Barry Sheene

Author : Steve Parrish
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0751560499
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barry written by Steve Parrish and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the remarkable story of Barry Sheene, the cheeky cockney boy who grew up to become a sporting legend. He won the British motorcycling 125cc championship aged just twenty and twice became World Champion in the 500cc class, despite two life-threatening crashes. In an era when sport and its personalities rarely made it off the back pages, Barry Sheene crossed the bridge between sport and celebrity in a style that only George Best had achieved previously. Barry is an intimate and revealing account told by three people who knew him better than most. Steve Parrish, fellow bike racer and now BBC commentator, Nick Harris, who wrote and broadcast on all Barry's major successes, and Barry's widow, Stephanie. Frank and fascinating, Barry is an exclusive look into the extraordinary life of a charming and complex man.

Author : Stuart Barker
Publisher : Willow
ISBN 13 : 9780007161812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barry Sheene 1950-2003: the Biography written by Stuart Barker and published by Willow. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of 1970s world 500cc motorcycle champion Barry Sheene - the Brit whose death-defying crashes and playboy lifestyle made him the most famous bike racer. Written by a journalist who rode on the roads with him, and featuring interviews with friends, team mates and former rivals.

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781844259816
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barry Sheene written by Michael Scott and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: by Michael Scott, foreword by Maggie Smart Published to great acclaim in 2006, this magnificent illustrated biography of Barry Sheene is now available in paperback. One of history s great motorcycle racers, Sheene proved his skill with 19 Grand Prix wins and two World Championships. He added ambition, intelligence and vision to his Cockney charm and it made him formidable. Starring in high-profile ad campaigns and in London s fast social set, he played the media to charm the public, and his personal courage in facing serious injury made them love him more. Even after retirement Sheene remained famous he was racing s first two-wheel superstar.

Author : Rick Broadbent
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472944585
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barry Sheene written by Rick Broadbent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An official landmark photographic book charting the private and public lives of Barry Sheene--one of motor sport’s best-loved and most charismatic figures.

Author : Rick Broadbent
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472944569
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barry Sheene written by Rick Broadbent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Sheene is arguably the greatest British motorcycle racing rider of all time. A chancer, lovable rogue and the leading sports star of his era, adored by the public and press alike, he won two world motorcycle championships – in 1976 and 1977. He achieved iconic status by being involved in some horrifc crashes and was dubbed 'the bionic man' on account of the amount of metal used to reconstruct his legs after a particularly bad accident. He emigrated to Australia in 1987 where he became a celebrated motorsport commentator. His premature passing in 2003 robbed motorsport of one of its greatest characters. For the first time, Barry's family have agreed to open up their personal archive to give an unprecedented insight into the two- time 500cc world champion. Through more than 120 previously unpublished personal photographs, Times journalist and award-winning author Rick Broadbent tells the story of a remarkable sports star. Published to mark the 40th anniversary of his second world championship win, this is a unique pictorial account of a life lived at full throttle and is an intensely personal look at a racer, legend, husband and father.

Author : Steve Parrish
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1474607322
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parrish Times written by Steve Parrish and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Champion motorcyclist and truck racer, television presenter, practical joker or just plain survivor - Steve Parrish has been called them all. Parrish Times tracks his amazing journey over the last four decades, through a rollercoaster ride of emotions in surely the most dangerous and exhilarating sporting arena there is. In the 1970s Steve was competing for the world motorcycle championship with legendary team mate Barry Sheene on a Suzuki. After retiring in 1986, Steve managed a successful Yamaha factory team to three British Superbike Championship titles and started a truck-racing career, becoming the most successful truck racer ever. He also proved to be a natural commentator, first for BBC radio, then transferring to television with Sky, ITV and Eurosport. Against this backdrop are Steve's notorious pranks: posing as a medical doctor to allow John Hopkins to fly from Japan to the Australian GP; impersonating Barry Sheene in a qualifying session; owning a fire engine, a hearse, and an ambulance - parking it on double yellow lines with the doors open in visits to his local bank.

