The 80's! What a great time to be alive!

@alexluckes6563

Жыл бұрын

the best

@deepbludude4697

5 ай бұрын

I was just thinking that, besides blasting around on my YZ490, I was surfing, listening to great music and the girls so fun!

The guy pulling a bike out of a hatch back... I respect the hustle 😎

What at terrific blast from the past! I started riding at 8 years old in 1974, got my first motocross bike in 1977 and went to my first club race in 1980. We traveled for my dads work so I was fortunate to have raced in Canada (1980-81), Japan (1981-1984) and the US (1984-early 90’s). This video brings back those early racing days so much, captures local club racing perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

Superb film. Bikes and cars would be considered classics now. You really captured the spirit of the racing back then. Those Maicos were bloody scary.

Bloody brilliant that! The young lad with the RM in the back of a Chevette! :-)

Takes me back to my younger days . Loved every minute 👍👍👍

The young man casually saying "I bought and old bike and I liked it so I got this one".......brief flash of seeing he is riding a YZ 465!

As a teenager I used to watch a television show called “Kickstart” narrated by Peter Purves from Blue Peter, which used to be shown on U.K. BBC 1 channel in the late 1970s to early 80s. It showed children competing in Scrambling competitions such as balancing on planks of wood and riding over boulders etc. Some of the competitors were very skilled and I regret the same show would not be remade now because of stupid Health & Safety rules.

@dwaynedibbley436

4 жыл бұрын

More trials than scrambling or motox but i remember it too...far too dangerous for todays snowflakes

@bonkeydollocks1879

4 жыл бұрын

@@dwaynedibbley436 they would freak out

Mega film. Proper old school racing, cool bikes, sweet ass shot and a chevette with an RM in the boot, it’s got it all!!!

@Jestersson

3 жыл бұрын

The RM is there to get him home when the shovitt paps out!🤣

Fantastic ….thank you!

Great times, great memories, had 81 a race in west midlands. Coming all the way with 3 lads from germany (western germany at that time).

Shooting on film when it was a real skill. Hope our films last as long as yours Syd, all the best Matt & Wayne.

_Nice! Brings back memories, well from the 70's when I started to ride those bikes at first! I still ride but I ride the KTM 300_

Great film and amazing quality for the year !

Lovely stuff, brilliant atmosphere, exciting but accessible racing. Thanks.

Ahh the memories, Launde and Long Buckby we didn’t realise how lucky we were

Great film really enjoyed it, and captured the essence of the sport.

Thank you for sharing this Great camera work, production quality, editing etc... good stuff.

Brilliant, takes me back, thankyou.

The bikes back then just had a great look to them. I remember thinking back then, the KTMs had such an exotic look. 🏁

@chadkimmel8957

3 жыл бұрын

I’m in the process of restoring an 81 KTM GS 390. Obviously a woods bike, but still looks pretty much the same, minus the number plate rear fender.

@mikeyerke3920

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadkimmel8957 That’s awesome! 🏁

The old High Point boots, love it

Great film and superb quality too!

I loved it, reminded me of My brother and I, good times, so cool to see.

Hahaha....the ole lady at the end talking about no serious injuries....I mean broken arms and legs ...and that thing they call the collarbone...or something....

Great video 👌fond memories worked like a dog 5 days and a Saturday morning ,Saturday afternoon rev the bike up and shake the dirt off ready for Sunday morning. Talk yr bird into coming with you cos you needed a Marshall, creep home after the racing cos u was f#cked and ached like a bastard 😟 Back on site mon morning. Retired now knees shot,elbows, neck, back, wrists BUT,!,,,, I wont be lying in that bed when I'm about to croak wishing I hadent done it !!

@Richardgwilliams

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly Peter!

@3antonine

4 жыл бұрын

Damn right mate 👍 🙏 🏁🏆

@peterbalac1915

4 жыл бұрын

@@Richardgwilliams Chris rich,🤙

@peterbalac1915

4 жыл бұрын

@@3antonine😂🤙🇬🇧💥

@bonkeydollocks1879

4 жыл бұрын

Too right

I love the old lady at the end. I love the English. 🇺🇸

Golden era of MX..

Excellent work ! Thank you.

0:44 That kid didnt actually stuff that crosser in the back of that tiny Chevette did he !!

@FOH3663

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Couldn't believe it!

@DM-qp7do

4 жыл бұрын

That's a true rider!

@JMJC1

4 жыл бұрын

How times have changed. Most believe you need at least a 20K VW van to go and do any outdoor stuff nowadays.

