Hoo Boy! I remember riding in a $20 open face helmet and a ski jacket! What were we thinking? I really enjoyed watching this video. Pretty much the same way Reefer Madness is entertaining. 15 minute video with about 30 seconds of actually useful information.
Man,, cool bikes with chrome fenders, see that CL450 honda. I saw a F7 kawasaki in the mix, DT Yamaha, at 64 Im still on two wheels , my Harley was totaled by a failure to yield on a yellow, I am on a 2017 Africa Twinn DCT and loving it. Remembering the old days of 70's.
Still relevant today though; when I used to ride I wasn't Superman I was the invisible man, and mind always "What's the stupidist thing anyone around me can do" and prepared for it. That didn't prepare me for the hit and run driver that didn't notice me turning left ahead of him and totaled my '71 BSA Lightning then squealed tires away from there, I thought it was my fiancee (at the time) behind me. No lasting damage 40 years later other than occasional pain in my right leg under the right weather conditions. Today's riders could learn a lot from us old timers but they are as hard headed as we were at that age. EG Loud pipes suck, running from the cops is stupid (man up and take the ticket if you deserve it, lane splitting is a good way to die, etc etc.)
Nowadays we know better. You don't need any of that silly stuff. Just straight pipes and a 15 degree retarded spark to shoot flames out the pipes and break windows with the noise, while not being able to accelerate at a dangerous rate.
l wilton LOL Good one! And don’t forget about the mandatory awesome vibration required to maximize the performance, excitement and whole general experience of riding by rattling everything loose on the machine, and man also. It was always a good ride when multiple nuts and bolts came loose, cracked a mirror occasionally, and your whole body was completely numb from the engine vibration and it felt like you just worked out.
Tip's at Castaic Junction @10:27. Indian Dunes track. Piru. Hwy 126 before they began widening it in the 80s. Brings back memories. Though I started riding in the 70s, I didnt see this film until I took a moto-specific traffic school in 85-86. Didnt seem that old then =)
Everything that I was taught and that I eventually taught others in the 1960's with the RAC/ACU Motorcycle |Training Scheme. It was run by good natured volunteers and ran for 2 hours every sunday morning for about 13 weeks. That's 26 hours of training and gave us all good grounding in motorcycle safety. It's a pity it was stopped in the early 1970's as a result of governments interventions with regards to motorcycle training becoming a professional occupation and that meant that if any organisation was to be payed for such training then it needed to be registered and regulated with the DSA and that costs money. Money that the RAC/ACU didn't have so it closed the doors and it's never been done since.
"Shocking pink" biker clothes 3:30. Right. It's a favorite color of all your major biker gangs. Hell's Angel's would never think of showing up to a gang fight without their shocking pink leathers and Hello Kitty helmets.
Great video l liked it l went through those years and l can tell you it’s very different today, cars drivers don’t care, they are out there it seems to end your life there to busy doing there own thing and not looking out for you take care out there bike riders we don’t want to go to that quiet city at the beginning of this video
I have 36 years of moto experience. The reality of riding a motorcycle is this: "If you get into a traffic accident- IT"S YOUR FAULT! Car drivers are inherently low functioning people and you have to assume that every one of them woke up, today, with an urge to kill you. You must drive in a state of paranoid. If you ride beyond your ability and run off the road or into something, that is your fault, too.
@@roberttaylor4608 TH-cam ....ROAD WARRIORS IRISH ROAD RACING SOUTHERN 100.....looks like clipping the grass maybe a bigger worry than grass clippings ?
Snakes, on asphalt-corners. They may not be slick...but they sure do roll! Second-only to spilled-grain(think soybeans!), and/or pea-gravel from adjoining driveways...!
and when overtaking "when in doubt,leave it out" Took a while to learn that one,especially at 17 with a RD250LC (stop or go) Still here 36 years later,sold the LC(near death experiences daily :0) ) and bought my first Guzzi(a V50) n been riding them ever since.
Loud pipes save lives!! or, strap on a S&W .357 Magnum... even in a breakaway shoulder holster... suddenly, almost miraculously drivers can see you 10 blocks away (even the blue-hairs that can barely see over the dashboard of their Cadillac).... alternatively, assume every cage driver is an idiot (or an asshole)
And don't forget to "counter steer" ... Yep.. To turn left, lean left and PUSH on the left grip... Washington state drivers manual.,,, Please dress for the crash when learning to do this ... LOL
The manual isn't wrong. If you're cruising along on a 600 pound bike and try to turn left by pushing on the right grip, you're going to get high-sided. You lean left and push *GENTLY* on the left grip to start your bike leaning left, then start pushing on the right grip when your weight is balanced for a left hand turn. It's a very subtle movement. You wouldn't notice it if watching someone do it, but that's how it works.
