Look At Life 1960's Scrambling

[@grahamrushin4384]

Boy rides his moterbike accross the common with his familly in the 1960's ,fantastic fun. 2019 police called, bike removed and crushed. No wonder they all smoke weed these days

[@MattQrillz]

i got my first fine at 13 years old on a '84 KX80.... now i smoke weed lol

[@grahamrushin4384]

@@MattQrillz bet you wish you still had that little kx

[@stephenloflin9984]

That KX80 was an awesome little bike

[@MattQrillz]

It was indeed, went like the clappers. Do wish i still had it. Use to tear up the backyard with it, my mate would come over with his RM80b? i think it was. Good times..

[@grahamrushin4384]

@@MattQrillz i had a dt175mx,out of all the bikes i have owened thats the one i miss. The best times

[@peterbalac1915]

I remember watching the scrambling on grandstand as a kid on a Saturday, I've had a dirt bike all my life, motocross,enduro, I'm 62 now thank God for the electric start

[@CharlieHoyle]

I whole heartedly agree the e button keeps this 62 year old in the saddle

[@ListerMotorsports]

In the 80s and 90s if you had a button you were a wimp, I've had sportsteritis many times and now need a new right knee. I'm 61 lol

[@peterbalac1915]

We should make a comeback The over the hill gang😂😂🤙

[@Patryk_Luna]

3.15 No garage is complete without topless posters. :'D

[@blamestormer9941]

THAT is a cool wall. Not the shit they tried at Top gear ;-)

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Boobies well spotted. Good job. :)

[@corinful]

I'm sure I saw a few beaver shots 😂😂👍👍

[@nicksmith7552]

Mr Rotary......It’s Fanny in England !

[@DISORDERLYPUNK]

page 3 has been lost from a teenagers garage - but thankfully so has that jumper

[@chrisball3634]

Thank goodness people made films like this. Thank you for posting it.👍👍

[@reynardbizzar5461]

🙏👍👍

[@SAXONWARLORD1000AD]

DUDE WORKING ON A LATHE WITH NO EYE PROTECTION AND METAL FLYING OFF - AH,THE GOOD OLD DAYS

[@johnmagill9496]

You beat me to it. That's how real men got things done. I swear I could feel the metal chips hitting me in the face.

[@jack80kiwi]

In 1970 I had the pleasure of having Geoff Smith and Dave Bickers around for dinner in New Zealand. They were out here doing different races around the country. I was a Traffic cop at the time and I found them late one night lost trying to find there accommodation. Took them to the guy who was waiting for them, local bike shop owner. Was great talking to them after dinner my hero's from the early '60's .

[@naked.singularity]

Those of you in your 60s or 70s - reminisce along with me for a moment... This video reminds me of how good it was when I was growing up in the southern part of Illinois as a teen. I started riding in 1968 (at age 11) on a Honda CT70 in a field that was at the center of my block. It was really three, big, connected backyards belonging to neighbors. After I got permission from each, my little Honda 70 wasn't a big deal as far as noise. Then, the next year I mowed the heck out of lawns and carried a lot of groceries. I bought a Hodaka Super Rat (which was state-of-the-art in competitive, small-bore dirtbikes in 1971), and then I started racing in all kinds of events; motocross, scrambles, short-track, half-mile, Hillclimb, hare scrambles - you name it. When I got bored with riding in the big field next to my house on my very loud Super-Rat (sometimes with the muffler off the expansion chamber just because I thought it was cool), I would ride along the street for 3-4 blocks to get to the city park. I would tear up the park's nicely groomed grass before feeling guilty (or seeing a cop car in the distance) and heading back home. On weekends (before I started racing every Sunday), I would spend at least one full day with my riding buddies at the area cycle park. This great patch of land included about 100 acres of riding with motocross, a flat-track, hill climbs, and endless miles of trail riding through every challenge imaginable. Of course, we would have to ride our 100cc and 125cc motocross bikes for 10-15 miles or so out of town to get to the riding area if someone didn't have a truck and older brother who would pick us all up and drive us. Through all those years of riding in the neighbor's fields, city streets, across-country, and at the dirtbike park all weekend, I was never once hassled by neighbors, city citizens, drivers, or cops. No one posted any 'No Trespassing' signs. Nobody sued anybody else. Nobody got hurt (not severely anyway). People lived and let live. I was able to experience the 'Golden Age' of motorcycling in America from the late-'60s through the 1970s, met the most exceptional people in the world, and had the time of my life! These glorious memories are seared into my mind as if they occurred only yesterday. I'll be 63 this year, and looking back, these were the sweetest years of my beautiful life. I'm so lucky to have had those experiences surrounding dirt bikes when I was young! Who else was with me having these same, fantastic two-wheel-centered experiences throughout the 1960s and 1970s ???

