What a miserable day that was. I spent all day sat under a huge golf umbrella at Club shivering, my abiding memory was of a guy with his helmet perched on top of his head making his way, one step at a time, up the long, steep muddy bank next to us holding on to two plastic pints of beer for dear life. Biggest cheer of the day from the crowd when he made it to the top.

@nickhall5959

11 ай бұрын

Coldest day I can remember riding home soaked to the skin. I was riding through puddles of water as it was actually warmer than me.

Two stroke 500cc’s in mental conditions being handled by humans. And no one came off. SO GOOD! Shows you how different MotoGP is now. So many injuries this season. Is it going in the right direction? … Thanks for uploading this. So glad it appeared in my feed.

300 lb 160 horsepower 500cc 2 strokes in the RAIN !!?? With no rider aids whatsoever-- SUPERHUMAN is an understatement

@voornaam3191

11 ай бұрын

And they got no turbo, that takes a while speeding up, and then suddenly surprises you with a spinning rear wheel? Lucky riders.

@stu9stu9stu

11 ай бұрын

And push starting it! Lolol

@stevebigansky9372

11 ай бұрын

@@stu9stu9stuyea, so glad that the organizers finally came to their senses and eliminated push starts- not sure what year that was though, but I know they finally changed the starting procedure after someone in the 250 class almost died after being hit from behind

@pasko59000

11 ай бұрын

Just big balls😂

@stevebigansky9372

11 ай бұрын

@@pasko59000 yea, that and few other things as well- I was lucky enough to race a TZ750 for 2 seasons ('80 and '81 in the AMA Formula one series, and it was more of just having respect for the bike rather than having big balls, (although that was a big part of the equation) because it you got it wrong, it got very ugly pretty quickly-

500cc 2 strokes and a wet track. Heroes were made that day.

Thanks for posting the 1985 British Grand Prix! I was stationed in UK USAF. We would have ridden our bikes to see the race but we didnt want to get wet. Good thing we stayed home. It was a miserable race raining cats and dogs! I remember like it was yesterday..thanks for the memories

Atrocious conditions and amazing bike control on view! What a fabulous commentary from Murray Walker with Barry Sheene adding his expertise. The insight and clarity they brought to all of us that watched such races on TV shouldn't be underestimated.

The feel in his hands like a Mozart, on that brutal 2-stroke,.... and eyes like an Owl, in the rain. Never seen anything smoother in those conditions, than Fast Freddie.

@highdownmartin

11 ай бұрын

Riding like a fish and cornering like swan.

I was stationed in UK in 1985. We were going to ride our bikes to watch live but decided to watch on the tele. That was an incredible race by all.

Jeez, i remember sat in front of the TV that Sunday afternoon watching it live - where did 38yrs go ????? With a 350LC waiting for me in the garage, i was secretly hoping Lawson on the Marlboro 0W81 would take a win

Brilliant post, many thanks. I was on the Hanger straight with my wife, my sister and her boyfriend. We got absolutely bloody soaked !

@freddymarcel-marcum6831

3 жыл бұрын

How cold was it?

@lesliehayton2929

Жыл бұрын

I was there I rode 370 miles round trip in that kind of rain and I could barely see the motorway , and saw Freddy consistently powerslide his way onto the start finish straight , fantastic ! What a great upload , many thanks !

Just amazing that these guys could keep it on the island in those conditions. To have a competitive go? Superhuman!

Spencer, riding with a broken hand had already taken a 4th place in the 250cc to win that title ......then he did this...........awesome.

Very informative and accurate commentary from Murray here.....forgot how good he was.....and great to hear from Barry too of course......enjoyed that....thanks Theo.

@atomicorang

3 жыл бұрын

Both Barry and Murray the quintessential motorcycle road race announcers. Barry a class act.. we all miss him he left his mark on mankind.

Spencer's best year...1985. Riding the 250s and 500s back to back caused injuries to his wrists that seem to plague him forever. Like Murray Walker said, Spencer was in a class to himself in '85.

@judahotto2258

2 жыл бұрын

InstaBlaster...

@johnbrewer8954

Жыл бұрын

Spencer wrecked his wrist in a nothing accident at Redgate Donnington park.

