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[Charlie747]

Just watched BBC2 doc on Mr Sheene...............................Quality viewing from auntie

Check it out on the iplayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wwfwk


Barry Sheene

Racing Legends, Series 2 Episode 1 of 3

Jim Moir (Vic Reeves) tells the life story of 70s icon, Motorcycle World Champion - Barry Sheene and rides the bikes that are part of the Sheene legend. Moir tells how Sheene rose to the top of his sport and also became a hugely popular public figure, transcending the world of bike racing. As well as taking to the track himself, Moir meets members of Sheene's family, close friends and rivals. Packed with rare archive and home-movie footage, the programme gives an intimate and enthralling portrait of a man who lived life at full-throttle, and who, in his career, survived more than one hair-raising crash.

[viper]

yes, I watched it, very good!

[pross]

I saw one about him a while back.
He had a hole drilled through his helmet for his cigarette  . And just before the start he would cover the hole with duct tape. Imagine the H&S these days  a racing legend