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@bobamericana3099

5 жыл бұрын

looks like a modern approach to harley davidson flat tracking from the 50s and 60s

@JMTM

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video!

@williamcarrington61

5 жыл бұрын

Has got me remembering British Speedway , Vic Duggan RIP .

@dontneedtoknow5836

3 жыл бұрын

So it's like a miniature version of nascar without all the alcoholic and druggies?

Thank you for introducing Autorace to the world! Come back again to the speedway when I`m racing!

@skizmic

Жыл бұрын

DO you have instagram? I'd follow your account and watch you race when I visit Japan again! よろしくお願いします

@harutch228

Жыл бұрын

佐藤貴也、映画しゃべれるんだ。すごい！

@leadsolo2751

10 ай бұрын

TOTALLY Intriguing !! 🤩 ❤

I love how the numbers on their jerseys are at an angle to match the corners.

@MajTom-wd2yt

8 ай бұрын

It's like the Kentucky Derby...so the gamblers can keep track of their 'horse'. The Jap's will bet on anything.

Such a cool sport. One more reason to admire Japan from afar. The inverted starting order by the riders' rank in the scoring system is a particularly interesting aspect.

8:20: Even the numbers on the back of their shirts are printed at a 45 degree angle so that they're straight up-and-down when the riders are banking left! They've thought of every detail!

@LilSaint001100

5 жыл бұрын

i actually was getting confused as to why something isn't right with when i look at the riders. its the numbers.

This was a very cool vid. Love the action on the track. Hope you do another of these when it's a bit more crowded. Dig the roar of a big audience. Good stuff.

Thrilling video Peter! I raced Karts years ago, still know people who do & a few who are up there in age(near 80) & still get on the track to race & show they still has the skills & passion for the sport & don't let their age hold them back.

Great Video for motorbike lovers! Thanks Peter! Can't wait to see the next one!

Well done Peter! Very good topic! I am curious to see the next!

Awesome video, Peter!! A great share, indeed! I love the "Buzz off!" Had me in stitches.

Loved the Easter Egg! Makes your great videos all that much more fun. Thanks, Peter! Lorem ipsum....LOL!

wow that was Awesome! those bikes are crazy, I also like how the highest ranks start at the back! fantastic share! Stay awesome!

Thanks for the Nostalgia. Used to watch this from outside the fence near Funabashi everytime my family went to the funabashi racecourse flea market. Never knew whats going on but you can't go wrong with a bunch of bikes racing each other in an oval.

these are incredible. everything designed specifically for these races down the strange offset handlebars designed to keep your hands level with those huge leans. at least I think that's what they are designed that way for. this is freaking cool

Nice video. Possibly worth mentioning that this is one of the very few legal ways to gamble in Japan currently, add also horse racing, and I think you can bet on some bicycle racing and mini powerboats. This isn't too far from me, so I might ride up and check it out one day.

Thank you PVG - San! What a blast! 😱🤩🤪😵👍🏻👍🏻🎉

Killer job PVG! What a cool venue too. Thanks

That is indeed a really cool, stylist video! Great content (this kind of racing was new to me!) and very expertly filmed and edited.

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly Mike!

really cool! thank you for showing!

Like the editing 😂 never seen anything like it!!! 👍 73 years old respect!!

yes its similar to flat tracking here in the US but they dont get their bikes that low. Thats insane how low they go nice job on the camera work to capture that

This was really interesting and you described everything very well! Thanks

Awesome Video Peter i was try to get John to a live stream on this for only in japan go channel i love racing

5:41 oh wow, never expected of japan pop idol live to be like that lmao 😂😂😂

Another slick vlog, thanks Peter 👍🏻

Amazing video and well researched, bravo from a old moto-crosser.!

Thanks PVG, awesome vid. Interesting the way they invert the rider ratings/numbers.

@Utubermensch21

4 жыл бұрын

They're being fair 😉👍 Kinda like on a street group ride, the best rider is always the sweeper 😉👍🍺

Hey Peter, shout-out from Santa Barbara!Back in the early 90's lived on Mnt Hood worked out of Beaverton. Discovered your dog racetrack outside Sandy! Used to go just to watch the Weiner dog races!

Great video, PvG! 🏍🏁

badass awesome! thanks for sharing

@aestheticsvibes6435

3 жыл бұрын

Ayeeee

Very cool. Never saw that before!! thanks for sharing!

Very nice video Peter - I love bikes so I'm subscribed now !

Amazing video thanks!!!!

Awsome video.. thanks.... Thanks for the inf

JD never takes us to cool places like this. Thanks PvG😎 You rock!

@WaoryuONLYinJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

Dante Bravo HEY!!!

