Riding Barry Sheene's RG500 at Cadwell Park!

[@DB71170]

You jammy, lucky,lucky,lucky bar steward !!! Great to see those magnificent machines being used....who doesn't ❤ 2 strokes!!

[@eant1234]

How does Steve Parrish not age? He looks the same as when I saw him at Northwich Thundersprint about 15 years ago. Fair play to him 👍

[@daddy5225]

Apparently, he looked 55 years old when he was born! 😂

[@AlexImy-ur5rr]

Lol

[@BRMCaptChaos]

Handlebars over the bed keep you fit.

[@FortyFourTeeth]

I was at that Thundersprint 😂

[@wobblysauce]

Benjamin button

[@NooBiker]

That was so cool. Anyone would be green with envy. Thanks for taking us along.

[@hotblackdesiato3451]

Growing up in the 70's Barry Sheene was my absolute hero. Watching him pass Kenny Roberts then flick the vee's at him during the '79 Silverstone GP was epic. In other news, full marks to Fagan for riding a 500cc hand grenade without a working rev counter.

[@FortyFourTeeth]

It was tricky 😂

[@wobblysauce]

It was well worth it

[@HughMessenger]

I was there, at Stowe! Age 16, rode my RD250 from Leighton Buzzard. First solo trip to a race.

[@hotblackdesiato3451]

Jeez, can you imagine giving a 16 year old a 250 today?! I was only 10 at the time so could only dream. @@HughMessenger

[@keithattwood59]

I was there too. I came on my GT250 X7😊

[@alexnutcasio936]

Nothing like the sound & smell of 2 stroke in the morning!!! Oh, the torque too.

[@Fran_SG]

Nice, exciting, cool…nice sound. Amazing!!!

[@nikpester]

Gawd, that took me back. How I lusted after an RG500 as a young biker in the '80s. When the 650 hit the powerband and the exhaust note changed, it reminded me of my stupidly tuned RD250LC, nothing 'til 8000 then pull your arms off all the way to 12000. I am a car man now, but if I were to go back to bikes it would have to be a two stroke! Brilliant stuff, great footage.

[@rachelsirett8809]

Omg my childhood Barry Sheene was and is a total legend ❤️

[@alexnutcasio936]

His wife thought the same thing!!

[@rachelsirett8809]

@@alexnutcasio936 no need for that! He never said he was a saint!

[@jolivetphilippe7951]

Yes, Barry was a legend for the Continental Circus. A good race man 👍. Phil 🏍️ 🇨🇵 gsxr 1000 r. 2018 Originslimited n 14 France 🇫🇷.

[@johndejure9849]

that was not an experience , it was a divine occourance ! very fortunate and blessed to such a day!

[@davelawrence594]

What an amazing opportunity for you to ride these amazing legendary Sheen bikes what an honour unbelievable!! 👌🏻👍🏻😁

[@simonelaineparker4975]

Had the privilege to meet Barry on numerous occasions and spend time in his motorhome with him. Those were the good old days.

[@KyleMicena]

This is so sick! Sheene is one of greatest characters of our sport.

[@TheScortUK]

Not sure what this has to do with vomit - but Sheene was a legend 😎

[@whammerjammer1562]

Thank you for sacrificing yourself and creating this awesome content for those of us that love 2-stroke GP machinery!

[@derekcomer4858]

Honestly I think the fear of binning it would wipe out all of the enjoyment. Boothy at the end was hilarious 🤣🤣

[@pauldean8638]

I had a magazine centre pin up of his bike when the back wheel went pop on Daytona , it had a caption “ at 195mph all a rider could do is pray “ , that must of been some praying Barry done to survive

[@chrispawlak14]

Thank you fellas! As always, cracking to see anything from any of you three! Friend has a RG500 gamma here in Canada. Rode it when I had a 900 Ninja , in 1990. Super small, but in the power , wheelies in 3 rd. ! The sound and smell , when you were warming it I swear I could smell it here in igloo land ! Pawlak

[@sjk8273]

I had the pleasure of meeting Barry in the pits at Spa in 1984. I just walked up to him whilst he was working on his bike .. we had a little chat and he signed my ticket. Different times!