So no "knock it down ,chuck it in , scag it out " then be saying no "kippers for breakfast" with a cup of "rosy lee "n" a fag" next , have to be a pop tart and a skinny latte ...throwing of balls to any walls is now verboten.....moving on to target fixation for "dudes" find "stick" in a car and eating with a knife and fork a dark art .....who think be kool with a "K" play at moto-sickles ...lets start on a 600 and buy a GoPro .....bless
Had my accident on my friend's motorized bicycle, took it around the block to check the carb and boom, got hit in the back by some karen on her cellphone
Mustie1 .....can fix them bikes won't even need clean the points just "tap" the rims back in shape(ish) with You Tubes most trusted hammer and pull the forks out via chain pulley n block lashed down to old VW Bus/Van and a big beefy iron rod down the head stock to ease it back in line ......job be a good one
Great looking CL77 & CL350 Scramblers and I even saw an early CB750-4! The 70's were the heydays of affordable commuter bike everywhere!
Hoo Boy! I remember riding in a $20 open face helmet and a ski jacket! What were we thinking? I really enjoyed watching this video. Pretty much the same way Reefer Madness is entertaining. 15 minute video with about 30 seconds of actually useful information.
Man,, cool bikes with chrome fenders, see that CL450 honda. I saw a F7 kawasaki in the mix, DT Yamaha, at 64 Im still on two wheels , my Harley was totaled by a failure to yield on a yellow, I am on a 2017 Africa Twinn DCT and loving it. Remembering the old days of 70's.
Hi Russell, greetings from kent England, glad you are o.k and still riding, how is the DCT to ride (no clutch) is it the way forward?
Outstanding vid! I actually remember seeing this video in my high school drivers ed course. Fantastic upload!!
Yeah!
Still relevant today though; when I used to ride I wasn't Superman I was the invisible man, and mind always "What's the stupidist thing anyone around me can do" and prepared for it. That didn't prepare me for the hit and run driver that didn't notice me turning left ahead of him and totaled my '71 BSA Lightning then squealed tires away from there, I thought it was my fiancee (at the time) behind me. No lasting damage 40 years later other than occasional pain in my right leg under the right weather conditions. Today's riders could learn a lot from us old timers but they are as hard headed as we were at that age. EG Loud pipes suck, running from the cops is stupid (man up and take the ticket if you deserve it, lane splitting is a good way to die, etc etc.)
Nowadays we know better. You don't need any of that silly stuff.
Just straight pipes and a 15 degree retarded spark to shoot flames out the pipes and break windows with the noise, while not being able to accelerate at a dangerous rate.
l wilton LOL Good one! And don’t forget about the mandatory awesome vibration required to maximize the performance, excitement and whole general experience of riding by rattling everything loose on the machine, and man also. It was always a good ride when multiple nuts and bolts came loose, cracked a mirror occasionally, and your whole body was completely numb from the engine vibration and it felt like you just worked out.
Tip's at Castaic Junction @10:27. Indian Dunes track. Piru. Hwy 126 before they began widening it in the 80s. Brings back memories. Though I started riding in the 70s, I didnt see this film until I took a moto-specific traffic school in 85-86. Didnt seem that old then =)
The first accident I saw as a kid in '62 was like the one @3:47 except the bike was a Triumph and the car was a '58 Rambler wagon. Guess who won.
Everything that I was taught and that I eventually taught others in the 1960's with the RAC/ACU Motorcycle |Training Scheme. It was run by good natured volunteers and ran for 2 hours every sunday morning for about 13 weeks. That's 26 hours of training and gave us all good grounding in motorcycle safety.
It's a pity it was stopped in the early 1970's as a result of governments interventions with regards to motorcycle training becoming a professional occupation and that meant that if any organisation was to be payed for such training then it needed to be registered and regulated with the DSA and that costs money. Money that the RAC/ACU didn't have so it closed the doors and it's never been done since.
"Hey, your f*ckin' face dented my roof!!!"
Very nice, peaceful film.
I spotted a Volvo wagon too.
"Shocking pink" biker clothes 3:30. Right. It's a favorite color of all your major biker gangs. Hell's Angel's would never think of showing up to a gang fight without their shocking pink leathers and Hello Kitty helmets.
Sounds like the WAX MIST STREET "RACING" ......TEAM TELETUBBY GOPRO ......biker gang to me
Dam ..I feel old... My endorsement was grandfathered on my license. They left out flipping the bird. That was always around back then
i get a kick out of the fact that the cop leading the training school didn't have is helmet strap buckled up in any part of the film
I love the 1970s
Great video l liked it l went through those years and l can tell you it’s very different today, cars drivers don’t care, they are out there it seems to end your life there to busy doing there own thing and not looking out for you take care out there bike riders we don’t want to go to that quiet city at the beginning of this video
I wish Honda still made a nice looking bike.
