1980 San Diego Supercross

[@glenpiro313]

I just watched the first Nashville SX, Eli won, and it was all very exciting and whatnot. If this race had been on simutaneously, I woulda stayed on this channel. Maybe its the bikes being so much more lightswitch esque, or under developed, the tracks having less timing sections (or whatever you want to call them) or such a huge amount of great personalities twisting the loud handle WFO, This era of SX and MX was the best.

[@oldmoto5009]

It’s great to see how it evolved from the early seventies, you could not even find it on tv , wow all the big stars back then , now they have bike haulers worth millions and the riders make millions of dollars, it’s cool to see chuck sun still riding in Idaho, all these guys were our heroes , sad that mike bell passed, thanks for putting this out I was 20 back in 1980 and a huge fan and watch every Moto sense to today

[@MrPsh-xs7ul]

It’s cool to see these old videos. How much the sport has evolved.

[@DADSGETNDOWN]

Hmm, evolved, not sure about that.

[@MrPsh-xs7ul]

@@DADSGETNDOWN not sure about evolving? How so? The bikes are more powerful and faster and jump way bigger jumps. This sport like every other sport is evolving except maybe LaBron James. He still sucks. Maybe Tennis too. That sucks.

[@charlesharper6421]

Today’s Mx sucks. The sports been dying a slow death for 30 years. I’m surprised it still exists. If it were up to me I’d pop a cap in it. RIP mx…

[@70sport37]

Didn’t know David Bailey rode for Kawasaki ! Coolest bikes in this era !

[@kendetulio4009]

Best decade for supercross

[@NorwoodingSkullMask]

wow, it's cool to see what motocross/supercross was like back then and to think about how far the sport has progressed

[@tommyvasquez7949]

LOOK AT THE CROWD!! THOSE WERE THE TRUE DAYS OF MX SX IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME THE BEST DAYS

[@charlesharper6421]

Yep.a time that’s come and gone….

[@rrstieb]

Great race with Chuck Sun and Mike Bell. Thanks

[@charlesharper6421]

Two elite American mx’s. They both got it the “old fashioned” way,”they “earned it”..

[@craigsteinman9807]

That was probably the last time for 35 years that a husky would lead a sx race

[@charlesharper6421]

Yeh but they’re kinda back..

[@listenupfools731]

One great race!!!

[@twp35]

Husky's in a "motorcross"? Bailey on a Kaw? The commentator is hilarious. Neat old footage! Thanks for posting.

[@charlesharper6421]

Yep.hard to believe there was a day when huskies,maicos,cz’s,bultaco’s and montesa’s ruled mx and the Japanese brands weren’t in the picture.but such it was. Bailey started off on bultaco due to his dad’s longtime association with the Spanish brand. He was picked up by team green for ‘80 & ‘81. Decoster signed him to Honda and the rest as they say , “is history”. Wonder if kaw lamented letting him go. He and Jeff ward would’ve been unstoppable.

[@Christopher-nz8ir]

Lol 😂 If Today's Spoiled Riders Had To Race One Of These Old School Bikes Today They Would Pull Over And Park It And Go Home 🏠 Crying 😂 To Mommy ! 😂

[@hondaxl250k0]

No shit. I race vintage mx. 79 cr125 And run a vintage bike in a modern pit bike class.. 71 Honda sl70 now 147cc ripper. The old bikes are so different.. takes way more talent.

[@hondaxl250k0]

Vintage mx! Real men only need 5 inches!!!!

[@charlesharper6421]

What about the guys on the stripped down behemoth British 4-strokes with zero suspension. They were the real men.

[@hondaxl250k0]

@@charlesharper6421 as I grew up on hand shift foot clutch and a hard tail.. them were not just men. They were legendary

[@charlesharper6421]

Yep.we ran what was available at the time. I’ve never ridden a “modern” bike…

[@user-yc9pr8en3t]

Man you can see the differences in track layout and design. The riders are doing a lot of flat landing off the jumps. That's got to be tough! You don't see that now-a-days unless the rider screwed up The jumps are not laid out in a way they can double them. You must give these old guys credit. Back in the day I used to live by Marty Tripes and he was cool and had a million trophy's in his house. I used to race a Elsinore 125 and Jeff's Wards father would complain to the race officials and throw a fit every time I beat his son. You could just show up and pay a non membership fee and they would give you a paper plate with a letter on it. You would tape that over your number plates and race for the day. I didn't have a father to spoil me like Jeff Ward. lol

[@aaronleehughes757]

wwwlouie that’s a cool story

[@tommccallan8802]

R.I.P. Mike "TOO TALL" Bell

[@bobbym140]

Donnie Canheloopit, another norcal badass.

[@charlesharper6421]

I never thought he was so bad…

[@lect0n7]

Jesus, look at the Yamahas with the Wishbone Swingarm Monoshocks...LOL, those chassis were originally designed to run to rear shocks & they designed a wishbone shaped swingarm to make it 1 shock in place of 2 & it worked out for them (luckily for Yamaha, LOL) but if you look at the Honda's in this race they have the modern Linkage single shock rear suspension

[@billrudolph8185]

Electron , where do you think Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, got the idea for a single shock swingarm, that's right, everybody copied Yamaha when Yamaha came out with the mono cross system in 1976

[@jerrymarshall2095]

@@billrudolph8185 yea but the monoshock of yamaha was junk by 80'the suzuki really had the best rear end by this time.