@PurityVendetta

4 жыл бұрын

Not a problem, I got a gpx 750 into the back of a hired chevette once. Needs must.

@williamsherman1089

3 жыл бұрын

Funny part is is that kid probably didn't think anything of it, he just wanted to race and that's all he had to get to the race. God bikes were so good looking back then. Now they all look the same.

Good picture and great sound

Awesome footage

A real time capsule, simple and effective. From the riders to the officials to the spectators. Rolling up with the bike in the back of a hatchback, sitting in a deckchair on the LandRover roof while the missus is inside making a cuppa.

Considering I own 3 1983 husky 250's, an 1982 husky 500cr, an 1981 yz250 and a 1981yz465 this movie got me excited. Thanks for posting!

I remember those times!

Great racing, early 80s good times,

@boom-rl7me

4 жыл бұрын

So so much better than the world we live in today!

good film.. takes me back a bit, getting yer bike out of the back of a car , lol

Trany vans good lads.the first watercooled years.great fond memories on a yz125 h..:)

Awesome video Syd, brings back a lot of memories

This is Great brings to my 81 Kawasaki 125A class days Thanx

Thanks for posting Syd..... I heard about the film from my Aunt, who saw it at a viewing (Women's Institute or similar) in Leicester that year (1981), the place was in uproar at my mothers comment (10:46) about lack of serious injuries :-) Two chats with me at 1:27 & 6:36 Bit of visual humor at 6:33 ...... and you were taking a risk at 5:32 :-) I recognise... Kel Prince, Gaz Keen, Pete Whitehead, Jim Jones, Terry King, Dave Wainwright, Mick Jones and me (Chris Vincent) and Mo Vincent

@syd6325

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Vincent Hi Chris, Nice to hear from you after - what is it - 34 years? Where have the years gone. The original film has been shown hundreds of times at different shows and your mothers comment always got a good laugh. Incidentally, we donated all our 16mm films - Hover Bover, Scramble, Marathon, Gentle Giants etc., to Mace Film Archive in Lincoln so they are now preserved for posterity. Best wishes to you and everyone who took part in the film, Syd & Beryl

@jhareng

4 жыл бұрын

Plenty of 81 bikes but behind your mom was an 82 250 KX No133

@Aykosss

4 жыл бұрын

Jonny there’s a few 82 RMs and 82 YZs too

Not exactly On Any Sunday, but enjoyable none the less. Thanx, well done.

That was fun I had all the way from 125 to 360 cc enduros. Thanks for posting!!!!

Blimey that takes me back, happy days.

"the good thing is there's no serious injuries.... Just broken legs, sprained ankles... And uh death 😂 "I just cut my finger off 🙋

Good little movie, most enjoyable. There's only one thing I don't get. It say's 1981 but I saw some 1982 KX's there. They're easy to spot because of the rear fender with the integrated number plate.

thanks for posting this excellent!

All those new bikes are. Beutifull total dinosaurs now I have a 2019 kX 450 they definitely came a long way

@bonkeydollocks1879

4 жыл бұрын

Yea but modern bikes are soulless bits of plastic, no character whatsoever

That was great loved it!

Nice work, thanks for sharing..top job

Slow mo is good, you did a great job with this. Funny how when you are having the idea and filming you have no thought of capturing a piece of history. But that is what you have done.

Great days and times ,real dedication too getting an RM into the back of a Chevette...🤣🤣🤣👍

One thing I noticed... No groomed track.

Love the Bikes...Thanks for posting mate

Hey it wasn't on any Sunday but it wasn't bad nice color harescramble are great....I really miss ripping thru the woods...I used to sing off to grandmother house we go...as I am ducking in and out of trees....makes u good at turns when u get to MOTOCROSSING....THANKS

wow the,fantastic bike cross vintage

Nice little film and well done Syd very nicely produced and a nice piece of historic scrambling footage of how things were back in the day.

Really good film and enjoyed it

Thanks! good little flick

Love this vid 👌

I see a lot of 1982 bikes in there,,, sure it's '81? awesome film, great color and clarity for the time. Was the greatest era to be racing mx, I loved every minute of it.

@swemx7403

3 жыл бұрын

It's 1982. The title is wrong.

Wow! Monocross YZ's, Mega 2 Maicos, Red Rocket CR's, first year Floater Suzuki's and Uni Trak Kawa's, and I'm sure I saw at least 1 '81 KTM 495 (I had one, still do in fact). I wish I could teleport myself and the bike back to that scene right there!

