Old School MX Video

[@johnsmith7622]

Anyone else miss REAL mx and REAL factory bikes???

[@stephanmerrifield4319]

Great video! No music, just big bore two stroke power. All these riders were heroes .

[@iglooproductions]

I love the look of 70’s and 80’s dirtbikes much more than new ones.

[@deborahchesser7375]

igloo productions they all looked different now they have no soul

[@williamsherman1089]

Yeah they did the same thing as cars, they all look the same.

[@rickw1126]

In the 70s that's when motocross was motocross!

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

& the chicks too!

[@williamsherman1089]

@@OKFrax-ys2op Bell-bottoms were so hot.

[@vetb882]

These see the gods of war I grew up idolizing.. They are my heroes. I was honored to meet Brad in person at the Diamond Don's vintage national a few years ago when helping Steve Wise write his biography. I was jazzed. I met him and several heroes at the Unadilla Vintage Rewind including Warren Reid, Danny LaPorte, John DeSoto and many others. The last time I saw Brad Lackey was again at the Unadilla 250/450 national. It was surreal looking at America's first World Champion bend down, scoop some of the dirt from the start straight and put it in a jar. Brought me near tears, that even to these top guys this track is hallowed ground even to the greatest that our sport has seen. Those guys are just like us, only they were insanely strong and fast. 👍🏽😏👍🏻😎

[@joski9030]

The era my dad was racing in absolutely brilliant!

[@slednut2000]

Met Brad as a kid in the mid 80s st the Toronto Supercross. Sitting by himself, he smiled when I asked him to sign my Kawasaki cap. I still have the hat. Good man.

[@Papadragon8155]

I miss the days when you could get close to the track . Now you are 25 feet away with advertising in between.

[@james44mag31]

I remember Brad Lackey! Absolutely love the 2-stroke bikes and the smell of bel-ray!

[@jasonwulff8341]

Hell yes ! I have a 89 KX 250, 87 TECATE4,89 Quadzilla and a banshee all running Bel-ray!

[@jhareng]

Nah Castrol R the ultimate. Seized 2 Hondas using BelRay.

[@jhareng]

News to me ran R30 and R40 for 4 years not once separated. Nothing smelt like Castrol R

[@interstellaraxeman4468]

That HippyFreak Motocrosser BRAD LACKEY used to ride with an Air Horn on his Kawasaki F12....Those were the days

[@jhareng]

Emma usually every week unless on holiday. Lets face it travel to a destination petrol already mixed 4 weeks prior will get mixed up by the time you got there. 2nd when pouring it will self mix. Even bikes with mixed Castrol R in the tanks have never ever parted after 12 months its all bull.

[@MrDjh66]

Great vid love it my first race was 1980 unidilla insane times I’m 53 still riding just got a 19 KX 450

[@craigmalm1558]

Love it! Raced Maico’s, Suzuki’s, Penton’s and Hodaka’s in the 70’s. (As an Amateur in MN)

[@motorhead6763]

happy to be in pain today from 1970s 80s MX !

[@daved4215]

Yeah Brother At this age they call it arthritis. Still,it was a blast!

[@bretmuldner]

LOL Me too!

[@deborahchesser7375]

motorhead I loved racing enduro but I could do without the pain, hurts worse every year, I guess it’s better than telling about a stamp collecting injury

[@angelosantaniello4113]

When I started in the early 70's people would always tell me when you get old you're gonna have some serious arthritis, my reply was always the same, only if you stop! 61 and still at it

[@peacefulwarrior4078]

Broken back ×2 with one spinal fusion L1 L2 L3 Two DESTROYED shoulders Total knee replacement 2/3 of all ribs broken Broken hand + all fingers Broken foot Broken toes Broken leg×2 7 × completely knocked unconscious 😵🤪🤯 AND I'D DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN 👍💪😁 83 CR 480 87 CR 500 FORMER EXPERT/PRO CLASSES # 307

[@tpm3092]

Cool video. That dirt looks to be about as hard as Carlsbad

[@markward6076]

Young riders certainly looked a lot older than they were, back in the day.