A few years ago they decided everything had to be ugly.
Good video, Peter Fonda narrated another video that I like as well
Nostalgic overload
I have 36 years of moto experience. The reality of riding a motorcycle is this: "If you get into a traffic accident- IT"S YOUR FAULT! Car drivers are inherently low functioning people and you have to assume that every one of them woke up, today, with an urge to kill you. You must drive in a state of paranoid. If you ride beyond your ability and run off the road or into something, that is your fault, too.
Nice video, much appreciated!
1:55 That 5:1 ratio is now around 29:1.
Very cool vid! A lot is true today. Although, I believe in offensive riding is as important as defensive riding. They Are out to kill you.
Nice FLHs, wonder when LAPD/CHiP ran the Moto-Guzzi 850 Ambassadors?
Some well cool bikes 😊
Little girl @ 12:41 , had no footpegs. Feet were quite close to the hot mufflers.
Id be scared she wouldn't think for half a second and step on it, in my mind if the bike doesnt have back pegs its not meant for two people
No mention of grass clippings the most dangerous thing a motorcycle rider can encounter according to 2019 neighborhood facebook posters
Think need to get out more ......Less Sir Ringo thoughts on "grass" and more clipping the perfect apex
Been riding for almost 50 years now with lots of friends and never known 1 that has crashed because of grass clippings.
@@roberttaylor4608 TH-cam ....ROAD WARRIORS IRISH ROAD RACING SOUTHERN 100.....looks like clipping the grass maybe a bigger worry than grass clippings ?
Snakes, on asphalt-corners. They may not be slick...but they sure do roll! Second-only to spilled-grain(think soybeans!), and/or pea-gravel from adjoining driveways...!
The little kid on one bike who's feet didn’t come close to the foot pegs! What were they thinking.
9:48 best explanation why we ride. ^_^
that narrator... sounds VERY familiar...🤔
I was thinking Kent McCord from the TV series Adam-12. maybe.
@@scottbanas3514 yesssssss
if you're old enough, the same guy probably narrated a ton of psa movies you saw in school
Ride like no one has eny eyeballs
and when overtaking "when in doubt,leave it out"
Took a while to learn that one,especially at 17 with a RD250LC (stop or go)
Still here 36 years later,sold the LC(near death experiences daily :0) ) and bought my first Guzzi(a V50) n been riding them ever since.
Not a single mention of that ridiculous "riding in formation" and following too close.
Voice sounds like Rod Serling.
Originally released in 1972.
Ride a motorcycle, drive a car.
Wow. That poor kid at 6:00 had terrible acne, and birth control glasses.
Yeah, that was like me in the '70s. Had to settle for the ugly chicks.
Loud pipes save lives!! or, strap on a S&W .357 Magnum... even in a breakaway shoulder holster... suddenly, almost miraculously drivers can see you 10 blocks away (even the blue-hairs that can barely see over the dashboard of their Cadillac).... alternatively, assume every cage driver is an idiot (or an asshole)
lovit .
And don't forget to "counter steer" ... Yep.. To turn left, lean left and PUSH on the left grip... Washington state drivers manual.,,, Please dress for the crash when learning to do this ... LOL
The manual isn't wrong. If you're cruising along on a 600 pound bike and try to turn left by pushing on the right grip, you're going to get high-sided. You lean left and push *GENTLY* on the left grip to start your bike leaning left, then start pushing on the right grip when your weight is balanced for a left hand turn. It's a very subtle movement. You wouldn't notice it if watching someone do it, but that's how it works.
@@ClayLoomis1958 Also, pushing on the left footpeg/floorboard as well.
So no "knock it down ,chuck it in , scag it out " then be saying no "kippers for breakfast" with a cup of "rosy lee "n" a fag" next , have to be a pop tart and a skinny latte ...throwing of balls to any walls is now verboten.....moving on to target fixation for "dudes" find "stick" in a car and eating with a knife and fork a dark art .....who think be kool with a "K" play at moto-sickles ...lets start on a 600 and buy a GoPro .....bless
Anyone else besides me noticed those almost absolutely useless helmets? It's either full face or it isn't
And the nylon ski jackets flapping in the breeze.
Elbows!
25% accidents on a borrowed bike!
Had my accident on my friend's motorized bicycle, took it around the block to check the carb and boom, got hit in the back by some karen on her cellphone
Mustie1 .....can fix them bikes won't even need clean the points just "tap" the rims back in shape(ish) with You Tubes most trusted hammer and pull the forks out via chain pulley n block lashed down to old VW Bus/Van and a big beefy iron rod down the head stock to ease it back in line ......job be a good one
Ok boomer
Victor Matheson Shut Up Victor. This “boomer” has more life experience than you will ever hope to gain.
@5:55, "use common sense",... Hmm, my common sense tells me not to ride a motorcycle in the 1st place.