1983 GP 500cc Motocross St. Anthonis NL Hakan Carlqvist New World Champion

By Classic Motocross NL
21.08.1983 Grand Prix 500cc. Last race of the year with title chances for the Belgian André Malherbe (Honda) and the Swede Hakan Carlqvist (Yamaha). Malherbe wins the Grand Prix, but the nervous Carlqvist will be the New World Champion with 7 points difference. Leading roles further for the Englishman Graham Noyce (Honda), and the Belgian André Vromans (Suzuki) and the Dutchman Gerard Rond (on an older Works Suzuki), who has his best race ever in the GP 500cc. And more than 12 minutes broadcasting time on Television at Studio Sport for Motocross, times were went!
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[@Jo_Lubi]

I'm a proud swede! Håkan Carlqvist was the king 👑 🇸🇪👑🇸🇪👑🇸🇪👑

[@russellhelms2835]

He was definitely one of the very best of the greats!

[@christopherfowler1549]

I wish there were still tracks like this, fast, fun, and not stupid dangerous. Everybody thinks you have to have 100' triples, 140' tabletops, and Huge whoops. This looks like way more fun.

[@519CZRacer]

Totally agree!!!

[@russellhelms2835]

@@519CZRaceragreed as well!

[@robertrishel3685]

Real men, on real bikes, on a real track! Real motocross.

[@RobertSmith-so6qv]

These guys today dont have heart...

[@4touchdowns1game29]

Omg.

[@4touchdowns1game29]

Why is there always old people on these old videos with the obligatory " real men, real bikes, real motocross". Newsflash, not trying to take anything away from these guys but they couldn't hold a candle to a rider today. First they lack 40 years of technique including scrubbing, brake dragging, flow, rhythm. Second a 450 is alot faster than these bikes. A 450 makes torque EVERYWHERE why they are so good at supercross. And last these racers literally would party and drink beer after the races. Ricky Carmichael brought about the era of ultra fitness. Guarantee there wasn't one guy back then that was on a regiment like Aldon bakers. He literally makes professional riders live in his training facility and doesn't let them go out or do anything.

[@ethics3]

@@4touchdowns1game29 You have SOME valid points but the era of ultra fitness was started by riders like David baily and Jonny Omara

[@philosborn1840]

@@4touchdowns1game29 The bikes back then were a real bear to ride. You young riders are blazingly fast and you can jump over a single story house and still are racing. 450s now are so trick and powerful oh yeah about the beer some of the riders used to drink the night before the race. lots of laughs

[@pursang833]

Thanks for posting this one! I wish Lackey could have defended his title, he deserved a full year with the big number 1 on his plates. Regardless, the 500cc GP's were the pinnacle of the golden era of motocross.

[@franckpiermay924]

HAkan Carlqvist the lumberjack. Great champion. Peace at your soul.

[@olivierpelerin272]

Enfin le grand titre pour Carla ! Quel bon temps, quelles courses avec Dédé !! Quel respect en course entre ces champions ! Quel spectacle !! UN POINT D'ORGUE !!!

[@russellhelms2835]

Most definitely! Not like the crap of today.

[@peterskallarp]

R.I.P Håkan "Carla" Carlqvist .

[@jaakkojokonen9522]

Suzuki RN 500 water cooled, best works bike.

[@marcusfistarol8270]

The first race i have ever seen as a kid that day❤

[@odanne29]

R I P World Champion Håkan "Carla" Carlqvist, very sad day today.. :(

[@ayrtonsenna7079]

❤prachtige tijden 2024

[@rockypup1968]

real moto x racers good old Graham Noyce he was my hero back in the early 80's

[@theoutremerlibrary]

Excellent , thanks . Proper bikes (and tracks !)

[@evo5349]

The great hard man of motocross 'The Dentist' broke is finger on a post so tapped it to the next and went out for the next race. Gerard Rond, Andre Vromans sand master, Noyce so many great racers what a time to race 500cc monsters and the smell of Caster oil.

[@kevinstearns4198]

good ol days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@georgeboyd2774]

I do miss the big 500cc, two-stroke bikes. I'd love to see a new crop of MODERN open class two-stroke bikes.

[@mike300406]

no shit those things were beasts almost to much of a bike not to many people could tame them bikes

[@abivlogslifexoxo9936]

BikeRidinManiac Had a 1984 CR 500 last of the air coolers ,sold in 1991 ,still miss it 😕.

[@russellhelms2835]

@@mike300406they are a handful, but they are still so much enjoyment! Still ride my 1988 KX500 very often. Almost every weekend, and it’s still very nice.

[@KingNero4444]

The top five of this race are legends. Cool vid.

[@MrTosetti]

Bel video . Grazie.

[@maverick2242]

A geezus that Full Floater suspension system on the Suzukis was good, look even back then how controlled it was, pity a suzuki never out the water cooled factory RM500 that Harry Everts was riding into production, dam shame and another one Suzuki’s destructive weird management decisions, nothing much has changed with them today, still committing Seppuku!

[@niklasryden4247]

carla yeah!

[@toddjacobs5660]

Good ol 500 two strokes, suspension sucked back then, but still had the power...

[@estellejoly8939]

J'aime bien se la me rappelle la belle époque

[@russellhelms2835]

Yes…same here.

[@davidskaar3232]

Good track those guys are fast...!!

[@Fred-by9em]

Very beautifull video!

[@marcusfistarol8270]

This was the first mx race i ever saw as a young kid...from there on i loved 500ccm bikes especially the water-cooled suzuki rm 500...45min motos were for real men...

[@russellhelms2835]

@@marcusfistarol8270yes…yes they were!

