Yamaha's Motocross Ads 1970s
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2019
- This is my look back at Yamaha's motocross ads from the decade of the seventies through the print ads that appeared in the magazines of the time. I have scanned all of these from my personal magazine collection.
If you like this one make sure you check out my look back at Yamaha's ads from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s as well. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Every year I would go to the dealership and get all the brochures and then pin them to my bedroom wall
There was little or no motocross in 1970.. I was at the front of the Yamaha bikes.. I'm 71 now and built/raced the bikes back then..
I know every inch of the history of these machines.. It took much tougher guys to race back then.
If I remember correctly, the international color scheme for Yamaha white with red decal and paint stripe on the fenders, I know it was the color scheme in the 1980s...I love this video, I was born in 1966, so I remember all the 70's MX machines Bull Taco; CZ; Contessa; Husky; Maico, and KTM, besides this list of MX's the starting lines were filled with more Yamaha's than any other MX bike...
My Dad used to take me to the MX races when I was a little guy, I got to meet Steve McQueen, he was racing that day and somewhere my Dad has got a Polaroid of McQueen sitting on his MX bike with me sitting in front of him holding onto the crossbar.
Thanks for providing these videos they can trigger so many wonderful memories for us OG's (Old Guys)!!!
This is when Cycle Magazine started dynoing dirt bikes and showed that 90% of the 50 or so then current brands of 'MX' bikes actually made little power and their sales disappeared and those bike companies disappeared! Especially the European ones... what was left was CZ, Maico, Husky, Yamaha, and Suzuki... and eventually Honda... Suzuki hired World's Champion Joel Robert (a naturally super talented Belgian who seldom practiced) away from CZ and Suzuki started winning championships... BSA held on a bit longer with talented #2 World Rider John Banks... but you had to be a similar superman to make a BSA bike competitive...
I have ‘75 Yamaha MX100B. Love the decals for the year
Well done! These videos are a serious nostalgia hit for me! I had ‘78 and ‘79 YZ80’s, my first motocross bikes! While they were visually much the same, that ‘79 was an absolute rocket ship and so difficult to keep within its narrow range of power. But when you got that thing right, it could literally hang with 125’s! It was nearly as fast as my 79 and 80 RM125’s into 3rd gear and I kept that thing well into the 80’s before it passed onto one of my nephews. It was an exciting time that’s for sure, the bikes were so new almost every year and things changed so fast. I was all in on motocross and my life revolved nearly completely around riding and racing moto. Great times!!! Thanks for the terrific video!
My 1970 Yamaha DT1MX was the factory motocrosser. The oil tank had a DT1MX decal, virtually the only difference from a Gyt kitted DT1.
We added a long travel fork kit (a whole 7”), Koni shocks, lowered the frame, bigger carb, ported cylinder, expansion chamber down pipe, Webco head, down pipe, compression release, etc.
New subscriber. Great video, a walk back through my childhood. From having the the various colored Enduro tank brochures all over my bedroom walls, to owning a '75 Mx400B. I loved that bike! Thanks!
Mate this is brilliant, absolutely loved it and looking forward to your next vids.keep it up from
Australia
Man this is awesome! Thanks so much for making this available. I would give anything to have my old dirt bike, mx action, minicycle action, popular cycling etc.. and all my old brochures back. I love your channel and your instagram. Keep up the good work!
Love the old brochures.
Me too
Amazing content! Yes, the old ads and brochures were total art!
I was a motocrosser of early 70’s and I road a 360 enduro conversion, buddy road a cz. I had the opportunity to ride the 500 that you talked about. You are absolutely right that thing was a beast and not in good way. It was uncomfortable on flat ground, much less on the track.
I was stationed in Japan in the early 70s. We could buy the "mono-shock" version of the Yamama almost 1 year before that arrived in the States.
I had the 1978 YZ250e was a great bike hours off fun and my first race ever and won all three adult races as a teen and won £12
pretty cool , the history of the enduro lines would also be interesting thanks a lot
for the history
In the late 60’s and early 70’s, you could get your motorcycle license at 14 years of age. You were limited to a max of 100cc. That’s when I got my license - LOL!
I remember Yamaha’s trials bike ads for the TY250, used the song “year of the cat”
Raced a 76 125 and the 77 125 good old bikes.
Subbed. I'm 54. My first bike was a 79 GT80.
In 1975 the YZ 125C did have a mono shock. It came out in April.
After trying to race all the crappy bikes of the 60s, when i got my 73 Honda Elsinore i was pretty fast! 😊
Always wanted a 1976 YZ175 back in the day , never got one .
I had an rt60? Mini-enduro. Rode the hell out of that beauty.
Won a lot of trophy’s on my DT2 Mx.
Had a 76 yz250 loved that bike
Thanks for the ad info.My Dad ride a 360.
My brother and i road jt1 mini enduros at indian dunes early 70s in California wish i still had one
Nice video very good information and nicely narrated 💯👍
Thanks
Cool vid
GYT = Git Kit... Genuine Yamaha Tuning... I had a CT1-C 175.. pretty fast but it would hop side to side over bumps and spit you off!
