Look At Life 1960s Horse Power Riders-

[@Drifty40]

Superb footage, great to see it preserved for posterity.

[@rcnelson]

Superb. The photography looks modern and it's interesting to see Norton Manxes duel with MV Augustas at the greatest of all races, the Isle of Man event. There's even a dollop of "ride safely" thrown in.

[@FondueBrothers]

As a youngster in the sixties, I went several times to the Crystal Palace circuit to watch the motorcycle racing. This brought back happy memories.

[@xfire7]

Can I go back to this world please .

[@neilfurby555]

That's my Bantam ?....or one like it .... wonderful! The racing might look slow, but it's good to actually have time to see what the riders are doing? Lovely stuff, and super filming. Thanks.

[@mikeymike3240]

Oh cricky Bobcherry, is that what’s his face on the MV Agusta . Awesome video man, keep em comin. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧🏍🏍🏍

[@walterkersting1362]

Those yellow bikes with the fiberglass fairings and the guys with the brown uniforms made me want to be a biker when I was just a lad...

[@PurityVendetta]

I have a Norton Domiracer Lowboy replica as ridden by Tom Philis in the 1961 Senior TT and run a small engineering company making parts for and repairing classic bikes. I'm fascinated by these films as I'm not quite old enough to have lived through this period.

[@lagerx61]

Thank you for these film. Very good quality.

[@paulrumbold2436]

Amazing bit of footage . Love all the English bikes . Very good looking days back in the day

[@mervscot]

Super films. Brings back so many happy memories 😀👍🌈

[@PaulDavis-jb1bx]

I used love going to an Odeon/ Gaumont, as there was nearly always a Look at Life in the programme, they were always well made and informative

[@mark-1234]

What a cool series. Lived in Europe for years, never knew this program existed.

[@saltyp123]

1:36 Thought I got tricked into a Mr. Bean skit for a sec

[@ElSmusso]

😂 😂 😂

[@robertrishel3685]

I thought the exact same thing! Mr. Bean!

[@Petrolelectricbikes]

Hahaha

[@deathrodamus9608]

Me too 😂🤣

[@duarthneves4537]

Me too 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@malcytull]

Great video, thank you for posting. My first bike was a 125cc BSA Bantam & my second one was a 250cc twin Francis Barnett. Those were the days ;-)

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

my first motorcycle 1974 Honda xr75.

[@thekitowl]

holoholo haole no ka oi mine was. 197 DOT. Cost £15 in 73.

[@yds250]

Some Good Footage, Looks Almost HD .

[@anthonyakash6530]

Very nice. . Old is gold

[@huguesamal]

A great video !! The TT is always a major event !!

[@LuckyTrucker1]

Many thanks for sharing this film . I'm sure we used to see Look at Life in the " pictures " between the " short " and main feature . I never saw this one though .

[@kenzephyr]

What an amazing video - love it !

[@ldnshabba]

Thanks for the compliment malc , I'm amazed how many views this has since I posted it . If you like old bikes head over to my Facebook London Rockers Page and join , anyone feel free to join if you are a biker or rocker :)

[@jeynes14]

Thank you for sharing.

[@crozwayne]

I love it at 0.36 when the cop coming from the left appears to hot the rear wheel of a cop coming from the right and had to have a quick dab (trials riders will understand) to keep himself upright!

[@briancarter7074]

They're not cops, they're Soldiers.

[@Uncletoast52]

Great video!!

[@cavemantrees7829]

That was really cool ! Thank you . 🙋🏁

[@phillipzx3754]

Oh my... have things (speed-wise) changed. They look so slow now.

[@RTK171]

Jeff Duke true legend

[@chriskelleher349]

Like the Goodwood Revival I'd rather see these bikes at these speeds on the Isle of Mann. Hump back bridges. John Surtees. Cool.

[@rickburnout666]

Spiffing! Bring back the old days

[@curtn7076]

TT stands for tourists trophy! Cool

[@MrConan89]

Great video. It was interesting to see a 250cc Ariel Arrow in the Senior TT, however.