[@themanrecon6652]

Man great video, all my heros from back in the day when I raced motocross,I'm 62 still riding (but not motorcross) lol ,but I have to agree tdys Supercross tracks built in stadiums are challenging but no where near a course set up like the ones outdoors back in the day..just saying no disrespect we all had to be in top shape and bikes too..man do I miss doing it...thx for sharing,brought back memories

[@james44mag31]

I'm 61, absolutely love the two strokes and the smell of bel-ray! And I remember Brad Lackey very well!

[@user-lm8fx6kc1b]

Blenzall

[@brianchurchill9174]

Unbelievable! Love this! Cant believe how fast those guys were going and how massive the crowd that was there!

[@robertrishel3685]

Wow! What a terrific video! The historical significance of this should not be underestimated.

[@philippzanoni1417]

Das wahren noch Cross-pisten!! Selber gefahren💪👌

[@FlashCadallic]

I love the old days when you could line the track and watch. Now they won't let you get anywhere near the infield. After the race they riders would sometimes have dinner and BBQ together and laugh and have a beer at the track. Man how times have changed.

[@willieboy8798]

I remember going to these when I was boy totally different today..As an American at Carlsbad I talked to DeCoster in French after the race he was fun to talk to, of course he want to know where I learned to speak my friend was French. I was in freshman college with a language very minor to study. He told me to tone it down I was to proper. Hey Roger if your out there " Merci Beaucoup pour le opporunite a' parlee avec vous" I learned allot from you that Sunday ~1974?. He was in a rented van, what today it is Semis and rolling garages!!!! thanks for sharing this video... Yeep I remember now I was there!

[@wonkylommiter6364]

When I was a kid, Graham Noyce was a badass! absolutely a superhero.

[@willieboy8798]

Heikki MIkolla is a National Hero in Finland as well. Cooool!

[@rockypup1968]

Wonky Lommiter mine to ! I had an 81 CR80 R , thought I was just like Noyce lol

[@joelvela4366]

@@rockypup1968 I had a 1980 Suzuki rm 80 wolsink was my hero, and tried to be like him in riding style.

[@wheelieking3976]

What a track. Wow.

[@lanes58]

I had a '81 Maico 490. What an awesome machine. Should've kept it.

[@artmchugh5644]

Wish I still had my yamaha YZ360 B. Monoshock !! 😄😄😄

[@johnkolinoff8591]

lanes58. I can relate I had a 74 maico 250 and it was a BEAST!! it schooled everything..

[@gdv4612]

@@johnkolinoff8591 Everything? Not on my 250 Elsinore brother

[@johnkolinoff8591]

GDV. YOU Gotta love the cr250 that was my first choice, I'm a Honda man too. last one was a 90 CR500 Now the maico I had strait line drag racing the maico,was out front every time. The only milliseconds behind me was the Suzuki YZ 400 that was a beast! and that was a 400 going against the 250! Now that Elsinore, on a "motocross track" with a good Rider yeah it could take me all day long I wasn't a pro but I can hold my own. A better rider whould give you a run for your money.... now flat out drag racing it was the maico! Even race cars! the maico, only had a 4speed transmission. After that you are out of gear, I'd like to get another cr250 our the CR500 being over weight" I'd say CR500 Ride hard stay Safe..

[@stevemcevoy6185]

Had Maico 490 alpha 1.silly

[@purebloodheretic4682]

Knarly Track! Bring Back 2 Strokes & This Kind of Racing!👍😉🇦🇺

[@DougGurley-vv4pt]

Great video, these guys are the real deal from my day. Love old school bikes! That's real moto cross!