Author : Stuart Barker
Publisher : John Blake
ISBN 13 : 1789462967
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Valentino Rossi written by Stuart Barker and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News 'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR 'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When you're racing at 180mph, the semi-bends become bends, the little holes become big holes, everything becomes extreme and bigger. And then it becomes beautiful.' Valentino Rossi is an icon: the most successful and most loved motorcycle racer of all time, he has transcended MotoGP to become a symbol of courage, risk and daring. To race for twenty-three years at the very highest level of the world's most dangerous sport is unprecedented. But then, there has never been a motorcycle racer like Valentino Rossi. He is a modern-day gladiator, a man who still risks his life every time he throws a leg over a motorcycle. Yet for all his two-wheel talents, it is Rossi's endearing character that has seen him transcend the sport. His popularity is phenomenal. For Rossi, every race is a home race. He turns MotoGP grandstands across the world a sea of yellow - his traditional lucky colour. In more than two decades of Grand Prix racing, Rossi has seen it all. The deaths of rivals and friends, the glory of his unprecedented success, serious injuries, fabulous wealth, the greatest battles ever seen on two wheels, the infamous on and off-track clashes with his fiercest rivals . . . Using exclusive new interviews with those who have been part of Rossi's story from start to finish, critically-acclaimed and bestselling motorsport author Stuart Barker has produced the most in-depth book ever written about the Italian superstar - a tale of speed, love and loss, told in full for the very first time, in all its adrenalin-charged, high-octane glory.

Author : Freddie Spencer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0753545632
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feel written by Freddie Spencer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feel is the story of how a small-time boy from humble beginnings in Louisiana rose to the pantheon of greats, to win the 500cc and 250cc GP Championship in the same year – an historic achievement over three decades ago which has never been repeated. Growing up at the time of the assassination of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Freddie judged by feel, not by colour. Blind to prejudice and discrimination, he formed dynamic connections with people and events, but only years later during his racing afterlife could Freddie come to understand the true power of the things he learned. Spencer is an articulate and compassionate guide as he describes the thrill and horror of racing in an era when death was a perennial threat. He recalls in pin-sharp detail the frenetic high-octane racing duels with the ‘King’ Kenny Roberts, but also describes a parallel internal journey as he struggled to make sense of it all. Driven by a search for the personal fulfilment that comes through finding your purpose, Freddie’s story is a universal one. In its message of hope, Feel transcends its genre to offer a story for everyone. Part thriller, part philosophical self-exploration, it is a remarkably insightful account of what it is like to have it all, but wonder why. “For the first time I will talk about the traumas of my childhood, the contrast between the leaf fire burns, the mistrust and discomfort and the peace and purpose I felt when riding my bike. I didn’t tell my parents about something that happened to me. Why? I felt ashamed, but when I rode I felt connected to everything and the pain in my hand and heart would go away. It gave me the feeling of hope”.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Motorcyclist written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.

Author : John McGuinness
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473550459
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Built for Speed written by John McGuinness and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on the ride of your life with the racing legend himself **with a thrilling NEW CHAPTER on John’s dramatic 2017 crash** ‘Then I was there myself, just another face in the crowd, watching the bikes fly by. The smells, the noise and the speed were all there for me to experience. It was like a massive injection in my head and it just blew my mind. I knew within seconds that I was going to be a TT racer. I didn’t know how or what I was going to have to do to achieve this, and my dad wasn’t going to be keen. Everyone around me was aware of the dangers, but from that moment I knew I had to do it.’ John McGuinness is one of the all-time giants of road racing, with a huge host of victories to his name. But his easy humour and down-to-earth attitude off the bike have always kept people guessing: what’s the truth about the man inside the helmet, that has kept him at the top of such a sport for over 20 years? His autobiography tells the whole story, from his humble beginnings in Morecambe and getting his first bike at the age of 3, to working as a bricklayer and cockle fisherman before deciding to follow his dream, and finally to his many victories in the most dangerous sporting event on the planet. He tells of what it takes to be a champion in such an exacting sport, and to keep winning even though all logic tells you to stop – and when so many of your fellow racers are paying the ultimate price for doing it. This thrilling autobiography gets into the head of the man who stares death in the face, and doesn’t even flinch.