[@mrblenksmrblenks3114]

Malherbe's Honda looked so trick ....full factory bike....water cooled and front and rear disc's

[@idontcareaboutyou7757]

Malherbe, a man who lived to the top, missing you.

[@russellhelms2835]

He had it together, and knew how to make it happen. Great MX champion. Smart, extremely fit, and MX skills beyond almost all the others of his time. Top echelon MX racer.

[@alaindimitri8512]

les monstres du cross que de souvenir

[@SixSpeedSS]

Good question. I can't remember. Hopefully somebody who recalls will chime in. I always thought the Open bikes where the most fun class to watch.

[@russellhelms2835]

Agreed! Such masterful throttle control along with body positioning and braking. Modified suspension (works technology making fast gains those days) made for some very fast MX bikes on wide open outdoor MX bikes! A simply grand era…

[@fkhan577]

Listening to this reminds of the funny Boomerang vid with Erik Hartman ..

[@marcusfistarol8270]

This was the first racev I have ever seen...and i have been infected ever since

[@willyenveronicanabuurs7069]

I hate it that circuit is gone i do ride and live in sint anthonis

[@mundodasminisdeduasrodas]

Top!

[@filipesilva4805]

Hó tempo bom kkk

[@SebTheFrenchGuy]

Suzuki Rm500 liquid cooled 🤯👍

[@russellhelms2835]

Yeeeesssssss

[@valeriemsmq4872]

y' a de la Suzuki devant mon Didier Michaux!!!! ;o))))

[@cesarbueno4226]

🤠🇧🇷👍

[@danspiro231]

True forgot Canada colors

[@SCHLAPPI2]

Спасибо за видео.Впечатляет, что такая симпатичная молодая женщина сама убивает кроликов! Необязательно бить кролика по голове 12 раз. Одного-двух сильных ударов должно хватить. Затем вы режете кролику шею ножом. Законченный!

[@dabozz2873]

good old mat bosworth ..16

[@williamrae9954]

A watercooled RM500?

[@nutfukkinjob]

it went to all 250 2 strokes.. 500 was discontinued by the FIM bcoz they were seen as too powerful and dangerous

[@joelvela4366]

nutfukkinjob it must of been awesome to ride a 2 stroke 500 bike. I never got to ride one.

[@russellhelms2835]

@@joelvela4366you should ride one! They are really enjoyable. Be careful, and it’ll reward you with loads of fun. BUT…throttle control is very important. Actually much easier to ride than ALOT of 2-stroke 250’s; tons of torque, and just pull like lightning. I enjoy riding my 1988 KX500 a lot more than my 1996 CR250! The CR250 is a light switch on power! The KX500 is waayyy more power, but not quite so instantaneous unless the clutch is slipped slightly…then you have to know what’s coming! It’s more predictable though.

[@PeggyFJ]

Not true actually. Suzuki and Yamaha hadn't had a top ten finish in 10 years. Sales were low and the enviro geeks were slagging two strokes. So pressure from the manufacturers and geeks conspired to end the two stroke open class era. Not to say that the bikes aren't awesomely powerful (I have a CR500) but that wasn't why they were killed off.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Lacky won his world championship on a zook.

[@maverick2242]

@@kurtvonfricken6829 in 82, they didn’t even offer him contract for 83, that was Suzuki loyalty for you!

[@maverick2242]

Sales lagged for many reasons, mostly because of the lack of development, Yamaha basically wasn’t ground breaking even when they went the 490, stock it detonated like a hot hand grenade, Suzuki, hadn’t made a real effort since the 70s in the open class after DeCoster and even he left Suzuki because they weren’t listening and developing the bike, (open class) They made a one off Factory bike for Harry Everts after not even offering a contract to current World Champion Brad Lackey who won for them, but mostly on parts he could get elsewhere for the bike, Suzuki.we’re more interested in supporting Vromans not Lackey! Sales declined because why would average joe buy the same bike every year when the only developments were happening in the 250 and 125s, as Usual America screwed everything up, just like cars today we have shit box sewing machine SUVs for soccers mom generation pussie CVTs and other crap for fat lazy let everything be easy with 50 cup holders and a leather bitt scratcher.

[@russellhelms2835]

@@maverick2242lol bahahaha you are exactly RIGHT! Totally agree! I’ve NONE of the new stuff! None, never! From A to Z…anything I own is high quality, best of the best, and NOT made in china JUNK. Old school or whatever; I’m firmly entrenched in a much better era of life!

[@philosborn1840]

Were is Brad Lackey #1 ?

[@519CZRacer]

Retired after 1982

[@philosborn1840]

@@519CZRacer hey, you got a good memory👍 Was 1983 the year Carla won the #1 plate?

[@519CZRacer]

@@philosborn1840 Yes. This was his second title. His first came in 1979 in the 250 class. He passed away in 2017 at only 63.

[@philosborn1840]

@@519CZRacer so I guess you seen that video when Carla stopped and had a beer with a spectator while leading a moto!

[@519CZRacer]

Legendary MX moment! Somewhere in my archives I think I have a photo. What a classic era.@@philosborn1840

[@1966human]

Yer when are you going to have a chance to use a drink bottle in that race?

[@danspiro231]

Red n white yamaha don't think 83 .?? Anyone

[@danspiro231]

Suzuki plastic 85 not 83

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Why not?

[@rockypupoxo]

Was 1983 it was the year Hakan carlqvist won the title .

[@rockypupoxo]

@@danspiro231 that was a works prototype that Harry everts rode , it was 83

[@marcusfistarol8270]

The US - Yamahas were yellow and European were white...

[@marcusfistarol8270]

Gerhard Rond was wearing a Camel-bag?? Wow.. in the early 80s.....🙂

[@bentonrodeheaver2596]

Lackluster track at best.