[@victoravina409]

it's so hard to find good spots to ride legally.

[@K20rotrex]

David Smith not always the most interesting rides

[@stuartrobinson2248]

Here in Southern Ontario Canada our house is surrounded by 10 acres of fields. Beyond that is miles of Crown land forest. Granted the forest is a Canadian one so it's very thick and hard to travel through but there are trails and if you follow them a couple of miles there's a nice motocross track where the forest thins out. If you follow some more trails from that track you come to an even larger track. It's nice, you get to do a combination of woods and track riding. It's also good for our snowmobiles in the winter. The only downside is having to go out with the chainsaws in the spring to clear the trails after the winter.

[@johnwoody9505]

Since the CROW act 2000, nearly all the legal trails we used to ride locally (RUPPS) have been downgraded to Restricted Byways with no vehicular rights. Legal trail riding has just about died here in South Wales. There are the odd UCRs that are still OK to ride but very little else.

[@ieuank87]

Just ride on your local Moor land, police hardly go up there

[@johnwoody9505]

@Some 1poisoned the water hole Where I live there were loads of great legal trails, the trouble was some people who rode their trail bike like nutters with no respect for other trail users. These people thought they were moto crossers or endure racers, they typically didn't enter proper events, just played at racing on legal trails upsetting other users. "Ride it like you stole it" just sums up some riders. If you go back 30 or 40 years, trail riders didn't have problems around here, then pseudo racers came along with fast noisy bikes and spoilt it for everyone. Problem is that there are so many selfish people around in all walks of life fucking it up for others. There are of course the selfish ramblers who think they should have access to everything to themselves only.

[@kanifuker721]

In my local woods i met some kids whilst walking my dog who turned their bike off and apologised for any noise. I said shut up, kick start that bike and enjoy yourselves.

[@reggiexp69]

lol they polite that good, just tell them to slow down when they see people and respect it. then once u go past give it hell again. no need to turn of the bikes...

[@hullygully1135]

As an apprentice back in 1961 at the age of 16, I bought a heap of a scrambler for one pound, yes £1, I was on the grand sum of 2 pound,12shillings and six pence a week, I shared this heap of a bike with a fellow apprentice and we used to go to the race meetings with it strapped to a sidecar chassis, if we ever came in the top 15 we looked upon it as a win, ahh, those where the days.

[@jackhakke6860]

What a brilliant little film that was, really enjoyed watching that! How 90 odd people didn't like it is beyond me!

[@davidmunrowise4004]

They all work in health and safety..

[@stevenjohnson7571]

They are the ones that are so miserable nothing makes them happy. They prolly scroll through videos all day giving thumbs down. This video is so awesome!

[@MrJohnQCitizen]

90 scum

[@bradbassett1240]

Those old school bikes were beasts!...Heavy, massive power and 4 inches of travel....Riders were bad ass.

[@fs5866]

Riders were riders, it's just that today they don't allow you to be badass nor they encourage it,they want you to be an obeying little sheep living in safe space

[@505197]

Nothing like racing with 2 inches of suspension travel. Back then your legs were the suspension.

[@mark-1234]

If I remember rightly, it was 4 inches. But, yeah, God help you if your butt ever touched the seat. You were launched.

[@eclipsegaming5998]

imagine back in the days of motorized bicycle racing, dirt tracks in fields with absolutely no suspension

[@alaricaguila9022]

And that, hasn't really changed much, just ask any seasoned motocrosser. I had a yamaha 360. It had a grey green tank with a strap to hold it on. It was badass. As far as power. It handled like a drunken slinky. anyways......

[@anthonycrompton1980]

He'll yeah, miss the foot pegs thru the woops and come down on the feul cap. Meanwhile never letting off the throttle lol

[@alaricaguila9022]

@@anthonycrompton1980i know that move ....also; I often marvel at the difference in hauling ass down fire roads and logging access, you know, the fast, smooth, sweeping gravel corners .... On the old bikes, man, watch out in that loose stuff on flat turns! On my 86.. not exactly 'new' .. lol .. CR500, 12 inches of showa suspension, and on that year they had a cartridge fork option, which aided compression damping on surprises.... no. really! ..anyways.... on that bike you could go adrenalinuts, throttle to the stop, smooth sailing around those curves ... those were some great times!

[@jrcann7315]

interesting two stroke motorcycles with a four stroke sound track

[@clydebutler6487]

+JR CannYeah, I noticed that too!

[@hyperluminalreality1]

And a huge thumper sound too. They sound like Goldstar 500's. What were they thinking. I am glad I am not the first to comment. Talk about an editing failure.