@keithmilne6281

5 жыл бұрын

Maico Alpha 1 at the end...he got one a year early? look again -Alpha 1

@keithmilne6281

5 жыл бұрын

at 10:14 82 Alpha 1...I have one

@dieseldave71

5 жыл бұрын

That's definitely an Alpha. This has to be 1982, I see lots of '82 Japanese bikes as well

@martinjenkins6472

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure I saw a Kramer in there too...and my first wife's brother haha

@jhareng

4 жыл бұрын

Suzuki Full Floater copy of the KX was 81. KX Unitrak was 1980 with the A6 so 3rd year for them in 82.

Anyone else ever put the front wheel in the trunk, tie it down, remove the chain, and 'trailer' their bike to a race? You do what you have to do to make the gate on race day.

@coobay978

4 жыл бұрын

Haven't done that but in 1979 I did ride my Yamaha IT 175 a 140 miles to race in an enduro. Got to the race about an hour before start then raced and came in 5th place in my class then rode my bike home. That was a long day but when your seventeen it seemed like the right thing to do.

My mate was a great rider in the late 70’s but had to travel to I think Barrow in Furness as they’re was no real scene in Scotland for his age ,ended up with a 125 mugen Honda ...👍

I don't know if that qualify me as a motorcycle crazy s I went my second motocross race with my 86 CR 250R stuff into my Mazda RX 7 seems I forgot that I sold my blazer but still wanted to race...I had a plan I just took the fork tubes off and the whole front end it wasn't too bad gotta do what u gotta do...

Motocross is not the 100+mph Scrambling that I remember about 10-12 years prior with Triumphs, Beezers, AJS , Enfield and even Ariel. It slowed down even more in stadiums. There are still a few great fast tracks in Europe though - more like road racing on turf and not to be confused with desert racing. Good video here. Times have changed but I miss the speed restricted by the whoop-dee-doos. Still riding on all my broken bones, I enjoyed this presentation.

Always fancied the rm125 water cooled. Had the 100 air cooled. Good times

Looks like you had a proper camera...see worse quality with todays.. I was 6 years old when this was filmed and grew up in west Wales. Dad had Maicos and Hondas and raced all over. I raced too when I was old enough...only the best and bravest know what moto x is all about.. great stuff... I can smell the castrol r from here!

9:26 That guy with the 69 number was probably Ronnie Mac's father haha

Bring back the eighties please

Boy we sure have come along way

Did that guy at 0.45 just pull that big bike out of the back of a Vauxhall Chevette ?? I didn’t know that was possible

@williamrae9954

3 жыл бұрын

Missed him putting it back in...dirty,ha ha

Bloody good that mate

air-cooled 2 strokes,,, nice.

Cool

I only ride in one MX race. Brand new KX80 right off the showroom floor brought to the track by the local Yamaha/Kawasaki dealer. I got to the track with a friend on my dad's TY250, riding double! Waiting for the races to begin Bud Green strolled over to where me and my friend were. He asked if I wanted to ride. I said sure! When we walked to his truck, there it was, a brand spanking new KX80!! I was 12 I think. The first race everyone went for two Laos to determine the classes. I won that short race! I got put in the expert class with two other kids riding modified YZ80s. One of them was a superb rider. The third rider was on an old YZ125 I finished last in the heat race. That was because the third guy and I got tangled up on the last turn coming past the spectators. I held the YZ125 up for my friend so he could start it and then got my ride going and finished the race. When it came time for trophies I didn't get one. When the presentations were done the organizers asked me to come to the front. They presented me with a small plastic trophy cup with "Sportsman of the Day" on it. It's still one of my most precious memories. That superb rider, on the YZ80? He got covered in mud when I won that first race and he still remembers that day like I do but certainly not with as much fondness as I do. His name is Warren Lewis and I hope someday he comes to a better appreciation of that experience. I now own his brothers 1973 RD350 (Brad rode that day years ago, too) and Warren doesn't like that either. Oh the memories. I rode trials on a TY80 back then. I was a decent rider. That day on an MX bike will remain in my thoughts when I watch a fine video like this. Thank you for sharing here with me. Ride safe and always smile at the end of the day! Andrew L Miller, Sgt (Ret), USAF

Nice !

