Barry Sheene
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Suzuki to rebuild FIRST EVER RG500 at Motorcycle Live
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Suzuki will restore arguably the most important racing motorcycle it ever produced at this year’s Motorcycle Live – which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC 17-25 November – with the rebuild of the G-54, the precursor to the iconic XR14 and RG500 machines that went on to take Suzuki and Barry Sheene to world championship glory.…
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Team Classic Suzuki set to debut RG500 at Classic TT. Danny Webb at the helm.
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Team Classic Suzuki has announced it’ll be running an original RG500 alongside its XR69 at this year’s Isle of Man Classic TT. And it’ll ridden by Danny Webb. Danny Webb will join Team Classic Suzuki for another year after finishing ninth in 2017 and sixth in 2016. This year the 123mph lap-holder will swap his…
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VIDEO: ICONIC RACES – 1988 French 500cc GP with Gardner, Lawson, Schwantz and Sarron
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Got an hour to kill over the bank holiday? How about watching one of the most iconic 500cc GP races in history – in full? It features Wayne Gardner, Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz and Christian Sarron going toe-to-toe – with the late great Barry Sheene on commentary duties.
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Sammy Miller Museum adds three iconic GP bikes to its collection – ridden by Spencer, Sheene and Hailwood
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The Sammy Miller Museum has just purchased three extraordinary GP bikes – ridden by Freddie Spencer, Barry Sheene and Mike Hailwood. The iconic bikes are from the 60’s and 70’s – when Honda, Suzuki and MZ ruled the world. There’s an ex-works Honda NS 500 which won numerous GPs races with Freddie Spencer at the…
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Which motorcycle legend would you like to enter Motor Sport Hall of Fame in 2018?
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Twelve of the greatest names in motorcycle history have been shortlisted for the Motor Sport Hall of Fame Awards in 2018 – and you’ve got until April to cast your vote! The 2018 nominees are: • Mike Hailwood MBE: few could forget the victorious late-1970s TT return of ‘Mike the Bike’, a fabulous encore for…
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Sunshine set for this weekend’s Stafford Classic Bike Show
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Stop what you’re doing, cancel your plans and clear your diary. This weekend is the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, and with two days of sunshine on the cards, it’s the perfect opportunity to get out on the bike before the weather takes a turn for the worse. It takes place across Saturday…
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Suzuki showing iconic bikes at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Stafford Show
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Suzuki GB is making a big appearance at the annual Classic Motorcycle Mechanics show at the Staffordshire County Showground, and will be bringing an array of iconic production and race bikes to the event, which takes place on 14-15 October. Showcasing Suzuki’s racing heritage will be both of Barry Sheene’s world championship-winning RG500s, the 1976…
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Suzuki set to display a host of rare bikes at next month’s Stafford Classic Bike Show
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Suzuki is bringing a host of championship winning machines to this year’s Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, which takes place on October 14-15. On display will be the two RG500s which Barry Sheene powered to world championship success in 1976 and 1977, joined by Kevin Schwantz’s 1993 championship-winning RGV500 and Kenny Roberts Jr’s 2000…
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Freddie Sheene to ride Barry’s 1976 championship winning Grand Prix 500 at Oliver’s Mount in July
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Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship-winning XR14 – which has been restored with the help of Suzuki’s Vintage Parts Programme – will be ridden by his son Freddie at this year’s Sheene Festival at Oliver’s Mount on 22-23 July. The bike, which carried Barry Sheene to victory in four Grands Prix in 1976, was recently restored…
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Video: Watch part two of Suzuki’s restoration of Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship winning XR14
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Suzuki has released part two of its series which follows the restoration of Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship-winning XR14 – right through to the moment the iconic machine was started for the first time. The factory version of the RG500 that dominated Grand Prix racing and carried Sheene to four victories during the 1976 season…