[@chunkybuster7203]

HUGO FUGUSEV pp

[@moderatefkr6666]

Well spotted. I was wondering WTF was going on too. They fake anything and rely upon the ignorance of the masses.

[@lordbelvoir2543]

Yep noticed that too.....and why do they do that in the movies too....if its a two smoker they use the sound of some 4 stroke and vice-verser.....lord Belvoir walks out the room scratching his head, pmsl

[@Rapscallion2009]

Nice to see at the end, the handshake and smile. No histrionics, no argument. Just a sportsmanlike handshake and a smile because they both finished and had an enjoyable race.

[@finerhealthierlife1308]

This country doesnt embrace Motocross anymore councils shut tracks down and fence off waste land

[@CharlesCarabott]

Same here. Only in our case it's much worse because our country is so much smaller

[@ianmangham4570]

SCUMBAGS are CORRUPT

[@PurityVendetta]

It's the great English self-righteousness affliction. One only has to look at the gammon who buy a house near to Mallory Park then complain about track days... Even when they're cancelled. I'm ashamed to be British these days. A country filled with whining unskilled halfwits.

[@walterkersting9922]

Sophie Hawthorne Britain doesn’t trust her subject with sharpened objects… So yeah, no motorcycle parks.

[@PurityVendetta]

@@walterkersting9922 But no problem building eyesore housing estates and skate parks. We live next to an RAF airfield which holds a two day track day and I've discovered a Motocross track which has lots of practice days as well as hosting race days. Last year they started hosting grass track meetings in the field next door. Things are looking up around here 😊

[@phillipcleaver7063]

Happy days , great people , great sportsmanship , simple but exceptionally tough bikes , tough but great - hearted blokes , yeah , I grew up with this , never regretted one minute of it , & learnt my way right around the midlands of england by the time I was 14 ( which gobsmacked my late dad when I started driving around for him at 18 ). The sound of a well tuned engine is to me like a symphony is to somebody else , & I learnt that at SCRAMBLING !

[@robinwatters5421]

Magic! Loads of memories, my brother in law Jack Mathews working on his bike at Hawkstone Park. Due to him I met Jeff Smith and a load of other famous scramblers of the day. Sadly missed.

[@haroldpearson6025]

Robin Watters I was a member of Solihull MC/club and was at several meetings at Hawkstone. I also met DB & JS. We had a very special visitor one time in the form of Roy Orbison, dark glasses and all. He spent time with all the club riders, not just the stars, lovely chap.

[@clairehmill1]

My dad Bill Brooker was the competition manager with Greeves, he took the riders all over the world to compete....Later ran the Yorkshire/American factory for Dalesman motorcycles....he also competed and won numerous trials up until he was in his 80's..

[@bradhiggs1200]

He was riding in his 80s?

[@davelippett4856]

Bloody brilliant snapshot of early scrambling in the UK,,,Thank you!

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Friggin awesome!!! Life in the 60's!!! Cool bikes, tough riders who endure every bump & drop-off with style & grace... Very cool segment!!!

[@scavenom2008]

Just imagine a paraplegic from birth selling you a scrambler across the world without having even ridden one himself, that is some skill right there👍

[@519CZRacer]

Seeing Dave Bickers in action, it's sad to remember he passed away in August 2014 from a massive stroke. He was a class act and great rider. He took part in some early vintage racing in the mid 1980's, including the original CZ World Championships.

[@frazerbond3413]

This make me sad, im an Essex boy, 40 years old, had scramblers for as long as i care to remember, i work on quarry's and even noticed the old Colchester lathe at the start of the film. We've lost the fundamentals to what's important in life now, were to worried about health and safety to actually enjoy what's there on offer. There is no better feeling as a young boy than riding your motorbike around some land. My youth life consisted of going to the youth club in the evening, and riding my bikes over old quarry land in the day with my mates and cousins, always accompanied by a group of girls!

[@joseph3884]

Can you tell me what a youth club is?

[@frazerbond3413]

All the kids in the area used to go in the evening, usually twice a week to play pool, football, have discos and just hang out. A lot of first kisses for many people were at the youth clubs.

[@andyand100]

You do know we have British world champion enduro rider s and just crowded indoor champ go Billy bolt the people to blame your friendy Tory mp and they have finished off British steel sad day

[@nomadben]

Wow! What a wonderful, high-quality movie showcasing such a cool sport many decades ago. Thanks for the upload.

[@mountfields]

Thanks to KZbin and the kind folk who upload we are able to enjoy wonderful films like this. Thank-you..

[@mikecollings2808]

Great video, life looked so simple back then. Love hawkstone park, still my favourite track

[@dingleberry7164]

I like how the technical men are just men in flatcaps, and the worldwide sales rep. is just a man in a flatcap.

