SILVER DREAM RACER Released in 1980 and starring David Essex (who also sung the theme tune) as struggling privateer bike racer Nick Freeman, Silver Dream Racer was the Rocky of motorcycle racing movies. The plot revolved around a prototype bike – the Silver Dream Racer – that Freeman inherits from his engineering brother after he dies in a motocross accident. Despite a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all h