I always thought the bike was an XR Harley? Maybe because of the tank with the pyramid and all seeing eye on it?

Thanks for posting this video. The show meant the world to me when it aired!

As comprehensive a video I've ever seen on any subject, let alone my favorite subject. Thank you.

Extra , extra wonderful video. Thank you so much sir. One of my favorite tv shows. Not enough episodes though. My girlfriend - and we're not kids, loved TCB and loves it when we're out on my HD. "The Old Motorcycle Fiasco" was my favorite with Keenan Wynn and his own Rudge Ulster. New sub.

Buddy Stubbs HD Cave Creek Rd. Phoenix, AZ. Has a real used on show Bronson bike in there museum.

The TV show that spawned 1 million sportsters. Great show...I could hardly ever understand what Bronson was saying. He mumbled into his chest. I still can't understand him. Great show, great bike.

Hi Tom. I hope I have reached the right person. I believe you are the individual that has produced the “Then Came Bronson- Keeping the Memory Alive” retrospective videos on youtube. They are exceptionally well done and I have enjoyed every one that you have produced. I think you capture perfectly the tenor of the show as well as doing a good job of recapping each episode. I have been a fan of Then Came Bronson since first seeing the show when I was 14 years old in 1969. This show profoundly influenced me personally- not only for my love of motorcycles, but also for developing a positive philosophy of life. Over the years I have collected most of the music as well as the songs that Michael Parks sang and that were featured on the show. I listen to them at least once every week or so. As a consequence of watching all of your videos, I have grown to really like the background music that you selected to use in each segment. I now associate it with Then Came Bronson and would love to know where I can acquire it so that I can add it to my play list. I would guess that it is license free music. Any help you could provide to me would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Dave I.

I've been told the Bronson bike in the museum in Buddy Stubs HD cave creek rd. Phx. AZ is a real used in show bike.

I was 14 years old in 1969 and this was my favorite show on TV. In 1973 when I turned 18, I got a used 67 Sportster XLH and took off from Dallas Texas up into Banff Alberta, 4,500 miles trip for an 18 year old punk kid. The next 50+ years has seen me building choppers and I'm still riding the same 1974 Shovel Chopper I got back in 1974, yes, I'm its original owner. That chopper eventually got into Easyriders magazine and has been the basis of the 4 Chopper Hobo books I have written, all due to Then Came Bronson. Michael Parks, you were the best, RIP.

I love the way you point out little details in the episodes that most people wouldn't notice, such as the end music in this one was the same music as the opening and that Bronson doesn't sing his trademark song. Bronson has a big heart giving the boy a ride on his bike, I know that made the boy very happy. I've watched every episode, I really love this show. Your narrative is excellent!

66 YRS OLD ...STILL RIDIN...THIS SHOW WAS THE START OF IT...

this and on any Sunday ruined me !! still riding at 63 😂😂

Desk chick's hair! YIKES! And ppl joke about 8os hair???

I suppose that it is fitting that this is the Paul Hardcastle episode.

Just wondering how many of your viewers bought their Sportster because of Bronson

I will never forget what that show did for me I was 9 yrs old to me it was and still is the best show that ever came out of Hollywood and how it inspired so many young people it's such a shame that Hollywood puts out so much trash nowadays I still watch old episodes of Bronson just something about that show it's clean America needs another Bronson any way thanks for what you did I truly appreciate you

This one really struck a chord! I think it would make for an outstanding feature film. C'mon, Holly-weird, grow a pair. This would not even need to be that pricey to produce.

Feels like the kind of vibe that spawned many Gen Xers!

Good stuff.

I loved this show as a kid, I talked about it so much that my parents friends started calling me Bronson , eventually my friends did the same, even today friends say it sometimes and I use it as part of my passwords , I loved Sportster's, what a great bike

This show prompted me to travel across country on my Triumph in 1970. What a trip that was!

I used to watch this. I love it. My Daddy had a Harley too,all my life. He always had one. I had to get one a Harley Davidson sporster 883.I really think this show has alot to do with me getting one.❤deb

I loved this show when I was a kid, I talked about it so much my parents and friends started calling me Bronson, and still do today, I even use it as my handle on KZbin and Google

We all wanted to be Steve McQueen. Steve McQueen wanted to be Bud Ekins.

the Cobra seats were made in Tujunga Ca by Leo's later to become Bar Enterprises. both companies are gone now. Bud was a friend of Leo and the seats were model S2 and special made thick ones made first for Parks as he had Hemorrhoids. the series made my fathers company take off. Got to sit on a few of those bikes, for a 14 year old that was it have had street bikes the past 56 years.

The original MacGyver

I only saw a few episodes of Then Came Bronson. Like most commentators, I longed for the day I’d have my own motorcycle. My parents were not fans of them and wouldn’t let me have one. 62 now and have had one since 1986. I still ride my 1986 FXWG. I enjoy getting all your takes on the episodes I’ve never seen. Thanks!

