If you had to pick one rider who inspired you more then.....

[Philk]

Yer maun, Joey.

[Keithg24]

Barry Sheene.

[Guest]

Keef 8)

[Guest nastro azzurro]

Don't think this will come as a suprise to anyone........

Rossi. 8)

[Evs7]

I know Sheene was riding until '86 but I never really got to see him, I'm fairly new to riding and although I use to watch the odd race with Schwarz/Rainey/Gardiner when younger. It never really grabbed my attention.

First time it did I think was the Bayliss/Edwards WSB battle BBC had great coverage and I started watching them, then flicked across to MotoGP same year and saw this guy called Rossi and the amazing Repsol Honda. I was hooked.

So I know it says pick one. So I would have to say Rossi got me into bikes.

However after watching many videos/dvds about Sheene's countless accidents and how he always got back up. Sheene/Edwards/Bayliss would be close seconds.

[PMC]

My Granddad

I remember him telling me about how him and his mates used to lie flat on their bikes and ride them down hill to try and hit a ton! And putting wire wool in the exhaust to make them flame

Later in life he took his entire family on holiday on his bike... He would wear a large rucksack back-to-front, Grandma pillion with another rucksack, Great-Grandma and three kids (including my Mum) in the sidecar.

Inspiring!

8)

[Guest]

Would like to say Sheene because he was my racing God from the begining but I was at Oulton Park one Sunday in '83 (I think) when a young guy called Freddie Spencer blew everyone away, he put a new racing line through Deer's leap

Gotta be Fast Freddie for me 8)

[DutchMick]

Sheene

[mel64]

Justarider.... the way he takes every corner is a sight to behold...

[Korben]

For me, a guy called Josh has probably inspired me more than anyone else.

Click on the link in my signature to read his story.... Long story, but fecking amazing!!!

[Fazer Pete]

Got to be Sheene. Watching him ride in the 70's made me want to ride to bikes.

[Philk]

Got to be Sheene. Watching him ride in the 70's made me want to ride to bikes.

 

I remember going to the transatlantic races and watching the yanks ride rings around everyone but Sheen. steve Baker was good. But kenny Roberts was something else.

[nigelwood1]

Roger Marshall....

Overlooked talent.....

Randy Mamola....

Should have been world champ once at least.....

[edosix]

James Whitham.

[Guest]

the Purple Helmets

[techno]

Errr no one!

just something I wanted to do!

[queen bodecia]

Same here. In fact if I'm totally honest, one of the reasons I got an AR125 as cheap student transport way back when was that I couldn't afford a car and the chap I had my eye on rode an RD350. Obviously he didn't look twice at me, but once I had my bike I had no reason to fancy him any more...

Racers I like(d): Kevin Schwantz, Mick Doohan, Vale Rossi, Colin Edwards, Joey Dunlop, Dave Jefferies, Chris Walker, John Reynolds, James Toseland, Leon Haslam but can't say any of them influence me. Like I could ride like any of them...????

[Guest]

John Reynolds defo

[psycho]

Bazza in my youth

and after a short break from bikes Stalker

[Guest]

I'm three quarters of the way through a bazza biography ....

I like the bloke ...

But I think, to some extent, in reality he would have been a really annoying git

Too big headed .. and you'd be forever having to check he wasn't trying to shag your wife/girlfiend/sister/mother/neighbour/dog/hamster

He was a right little rampant begger

[DutchMick]

I'm three quarters of the way through a bazza biography ....

I like the bloke ...

But I think, to some extent, in reality he would have been a really annoying git

Too big headed .. and you'd be forever having to check he wasn't trying to shag your wife/girlfiend/sister/mother/neighbour/dog/hamster

He was a right little rampant begger

 

A true sportsman

[Guest]

@Mel64--the roundabout king of the south 8)

--not exactly influenced as had bikes anyways but - gotta be Ago -- Saaranen too--both great riders

[Guest]

Valentino Rossi

[Guest]

Jenna Jameson

Well .............

She was a "rider"

[DutchMick]

You got any pics to illustrate your point Zed?