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what about Hailwoods great rival Agostini, a little known Finnish guy who lost his life in the seventies brilliant rider called Jarno Saarinen would get on my list
along with the great trials rider/ racer /museum owner Sammy Miller, Ivan Mauger and Ove Fundin from Speedway, the late great Dave Jeffery, Johnny Ceccotto took a standard yam racer out of the box back in the seventies and embarrased the works teams, Sheene and Roberts. to restrain the list to twenty is difficult but then everyone to their own.

Mervin wrote:what about Hailwoods great rival Agostini, a little known Finnish guy who lost his life in the seventies brilliant rider called Jarno Saarinen would get on my list
along with the great trials rider/ racer /museum owner Sammy Miller, Ivan Mauger and Ove Fundin from Speedway, the late great Dave Jeffery, Johnny Ceccotto took a standard yam racer out of the box back in the seventies and embarrased the works teams, Sheene and Roberts. to restrain the list to twenty is difficult but then everyone to their own.

So come on then mate , give us your 20 .

still trhinking about it actually
merv

Mervin wrote:still trhinking about it actually
merv

Hey Merv bring it on . Trust it gonna be a good one . Im the only one who done list so far !! . Come on guys .

barry sheene
valentino rossi
randy mamola
carl fogarty
neil robinson
donny robinson
wayne rainey
kevin schwantz
steve webster n tony hewitt
rolf biland
niall mackenzie
jame whitham
christian sarron
noriyuki haga
ron haslam
wayne gardener
max biaggi
shane byrne
colin edwards
troy bayliss
steve hislop
john mcguiness
trevor nation
giancarlo falappa
gary goodfellow

there ya go fester,theres my 25 that spring to mind.

and im sure that theres plenty more that could have been added

Hey deejay , blindin list mate , nice one . Mackenzie , Sarron , were two i had in mind . Tried to keep it to 20 . It is hard once you get started . There has been so many over the years . See you got Bazza on top there . The man is a real icon for me . My hero . SO inspirational , and so tragically taken from us in 2003 . Anyway , nice one mate . Great list . Come on the rest of you , where are your lists .

there was loads more that i could have added.
from nowadays
leon camier
john mcguinness
guy martin
leon haslam

from the old days
kenny roberts
giancarlo falappa
sito pons
dominic sarron
eddie lawson

and lets not forget
chris harris's awesome speedway gp win
mark loram
gary havelock

all have kept me interested in biking for 25 years

Too right deej . They keep us hooked bless em . Nice list buddy . Hopefully some others will put one it . Good to compare them . Speak soon mate , ride safe

Not seen any of his racing but Mike Hailwood. Why? Cos I was named after him, what an honor . My Dad told me how good he was. I must get a DVD with his racing on, any recomendations?

The duke champions range is pretty good or a old iom tt from the 77/78 tt's mate

SHEENE
YER MAN
FOGGY

well i will try now
Bazza Sheene will always be at the top of the list whatever
Followed by Yer maun Joey Dunlop
then King Kenny Roberts
would have to list Ivan Mauger next i think
Jarno Saarinen
Ago
Sammy Miller
Mike the Bike
Ron Haslam
Dave (Bones) Aldana US rider back in the old easter transatlantic match races for racing in leathers with a skeleton on them
Martin Lampkin first ever trials world champion
Evel Kniivel just for doing the downright impossible and stupid, then getting up again and starting all over again when he was patched up
John Surtees for doing what no other man has done
Murray Walker for giving up racing and starting commentating
Hissy
Foggy
Steve Parrish
Dave Jeffery
Johhny Ceccotto
No 20 is all the riders who went to the isle of man never to return just for getting on a bike and trying/doing it
merv

respect to no 20, a very good shout there merv !!!

fair play to all those who try the I.O.M

Just to echo about Merv`s post . Total respect to the guys who do the TT , and those that made the ultimate sacrifice doing it . Good to see this topic getting some response . Nice one . And yeah Barry Sheene will always be the top of any list , for me . I dont think there`s many that would argue that case . Keep em coming .

i think you'll find the younger guys argueing for rossi over sheene and the older guys argue that ago was better than both. you'll never win em all but sheene tops my list with rossi then schwantz a close 2nd and 3rd. a good show of opinions on this opinions on this one fester