The greatest?

[PRD]

So who is the best motorcycle racer. Is it Hailwood, Agostini or Rossi? Or perhaps somebody else. What do you think?

[Debs]

Barry Sheene 

[viper]

surely the bravest was Joey Dunlop , he was  the king of the  TT . the TT circuit was dropped by GP as being too dangerous to race and then became a stand alone event .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixO7k2Foa-0

[O.C.]

Its a tough question, should it be Joey, maybe Ago, or perhaps Rossi who is nicknamed the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time), what about Bayliss who won the WSBK championship and the following weekend went on to run rings round the MotoGP regulars

For me you can't overlook John Surtees the only world champion on two and four wheels....but......

I think it must be Mike the bike Hailwood

[PRD]

Any body remember Jarno Saarinen. He was great.

[Winston Smith]

Eddie Lawson or Wayne Rainey

[snowy]

Phil Read has to be up there also?
There is no "one", but there are those that are the top of the game in an era who we fondly remember.
Why not add the three-wheelers in the mix - the insane ones! - Steve Webster - one of the most successful ever!

[PRD]

God point,

[Lonewolf]

I reckon Eddie The Eagle could have had them all if he'd mounted a bike rather than donning a pair of ski's!

[PRD]

Lol

[Boomer]

Joey. On shoestring budgets he humiliated the worlds best on the most difficult and dangerous tracks.
Rossi would be my 2nd choice and Randy Mamola 3rd.

[Winston Smith]

Mamola?  Excellent choice - forgot about him.  Greatest world champion that never won it.

Don't forget Wayne Gardner too

[Boomer]

Best race ever was WSB at Donnington in 2000.
Stalker and Hodgy were wild card riders from BSB and they utterly destroyed the competition before going on to a ding-dong battle for several laps swapping the lead several times per lap and drifting the bikes into and sometimes through the corners.
Hodgy won it, but it was close.

[Winston Smith]

There's Fast Freddie Spencer too!

[coman37]

Best race ever was WSB at Donnington in 2000.
Stalker and Hodgy were wild card riders from BSB and they utterly destroyed the competition before going on to a ding-dong battle for several laps swapping the lead several times per lap and drifting the bikes into and sometimes through the corners.
Hodgy won it, but it was close.

But what about Shakey Byrne at Brands Hatch World Superbikes as a wildcard ? That was a triumph of will over ability and equipment. He beat the best riders on the best bikes cos he believed he could

Coman