[@dantschosik6777]

why was marty smith not racing in 1980 since he lives in san Diego the best rider of all time. go honda 😀

[@jerrymarshall2095]

Smith was fading fast in 80'

[@charlesharper6421]

He finished 15th that night..

[@空林探]

あらためて思うけど、日本て凄いね、日本車ばっかりだよ‥

[@cintroberts6614]

He was a straight student as well.

[@richie3709]

Not a crooked student? Who?

[@petemack4534]

Don't believe everything the media tells you including bike magazines

[@beachbarlouie]

It's interesting in this ERA; where the jumps started getting bigger but the guts to double and triple them were few! LOL, I guess it took a few too many FLAT landings to figure out it was easier on your body to land on the down side of the next jump.

[@MotoXplor]

The jumps weren't timed to make doubles back then. There were only a few places that it could happen. Now everything is timed to double, triple and even quad. Notice that there aren't banked turns everywhere either.

[@JamesEmmons-w2g]

honda was puple back then

[@jakobshuster1244]

mike bells knees are above his seat ... what?

[@glenpiro313]

jakob shuster , dude Mike Bell was 27 feet tall, of course they were

[@josephwinkler4863]

When Mike bill goes across the whoops his ass hangs out past the back fender

[@josephwinkler4863]

I bet he hates when the announcer says mike too tall 6 foot three bell

[@lect0n7]

& for the record, Ricky Carmichael's not the greatest of all time, Bob "the Hurricane" Hannah's the greatest of all time

[@glenlarson5373]

That's like saying Bruce Lee is not the greatest of all time, Jackie Chan is the greatest of all time.

[@lect0n7]

@@glenlarson5373 Apples & Oranges. I’m a 3rd Degree Black Belt. Bruce Lee is the Great-GrandMaster of Jeet Kune Do, the discipline of Martial Arts which he developed himself. All this _Mixed Martial Arts_ shit you see today… _Jeet Kune Do_ is where it *STARTED* (first originating in a fight Bruce Lee had in San Francisco in 1964 against Wong Jack-Man, if you watch the movie _Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story_ it’s the fight portrayed in that movie where Bruce Lee walks up to a place with his African American Student who says “this guys a killer; a couple guys tried to rob him last year, the guy who was unarmed went to the hospital, the guy with the knife…went to a Funeral Home!!” & Bruce beats the fuck outta the guy, then says “I’ll teach whomever wants to learn” and then Wong Jack-Man attacked Bruce Lee as he was walking away (breaking Bruce’s back in doing so) …then the movie’s portrays him dictating _Tao of Jeet Kune Do_ to Bruce Lee as Bruce recovers in a Hospital. Well, Bruce’s injury really was a result of a Workout gone wrong…

[@SuperStormyNormy]

Motocross was best as a live on the ground experience. It didn't translate well on tv.

[@charlesharper6421]

Like most stuff…

[@usarmywarcollegesaidisrael2910]

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[@jefflaliberte6911]

"Motorcycle motocross"...

[@jongalleog3486]

Nice pass too tall !!!

[@isaiahvillarreal4512]

AlwAys thought that Rick Johnson and Mike Bells Yamaha helmets were the coolest...... Brad Lackeys flame job world championship arai helmet is the baddest though.

[@charlesharper6421]

Bells predominantly black yam was intimidating

[@racingfuel28]

There have been some boring sx announcers over the years, but this guy takes the cake lol.

[@jerrymarshall2095]

This guy is a Boss,what u talking about.

[@charlesharper6421]

I concur.he was clueless.

[@DADSGETNDOWN]

Bad colors.

[@charlesharper6421]

This announcer is clueless. I had to mute the sound. He’s no idea what he’s watching or talking about. I could’ve done a far superior job calling this race. I grow weary….

[@listenupfools731]

The tracks sucked,too tight,too small,but they made do

[@michaelwest9694]

Maybe the worst announcer of all time. Changed Mike Guerra's name to "Mike Guerrera", kept saying stupid things like "here comes Gibson on his Honda bike" and other ridiculous crap. This was obviously his first Supercross race.

[@charlesharper6421]

He was brutal.had no idea what he was watching..

[@MikeSmith-ve2qu]

Stupid 4 jokes ruined it.

[@jaywinters2483]

This guy is the worst announcer I’ve ever seen. He thinks it’s a horse race

[@contactgene3745]

Maybe, but Ted's one of the people who made sx

[@jerrymarshall2095]

You have bad taste.

[@charlesharper6421]

He was struggling to keep up…

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

Worst designed course ever!😂👎

[@80smxpro41]

I actually raced on it and it was pretty good for the day. I had a pretty good day.

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

@@80smxpro41 👍

[@russellhelms2835]

Agreed 100% those were great times, and the bikes were too. I kept mine, because I liked em so much...still do!

[@jongalleog3486]

What about BOB HANNAH ????

[@charlesharper6421]

He dnf’d. It was the only race he rode in ‘80…

[@jongalleog3486]

@@charlesharper6421 gear box as i recall now , thanks👊

[@charlesharper6421]

So that’s what it was he wasn’t listed in the race results on racer x vault. How many titles and races would he have won if not for the broken leg…cut him down right in his prime..

[@jamesbramblett3346]

Wasn’t this the sx Jobe came over and raced? Battling with Rick Johnson in the LCQ

[@MotoXplor]

No, that would have been a few years later.