OMGee. You just spoke my childhood. I was 9 in 69 and road a minitrail 50 with my blue bene hat on and then graduated to a 1972 SL 100! Thank you for the memories.

I was 9 in 1969. My dad and I watched every episode. A great TV show. A remake of it would be a good idea.❤

I guess that's what they mean when they say. That will buff out

@Buick Man I just finished watching all your videos here in August of 2024. Thank you so much for all the time, love, and effort you put into this series! Who would have thought we'd still be talking about a one season TV series, 55 years later? Today I was thinking, "What would my life have been like if TCB hadn't been seared into my brain at age 12?" Very different, that's for sure.

I was hooked from the first episode when I was a teen. Parks was perfect for the role. When mad magazine did a parody of the show in one of their issues that was the highest honor a TV show or movie can ever get.

I love this. I own a 1968 XLCH 900cc Sportster, I still have it. I bought it new from Rieman's Harley in Kewanee, Illinois. Roger Reiman was the top road racer in the world at that time and he was also the main mechanic for Evil Knievel when he was doing his jumps. I thought I was Bronson every time I rode my bike. I had the navy watch cap, and the sunglasses, I put the Bronson eye on the tank. My wife was not impressed. She said the bike was the only think of any resemblance of the show. To this day when I ride my sportster, it gets a lot of looks and I am constantly being asked questions about it.

In the opening shot hes riding a dirt bike. i was 13 and saw this show and had to have a XLCH after yrs later I was bartending in comes mr parks I buy him a steilager and told him I loved the show he looked pissed off and soon he turned from the stool and walked out ,no thanks no tip just gone. I heard after he was a dick and I found it to be true. ive had 10 Harley 3 sportsters and today I a have a 2024 low rider st the big boy sportster im 71 and still do a 100mph on big island hawaii. c ya. p.s. im taking her to the mainland again this oct to my mom 91 and rip up lotta highways maybe ill get a little black Bennie ha

I too was inspired by this TV series. I bought the model kit of Bronson motorcycle and loved Harley Sportsters ever since. I own a 08 Harley Sportster 1200 Custom but will never come close to the “69. Someday one my come my way. I gotta “Just Hang In There”

thanks this was great

I LOVED Then Came Bronson when I was a towheaded adolescent. 😊❤

Back in the late 70's & early 80's I rode high way 1 many many times. All over San Francisco And Sausalito. And noth of there. Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Napa, Cloverdale, Guyserville , petaluma, Gurnville, all over. Ot was greate.

I still ride a red Sporty.

I learned how to ride a bicycle during the Summer of 1969. Yes I was a little late in the bicycle riding adventure - 9 years old. However I made up for lost time. I LOVED that show Then Came Bronson. It showed me a man, a role model that exhibited freedom of the open road and the fact that motorcycles could be fun. My first motorcycle was a 1975 Honda Z50 Mini Trail, my second one was a 1980 Honda XL 100cc dual sport. Back when TCB was on, they were called motosports. My third motorcycle was a 1986 Honda TR 200cc Fat Cat, and finally my final motorcycle was a 1975 Yamaha DT 250cc Enduro. Due to my eye sight not cooperating with me, I had to retire my days of riding motorcycles. I am NOT a happy camper having to do so. However I do have AWESOME memories of those days out on a cow trail plonking and having oodles of fun. 😊❤

Yes, I remember this episode! I used too stay up too watch Bronson's adventures.

O M G ! This is the episode I always tell people about! The one where he straightens the forks and rechromes the frt fender with a rock and a screwdriver ! Lol, thanks I thought I'd never see this again.

Thank you

Didn't Bud Ekins do the bike jump in "The great escape" ?

I love this movie! I discovered it as a teenager and always thought it was feature quality. Didn't realize it was a pilot! Thanks so much!

and in a few short weeks after this episode, I saddled up a 650BSA Thunderbolt and hit the road for the entire summer of 1970...Bronson style..sort of, there were 5 of us. No motels, just tents and sleeping bags

Do you have the episode where Bronson plays guitar and sings in a hippie coffeehouse?

I sure appreciate these videos. Takes me back to watching it on TV with my dad. I had minibike then, but I soon bought a Chaparral ST-80 because it was red, kind of like the Bronson's bike. I even had the stocking cap. Dorky but I thought I was cool.

I was 10 years old when this show came on, and "The Forest Primeval" was my favorite episode. First had a Yamaha Mini Enduro, then later a Hodaka Super Rat. Rode a Yamaha AT125 in college. Quit riding for 25 years until I went riding with a work buddy. Eventually got a Harley Sportster in red to pay homage to my early years watching TCB! Thanks for the memories!

outstanding