[@danielandrews9924]

Dingle Berry we’re just a bunch of men watching the video in flatcaps

[@derekwhyle1884]

Maybe that’s why the British motorbike died

[@SomeJustice19k]

My thoughts as well. Just some random dudes who are good at working on machines. I love it

[@Citadin]

@@derekwhyle1884 that, and neoliberal globalists like Maggie and Tony...

[@TheFujac]

very cool snapshot of the pioneering days.... notice how when the narrator points out that the world champion is at the race @7:00 (or so) the world champion is actually just a dude with his pick-up and his bike and his girl.......just like all the other dudes

[@doinggreat9197]

Unless im seriously mistaken the narrator is Eamon Andrews.

[@Meat_Beat250r]

Yeah I noticed that too pretty wholesome

[@codeack101wlck]

Shit really hasn't changed much lol same weekend newer truck newer bike the sene is the same at my local track lol

[@Kevin_40]

the video quality and clarity is amazing being from the 1960s

[@dominocweber9763]

These guys were gnarly! I couldn’t imagine racing on those old school bikes

[@STho205]

This is a great little film and I hope the viewer sees it as a Look at Life. These guys were from all backgrounds, political thought and education, but they got along fine and had fun together. Be courteous to one another and you may eventually find out you actually like one another.

[@montgomerypython9966]

Thanks for sharing this, a rare glimpse of the golden days of scrambling, it brought back many happy memories!

[@fredmciverslovechild]

Remember watching Jeff Smith and Dave Bickers on Grandstand virtually every Saturday afternoon back in the 60's. Always wanted JS to win but DB nearly always did!

[@peterbalac1915]

So did I, got me hooked for the rest of my life. My dad would, come home from the pub but fell asleep thank God so I could watch the motocross 🤙

[@jamesb1969b]

Outdoor Moto (scramble). The best! Awesome video! I'm lucky enough to have 11 acres of timber and trails here in Midwest Illinois and a second spot to ride. Also have an outdoor motocross track a mile away. I remember my first bike well. A 1979 yz80. I was 10. Loved that bike. We all use to ride the brickyards. I may be older now but me and my youngest (15) have a blast riding. Only time he's on a PC is when he's ordering parts. Lol! Some kids today don't know what they're missing!

[@terrywrigley5988]

Lucky!!!!

[@terrywrigley5988]

If you go anywhere now they send an helicopter to find you then YOU have to pay for it! No spare fields anywhere now bloody health and saftey gone barmy !!

[@robertodebeers2551]

I rode Greeves, back in the day. And I still have two of the old beasts. Both run and ride. A '67 Challenger and a trials bike.

[@moppedcrak]

a fantastic Look in the 60´s in super quality

[@derekwhyle1884]

Thanks for the memories of Hawkstone Park.

[@BassSwirls]

This is absolute gold...

[@trailnscaleRC]

Excellent quality footage!! Thanks for posting!

[@stephenwalker8192]

Used to love the scrambling on a Saturday,real old school before it was renamed motocross,used to watch the live meetings at Clifton in derbyshire

[@gerardacronin3095]

Stephen Walker Look at the notice on the wall of the ticket booth at 6:10. It says “Cheshire Moto Cross”.

[@TheSkijunkee]

is it just me or is this way cooer than MX racing today

[@doinggreat9197]

Not just you my friend.

[@alexcarter8807]

This makes me very nostalgic for just mid-80s island of Oahu, there were tons of riding places and as far as I know still there, you can do scrambles type riding or, I swear it's a secret training grown for MX/Super cross champions because there are superhuman jumps out there in Kahuku and superhumans taking 'em and making it look pretty easy.

[@clicks59]

@@alexcarter8807 Today's riders are over paid cry babies..............

[@King_Nero_1]

I've never ridden a 60's crosser, but I have to believe these were not that easy to master even though these tracks are nothing like today's. Just seeing drum brakes and little suspension gives me the shivers!

[@matthewevans6171]

A mini pickup with a scrambler in the back on a Sunday morning, living the dream!

[@haroldpearson6025]

The Greeves test rider in the yellow jacket was Dave Bickers who became Euro Champion and later had a company building film stunting equipment. The Greeves had an aluminium front down member to the frame. They also made a trials and road versions.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Awesome! That was me as 13 year old on my 125 Yamaha enduro East side SJ 1971 Thank you for memories Jumps and wheelies

[@vintagemxer9165]

I just watched the 2019 Paris Supercross and I like this better by far.

[@toastopia1]

I love the naked pin ups on the wall behind them building the scramblers!