I was there, bussed/ hitchhiked from Cheltenham. Arrived at 5 pm, it started to rain and didn’t stop for 24 hours. I borrowed a tent from a friend which was not waterproof??? This was in bloody summer!

@FIZZYYAM

Жыл бұрын

Global warming

I was there and remember it well, absolutely soaked all day but great seeing Freddie take the 250 title earlier in the day.

WOW!!! just incredible and so so magnificent/ I love the honda v4s so much I own one,,, all these guys and the manufactures did it without the use of super computers but with a drafting board and #2 pencils and we still use that areas tech. I have deep deep respect for the riders and those who built these magnificent machines

And that were the year l baught my my Kawasaki GPZ 900. I never saw the race but I remember most of the riders - and I certainly remember Murray Walker (Legend) R.I.P - cometary were never the same after you and James Hunt.

I've ridden in some awful rain, but this is a testament how to lean in soggy conditions !

L époque des grands Champions .Éric

Miss the two strokes

I’m amazed after viewing for a good while, I haven’t seen a dumped bike YET

Great names, great times, great racing!

@attilabori4734

4 жыл бұрын

Roystone Szweda great bikes..

remember watching the race live in 85 great racing

Ok the rain isn’t great for racing but the fans are there to watch a race , just makes it a different race than what they expected, slower and different tactics and also sorts the men from the boys 💪💪

2:41 "Just imagine what it's like having one hundred and forty horsepower in command of your right hand". Bless ya Murray! If I had 140hp in command of my right hand I'd have ripped my cock off when I was a teenager!

Roger Marshall, what a solid fella, still very involved in racing as well. Chapeau.

Fast Freddie Spencer road raced as a kid. Great style and control all while WFO around the track. Class act with the skill and balls to become World Champion. At his peak he was at least as fast as King Kenny Roberts.

What a fantastic post. i can remember watching that and Murray Walker jinxing my brother who was lying in 7th place!!!

Proper riders, proper bikes.

Campioni come quelli non ci saranno mai più

Thanks for this great video!

8 riders on a single row !

@pabloperez4063

4 жыл бұрын

incredible now

@colinstewart1432

Жыл бұрын

Elbow room only.

Roger Marshall... Such a brilliant rider!

@peterkwakman7440

3 жыл бұрын

Read his book, just full of death at the beginning....Shocking this sport, how i'm still walking? And just a road rider 36 years

It's unbelievable how long they kept this fricking push start in GP's! :-O

I think it's crazy that the race goes on in these conditions.

“Natural Born Rider” “Head and shoulders above the rest” After this season, he never won another race in any class at GP level. Retired at the beginning of the 88 season🤷🏼‍♂️

Proper. Thank you.

grandissimo spencer

@albertobocchio9337

5 жыл бұрын

Andrea Maggi peccato che si sia bruciato troppo velocemente, era un pilota che avrebbe potuto fare molto di più. Resta comunque quella doppietta 250/500 che vale 5 mondiali secondo me.

@simonetheproplayer7902

2 жыл бұрын

Finalmente un commento in italiano! Grande Spencer l’ho visto di persona a Varano nel 2014 ho il suo autografo alla grande!

@simonetheproplayer7902

2 жыл бұрын

Ho notato nel giro di ricognizione che Mamola aveva una NSR al posto della vecchia 3 cilindri

Real men and real racers

Poor Garry Lingham. Race ruined by commentators curse.

Wow, what a field ..40 starts

Those guys had big balls to race in that weather. Wow.

Good on you Barry for the call😇😇😇

Standing water, and a 140hp knife edge power-band . . . . . . you cant deny the talent !!!! It a wonder there wasn't a bike in the bails on every lap

I was on the Hangar St all day and got absolutely fucking soaked !!!!!!

Best race of my life !!

@asensibleyoungman2978

Жыл бұрын

Have you got a pet monkey?

Loved to have heard what Ron Haslam was saying in the pits while attempting to get his visor clean. Plenty of cussing no doubt.

Motocicletas fantásticas e pilotos muitos técnicos , hoje, com tantas outras tecnologias tem muitos acidentes e escorregões !!!! 😅

8 racers per starting grid line. Let's bring that back :)

In conditions like that having less hp can be an advantage. I wonder how Freddie would have done on a V3 Honda. I'll bet his tuner had the power dialed back.