[@henriput854]

Thanks , super video fantastic to see this moto cross , great champions on track roger decoster Heikki mikkola graham noyce Brad lackey, , big fan Henri put belgium 🇧🇪

[@milesfifer171]

I used to have a pair of Brad Lackey MX boots. Boy those were some good times, bikes were changing over night, if you had a year old bike you were old school lol

[@chopperenduro6590]

I still have a pair , Hallman Brad Lackey boots

[@manuelfloresescobar7657]

3,49..Roger de Coster good motocross rider.. even in 78 he was veteran!

[@64maxpower]

People don't call you "The Man" without earning it

[@rolandrodriguez3854]

2-45 minute motos. Yeeahh baby!

[@hawkeye681]

Wow!!! Hearing their voices when I only looked at them at these races in the pages of Motocross action magazine back in the day.. Now 58, still riding vintage Mx with my 79 250’s. Super Hunky would be proud I hope😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@bongofury5924]

Boy Howdy, some of those GP tracks looked as beat up as our local “hit and run” riding areas. Thank God the early long travel suspensions afforded a smooth and controlled ride, along with the Open Classers very cooperative and forgiving power bands. “Has anyone seen my light switch”….?

[@roysteful]

ccm four stroke - -we've come along way.. Still cant give up my big bore two strokes...

[@bretmuldner]

Any body with any sense still rides and loves two strokes!

[@Kickstart500]

When men were men and Mx was Mx 👍😆

[@richnewman6348]

Men were men and fuel tanks had dents in 👍

[@tdog54]

Men are still men and always will be. It’s just now days they’re allowed to demand to be called a woman. Hahaha. Great video.

[@donbrashsux]

And goat tracks were used for gps

[@mikekopmanis2099]

Great footage. Roger is Soooo smooth!

[@cbr416]

Hard to listen to anyone complain about track conditions now days.

[@martywheat9726]

Exactly !

[@chrisirving8712]

Cool track🍁💕💕💕

[@jamespolucha6911]

Man you had to know how to ride back then, bikes were super fast and no suspension, now everyone just gases on it , I know it takes skill but I really think those guys had more skills then today’s racers

[@davidm4160]

No suspension? If you road in the 70's like I did, when the 80"s came around, it was like riding on a cloud. Cheers!

[@redrider2503]

David M Nah dude still dosent compare to todays suspension. The technology and time into the suspension now a days is crazy

[@davidm4160]

@@redrider2503 my point was that the 80s susp was so much better than the 70s

[@redrider2503]

David M Ohhh gotchaa simple misread My B

[@williamfabiano543]

Today's motor crossers couldn't handle the bikes and tracks of yesterday.

[@bultacowally]

well sure they could that is a stupid thing to say...plus they are all in WAY better shape today than racers back then. Many of the racers back then would finish a moto then go sit in their vans and have a beer and cigarette before their next moto... I know...I was there. What you should have said is yesterdays MX riders could never handle todays bikes and tracks with their beer gut and smoke filled lungs...

[@williamfabiano543]

@@bultacowally i can't argue with you there. Today's riders are athletically advanced.

[@kellybrown6988]

I’m sure they would smoke all these riders, if u put them on these bikes and on this track, today’s riders are definitely more skilled, but they have all the riders before them to thank for that.

[@pete9124]

Top track. You don't see that anymore ,only continual airborne up and down

[@jcollins4592]

just look at the suspension on the bikes. them men were animals back then!

[@neilreid9005]

I was racing amateur MX during this vid and remember all those riders and bikes. The CCM's (called them Can-Am's in Canada) were really fast but could not corner. Where did the time go?

[@murrayengelman2903]

Neil Reid CCM and Can Am were not the same company

[@johnmathewson985]

@@murrayengelman2903 in 1987 can am outsourced its manufacturing to CCM

[@johnsmith7622]

"And it's all cut and thrust"... LOL! 😂

[@tanutanu8823]

Rikolo jaman semono maseeeeh.... 👍👍👍👍👍

[@EarthSurferUSA]

5:48 Bike designer Allan Klous (sounded like), said he never thought he would see so many 4 strokes on the GP circuit. Neither did I.