[@YPO6]

3:12 Proper wallpapers in that shop :)

[@aol11]

Anyone else read two wheeled thunder? It was about a kid who traded work at a motorcycle dealership for a broken bike that he fixed up and scrambled. I think it was written in the sixties. Still one of my favorite books

[@hrbestalkinme3690]

I'm amazed at the footage quality that they were capable of recording in the 60s. Better than most of what youtube was as late as 2011

[@idenhlm]

Analogue film a classic medium that still leaves the rest in the dust. Photographic quality.

[@r1273m]

I grew up near Teversal in Nottinghamshire and regularly went to the Scramble at Norwood Farm or off to Farnsfield on a Sunday. That would be from about 1958 to mid/late 1960's. Greeves and DOT were very common in the 250cc class. Taggs garage on New Cross used to sell them. Great video, great days.

[@robertparkes4982]

As a kid I was so happy to see the scrambling on TV never mind actually GOING to one !!!.......We did go to a few, and my Brother in law Dave Howard from Stockport took part in a one or two. We used to take Graham Fish to the races such as Oulton park with Bob Harrison's Vauxhall Cresta and trailer, and he tragically got killed racing in Northern Ireland in 1973. Apart from this tragedy we had a fantastic time as kids knocking about with the older lads and cadging rides off them here and there. My other Brother in law Pete Duce has got a fabulous BSA rocket gold star now !!!.................It used to belong to scrambling genius Dave Bickers............Happy days............What went wrong with the world ???......Now everyone has everything but nobody seems happy to me ??????

[@williamcharles9480]

Robert, being an old timer, I remember those happier days quite well. We weren't quite so concerned about how we must have more than the other fellow. We were happy with what we had and had fun making improvements to what we were fortunate enough to own and afford. I think that social media is part of the problem with today's society. Everyone is too busy minding to someone else's business instead of doing what makes them personally happy. I'm glad that I was alive during those simpler and happier days. I wouldn't trade those memories for the world.

[@robertparkes4982]

Dear William, Absolutely right..........As I say, things were far from perfect in my youth, but you can't deny that we were at least more or less free of this Orwellian hate filled world we now inhabit.......The electronic soup we live in is getting thicker and thicker......then what ???

[@williamcharles9480]

Robert, my friend, very well said! I grew up dealing with dysfunction in the home, but my friends and I found pleasure in constructive pursuits. We didn't have much, but we made do. Theft was not considered as a method for gain, never. At least not with those that I chose to be with. My parents would lower the boom on me if I were to do such things. My Old Man was no one cross. I mentioned to the wife the other day how comedy has changed. I noticed with this younger generation that they can't find a reason to laugh unless they're inflicting hardship on another. It's a sadistic group this younger crowd is. I don't know how this evolved except through what has to be that "electronic soup" as you say. The character assassinations that kids inflict on their peers has ruined and ended young lives, all brought on by electronic social media. It happens all of the time. It's so sad, yet these kids think it's great fun to destroy others. These electronic war games have played a role in desensitizing our youth toward killing others, also. It must give them the illusion that killing another can be reversed, just as it is in a game. If they cared, they would know that there's a big difference between games and reality. The youth of today go to hear a concert and what do they do? They pack guns to take with them. They shoot into an innocent group of people, for the hell of it, then they jump onto their hybrid telephones to see how much gossip they've generated on Twitter and FaceBook. Robert, I'm just glad that I'm getting to the age now where I won't be around too much longer. I'm sick of the violence and cruelty and I don't see anything getting much better in the future. I apologize for the extended rant, but I needed to let off some steam. May peace be with you and all of the best to you and yours. By the way. I still turn a wrench now and then. It gets my mind away from all of this crap going on. My baby is an old Ford Mustang that's far from perfect.

[@robertparkes4982]

Hi William, I was in the music business and had a minor hit in the 70's. I worked with everyone from Hank Marvin to Norman Wisdom.....Fab days with proper comedy and variety entertainment........Now any pratt can call themselves an "act" with autotune software plugged in, and computer backing tracks ........It would be comical if it were not so sad.......Goons like Olly Murs/Robbie Williams classed as "singers"....would not have passed the audition for a Butlin's redcoat in my day............Adele £90 million ??...........this is for writing depressing dirges about being dumped by various men...(wonder why!)............The whole Simon Cowell throwaway junk has ruined proper nurtured talent and will continue to do so.................Anyway .............I obviously need to chill out, and put a Lidl pizza in the microwave, kick my cheap trainers off, get on the couch with my pitbull, and watch some more Jeremy Kyle whilst waiting for my Giro.....................