@lesliehayton2929

Жыл бұрын

The weather that day was horendous but I must admit Freddie’s skills on that day were a sight to behold , credit to a fantastic rider !

I was there :D

That's how we used to roll! It was called rider skill.

i miss two strokes so much, i wish they would at least bring back 50cc 125cc classes.

I remember the Norton Wankel and it's constant scrutiny... One last dash ........!

Nat en koud dat jaar😢

8 riders per row. Pissing rain. Push starts. Safety? What safety.

Randy Mamola forever!

I was at it ;-)

Fast Freddie year

those were the day

They just got wings in their backs!

Big zeddie sent me 😉

What a weird start to a race those old days have

i think this was the year when there was a lot of trouble with the police who arrived tooled up in riot gear on Saturday night. They were fresh from the miners strikes and appeared to me to be looking for some more action.

A special helmet...

@oz2strokeman116

3 жыл бұрын

Along with the one my Dad had, along with anyone who bought one.

What would these bikes kick out by 2021 ? 240 BHP ?

Pit crew told Freddie Spencer's wife that he was outstanding in the rain. So she went looking for him with an umbrella... 😁

6:36 looks like a Young Carl fogarty beside Randy

Se ripenso che avevo quasi 30anni 😢😢😢😮😮😂😂😂

Good old English summer weather 😂

I was there in 85, I recall Eddie just wasn't pleased with his pathetic trophy, he had a point. After racing in that.

@seltaeb9691

9 ай бұрын

In Moto & F1 the vast amount of trophies are pants still.

two things: how many times do you get to see six world champions compete and how many times must MW have said the words "grand prix" in his life time?

I was there

Now I understand the joke in the 90's about Walker's curse. Would you Adam and Eve it.

Barry and Murray, Can it get better?

140hp?ventilated helmets?wha t will they think of next?scrsping knees on the ground?lol.

Silverstone before it was ruined by the circuit " improvement " brigade.

I bet those tyres would take a fingerprint

2023 and they still haven't learned...hold the British GP before the Atlantic heats up...June is best!

日本メーカーばかりだったのに！！

I laugh when some say Rossi has been ThE GOAT. Do they know about the magical Spencer 1985...?

@sergioleone3583

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Rossi isn't even in the top three of all time.

@bystander1489

Жыл бұрын

Spencer was on a 250 factory bike against all privateers so it was easy

@colinstewart1432

Жыл бұрын

@@bystander1489 Really? No other factory teams ? Sounds unlikely. Happy to be proved wrong though...🤔

@bystander1489

Жыл бұрын

@@colinstewart1432 yes Eddie lawson said it

@bystander1489

Жыл бұрын

@@colinstewart1432 the 350s were not being made anymore so the factory built a 250 to get ready for the next year and he raced a factory 250 against privateers

big coroness !!!!

“He’s got his nose and mouth taped up.” Wtf?

6:11 .... the raining 250 cc champion .... is that pun on purpose?

Sorry Gary but you've been Murray'd

Quite Horrendous! That has to be one of the most Conservative under statements ever expressed by one of Motor sport's superstars - ITS Insane DEADLY! most people have absolutely no clue as to the skill these guys are displaying.....just to stay on those 500cc monsters.

@colinstewart1432

Жыл бұрын

True. In those conditions, with so much power, a 2 stroke powerband, and so little grip, the bike's just planning how much to hurt you 🤘👹🤘

AS Lawson goes by on his C- 4 Honda I don't think so buddy boy his YAMAHA Where's Randy he's usually dandy in the rain

Man this would suck as a spectator. You spend all that money and with high anticipation to go see something you love only to have it piss on you all day and the riders can't go full out. A boring race in the pouring rain suuuucks.

そねし

500cc two strokes... 180 bhp in a machine that weighed less than a road going 125. When these stopped racing, I stopped watching.

C inhumain de faire courrir des motos par ce temps

LOOK where your AT people!!! OF COURSE Your gonna get dumped on!!! That's like ARABS wondering WHY it's so SANDY and HOT where they live!!! Lol.

And they never mentioned that Neil Robinson from Ballymena Northern Ireland came 9th in this race on a knackered bog standard RG500 Suzuki.. He would of been a multi World Champion.