Yeah it was - the single version..Andy McCoy bombed out of his head on smack on kids TV.
I also remember The Stranglers on 'Cheggers Plays Pop'
Razzle sittin on his own in a wee room doin the spoken bits wasn't he?
The Bangkok Shocks Saigon Shakes version is thedefinative one isn't it!
What a band, back in the days when I could and did grow my hair!
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You got it!! He was dead a few months after and although Terry Chimes (Headons replacement in the Clash) took over for a while, it allowed GnR to steal their entire identity. Ever see the vid with Nasty on the zip wire???
Yeah the original was great before it got the Bob Ezrin treatment on 'Two Steps..' but Munroe's voice is painful.
Yeah it was - the single version..Andy McCoy bombed out of his head on smack on kids TV.
I also remember The Stranglers on 'Cheggers Plays Pop'
Cheggers Plays Pop, man that's going back a few years!
Caravan, it was a massive converted truck/trailer in the paddocks at Oulton for Transatlantic Trophy weekend. I must have been about 7yrs old and the crowd around were huge, he was already world champ by then.
I wasn't a fan though, Mum and I went to seek out Ron Haslam, but he ended up seeking us out!
Wish they would resurrect Transatlantic Trophy
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It was allegedly the main reason he campaigned so vociferously to get The Island taken off the calendar because it cost him so much to get it over on steam packet.
The Easter challenges, wonderful!! - I went to Oulton too, also Mallory and Doni. When Schwantz first rode at Doni it was his first time in the UK competing in the Trans-Atlantic challenge and thinking it went left rode in the wrong direction out of the pit lane!!
thanks dude..is it that bad..i had seen a movie 'Silver dream racer' of that time.;.is it worse than that?
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Aye, that stopped me getting into GnR, I just thought they had taken Hanoi Rocks and polished the sound to be more American. Was the zip wire vid for Up Around The Bend? The one where they gate crash the party? Aw man, I think I'll be digging out some Hanoi when I get hame fae tonights gig!
I was in the crowd twice during the filming for Silver Dream Racer, at Donington and Silverstone. Also saw the bike, rescued from Germany by all accounts, last year whilst at the premier for 'I, Superbiker'.
A guy has been on twitter today trying to get the Transatlantic Trophy reinstated #transatlantictrophy . Does anybody remember the banner, from the 70s, that missed out the 'L', "transatantic trophy"?
I remember that we would go to two out of the three meetings for years. Also recall Barry Sheene at Oulton Park, touring from the hairpin and ripping off his visor and throwing it towards the fans, mass rush ensued trying to get a hold of it.
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That's the one. No surprise that Nasty Suicide (Jan Stenfors) qualified as a pharmacist and lectures at Helsinki University. Already had a healthy (should that be unhealthy) interest in chemicals cultivated during the 80's!
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One of KRSnr as well. Sheene hated Imatra - loathed the place. The fact that it was lethally dangerous came second to the dreadful facilities. Pehaps why he and Parish blew the paddock toilet block to bits in protest.
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It was actually Barry Machine who designed, built and rode the Silver Dream Machine.
He doesn't like to speak about it though, because Troy says the movie is gay.
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