I can't complain too much I rode a 1978 RM 125 it was fun for a few laps but I never had the discomfort of racing one it seem pretty good lucky for me I started racing in 1989 and quickly found my way to a race shop thanks mainly impart to my road racing reputation....there wasn't too many cross overs in those days so my friends must have thought I had some talent because I road raced and did motocross too...I never told them motocross was my first love...let them wonder they kept begging me to quit road racing they didn't want to see me get killed...I liked it because u had traction 95 percent of the time compared to MX...hare scrambles are the best mixing the fun if woods with a little motocross track sections hear an there....looks like fun boy those old bikes did get shite for traction and suspension did they...

all slim guys, no lard arses in those days

Must have been the end of 81 because most of those bikes were 82's

@teepee4296

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Relph yes I think I spotted a YZ 125 or 250J there.

@leewaken5059

4 жыл бұрын

"82" RM250 @ 7:25 (yep end of "81")👍

@jhareng

4 жыл бұрын

Its dusty with leaves on trees so cant be winter 81 has to be 82. 10min 50 theres an 82 KX250 No133 the 3rd year of the Unitrak.

nice film. there's a bunch of eggs under the car at 4:16

That’s why I didn’t know the riders , I heard one rider say it was the amca

4:16 that's a lot of eggs

@garys4756

4 жыл бұрын

Bacon butties all day long

I had one of those Moto-X Fox beanies at 6:24. Dude in Japan paid me over $100USD for it about 20 years ago.

Looks like Launde hey haslingden 😎

@paulfoster5121

4 жыл бұрын

Na mate , that place was much harder, going up that massive hill , that wooden jump and the steep decent where the rock face was visible. What a track, was it Vale of Rosendale club 👍👍

Broken leg,collar bone sprained wrist, nothing to serious. ha typical Woman.love it

@jhareng

4 жыл бұрын

That all, i had busted wrist, busted 2 knuckles on the stakes, busted elbows, collar bone 4 places and busted leg 4 places with torn ligament.

Looks like Launde Abbey, near Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, though could be wrong.

@wbev_thai1666

Жыл бұрын

That’s long buckby mate , just outside northampton

Track is Long Buckby Northamptonshire .

At 3:00, bike #43, what is a Kramer? That's a new one to me. Rotax mill for sure... And that Husky next to it is a beaut! CR250 do you think?

@williamrae9954

3 жыл бұрын

Like the one through the wall from me ,right now...big bruv had one in the 80's,bought another recently

British 👍👌✌

see some '82 suzuki and honda's

I didn't see one Cagiva. 😭. This is really the beginning of true 12" suspension.

@paulfoster5121

4 жыл бұрын

I remember those Cagiva's Red plastics, ohlin shocks and looked like works bikes 👍👍

@happyraccoon4791

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulfoster5121 and I had 3 of em. C.1986-85. Bing Carb or Delorto. And the handle kinda like a 650 Honda XLR 🤔😲 but fun. Sold them in 1999 when I made a big move into the Sierra's

@paulfoster5121

4 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, I moved up to the 125 class in 84 on a Honda then got sort of sponsored on a husqvarna , but kept seizing on me so moved to a KTM 👍👍👍🤯 HAPPY DAY'S

@happyraccoon4791

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulfoster5121 congrats! 🐱. I also had a 1984 Cagiva 125. No power valve. Light switch power band from 8500 to 10,000. Maybe 8hp go to 30hp+ in 50 rpm . Kinda.... 🐱

@williamrae9954

3 жыл бұрын

Or a Husqvarna...unless i missed it

What a cracking film, Syd. What was the film stock? The colour is really vibrant, like a Fuji Velvia.

@syd6325

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, It may have been Kodachrome but sometimes I'd use Fuji VNF (video news film) because I used to know an ITN cameraman who would to let me have the remains of his magazine contents after a days shooting. (they used to like having full 400ft magazines when they went on a job). Regards,Syd

The lady says it at 10:53. Its just fun.

What a great film. What tracks were these shot at?

Hi Syd, thanks for that great film. I was racing in the juniors in that year, still racing now with the classic boys. I tried to recognise the track, was Launde Abbey there? And Long Clawson? Cheers, Sean.

@crd883

5 жыл бұрын

and Long Buckby, i raced a couple of years later, i recognise many of the people in the film, bring back memories. Yes defo Launde.

@three54ridestore

4 жыл бұрын

Clive Davis a lot of the pit stuff looks like Long Buckby, it’s still the same today... it’s a great film.

What was with euros and wearing chest protectors under jerseys?

1:16 that’s bubba

See a Kramer there

I saw a duct taped chin bar.. it passed

AHH!! Castrol arrr!!