Twenty years after losing his life to cancer, Barry Sheene remains as much a sporting icon and totem of the fast and loose 1970s as he was a decade ago when we first published today's Great Read. Mat Oxley explores the racing merits of the cheeky Londoner who brought sex, drugs and rock and roll to motorcycle racing.
When reappraising Sheene and his career, the good times and bad times always loom as large as the lap times, perhaps even larger. He was bike racing's James Hunt or George Best: a brash, brave and sometimes badly behaved sports star who perfectly fitted the mood of the times. The men wanted to be him, the women…
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