[@ManxAndy]

You lucky bugger…..that’s a proper once in lifetime moment ticked off…..👍😉🇮🇲👌

[@alistairdrew6064]

I met Barry at Keith Heuwens wedding at Binbrook Church .Lincolnshire .UK. A TRUE GENTLEMAN !!!!!!!!! Nothing was too much trouble for him . He spoke to everyone and signed many auotgraphs !! His wife Stephanie was there too . WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You lucky little bugger Barry . !!! A stunningly beautiful lady . He was loved worldwide and in Australia where i now live there is still a motorcycle celebratory ride for him every year before the Philip Island GP . Well done Barry . You will never be forgotten . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rob1k8]

You jammy bastard ! I’m old enough to have seen the 500’s from the mid 70’s when we were kids and my mates grandad used to take us to Silverstone our local circuit so I saw Sheene in his prime and through to Rainy and Schwantz in the early 90’s. I’ll never forget the sound of a grid full of them at full chat.

[@davexs]

Literally, made made hairs stand up. My favourite circuit, on the all time, dream bike. What an awesome sound, what a great experience for you. I grew up in the 70's and this brought so many memories back for me, Barry and Kenny, true Icons

[@schobi1302]

Love watching it. Nice to see some legendary bikes being used again.

[@bigmartin]

Barry Sheen ❤❤❤ I’m lost for words.. I never had an RG but when through a few LC’s and YPVS’s.. Loved this clip, thank you

[@bikehubjapan]

Could see in the intro how hard you were trying not to grin from ear to ear! Lucky devil!!! 😂

[@scottsmith491]

Outstanding video 👍. Thank you for putting this together. Absolutely love the 2 strokes!! Greetings from the USA.

[@griggzzy1058]

Im so glad content like this is on KZbin. Absolutely jealous, thanks 44 teeth. Long live two strokes

[@daleskidmore1685]

Seeing Barry back at Goodwood for the Revivals was always a highlight. He was a great hero.

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

RG sounds phenomenal! Looks gorgeous too, has aged well.

[@stevecurd3944]

abs fanatstic Sheene was my boyhood hero in the 70's & 80's & ive still got the posters & news clippings of Sheene from that era i had on my bedroom wall ,great to see his bikes are kept alive

[@ragerider6283]

Wow, amazing. I imagine blowing it up is as much of a worry as crashing it, especially with no rev counter lol. Sounds amazing. Makes me miss my 94' RGV250.

[@GrrMeister]

*Rode my Pepsi Suzuki RG500 C Series (1989 Reg one of the last made) at Cadwell some years ago and after a few laps the tyres were fried bacon on the edges, and had to go out for more fuel as probably used around 10 mpg ! - thought a bit unfair as put in the 1000cc class with Blackbirds etc that could accelerate faster on the straights but I was quicker on the corners. At the end of the session ended up 3rd which I still think of as a win. Have some Video somewhere but can't find it !*

[@soilsmanadv6673]

I love that two stroke sound, lack of engine braking and there is nothing like the smell of those bikes.

[@djharmful]

Legend!!! Both you and Sir Barry Sheene

[@TRJx86]

Thanks for bringing us along on this piece of history and glad to see Boothy in the commentary box

[@MrSmegfish]

Came from a time of great innovation.From about 74 the two strokes just went ballistic.

[@jonpowell8014]

Sitting here dreaming about sniffing the fumes! Loving the routing of the rear spannies on the big bore bike... 😁

[@mikeybikey106]

With the technology we have these days, just imagine what a Ducati or KTM modern 2 stroke motogp would look and sound like and moreover how it would go ! Well done for having the balls to ride a bike with such a highly valued heritage

[@scozza7150]

Work of art, that sounds beautiful, I can smell the Castrol R from here lol All that with zero revs too lol. Power bands. Just love two strokes ✊ Great little film 👍

[@5ft_fifi]

These classic bikes are insane, and that right side shift must’ve been so strange to navigate 😅 What an opportunity to ride them though. Good luck for cadwell this weekend lads 😎✌🏼

[@Biggus_Dickus_Incontinenta_Btx]

What a day, one you’ll never forget. Riding on a damp track with old slicks, your balls are as big as Sheenes.

[@pbysome]

Lee gourlay would jump from r/h to l/h race to race at a meeting no problem.

[@OldManTony]

My first experience of watching bikes at Cadwell Park back in the 70s, was seeing Barry racing a big RG along with Ago and many others racing at an International meeting they used to ride along with their GP commitments.

[@johndavy8801]

You Lucky Luck Luck boy,that is the pinnacle of anything Sheene Suzuki If your a Barry Fan… I’m so jealous as back in the day I saw the great man racing on it. Marvellous.

