This download is the only extract the BBC has of this edition of desert island discs. The presenter was Roy Plumley.

You're a New Zealander aren't you, Barry? That's right. I'm an English dog, Scottish.

What was it your first ambition to be as a youngster?

I think it's like most young lads. I'd like a train driver, an engine driver.

You've all had a mechanical turn of mind.

No, not really. I started off in an advertising agency, not as a mechanic, so I don't really like being a mechanic.

How old were you when you first became interested in motorbikes?

I think I started riding motorbikes when I was about 11 years old.

Whose bike was it?

I'm a cousin had a motorcycle and I used to clean it for so many rides around the local field.

The more I cleaned it, the more I rode. I think I'm a little bit behind in cleaning now.

When did you get your own first motorbike?

I was about 14 when I bought my motorcycle and partnership with one of my friends.

Had you seen any speedway racing?

It had just started in Christchurch, yes.

How did you get into it? Did you just turn up and say can I have a go?

No, there was a training track in just outside Christchurch that we used to go to.

They used to charge, I think, six months of lap for practicing, but I was just started working.

I didn't have very much money and I used to be the odd job boy around the place.

This is how I got my rides.

The sliding you have to do, the broadsiding is quite an art, isn't it?

Sliding is quite hard, but once you've learnt to slide,

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