[@peterallebone6446]

Where??!

[@MrConan89]

@@peterallebone6446 7 minutes. Bike No 20.

[@brendavalenzuela954]

my dad Cesar delacorte rode triumphs and bsa s and still owns a bunch of old British bikes txs brenda

[@pmay222]

Great crystal palace track footage. . Huge crowds

[@Lee-70ish]

I had a D1 Bantam in exactly the same colours green and cream cost me £2 10/-

[@silkiebreeder]

When British bikes where best

[@thekitowl]

Jimmy wriddle in pre 65 trials, they still are. Only trouble is now they cost .....a ... lot.

[@chalmerbasham695]

12 week course to learn to ride! Haha No course no accidents and been riding since I was 20 and am near 70.

[@HarleyRog]

My course was a week, then the test for your licence... passed of course 😁 that’d be in 1974ish

[@HarveyMushman888]

John Surtees was/is a badass...

[@speedysteve9121]

That's a name I'd almost forgotten.

[@craigstratford5086]

His racing team were sponsored by Durex too , now that's really Badass and it gave school kids of around my age and mentality a good laugh

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Was..

[@hughmoore810]

Idnshabba See at 0:37 one of the cross over bikes hits the rear of the other bike coursing a little bit of back slide. Not as precision as they should be ? LOL.

[@deepbludude4697]

Nice!

[@seniorelzappo9919]

that was terrific ..

Loved it except for the control bit which I'm not sure gets taught these days

[@michaelkennedy8573]

Imagine taking a time machine back to there with something like a S1000RR, and racing with them, not to win, just for the experience

[@pabloperez4063]

Perhaps Surtess would pass you on ThE jump bridge

[@daveylad2]

Someone nearly lost control alright @0.38 😂

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@0:38 nearly!

[@jiffjiffernson7292]

Looks like a Mel Brooks movie (before my time too). Yet how noble all our pursuits were back in the day.

[@jamesmcgrath1952]

God, I feel so damn old. Lol.

[@fostbitten5721]

I had to rewind that as well!

[@fostbitten5721]

The Isle of Mann TT is a place for huge for balls.

[@jiffjiffernson7292]

7:59 Control in all circumstances; foam bricks and hay bales on fire in light winds only.

[@robertrishel3685]

John Surtees At IOM TT!!🤯

[@lelboy]

TRW Triumphs - where have they gone?

[@CaptHollister]

To the same place as Spitfires, Enfield rifles, No.19 wireless radio sets, etc...

[@eberbacher007]

CaptHollister Well at least for spitfires and enfield rifles, there are reasons why civilians can no longer buy them ( you could buy spitfires right after the war, but nobody had the money apart from some plane enthusiasts in America and some british Nobles) But for the motorcycles, Its a shame that nobody builds simple and good looking motorcycles any longer. There is still Royal Enfield, but even they have gone up in price, far higher than the bike is worth it. (They can just do ist because they have no competition in their sort of styling) Just build the old Triumph bonneville again, with some minor modern adjustments, sell them for 4-5000€ and everybody would go bonkers.

[@dannysulyma6273]

+CaptHollister My closet ? I happen to have two of those three in a closet, the radio is a Canadian made MK III but the .303 is British.

[@obfuscated3090]

The old Bonnies are part of what killed the British motorcycle industry the first time! Read Bet Hopwood's book on the subject for starters. Very pretty, I've owned a couple, but awful by modern standards, which is why modern Triumphs don't share any parts. Triumph are successful today because they evolved, and you can still buy a classic looking Thruxton which goes far longer between overhauls.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@obfuscated3090 rubbish, my bonnie goes between services trouble free, it was lack of maintenance that caused trouble

[@oneman1812]

Yep

[@mrbigstuff6149]

Descending on Douglas. Oh I say !! ....Fnaaaaaaa....

[@456dew]

Thakn you meen

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

What happened to the triumphs from the display team ?