[@petermitchell3995]

Alan Clews.... Clews Competition Motorcycles CCM. Still going strong in the North of England www.ccm-motorcycles.com 👍

[@Kawiboy]

That was fantastic 👊.. Got my sub 👍.. OLD G 😉

[@ilroryyli5520]

Tracks nowadays are more like supercross hybrids, definitely not like these old school tracks that were much hillier and rough. Is motocross even motocross nowadays? Definitely not the same anyways...

[@ilroryyli5520]

Also I didn't even know 4 strokes were around in the 70s, yet alone being raced. Woulda thought you'd be at a serious disadvantage to the 2 strokes

[@edwardanstett2297]

Unadilla still old school.....especially after the past two years of mudfest.

[@mx500a4]

The bikes can handle a lot more abuse than back then, so jumps got bigger.

[@bentonrodeheaver2596]

Totally agree. Have you noticed the trucks suffered the same fate? (outdoor tracks).

[@gdv4612]

If Honda and Kawasaki start making 2 strokes again we can get back to real motorcross

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

Not to worry KTM loves building them!

[@martywheat9726]

I agree 💯

[@huskypoop4917]

@@OKFrax-ys2op KTM sunday ATM monday

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

@@huskypoop4917 I own a 98 KTM EXC 250 which I street Legalized in Ohio the only expense it got 30ish mpg, it was the best bike I owned, only blew a front fork seal.

[@motokev2727]

Great video Roger is the almighty

[@chopperhehehe]

Brought me back to child hood lol chears for video ps what track was that.? Foxhill? I don't know if that was about then 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄🎣😁✌️

[@robertrishel3685]

Great video!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Old school!!!?? This is like 78 or 79!! Just YESTERDAY!!!! seems like.

[@cbk2144]

Yea, moto cross really was different then. The tracks, especially European tracks, had so much character. So did the riders, the bikes. A whole different way and feel. Not taking anything away from today's riders, but seems like if the tracks are not well groomed they don't seem to really want to race until it is groomed. I may be wrong and thats ok. I'll still watch and enjoy.

[@ianmangham4570]

OMG, i was THERE

[@drburns3749]

they sure dont make tracks like that anymore.....I would love to see todays riders race on that track

[@bretmuldner]

AMEN, so would MOST of the riders and spectators!

[@1320fastback]

Glen Helen can be quite similar sometimes.

[@bultacowally]

The old school tracks would be like riding flat track to todays pros....

[@markcortis4163]

Real tough guys.huge crowd

[@imken2392]

I use to ride that era bike. No wonder my body is trashed. The suspension from then to now is incredible.

[@daved4215]

What must it feel like to have Mikkola and Decoster behind you???

[@bretmuldner]

If there behind me they better have there seat belts on cause we aint on bikes!

[@ianthomasmoran7595]

Basically I want to ride this way and not some huge fmx. Just fields and picking lines. When motorbikes weren't so flashy to me.

[@leonvangestel4071]

For me this is the track in Gaillefontaine, France. Where I saw my first GP ever. The crowd: 35.000 men! Moto club du Val Du Bray.

[@MexicanNoodle]

What amazes me is how many people there were

[@marcbaillif6270]

It s at gaillefontaine in normandy France on 1970

[@garyarnold5699]

Marc Baillif, can’t be 1970, bikes have way to much suspension for that era. More like 1980?

[@janvanv]

@@garyarnold5699 It Gaillefontain and it is 1978..In 1977 Gaillefontain hosted a 500 International non-GP event...riders from 10-11 countries...I was there racing..400 KTM. The track is very near the English Channel and the soil is chalk..Losy slick grip even when dry and dusty..super ice-slick when damp and those hills are steeper than they look on film.. For 500 (non-GP) internationals we did 3 heats/moto/manche 10 laps- 10 laps-12 laps or a bit over 32m, 32m and a bit over 37 min.. I was dead..But washed up, loaded up and set off for the next race the NEXT day..