@dantebravo8644

5 жыл бұрын

@@WaoryuONLYinJAPAN sorry John 😆

@WaoryuONLYinJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

😂 no worries! Just happy to be on the ride here with PvG 🏍🤘👨‍🦲

Thanks for this video, those handlebars really look awkward....Î'll put these races on my "to do" list when we come to Japan.

Outstanding, Peter! Attaching a preview of coming attractions to entice the huddled masses starving for entertainment is a shrewd ploy. Likewise, a 'TO BE CONTINUED' two-part episode might become a hot topic around water coolers everywhere. "Can the doctors and nurses at Jackrabbit Hospital stop jumping each other's bones long enough to save our hero from an overripe case of swamp arse or must he pin his hopes on the cool breezes of distant autumn? Tune in next time!"

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

hilarious! Yeah the 'to be continued' has been considered for the longer vids.

That was awesome Peter! I never thought so many of the bikers would be older. 2:00 in thank you for the eye candy. 😏 🙏 It was funny to see the flag person on the track at the finish. I'm an F1 watcher and you don't see that anymore. Fast paced fun and exciting! 🏍 Thanks PvG! 👍 Oh and when are you racing? 😎

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

Always lookin out for ya JB! ;)

@jason_from_canada

5 жыл бұрын

@@PetervonGommJAPAN Arigato🙏 and ROHO PvG!

I don't know why this was randomly recommended to me but I'm glad it did. This is awesome.

I was playing Tatsunoko VS. Capcom on the Wii for the first time in awhile. Since the last time I played the game, I became aware of your channel. I had no idea that you voiced Frank West for the game. In the game’s gallery section you can play all of the character’s voice clips. It’s like having a bizarre Peter Von Gomm soundboard. Anyway, it’s really cool that you were a part of what I consider to be the best Wii game.

I loved it and subscribed.

Friggin' cool! I wanna go when I visit Tokyo this year!

Your narration was awesome. Old Guys Rule... and it's FREE !!!

thanks for the explanation on how it works have seen it but didn't know what i was seeing.

Noriyuki Haga, 'Nitro Nori', this is what funded his early career & racebikes; as his father is a famous Auto-Race rider.

Hi Peter, Thanks for the great vid, I’ve met a guy that does this racing. He’s a friend of a friend. It’s quiet a tactical race.

great video Thanks!

Loved going to MKC...have you ever been given the tour of upper control box? They have some very cool pics up there!

Awesome stuff!

awesome vid. I think I will need to check this out soon. I've also wanted to check out a Keirin bicycle race someday which I think has a similar structure but with cyclists. Also the boat races here also have a similar structure.

Loved this video

6:08 that "handle" is not for push-starting the bike. The rider hooks his/her right thigh under that peg to keep them on the bike. The bike is push-started from behind by an assistant.

@Utubermensch21

4 жыл бұрын

Yup spot on...they use that as anchors for when they do those deadly banks 😉👍👍🍺🍺🍺

I like how they have the numbers on their back tilted to the right, so when they're leaning in the corners the number is straight up.

Ha Ha, I've been to the dog races in Portland but that was many years ago. Cool flat track racing!

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua" - I bet one little Cicero is crying somewhere, reading this. :)

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

LOLZ! OZ you have a keen eye for the easter eggs I chuck into these things.

@oleksandrzubchenko210

5 жыл бұрын

@@PetervonGommJAPAN Looking forward for more!

That was Awesome Thanks

that is awesome to see. thanks peter!

Looks like a form of Speedway but without the dirt track and American football style padding.

@plottwist1733

5 жыл бұрын

They used dirt tracks back in the early days, but the government deemed them too dangerous and banned them in the 60's.

@torspedia

5 жыл бұрын

PlotTwist That makes sense, ta!

Amazing video!!

thanks for this Peter, out of interest do you know where i can find a list of auto race tracks?

Reminds me of speedway and flat track racing combined. I love that the highest ranked rider needs to work his way through the field. F1 should do this. It might make them more interesting. I'd love to see these races in person. Maybe when I retire, I'll move to Japan and be one of these of guys.

Speedway (aka Grass Track) on tarmac, not seen that before but I recognize the style.

@brentscott5359

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say just that. Speedway is nuts. This put it up a few notches.

Mori-San from SMAP! I knew he left to race bikes,but I thought he raced in JSB or JGP250 or something.😆🤣 すごいのホットパンツ(awesome hotpants)

Interesting Never have see this exact flat track racing 🤐 thx

well done ... i saw this sport back in the day at the movie theatre , i believe it was , On Any Sunday 2 ? very cool to see it more in depth and at a personal level ... ありがとうございました

Wow! The bikes, the circuit and the culture around it.

Love the way those bikes look. Totally old school.

