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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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!

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 !

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 💪💪

L époque des grands Champions .Éric

Great names, great times, great racing!

Miss the two strokes

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

remember watching the race live in 85 great racing

“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🤷🏼‍♂️

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!!!

Campioni come quelli non ci saranno mai più

Poor Garry Lingham. Race ruined by commentators curse.

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

8 riders on a single row !

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

Roger Marshall... Such a brilliant rider!

grandissimo spencer

Proper riders, proper bikes.

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

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

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

Good on you Barry for the call😇😇😇

Wow, what a field ..40 starts

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.

Thanks for this great video!

Real men and real racers

Proper. Thank you.

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

Best race of my life !!

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

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

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

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

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

I was there :D

I was at it ;-)

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

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

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

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

Nat en koud dat jaar😢

What a weird start to a race those old days have

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

Fast Freddie year

Randy Mamola forever!

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?

those were the day

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

Big zeddie sent me 😉

A special helmet...

They just got wings in their backs!

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

6:36 looks like a Young Carl fogarty beside Randy

Barry and Murray, Can it get better?

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

❤️ 🐐 ❤.... Freddie 2Fast Spencer

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

I was there

Good old English summer weather 😂

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

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

I bet those tyres would take a fingerprint

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

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.

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.

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

日本メーカーばかりだったのに！！

Sorry Gary but you've been Murray'd

big coroness !!!!

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

C inhumain de faire courrir des motos par ce temps

そねし

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.