I had the silver tank yz125, good bike but it would fall flat soon on.They offered what they called a sixth gear expansion chamber. I installed one don't remember if it was a marked difference. I do remember the 1974 mx100 I had it was a screamer !
We used to have a Yamaha Trail Master (see 4:00). Our first bike was a mini-bike with a Briggs & Stratton engine when I was 14. But my Dad always complained that it was too small for him to ride. So then he bought the trail master when I was 16,. We used to take turns riding it in the bush, up and down the trails, and in the gully, down the hills to the river, and back up again. Definitely, a major improvement over the mini-bike, which had been stuck in the field behind the house :-)
My sisters even rode it in low-gear. See the next comment for a picture, because I don't know if I can post links in the comments,
I made a full suspension minibike around a 350cc 2 cylinder 2 cycle motorcycle engine in late 1960's... it rode smooth and would climb any hill... throttle wheelies in 1st and 2nd gear... then early 1970 test rode a Yamaha 250 dirt bike... it didn't quite have what I wanted... dealer said 360 on the way, so summer 1970 bought a new 360... rode it until day before I was sent to Vietnam when I sold it to an Army Captain who had just returned from Vietnam... later had a hopped up YZ400... high compression head, ported cylinder, bigger carb... it was ridiculously FAST !!! First 4 gears lasted about 2 seconds each and you had to shift when taking off fast... way over 100 MPH...
It is a good video. really enjoyed seeing it. have to comment on the bruce macdougal footage. macdougal was a very fast expert/pro. the 1st time I saw him was at bay mare in the 100 expert class racing for the win against danny laporte. before being a honda/yamaha factory rider he was chuck bowers teamate riding for fred hayes Mettco shop on a penton. the 70's for motocross was the best.
Thanks for the info!
Yeah, this is when Cycle Magazine started dynoing dirt bikes and showed that 90% of the 50 or so then current brands of 'MX' bikes actually made little power and their sales disappeared and those bike companies disappeared! Especially the European ones... what was left was CZ, Maico, Husky, Yamaha, and Suzuki... and eventually Honda... Suzuki hired World's Champion Joel Robert (a naturally super talented Belgian who seldom practiced) away from CZ and Suzuki started winning championships... BSA held on a bit longer with talented #2 World Rider John Banks... but you had to be a similar superman to make a heavy 4 cycle BSA bike competitive... I raced against Robert and Banks when they came to our little track at Delta Ohio just west of Toledo for the InterAm TransAm exhibition races against local riders... I got ahead of Banks, but that Robert was unbelievable! His feet never came off the footpegs, even in the sharpest slowest corners! I learned some riding and modesty that day!
I still have the tool to adjust the air shocks !
God!
It going down history lane
Good video
Great video but you did not mention the 1975 yz 125 b I owned one new in 1975 it was yellow with the Velcro tank hold down straps was bought at Yamaha country located rt 7 and western reserve road in Ohio wish I still had it was very rare was same as the silver 1974 bike but yellow Yamaha dealer long gone also .
Sucks you left out the tt500. Best bike ever !
I left the TT500 out because it was designed as an off-road machine not a motocrosser.
@@TheMotocrossVault ok, but if you saw our local pro ride my tt500, you wouldn't be able to tell the differance. After the first time he always "borrowed" it every weekend for a few rounds on the track. Course this was before 4stroke motocross bikes.
12:15 , man i would like to have that econoline van !!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂😂
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Thank you for sharing
You bet
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The Yamaha s where cutting edge in the mid 70s I had a 75 yz80. And it was so unreliable it whet back to the shop after only a few day. Swapped it for a 125 I still own a 1975 400 and a 1977 250. Both in showroom condition. They certainly built bikes properly back then.
Where do you post the brochurs online Tony?
r they are all on my Flickr page
@@TheMotocrossVault got a link ? What do I type in to find you
In the 70s I had various yamaha bikes. 6 I think. Dirt and street.
Your wife hasn’t cleared your magazine stash. Yet!
lmtada not yet!
Aloha everyone
Aloha ! Ride in hawaii ?
This isn't accurate! By early 1970's, the Yamaha MX models were dynoing at TWICE the stock HP of their 'enduro' models! If you could RIDE, you could WIN on an MX! In fact, this is when Cycle Magazine started dynoing dirt bikes and showed that 90% of the 50 or so then current brands of 'MX' bikes actually made little power and their sales disappeared and those bike companies disappeared! Especially the European ones... what was left was CZ, Maico, Husky, Yamaha, and Suzuki... Suzuki hired World's Champion Joel Robert (a naturally super talented Belgian who seldom practiced) away from CZ and Suzuki started winning championships... BSA held on a bit longer with talented #2 World Rider John Banks... but you had to be a similar superman to make a BSA bike competitive...
this vid is factually wrong
please elaborate