[@williamjohonson5459]

They were sold off , some to general public , given to sponsors , and offered to team riders

[@daveberry2177]

i am sad to say my late father took his bike and died at the isle of man tt, silly old sod got pissed and fell down the stairs,

[@SkepticCat-pz1zz]

Oh boy I remember this as a kid in the UK, sadly that England has been destroyed and gone forever. Thanks EU and liberals.

[@lesreed9269]

Only Americans use "defiantly" when they mean "definitely"! Other than that, a nice vid.

[@americanpatriot3667]

No one uses that at all

[@adriankingdon3055]

American Patriot the defiant definitely do

[@walterkersting1362]

Those slightly pale mustard yellow bikes with the fiberglass fairings and the guys with the brown uniforms and pudding bowl helmets and somebody told them to smile constantly made me want to be a biker when I was just a lad...

[@foghornleghorn8674]

Isle of man race looks so slow here

[@stevesolo16]

It makes you wonder, just how the Brits managed to win the war?

[@deanlee7034]

Wow....very person is White....how times have changed

[@derf9465]

To cold for jam boys.

[@stenbladh6153]

`Larryjohnny come to Portugal and listen to straight pipes the police don`t care I`m living in Portugal so I know!

[@bandhsilvers1]

Lol everyone's watching thinking tipical old bill clowning around doing nothing

[@bigharrykochenbauls4567]

00:35 uhhh hmmmm..

[@BillCompo]

Ton Up (]8^ )

[@johncrispin2118]

Enjoyable but shame about the soundtrack does not match machines in shot. i.e. MV four sounding like a Manx. Another shame is the finger wagging don't do it cos' its dangerous constantly reiterated . They are still doing it now, public propaganda British style.

[@daveking650]

And there are more accidents caused by the car driver, than the motorcyclists!!!

[@CaptHollister]

Balaugh Bridge and the pub at the apex of the following right-hander... and if you died or were hurt it was because motorcycling was dangerous, not because the course itself was dangerous. The worst is that most riders had to pay to race and even the few who were paid starting money by the organizers received next to nothing. In those days you were expected to risk life and limb to entertain the crowds and enrich the local economy for nothing more than the glory. The TT was, and probably still is, the world's stupidest race. Those were not the good old days, they were the bad old days.

[@BlackLabel7345]

you have never been on a bike, have you?

[@CaptHollister]

Ilya Kirkby Really, you read that and concluded I've never ridden ?!? remarkable... For the record: I'm in my 5th decade as a rider. My personal inventory is currently down to four bikes, though in fairness two are awaiting restoration and one is freshly restored but on the wrong continent, leaving me with just one daily ride. I'm genuinely curious as to how, given my opinion about how race organizers used to not place any value on the lives of riders, and how stupid it is to hold a race where any error can result in death and dismemberment, you reached such an egregiously wrong conclusion...

[@mark-1234]

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[@HarveyMushman888]

+CaptHollister Bollocks dipstick....the top riders in those days made a good living and the IOM TT was the original extreme sport. Go tell Mr Surtees he was stupid and I bet he would have a thing or two to say...and maybe poke you in the mouth...

[@CaptHollister]

+Harvey Mushman Sure a little insult certainly makes your argument more valid, right ? up until the 1980s the only people making what you call a good living, were the factory riders, including the great Mr.Surtees. Everyone else had to scrape by on meagre prize money if they managed to finish well, as there was no starting money for anyone, unlike today. And, of course, there were no big sponsorship deals for racers. This remained the case until the late 1970s-early 80s when riders, led by Kenny Roberts and Virginio Ferrarri staged a series of walkouts over both track safety and starting money. The great Kenny Roberts once refused to accept the winner's trophy at the Spanish Grand Prix very publicly telling the race organizers, who had refused to pay any starting money claiming a lack of funds, that they were obviously too poor and needed the money more than he did, greatly embarrassing them . The FIM tried to punish him, but had to relent. These events led to sweeping changes in the 1980s. tracks became safer, and all riders started making a decent living, with the best ones becoming very rich..