[@williamcharles9480]

Robert Parkes Robert, it never ceases to amaze me of the quality people that one can meet on this form of media, (there can be some positive aspects to forms of social media after all). Having even a minor hit is quite an accomplishment. A hit is a hit, no matter. Especially during an era of so many talented artists. My congratulations to you on your accomplishments. What always bothered me concerning the music industry is that so many times the quality of one's music gets lost in the politics. Garbage gets the air time because it's all about someone's opinion of its "commercial appeal" and nothing else. Of course when we mention commercial appeal we must include its obscene profitability as a major deciding factor and who that someone may be that can provide the backing. Who says "payola" has been outlawed when it comes to air time? Some songs are heard substantially more often than others during a set period of time and I can't be told otherwise. I don't watch those talent shows. Too many commercials and too much sickening hype. Like you say, if it wasn't for the computer enhancements that are used today, most of today's popular vocalists couldn't, "carry a tune in a bucket", as an old saying goes. It's one thing to enhance the sound of a tune through the use of electronics, but it's totally another to use electronics to repeatedly cover the lack of talent that someone has. On the subject of depressing lyrics, here in the States we have contemporary country music. It's popular for some reason. It is a mix of pop with a nauseating blend of twang. Everybody has either lost their mate, has a mate that wasn't or isn't faithful, or it's about anything else that can't be remedied. All of the artists sound as if they've been sent to school to learn how to speak with a Southern accent. Believe me Robert, if you're not from the South, a Southerner can spot a phony accent in an instant. I'm a Southerner and I'd prefer deafness to listening to this bastardized garbage. I've still got my vinyl from the 60's and 70's and I thank God that some of that good stuff that's been out of print is getting reissued. I very seldom come across a contemporary tune that does anything for me, so I find myself listening to Big Bands, Jazz, Standards, Blues and Classic Rock. I guess I'm living in the past and that's just fine with me. My only wish is to have the ability to play an instrument. Oh well, that's just how it is.. It's been a pleasure and I hope your pit bull buddy doesn't get to hog all of the couch while you try to view Jeremy Kyle. ;-) Take care.

[@bobby-bu3ky]

Omg thank you for this I’m gonna continue to search for other clips!!! This was my childhood I’m 57 and it’s still in my blood. Just need to be careful now jump on a mild Enduro bike and enjoy myself calmly!!! Thanks again! So upset the two strokes are being phased out

[@sugarpuff2978]

My family grew up with motorbikes in the 70s and 80s. My dad and my older brothers had their own trail bikes. I'm the only girl in the family and as a small child they used to sit me on the tank and take me around with them. I used to have an adult size crash helmet which used to wobble on my head because it was too big! This was before the days of health and safety gone mad of course! We've all had motorbikes as adults but I'm the only one that passed my full motorbike licence and had a 'big bike' although I am limited to size because I'm only short ;)

[@stephenstephen6754]

Sherbet Pip 🌝

[@stephenstephen6754]

Sherbet Pip 🙋

[@jt9967]

Sherbet Pip Great memories me dirt bike family!!!

[@howardbuttsbearco724]

Sherbet Pip 🎖

[@yashvantchoudhary1691]

Sherbet Pip xxccc

[@alecjefferson6993]

One of the few things BBC got right in day watching it on a Saturday afternoon brilliant 🇬🇧🏍

[@richardmcilroy]

anybody else think these bikes look awesome :)

[@01cissy]

I do !!!!!!!

[@joski9030]

Me 3 I bet they are worth some money nowadays

[@uttaradit2]

I can see how the japanese ripped off the designs

[@doinggreat9197]

Try Bloody awesome!!!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

This what became Motocross. Evolution of the will. Thank you Europe for forming the sport of Motocross, as the sport has formed my will and my life. Doug from Michigan USA, ESP small business name, 2-stroke engine builder and manufacturing expert, all because of Motocross.

[@hiker2742]

Groovy scene man! I raced MX in the 70's!

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Funny, these are two-stroke Greeves, yet the film was overdubbed with 4 stroke sound!

[@totaltwit]

+Deaddoc Really Deaddoc I'm glad you said that, I noticed the same, they sound like 4 stoke but the barrels were 2 stroke!?

[@dartmoordave]

Spot on mate, it struck me instantly it was dubbed 4 stroke. So much for Greeves's detail.

[@KINDOY2]

NOT ALL OF THEM WERE GREEVES...LOOK CLOSER

[@captainboggles1]

the dub track was run at half speed.

[@triangleofdeath6246]

Granted, the greeves in the part where they were testing those new bikes were 2 strokes, there are many 4 Stokes as well.

[@kevincason5309]

one of the best videos on youtube

[@Sandimations]

something is so satisfying about seeing classic bikes doing power wheelies

[@holeshotv311]

Great quality for such an old film. Thanks for sharing.

