To see Tom Herron bouncing off everything including a steel fence then compete in a later race the same day, they where tough guys!

Getton Barry. You are never forgotten. Our Hero.

Sheene...Hunt... WE loved these fellows. They weren't PC., they weren't pouffs they were boys with the world at their feet and deserved to enjoy it because they made it happen and they entertained us enormously

Anyone else wish they would bring back the "Transatlantic Trophy"? great format and a joy to ride to all the different races at all the different venues.

@cvince2862

4 жыл бұрын

It was a true sport back then, too much money involved in all sport now!

@surak1841

4 жыл бұрын

@@rustynail5812 It would be Brutal...:)

@Pete_Harris

2 жыл бұрын

Wish they would bring back the 2 strokes as well! : )

I'm so glad I'm of an age where I was able to see these guys in the flesh so to speak. RIP Barry, you were a true hero!

More than 40 years ago and I still get nervous watching it. Baz, the GOAT

Just as an aside... I've been a motorcycle nut my whole life, my father owned a Honda and Bultaco dealership in southern California and I idolized guys like Dave Aldana. Fast forward to last week, June 10th, 2024... I had moved way across the country to a little town of less than 20,000 people called Fayetteville, Georgia. I went to a neighborhood meeting of conerned homeowners who are trying to stop the installation of a powerline through our backyards... I recognized one man in the audience.. hmmm who is it? I went up and asked.. IT'S DAVE ALDANA!!! REALLY!!! We now live only 2 miles apart... Weird, small world!!!

Those were the days...watching a British rider fight his way to the front. Barry Sheene was a superb rider. Thank you for posting this.

im a 55 year old grandad and i'll admit to being in tears watching this RIP Bazza.

Looks like Tom Herron's engine "nipped up" as there was smoke from the rear tyre before he crashed , RIP Tom who was later killed in the North West 200 in May 1979 .

I rode down on my Harris tweaked Honda CB250G5 - the bike my mates all told me not to buy. It was very quick and handled great thanks to upgraded and preloaded front springs, Girling rear shocks and Avon Roadrunners. Barry inspired us all to ride faster on the way home. Crazy days. Over 40 years ago! Bloody hell. Where did the time go?

You had to be there over the years to witness Sheene,l can't explain why he was amazing to watch!

what a true british champion the famous NO 7 i have been a despatch rider since 1979( first rode 1976) as a young bike i went all over the country not for the racing just to watch barry sheene and the racing BARRY INSPIRED ME SO MUCH that i ended up completing 2 MILLION MILES ON A MOTORCYCLE MY RIDER NUMBER was always 27 as there was only ever one NO 7 r i p barry sheene from stevethebreeze MANCHESTER,S 2 MILLION MILE MOTORCYCLE COURIER R.I.P BAZZA

@JAVTROOPER

5 жыл бұрын

You have a wonderful ride sir that not everybody do what you do back then

No room m for Divas in those days all top blokes and under paid!!

I was there,I watched all 3 Trans Atlantic races that year.And what a year it was!

@markb5985

3 жыл бұрын

Me too 👍

That was incredible riding by Barry Sheene

followed the Transatlantic all over the country, always great racing from us and theYanks...........really great times and you could meet the stars and walk round the pits!!! Imagine being able to do that now!! RIP BAZ....you legend

Thankyou for sharing this, I watched with tears in my eyes as the amazing Barry Sheene wins again, with such style, Im 52, glued to world of sport whenever Barry raced, he is a hero of mine to this day. It just isnt the same without the #7 Sheene bike .Its been a long time since I watched bike racing, .Thankyou for the impact you had on my life..RIP to The Man who brought joy to so many people and Big Love to his family. Deeply missed

@scottjspence70

7 жыл бұрын

stuntweasel27 think about him every day, I think he would have been bigger now, than in his riding days had he lived, the worlds never been able to fill the hole he lived, and left.

@mikeskidmore6754

4 жыл бұрын

Being an American Kenny Roberts was my Hero ..

Wish the transatlantic trophy was still going

The world championships didn't have as many rounds then so we saw amazing riders like King Kenny, Steve Baker, Gary Nixon, Freddie Spencer, Yvonne Du Hammel, Cal Rayborn and Pat Hennen appearing. Moto America under Wayne Raineys influence just beginning to raise the profile of road racing Nort America and nurture world class riders.

I was there😊 great days

Tom Herron a man that would certainly have become world champion in at least one class.

That's a great bit of Nostalgia. What a race by Sheene, clawing his way from the midfield to win so conclusively...

brilliant footage many thanks. Great to see my old hero Barry going well, but a fabulous ride from Aldana who probably shouldnt have been competitive in that race. Great to see Tom Herron, and Dave Potter both lost so soon afterwards. Hard men, Tom goes into unprotected armco a races later in the day!