We need more info about those American Football protections... ;)

Thanks , these things had me puzzled

Interesting ..... first time to see that kind of motor racing 🤩

The 73-year-old racer is a former great player and has won many titles. The rank is decided by the grade, and the player of the lower rank replaces the newcomer, and he always maintains the middle rank or higher even at this age.

Thanks for sharing this 😁 looks like a good time to watch races n bet. Small world. I grew up close to the Mkc kennel club in Troutdale and use to go there some back in the day. Unfortunately the racing greyhounds were treated like crap not unlike modern day horse racing so glad it was shut down. Moto race events in your video look cool though 👍

"Riders then head to the garage, out of the sight of the betting puplic, where the Nitro and timing advance is added to decide who will win today " ! !

@keithralfs5190

3 жыл бұрын

Really ??

@milesmoore5422

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithralfs5190 Could be. Why do they need to go out of sight for inspections ? Because the "House" always needs to win ?

Love it :) Ride to Live Live to Ride Those guys deserve more respect and fans :) Nice rides !

Great educational and interesting video! Too bad you didn't score any personal rider interviews 👴🏍️💨

For some reason, KZread thought I would like this! Having watched and enjoyed it I do the usual and check out the number of subscribers and suss out the past videos. Based on the quality of what I had seen I expected 1-2 million subs and a huge video back history. I was wrong!

Thanks for the experience.

I would love to see a keirin vid as well. That would be super kool. I think the closest ones are in tachikawa and omiya.i thought it was interesting how some of the rules and looks of moto racing are similar to Japanese keirin.

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yeah I may check out the Keirin here!

Hope motorcycle companies in Japan will lend you bikes for a week to review. 👍

o man i wanna do that!!!!!!! looks like great fun! this needs to come to the usa!! it would be huge

Very interesting didn't know this was a thing in Japan ☺ ♥ 🇯🇵

I've never heard of this bike racing before, and I used to work in Kawaguchi. Nice.

I am currently about 4 miles from where that dog track was in Multnomah county.

This is impressive. Now where to get an authentic Honda ? And how much ?

Reminds me of Speedway on asphalt and double up on riders, looks fun

Great report . I never knew this part of Japanese life existed. I like how they tilt the numbers so they look vertical when they are tilted.

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

yeah I was admiring that too!

That's cool, bit like Speedway here in the U.K, It's run on a shorter dirt track and they pretty much 'drift' around it spraying dirt everywhere from the rear tyre.

@pikeywyatt

5 жыл бұрын

nothing like speedway.NO JAWAS'

@d1rcwill

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing like it? You mean this form of short oval bike racing with barebones bikes with no brakes is NOTHING like another form of short oval bike racing with barebones bikes with no brakes?

@derekwildash2683

3 жыл бұрын

Many many years ago auto race star Jimmy Ogisu came over to try and ride a speedway bike at Hackney speedway, didnt end well.

#5 is like Magilla Gorilla on a speedway bike. Love it.

Probably allready mentioned, but this is old school U.S. flattrack/dirttrack racing, on a hard surface.

@kilerscn

3 жыл бұрын

Otherwise known as Speedway or Grasstrack in Europe.

That was fun. All aboard the lady train!

@WoodstaS

5 жыл бұрын

Woo Woooo!

Fascinating look at motorcycle racing. Amazing angles when they go into the curves. So judging from the rankings of white to pink, there are only 8 racers at any one time?

@PetervonGommJAPAN

5 жыл бұрын

yes 8 racers

That was really cool!!!

have you checked out their Boat Race version? Same concept, small harbour doing short track oval racing in small outboard motor boats.

I've been riding 35 years and I've never seen this type of racing before, thanks.

@casualguy393

5 жыл бұрын

There is a video of 1 of these racing modern day road bikes on this kind of track. The road bikes were given a head start and they got stomped. It was hilarious!

It's called Speedway in the UK, but it's done on a different track surface, dirt/cinder and it was really big in the 1920s and 30s.

@whalesong999

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, roots of this kind of racing certainly sprouted off of Speedway, still a fairly big sport in the U.K. A detail here is that there is no sliding to help in the cornering and the engines here have recirculating lubricating oil, not total loss like with speedway bikes which drop in onto the track as it exits the engine.

I met my grandparents at that dog track in P town. True story.

These bikes are a masterpiece of engineering, don't let looks fool you on that track they are faster than a moto GP bike by a long way . Great video i love this style of racing it is unique to japan

@MajTom-wd2yt

8 ай бұрын

Moto GP? 200mphI doubt it.

At least I know how I’m going to make a living when I move to Japan 👍🏻❤️ I’ll be considered a young buck once again. Love your videos Peter. Keep the rubber side down.

That was amazing.

Good stuff, you should do the same for bicycles and boats.