[@russcattell955i]

In my teens Barry was my hero. My dad's home town hero was Phil Read. Irony is I now wear a Phil Read replica helmet.

[@adamwillets1846]

Please keep boothy on board. What a perfect team with the Baron too. Keep up the good work.

[@snakeplizzkn2113]

Bravo on the intro shots/edit. Statham actually managed to look cool coming out of the trailer 😂👍🏻

[@gavd6726]

It's the hard work and the success of the channel that gets you opportunities like this. What a privilege. #statham #sueperkins #boothy

[@blast3613]

To quote "Monty Python" - "You lucky, lucky Bastard", I grew up inn the 70's and 80's with a poster of Barry on one of those black,red and yellow bikes, on my wall. Ahh the good old days✌🤟🤘👍🤛👏

[@shegocrazy]

Screaming 2 stroke is fabulous.

[@philstevens9914]

If I remember right, it was the engine out of one of Mamola's 1983 XR-45 bikes in a Harris frame. So, it was a works engine.

[@nickprice3605]

❤ 44 Beards, what a channel ❤ What a noise! That RG sounds amazin Good to see Sravros still knockin abaht

[@grahamsmith8122]

Bit of a frustrating weekend with the weather. Thanks for not running into the back of me on the start finish straight! Oggie is a star!

[@dinxsy8069]

I see a clean Aprilia RS250 on the way home this evening, thought to myself here's me stuck in a bloody car while he's on 2T marvel. So glad i've kept a hold of my Mito 125 since i was a teen 20 years ago

[@jolivetphilippe7951]

Joli rassemblement, belles machines, comme à la grande époque de Barry Sheene. Superbes souvenirs avec ces 2 temps en 500 cm3. 👍 Toute une époque du Continental Circus ! 👏 Bravo ! Phil 🇨🇵 gsxr 1000 r L8 origins limited n °14 France 🇫🇷.

[@paulthompson8613]

Great stuff enjoyed this as much as watching his 1976 xr14 being restored

[@MrKdr500]

RIP. the great Barry Sheene, he did so much good for the sport then taken way to early.

[@BrianJacobsen-vn6is]

Mike Hailwood my hero comes to mind way to short.

[@deanmaiden6202]

Somewhere there's a photo of me age 14 sat on Barry's bike at a school event! nearly 35yrs later I was cutting Steve's lawn and got to see his bike I'm nearly 60 now still riding 😊

[@FrankyJr]

Wow, what a great vid, bikes sound as smooth as the day they were built

[@_Makanko_]

Top notch cinematic exit at the start there

[@ElderWrath]

The suites, as always, are on point Lads

[@Supercarlsunday]

Fantastic video, anything sheene you cant go wrong! Love the ending haha👍

[@Eksistenssi]

This is the stuff that still excites me!

[@Dispariabooks]

I can't imagine having an opportunity like that... Oh well, off to go play Ride 5 with my helmet and boots on.

[@Choomerz]

Lots of old bikes. I love it

[@jg3685]

Kin Barry Sheen, Legend!

[@Steve-ly9py]

😂 Got to see that close up as you passed me on the XR69 into the hairpin & on to the wet bit😂😂

[@bananabrooks3836]

The lack of a functioning rev counter on the 500 is bizarre. But more so is Fagans referring to it as if it was. However with a working tacho for evidence, he appeared to ride the 652 rather well.

[@GlennPowell-ls3lg]

For anyone wondering why the tail pipes on the exhaust look so narrow its because the general rule of thumb on a stroker is that the exhaust should be circa half the diameter than the exhaust port on the barrel.

[@badger4361]

So jealous, what an opportunity, nice one. 🙂

[@scottieray]

So interesting to see and hear moto journalists whos articles I have read for years.

[@mickeymouse4897]

Looks like the old girl's running on 3 cylinders on start up ... These old 2 strokes are fairly tame to ride compared to the bikes of Doohan/ Schwantz's era... still great to see & here them do a lap again.

[@mrdcato]

Pretty cool. Sounded lean to me. I've been doing alot of laps on Ride 4 lately so that was fun to watch. 🙂

[@justintime1307]

How jealous are those of us at an age where we know exactly what bikes those were. Barry was the original biker to follow

[@MrBumbles2]

1984 i had rode the rg500 and nsr 500 on pocono in the usa. one jealous guy wishing i could purchase one. true machines . not for sale in the usa but a hell of a ride. i could see the carbs were not synced at all 3 rich cylinders . when there right wow . scared to death riding brand new out of the crate . there both still sitting in his private collection. once a yr fire them up . he pays me to get them right . he had swantz sign the rg.