[@charliecharliecharliecharl8554]

That yz is definitely the best bike out there

[@GPgundude]

Motocross will never be as great as it was in the old days!!!!! I just can’t warm up to the new motocross and supercross!!

[@isla2017]

Where was this

[@kellybrown6988]

Those bikes back then look dangerous! Swapping, and bouncing up and down like a pogo stick, sliding everywhere lol

[@2wheeledzombie225]

Lets see ronnie mac ride that screamin eagle!🦅

[@BigDMF]

Wasn't too many 4 strokes racing back then like now. All you hear in this video is powerful 2 strokes. And nothing beats the wicked sounds of a 2 stroke

[@TomConrad-td5qi]

Not in this video but Danny Magu Chandler I think was his name any body remember that crazy guy?

[@jamesdavis7306]

Maggoo was the man!!!

[@vintagemxer9165]

Of course. What do you want to know about him? Magoo.

[@TomConrad-td5qi]

@@vintagemxer9165 He was a favorite rider of mine back in the 80s we had a brief connection before he crashed,I worked for Lazer Helmets and I think we had just offered him a sponsor. Is he doing Okay?

[@vintagemxer9165]

@@TomConrad-td5qi He crashed at a supercross in France crossing the finish line and was left paralyzed. He died in 2010 at the age of 50. I have his jersey from the Motocross Des Nations that he won in '82 that I attended. He was a cool down to earth dude. RIP Danny.

[@creepycrawler4690]

This was when they ran 45 minute moto's on terribly maintained tracks and the bike didn't handle near as well as today's bikes.

[@stuarthipkins8336]

Very cool.

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

This is the time I was racing…right on!

[@MichaelTaylor-ln9ll]

Brad Lackey was the only US guy who could race with the swedes and finnish back then. Great names in this race....Roger DeCoster, Heikke Mikkola, and Graham Noyce. This must have been '76 or '77 since Roger retired pretty close to this race and was seen on a RM250.

[@rockypupoxo]

This is 1978 , Noyce's first year on the Honda, he went on to win the 1979 title in his 2nd year .

[@cintroberts6614]

Th rear end of the bikes swapped out a lot more than todays machines.

[@Wide000]

indeed

[@Breakrite]

Minimal suspension with maximum hp. Yep, was fun and the best rider could really fly.

[@motoprof1441]

No track grading or maintenance between motos in those days.

[@dustin9035]

That track looks like a a scrodum scrambler

[@pierluigilembo8039]

Bellissima Epoca

[@64maxpower]

Omg! Roger is so young!

[@triple6758]

Hell yes!

[@Дракон-е7л]

1943 год???

[@wheelieking3976]

Heikki Husky boy. before he was signed by Yamaha. Great bike and engine just need a rutt to get her round the corners.

[@TheFrog767]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎯

[@skippyf.t.pfilmthepolice2358]

How's the crowd, and how close the crowd is to the track.

[@triple6758]

'Safety' ruins everything.

[@stp479]

"Bad Brad Lackey"

[@willieboy8798]

I couldnt stand that bastard I talked him and he talked down to me.,.. I think he could wait to get rid of me.!

[@joelvela4366]

willieboy lackey wasn't all that good, he easily lose to riders that he should never lost too in the first place, like marty moats on the 1980 carlsbad usgp race. He barely wins the 1982 world title, then sits out the next year for money reasons, he was asking for a lot of money. I noticedthat he never even got no ride here in states either.