Beautiful memories,a jeans jacket T250 Suzi, Brands, Mallory,etc, Robert, Romero, Baker, Aldana,,Hennen, Sheene,Grant, Dichburn, fantastic races, and don’t stop playing (I sold my ‘63 335 Gibson still with couple of Fender and a Takamine) lovely video,keep well .

Great to see Bazza winning on my local track Brands what a rider!

I loved the transatlantic races. I used to marshal at Oulton Park and would take my Laverda Jota around the track before the races and in between races. Great times indeed 👍

@thomashosker441

3 жыл бұрын

I had a painting signed by Mike Hail wood at OULTON When he was none riding captain.

@Cars-and-Things

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomashosker441 Very cool 👍

So pleased I found this upload after I found my copy of the original race programme as I was at this, my first Motorcycle race meeting with my pals. We rode up on our respective Suzuki GT500 Yamaha RD350B

I'm sure Tom Herron was made of Rubber the way he bounced off the Armco, brilliant Racing 👍I agree with bring back "The Transatlantic" 👍

Good to relive those moments with Bazza et al, only one month later Tom Herron died at the NW 200.

i was there , the Trans Atlantic match races were awesome , as an 18 y/o it could,nt get better ,the support races , MT125 , 250 ,350 , F1 were brilliant , i remember the 350 races had at least 4 qualifying runs , most also ran a 351cc in the 500,s as well , such a great era in racing..

Barry Sheene...The greatest British rider shown here during the greatest era of racing. It's all so boring now. Thank you for uploading.

Nice to see Sheene on the short lived RG680. i used to love the look of them.

@margaretjanewatkins540

3 жыл бұрын

Same as the 500 exactly

@raymarshall8336

3 жыл бұрын

@@margaretjanewatkins540 No not really The exhausts where a different ball game.

Never forgot meeting Tom Heron at the Earls Court motorbike show in maybe 73? (Well my memory isn't that good) It has stuck with me, he made an impression on me for sure. Sad when he went.

The romance of British motorcycle racing. Fantastic.....

The amazing Dave Aldana is still fast 39 years later!

@davidleonard8369

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you agree that he is fast. I sure think so. He was hauling ass when he lapped me in the elsinore grand prix.

Great race, was there for race day to cheer one of my heroes John Newbold, but cheering all our lads, great days, great races. 👍 🏁🏁

One of the best ever Transatlantic Trophy races.

RIP Dave Potter

Used to follow all the Transatlantic races, we'd ride up to the circuits from s.e. Essex with the bird and tent on the back of the bikes, happy days. A time when the TV channels showed us sport programmes instead of the f*****g football we have to suffer which makes me turn it off !

Those certainly were the days, I was there, brilliant racing, keep on biking

Great ride by Barry, Had the pleasure/honor of racing against Dave Aldana at Willow Springs in CA. Really great guy, and a fun character.

@davidknowles3459

4 жыл бұрын

I saw Dave Aldana at Brands Hatch,here in the UK back in the late 70's riding for the American Superbike team against the British Superbike team.He wore black leathers with a white skeleton painted on them.He had been banned from using them in the US by the AMA. The US won the race easily.

@ScaleRacing

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidknowles3459 Dave was a real character like Barry. A different time. After that race at Willow Springs I went and chatted with him. Talked about watching him race in England at the Trans Atlantic races. Great time, fun days, fantastic memories. We shook hands and smiled.neither he or I won that race if I remember I came 5th on a Suzuki Katana and Dave 6th on a Honda Hurricane. Could have been the other way around. But I remember seeing Aldana on the back of his leathers and that spurred me on. Never raced with Barry, but did get past by him and Kenny Roberts at Paddock bend in open practice. Those were the days.

Cheers. Really enjoyed watching that. I watched Bazza win twice at Snetterton "race of aces".

Cool racing. I love the randomly spaced straw bales at Stirling! That armco looks very hard! These were the days the Red Arrows did air displays below crowd level at Brands! I saw Barry at Silverstone at the GP in 79. What a great race that was. A real showman and great rider.

@zebop917

5 жыл бұрын

jonnyspurdog Yes I remember looking down from the bank at Clearways to watch the Red Arrows as they did their opposition manoeuvre down in the short circuit bowl. Amazing stuff.......

As a teenager these races were a huge event to me and my mates,. We lived near to the circuit and used to go on practice days, we could happily Visit the pits and the mechanics and riders would talk to us. Amazing to have had relatively free access to our heroes like Barry Sheene and King Kenny, Ron etc great to see this, great days when life was simple and happy👍😀

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

Great to see again. I was there as well; happy days.

Just awesome thanks so much for uploading. So many good memories from that era.

When you consider the much better tires and suspension of today's bikes, these old races are particularly interesting. My first high performance street bike was a 1981 CB900F.

