I did my first race last year, at Donington, and have done a couple more this year to get my licence. I started doing some track days in the UK and I met Mark, the team owner. When I was younger, I wasn’t so involved with bikes and my dad didn’t push me into anything with it. Sheene senior was a double World Champion who won 23 Grands Prix and entertained the world with his larger-than-life persona.

The former world champ, 51, revealed he's back in love - and living with his ex Stephanie McLean. In keeping with Barry’s famous No. I am 26 this year, so I don’t have goals and I don’t plan to progress to a bigger level than this.

Later on in life, when I was about 20, I went over to the UK. Barry Sheene was a racing idol in the 1970s and his son Freddie Sheene recently made an appearance in the FIM CEV Repsol – with his goal simply being to have some fun! She is Sidonie Sheene, 28, and she’s breaking her silence on life growing up with Britain’s greatest ever bike racer exclusively in MCN, on the 10th anniversary of his passing. Dad was strict.

1 — THIS is dad on his bike in Wisbech. A lot of my friends were into racing and I started to gain a lot from watching the sport. You always have eyes on you, watching and that, but I don’t feel any pressure because I’m doing it for my own reasons and the main reason is to have fun. Anyone can look in from the outside and I think that I am doing it because I think I’m going to be the next Barry Sheene, but I’m not. #VintageMotoGP takes you to Valencia...Rain shortly before the race produced a chaotic start with Stefan Bradl the only leading rider to correctly select slick tyres© 2016 Dorna Sports SL. Then last year I started riding and I really enjoy it. I just take it as it comes and I’m just enjoying riding, really. Now I am here doing the FIM CEV Repsol with Moto2 guys. That’s all it is to me: having fun and getting on a bike. Her support since he learned he has throat and stomach cancer has helped him get back in the saddle, four years after they split. All rights reserved. She shares her mother’s looks and flowing blonde hair; her father’s gimlet eyes and his irrepressible sense of self. Bauer Media Group consists of: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number: 01176085, Bauer Radio Ltd, Company Number: 1394141 MOTORBIKE ace Barry Sheene told last night how his battle with cancer has saved his failed marriage. I am realistic and I know where I might be able to end up, but at the moment I am just riding for fun to see how it goes.On the 15th of June 2014 the number 93 beat rival Valentino Rossi by over half a second on his campaign for a second premier class TitleHistory beckoned for Marc Marquez but would Jorge Lorenzo have one last trick up his sleeve? [Smiles] I wouldn’t say it is difficult! He has given me the opportunity to ride over here and I guess he decided on the FIM CEV Repsol because he has run some bikes here previously and the weather is good! 7, we asked his son Freddie Sheene to share with foxsports.com.au his seven favourite photos from the book. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. I went to boarding school when I was younger, so I didn’t really grow up through bikes. No. Support for this video player will be discontinued soon. Sheene junior rode in Jerez in the first FIM CEV Repsol race of the year but still had time for a quick chat about his participation in the Moto2™ race on a Yamaha machine. Big shoes to fill indeed, but for his son Freddie he is not striving to emulate his father’s success. Sheene senior was a double World Champion who won 23 Grands Prix and entertained the world with his larger-than-life persona. In the fourth episode of ‘Secrets of a Road Tester’, MCN’s Michael Neeves moves on to skilful... The 51-year-old double world motorcycling champion, who has lived in Australia since retiring from racing, visited a doctor complaining of a sore throat and trouble swallowing.