[@janvanv]

@@joelvela4366 actually Lackey was VERY good....but he kept changing bikes...1974 he was making 5th to 8th in GPs and finished 10th in the year, 1975 still on Husqvarna he was 6th in the world, and won a heat, 2nd in another and generally 4th to 6th... 1976 5th in the World 500 championship still on Husqvarna with a lot of top 5--and a lot of DNF or DNS.. Then to Honda in 77....4th in the series...1978 2nd in 500 World Championship.. That's "not all that good"??? 1979 moves to Kawasaki...4th in the World...1980...2nd in the World points.. Not very good??? 1981...6th on Suzuki 1982 ...1st still on Suzuki Pretty damn good...Better than any other rider in all of USA for all the 70s into 82.. Only man that came close was Pomeroy... Carlsbad..Moates? If a local like Moates was not doing the full 500 Championship series, then it doesn't matter if a local does good cause it is the place in the Chamionship points that everything hinges on...Everybody knows Moates lived nearby and like Rex Staen..had ridden Carlsbad thousands and thousands of time...so so what? The year after? Yeah i heard he had burned some bridges..Everybody does..But he'd been on the road non-stop for 11 years....He asked a ton more than anybody else was getting..about 3 times, cause he really wanted retire... You try it...

[@wheelieking3976]

Proper track.

[@keiannschyler]

i can't begin to imagine how the riders felt riding those bike in that track condition... bikes and track were horrible...

[@bretmuldner]

Back then we those bikes were state of the art! they were super fast and long travel was just starting to get refined and the rules let us make them as light as possible almost. It was not surprising to have a 500cc gp bke at 195lbs dry, my CZ 400 was 218 lbs with one gallon of fuel and that was without Ti. nuts and bolts or any factory support! The tracks are just like today but not groomed all the time, they were built for the type of bikes we had BUT JUMPS were not the main attraction like today.. They built the tracks to challenge the bike and rider and NOT for the spectators only like they do today. They were long and very rough and demanding So it was about the same, for the riders if you catch my drift. You had to be in good shape and have talent to do any good, just like today, oh and have a decent newer bike only to win.

[@fraserbuchanan8207]

I have a 1978 Yamaha YZ400E 2 Stroker, things mental quick even by today's standard. Things an animal and keeps up with modern bikes,

[@bretmuldner]

They both were great!

[@Kickstart500]

Bret Coleman back then racing wasn’t about jumping. The best knew that an airborne bike is slowing down.

[@BigDMF]

Man, look at all those people. These days you won't see half that amount of people

[@jamespolucha6911]

I think they were better riders/ racers back then because of the bikes, couldn’t just twist the throttle and go had to master the bike according to the track, man they only had like 3-4 inch suspension

[@jalyukon]

They had 10"-12" travel on these machines, just not well controlled, like the suspension now a days. They are hardly using the travel.

[@AC-ud7cv]

I was in High School in Hawaii & the Motocross bug bit me hard!

[@davidm4160]

track looks hard as a rock.....ouch!

[@serghoroshiy3259]

Приятные воспоминания

[@clydetheglide4198]

Handling and suspension has improved just little bit

[@Kickstart500]

And braking

[@gb-bp1me]

Anyone know what track this is?

[@michelsimont5934]

Gaillefontaine in France ! 30 000 fans ! The track no longer exists !

[@KPGRUND]

Commentary by Stuart Hall......watch out kids !!!!

[@rockypupoxo]

👍👍😂😂😂😂 bet jimmy savile done the back ground music 😂

[@harleydavidson801]

@@rockypupoxo no...... He was waiting in the ambulance for his next victim!

[@MrColdwatercanyon]

Real hand built works bikes

[@marcelobado3599]

Uff.2t smell bel ray perfum brutal soun

[@mx500a4]

This is like modern day C class

[@franciscofernandezsainz291]

Que os parece el circuito y la lucha con el terreno.

[@sicks6six]

Smell the 2T oil and the blue cloud. Cowds this size don't happen now.

[@larrybasinski8596]

That turn at 3:50!

[@bobbydfangus]

Have a look at the crowd!!

[@xenigron6237]

people looks WAY better and younger than nowadays ...LONG haiur rules SHORT/BALD/SHAVED hair sucks.

[@kurtrightmyer]

That track looks almost as rough as Carlsbad.

[@skippyf.t.pfilmthepolice2358]

Still Honda champions.