If this is Sheene on 652cc suzi. Then he will be down on hp cos others were on 750's. The 652 was actually a bored-out rg500 essentially. I think the suzi 750 just wasn't quick enough so they came up with this. I went to a few Trans-trophy meets at brands. Best one for me was when the riders had to ride BSA Rocket 3's Triumph Tridents, Great days. So glad to see this. Thanks for uploading.

Loving all your uploads!!!! Keep 'em coming!!

Superb mate, superb

Back in the day I remember this series

Great to see this....I was there! Cheers, Steve

Magic

Thanks for a great post mate

Wow!

fkn BRILL, ty for posting

Sheens and Herron on RG652's. Can't thank you enough for posting this. Watched it live in 79 ! Any more with Tom Herron ? One of my favourite racers

@michaelwooding291

4 жыл бұрын

Those RG652s were as exotic as they come back then. I was watching early morning practice at the rise from paddock to druids and Sheene would make up yards on any ride in front. A special bike for a very special rider.

Marvelous memories

I was there!! Sheena was my hero!

R I p barry 👍

This race gives me goosebumps

those were the days!

No excuse, even then, for poor Herron to bounce off unprotected armco, track safety has come a long, long way thank god.

I was at this meet,RIP B S X,ledgend X,

only saw him race once,in 97 at donington on the norton...magic!where are we going to get another rider like him?

barry was a great rider,dave aldana was also a great rider on tarmac or on the dirt ovals

Great race, great crowd

Kenny Roberts had been injured, in the January I think, when he crashed whilst testing in Japan and broke his back !! He missed the first 500 GP race of the season but still managed to secure his second title.

Nice to see Frank Bough with his clothes on!

@grahamjenkin2882

4 жыл бұрын

Just spent 5 minutes cracked up at that comment. Nearly wet the bed!!!!

@CoherentChimp

3 жыл бұрын

You can just make out some powder residue on his hooter.

Sheene is riding the RG680 Suzuki, the big version of the usual RG500, as a personal project, the RG680 was developed after Sheene commissioned a big engine by Barton the raced engine builders of Wales, with the evidence that it could be done, Sheene insisted the Japanese factory should build the factory RG680

*Great Ride Barry*

Wow, that Armco barrier nearly cost him his family jewels.

Herrons machine just locked up.and said NO more!

Barry made really great riders look pedestrian when riding at 80%... Remarkable!

@rogeeeferrari

Жыл бұрын

Unless Kenny Roberts was racing him...

Convincingly done

Every one of these guys has cajones of steel.

I was there aged 12

The main man

I had garages 2&3 ,in the center...

Suzuky rg 700...Sheene is a legend

@ClassicTrialsChannel

5 жыл бұрын

called the rg680, although it was only 653cc

Look at the crowds at brands what 70, 80,000 people there .......last time I was there few years back lucky to get 10,000?????

Wow and look at the people their must be 80,000 -100,000 plus at brands

@margaretjanewatkins540

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of people would still go if the organisers could be bothered to provide decent toilets,I first went to Mallory in 72 thro.. to the mid 80 ,s no facilities at all went back in 92 and guess what couldn’t even pee in a hedge what a complete shit house! not been to short circuit since.Philw

First race meeting I ever went to..

Was there thanks for this brings a tear to the eye, great fantastic days when men were men,but that brute was awfull

i was there

amazing quality footage. wondering why no Kenny Roberts was he injured?

@jamesd2128

3 жыл бұрын

Injured in Japan during a pre-season practise session.

Sheene's longer exhausts were because the motor was taken out to 680 to try to be on lvel pegging with Americans on 750,s at the Trans Atlantic event..

Brilliant. Wonder why Barry has yellow plates on a 680?

Respect to Bazza, but being from Yorkshire, we were Mick Grant fans@

tom herrons rg500 was dismantled for spare parts after the northwest 200 in 1979

These are 750's yes?

I think it's an RG 650 Barry is riding.

Did they race on Indy circuit

We used to go and watch the trans Atlantic series, I think Dave Aldana had black leathers with a skeleton on at some point. I can't remember the format and I think it known as a triangular series. I seem to remember that they were held at 3 tracks and over a bank holiday? Can anyone with a better memory than me shed any light?

@christopherth

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Barry Transatlantic series, Brands Hatch ( Friday ) Mallory Park ( Sunday ) Oulton Park ( Monday ) it was an Easter holiday period.

@daveryall5919

4 жыл бұрын

Latter on thay held all 6 races at donington to cut down on travel

@daveryall5919

4 жыл бұрын

Over 3 days

@endurojimmy3109

4 жыл бұрын

@@christopherth Thanks Chris, just seen your reply. Yes, now you've said that of course it was the Transatlantic series.

Mike Baldwin was a legend. Got to see him blow away Kenny Roberts at Mosport in 78

Sheene a cut above the rest

Another an American Randy Mamola - if only he knew

Bazza . Where's me sock ?