[@randyweisling9359]

Wow.. how times have changed.. Little more than English (horseback) riding gear for protection back then.. Shorty helmets and all.. They pounded those bikes hard back then ... very cool vid

[@markshepler7525]

I love the old garage within centerfolds all hung up. Crazy limeys

[@frazerbond3413]

this video makes me really sad. Im late 30s now and always had bikes. We used to ride on any old ground. My generation was the last to be able to do this sort of thing, you wouldnt even be able to push a bike a few 100 yards to a field without being arrested now. Let alone be able to ride it. Honestly children have no future now, the computer wins!!

[@rinooneone3]

we still ride like this out in the country

[@rockypupoxo]

plus it would be nicked that same night by the parasites who followed you home as you was walking it home lol

[@OliverCastleGarage]

I battle this everyday we get kicked out of everywhere!

[@plumsink410]

I'm 60 my generation was the last to ride anywhere we wanted......

[@chris-ip4pk]

Yeah I ride still. Grew up 70s 80s we all ride over fields on bikes. Slammers etc. And 3s up on the roads.. Kids can't do shit anymore. That's why all teenagers ride mopeds on the roads. They never learned to ride geared bikes as kids... So so sad.

[@rcnelson]

Fabulous. Old man Greeves, BSA Victors and Gold Stars, kidney belts , them was the days.

[@richsmith8035]

Here in the good old USA, the younger folks have no clue as to how much they owe to these pioneers. I hate Supercross, give me an outdoor track any day. many here don't have to work hard enough to appreciate what they have. I would love to visit Europe, one day. These early riders/builders were amazing in what they accomplished. I really miss Carlsbad, Saddleback, Escape Country, Rawhide, Indian Dunes, OCIR, and the actual 'Scrambles' track that existed briefly in the Lake Elsinore area in '74.

[@GeorgeStrongAKABarry]

rich smith in the UK our freedoms and the smell of Castrol R have all but gone ! Vimeo.com/226630027

[@patd4u2]

Yup, I was a teenager in the early 70's, rode dirt bikes in Southern Calif all over the place with my friends and right by Carlsbad Raceway. Raced there a few times in the 125 class, All those riding areas are long gone, housing estates and factory stores now. I went to the UK when I joined the Air Force in 76, stayed there for 16 years all together, went to the British GP back in 78. This film was just fantastic.

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

Castor Bean oil is alive & well, I use it in all my machinery from chain saws to dirt bikes!

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

Outdoors :)

[@Knox-ec9ur]

rich smith sounds like you need to talk to more young people! My friends and I are all in our early 20s and each one of us have a deep appreciation for old school moto. As for the hate for supercross: I get it. It's a far cry from how early tracks were designed but, in the same breath, the guys that ride supercross well are by far the most talented moto riders on the planet. Those tracks are insane.

[@grahamcooke9612]

I've melted my boots on that wood stove in Dave Smiths Shed. Great memories. Arthur Browning worked for Smithys Dad.

[@matthiasschulze393]

amazing video, thanks for this jem of dirtbike history

[@DurhamGooner]

Matt Emmott, You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@bermripper]

Man! Riding those bikes had to be brutal! .....the modern dirt bikes have us completely spoiled! :)

[@CloudlessStudio]

My grandpa used to ride one just like this, one day I’ll get one too, to carry on his legacy ;)

[@joekilleen6526]

We need some small shops today to build bikes exactly like those great machines though they'd require all the restrictive government add on "technology." But 60's - 70's retro stuff would sell big. Go to ebay and see what bikes in good shape from that era fetch. A few good machinists, toolmakers and welders with connections to a foundry along with a catalog or two for suspension etc. could do OK in this rather sizeable niche.

[@whereswaldo5740]

Aah. That’s how it used to be. Fun! Just common everyday folks having clean honest fun. Fun to watch. Fun to do even if you weren’t good at it.

[@arsaeterna4285]

love the nude posters that's how it USED to be

[@stanleykachuik2589]

My first street bike was a 2017 British Triumph street scrambler. With 900cc and 54bhp. Fun and stylish with a great sounding engine.

[@johnwoody9505]

I'm trying to find some old B/W footage of when I used to watch scrambling on the TV in probably the early 60s. There were two commentator that covered each race, one of them had a favourite phrase, "notice the Greeve's suspension working overtime". He handed over to the other commentator with the "over to you Murray", who I guess might have been Murray Walker. Me and some mates used to watch the scrambling in mud avidly and would often chuckle at the "notice the Greeve's suspension working overtime" and the "over to you Murray", with an accentuated way he pronounced Murray. Anyone remember this, or is is an age thing where my memory is fooling me? Cheers, John.

[@jamesmac2513]

We started racing just as the mono shocks were comming in. Awesome video!

