Ebook: Barry Sheene: the official photographic celebration of the legendary motorcycle champion
Author: Broadbent Rick, Sheene Barry, Wain Phil
- Tags: Motor sports, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycles: general interest, Motorcyclists, Motorcyclists--Great Britain, Motorycle racing, Sports & Recreation--Motor Sports, Transportation--Motorcycles--General, Pictorial works, Biographies, Biography, Sheene Barry -- 1950-, Motorcyclists -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works, Motorcyclists -- Great Britain -- Biography, Sports & Recreation -- Motor Sports, Transportation -- Motorcycles -- General, Great Britain
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
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 horrific 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 later emigrated to Australia and became a leading commentator. He died of cancer in 2003.
For the first time Barry's widow, Stephanie, and family have agreed to open up their personal archive to give an unprecedented insight into the two-time 500cc world champion. Via private photographs, memorabilia and letters, award-winning Times journalist and author Rick Broadbent will tell the story of a remarkable man in unprecedented fashion.
Rick Broadbent will paint a portrait of one of the sport's most charismatic...