[@SatansSpatula]

Amazing what you were able to do at under 3k RPM the entire time!

[@Weeem]

As soon as you started riding, I suddenly got a flashback to an old biker film I saw on TV once - Silver Dream Racer starring David Essex (1980)

[@MrSimplesimon007]

I spoke to Barry sheene on the fone in 1995 he was living in Australia then I believe, the owner of York suzuki personally knew him, I thought it was a wind up at first as we were in the pub but it was true 👍

[@danielparker6368]

Those dials are creasing me up, what an experience that must have been

[@markpearce5793]

I remember Barry Sheene saying that 650 would wheelie on the throttle in sixth gear. It’s an absolute beast 😂

[@wobblysauce]

Front end got light…

[@BrianJacobsen-vn6is]

Love power wheely's.

[@stewartmoore6451]

Tom Herron, Barry's team mate, was sadly killed at the NW200 in 1979 riding a 650 transatlantic bike identical to this.

[@peterjackson2722]

That Kevin Schwantz 34 bike at 5 seconds - oh my days😍

[@MossopUK]

Brilliant content as always. Those 2 smokers sing when on the pipe!!

[@BrianJacobsen-vn6is]

Your offered Sheens bike around a circuit. Better be saying hell ya Brings back at lot of memories.

[@In-the-shed]

Amazing- great to see 👏🏻

[@badshotuk72]

My dad grew up in central London and used tear round on the back of Barry's mopeds, he said he could ride even as a nipper!

[@guttsu]

Good on ya mate, that must've been quite the experience. Had no damn clue his bike was right-side shift, that sounds impossible to get your head around in a scant 4 laps, especially when you're focusing on keeping it shiny side up.

[@garethmiller8378]

Seen those great machines at silverstone museum a couple of years ago down to watch the moto gp,brilliant to see some on board footage and fair play taking on the right sided shift, am with boothy no way I could do that either😂👍🏻

[@And_rew92]

There are some noises that always evoke an emotional reaction. The sound of a 500cc 2 stroke is one of those noises.

[@stevofoz]

There's only one channel that can improve upon an absolute masterpiece of two-wheeled engineering through sublime bespoke leatherwork. Thanks again chaps for the continued value-add to the motorcycling world. x

[@stevofoz]

Also, the quality of videography from the 44T camp lately, is clunge-wettingly glorious. Keep up the stellar work lads.

[@FortyFourTeeth]

No, thank you Steve!

[@ianjames3078]

My school books were covered in my hand drawn front on views of those bikes and that 7 😍

[@secretsix6]

it was good watching that rev counter on the red bike

[@S2000Y]

Would be nice to see some dyno charts of these two bikes

[@robertbush6652]

Just shows Barry grew up on british bikes as they were gears right brake left. This was ok as I started riding in the 60's on british bikes then hondas appeared. Two of my friends had them complete pain when riding their bikes just like you but in reverse. Haha

[@simonbeal2148]

whats the reason behind the right hand shift was it due to his injuries?

[@ktmchris19]

Whats the matter of the brake line going to what seems like the fork (you can see it clearly on 08:34)? I have never noticed such thing before and couldnt find anything on Google maybe someone got an answer for me. Greetings from Austria 🤙

[@rickphillips2900]

Part of an anti-dive setup.

[@handpaper6871]

"You'll have to get some classic Suzuki leathers..." Excellent idea. Go for the 1989 livery...

[@garethevans7214]

What a lucky lad you are. Also did anyone else notice the guy in the vintage parts jacked looked like he was going to shove a Frankfurter in the exhaust 🤣

[@MadChalet]

Super cool! I hope that was fresh rubber on the bikes. 🤘

[@classicraceruk1337]

Right hand shift is the correct shift. Good enough for Hailwood and Surtees should be good enough for you!!!!

[@hubert1142]

Legend! Barry was ok too.

[@SDrtheone]

Awesome! I had the pleasure of riding one of Peter Hickmans Old R1 a couple of weeks back! Owned by a local guy! Loved it

[@Lucas-uj6bo]

Those fluoro licorice all sort leathers just scream 1985 👍😂

[@hermitsgrotto3812]

NO TACK, WHATS UP, CANT BE A SECRET , BUT STILL A FUN WATCH. TKS.