[@mark-1234]

What a great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@rotax636nut5]

Back in the day my father moved house to within a mile of Canada Heights Scrambling Track near Swanley in Kent and the sounds of the bikes racing on Sunday mornings was music to my 10 year old ears, I've been a fan of old scrambles bikes ever since and I have a collection of CCM motorcycles

[@lelboy]

Saturday aftenoons - Dave Bickers et al: great stuff!

[@7352tommy]

I remember watching Arthur Lampkin as a youngster. Great memories.

[@mrseaweed5587]

David Smith has a few pinups in the shop!!!! yeh buddy

[@JohnSmith-hn6kv]

I love this video. It should be used as a 'short' before the latest sci-fi blockbuster in the cinema in 2065, 100 year anniversary. Guaranteed to blow away the audience.

[@Speedking1967]

I am always amazed, how fast they were with this stone age suspensions

[@nigelcarren]

Watching this makes we wish I had now swapped my Bultaco Pursand for a VW Beetle back in the 80's! I could never get it going right on account of the flywheel Woodruff key that I just could not stop shearing. When I was offered the beetle I jumped at it... on account of my bike being such a pig!!! A week later the guy I swapped the beetle with rode over to tell me how delighted he was with such a fast and wonderful bike! My first question was: "How did you fix the flywheel problem"? "Araldite" he said. Do you know he drove that bike for 3 years before he sold it when he moved in with his girlfriend. The moral of the story? Don't overthink stuff if all that is necessary is glue! Thanks for this upload... Pure joy, with the smell of Castrol R. 😂

[@magnatik11]

Отличная история. Приятно посмотреть!

[@joski9030]

These guys can ride I love vintage mx bikes 👍🏻 well all motorcycles in general but it’s definitely the motocrossers I fell in love with from the age of 4.

[@derrickfish7776]

Looking at this even back in these days these guys look fast on these bikes and ride fear less like some of todays supercross riders maybe even better

[@CharlesCarabott]

They ride well with what they had available

[@paintballmafia2918]

They would whoop my ass 😂😂

[@JohnMaher-u4h]

Hi all. I live in Dublin. My name is John - not Paddy, Seamus or Mick ! I'm a proud member of the NORMAN CLUB, based in Ashford in Kent. My late brother who was seven years my senior, was into nothing but Villiers and was something of a master in repairing, riding and racing them. He used to have a 1952 James 8e 197cc plunger to which he had fitted a 4 speed Talismsn gearbox. He had also skimmed down the head and barrel to give it that little bit of extra compression. Some years later, I managed to get him a beautiful DOT frame with leading link forks. He duly installed the Villiers 197cc into the DOT. But, back to the James for a bit. When I was 9 and he was 16, he taught me to ride. From watching him ( side eyed ) I already had a good idea how to handle it. He passed away 5 years ago and up to 78 years old, he was still a maniac on bikes. But he NEVER strayed from Villiers. I'm now 76 and thanks to my big brother, I still have a "55 150cc Norman (road use ) and a 1953 DOT 197cc 8e ( Trials ). Well, that's my little lot. Thanks so much to anyone who has read this. John. L

[@jenbill]

A must have in any man cave, Tools a little grease and nudie center fold pictures on the wall 3:12 lol

[@ianrhodes6618]

The winner of the last race in the film was alan clough.he had motorbike shop in stockport back in the eightys and he was always great to deal with.

[@CZ350tuner]

I noticed the dubbed in 500cc 4 stroke engine sound for the 2 stroke dirt bike testing. Ironic that Dave Bickers was pipped at the post by a CZ as he later rode and was a dealer for CZ motorcycles.

[@cristian_m_ciarlo]

Great video in great quality ! Please, upload more ! Greatings from Argentina !

[@sideskraft]

With only a couple inches of rear wheel travel, those guys were mighty tough to compete.

[@Croseb2]

My father raced BSAs and Triumphs in the 60's. Very cool video. Thanks for sharing!

[@gitaneVYS491R]

Tremendous! It would've been even better if the Greeves 360s sounded like Greeves 360s.

[@xvdd1]

They are the works specials that turn into four strokes once underway.

[@alaricaguila9022]

@@xvdd1 Izzat right?.... or are you making a joke? well, it's interesting ... I'll have to google it straightaway, I hadn't heard of this before. But then I hadn't heard of RiBi front end\forks before either, and that was on a dang Greeves. sigh .... what a cool time that was, that big old poster of the newest, meanest, bestest Greeves .. or Bultaco ... Hodaka .... down at SandS BSA HarleyDavidson 'service; repair; foreign and domestic' .... ......

[@sutrotka3828]

This is one of my favorite videos on KZbin

[@tarmacturtle]

Good viewing, enjoyed this :)

[@Renierius]

Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing this 👍🏻👍🏻