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. 👍🏽😏👍🏻😎
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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
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
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..
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 🇧🇪
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😵💫😵💫😵💫
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.
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
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...
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.
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”….?
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
@@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.
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?
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.
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
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...
@@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..
@@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?
@@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.
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.
Wasn't that the year brad lackey won the world championship,hes on Honda here I thought he won it in a husky.o well he was the first American world motocross racing champion and after that he strutted around like a big peacock for a long time.but really he was just about the only American rider that wanted to go over to Europe ever year and race for the world title,motocross was just getting ready big here in America and there were a lot more money to be made back here in the states than there was over in Europe where motocross racing was founded at first it was called hair scrambles sort of like endure and motocross combined.and you rode 3 45 minute races per class back then when it first came up and raced on ground and land that had not been touched by a tractor by plowing or messing with any of the so called track layout.its probably how endero got its start and is to day if they still race endure anywhere still today!!!!!
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
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.
@@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...
Great video! No music, just big bore two stroke power. All these riders were heroes .
I love the look of 70’s and 80’s dirtbikes much more than new ones.
igloo productions they all looked different now they have no soul
Yeah they did the same thing as cars, they all look the same.
In the 70s that's when motocross was motocross!
& the chicks too!
@@OKFrax-ys2op Bell-bottoms were so hot.
Anyone else miss REAL mx and REAL factory bikes???
Yes indeed
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. 👍🏽😏👍🏻😎
The era my dad was racing in absolutely brilliant!
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.
Great vid love it my first race was 1980 unidilla insane times I’m 53 still riding just got a 19 KX 450
I started racing motocross in 1974 , TM-125 I still race old timers every once in a while. I remember this like it was yesterday
Wow! What a terrific video! The historical significance of this should not be underestimated.
Love it! Raced Maico’s, Suzuki’s, Penton’s and Hodaka’s in the 70’s. (As an Amateur in MN)
Unbelievable! Love this! Cant believe how fast those guys were going and how massive the crowd that was there!
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
I'm 61, absolutely love the two strokes and the smell of bel-ray! And I remember Brad Lackey very well!
Blenzall
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!
Great video, these guys are the real deal from my day. Love old school bikes! That's real moto cross!
I remember Brad Lackey! Absolutely love the 2-stroke bikes and the smell of bel-ray!
Hell yes ! I have a 89 KX 250, 87 TECATE4,89 Quadzilla and a banshee all running Bel-ray!
Nah Castrol R the ultimate.
Seized 2 Hondas using BelRay.
News to me ran R30 and R40 for 4 years not once separated. Nothing smelt like Castrol R
That HippyFreak Motocrosser BRAD LACKEY used to ride with an Air Horn on his Kawasaki F12....Those were the days
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.
happy to be in pain today from 1970s 80s MX !
Yeah Brother
At this age they call it arthritis.
Still,it was a blast!
LOL Me too!
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
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
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
I had a '81 Maico 490. What an awesome machine. Should've kept it.
Wish I still had my yamaha YZ360 B. Monoshock !! 😄😄😄
lanes58. I can relate I had a 74 maico 250 and it was a BEAST!! it schooled everything..
@@johnkolinoff8591 Everything? Not on my 250 Elsinore brother
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..
Had Maico 490 alpha 1.silly
Das wahren noch Cross-pisten!! Selber gefahren💪👌
Cool video. That dirt looks to be about as hard as Carlsbad
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 🇧🇪
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😵💫😵💫😵💫
When I was a kid, Graham Noyce was a badass! absolutely a superhero.
Heikki MIkolla is a National Hero in Finland as well. Cooool!
Wonky Lommiter mine to ! I had an 81 CR80 R , thought I was just like Noyce lol
@@rockypup1968 I had a 1980 Suzuki rm 80 wolsink was my hero, and tried to be like him in riding style.
What a track. Wow.
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.
Young riders certainly looked a lot older than they were, back in the day.
Great footage. Roger is Soooo smooth!
2-45 minute motos. Yeeahh baby!
Still enjoying old school MX racing.
2024
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
I still have a pair , Hallman Brad Lackey boots
Knarly Track! Bring Back 2 Strokes & This Kind of Racing!👍😉🇦🇺
3,49..Roger de Coster good motocross rider.. even in 78 he was veteran!
People don't call you "The Man" without earning it
I miss the days when you could get close to the track . Now you are 25 feet away with advertising in between.
Cool track🍁💕💕💕
ccm four stroke - -we've come along way..
Still cant give up my big bore two strokes...
Any body with any sense still rides and loves two strokes!
Top track. You don't see that anymore ,only continual airborne up and down
Today's motor crossers couldn't handle the bikes and tracks of yesterday.
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...
@@bultacowally i can't argue with you there. Today's riders are athletically advanced.
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.
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”….?
j y était aussi c était Gaillefontaine j ai d ailleurs un copain qui a la casque, de Noyce trop bien cette époque
That was fantastic 👊.. Got my sub 👍.. OLD G 😉
Great video
Roger is the almighty
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.
Alan Clews.... Clews Competition Motorcycles CCM. Still going strong in the North of England www.ccm-motorcycles.com 👍
Rikolo jaman semono maseeeeh....
👍👍👍👍👍
Great video!
just look at the suspension on the bikes. them men were animals back then!
When men were men and Mx was Mx 👍😆
Men were men and fuel tanks had dents in 👍
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.
And goat tracks were used for gps
I use to ride that era bike. No wonder my body is trashed. The suspension from then to now is incredible.
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!!
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
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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
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!
David M Nah dude still dosent compare to todays suspension. The technology and time into the suspension now a days is crazy
@@redrider2503 my point was that the 80s susp was so much better than the 70s
David M Ohhh gotchaa simple misread My B
If Honda and Kawasaki start making 2 strokes again we can get back to real motorcross
Not to worry KTM loves building them!
I agree 💯
@@OKFrax-ys2op KTM sunday ATM monday
@@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.
That yz is definitely the best bike out there
"And it's all cut and thrust"... LOL! 😂
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?
Neil Reid CCM and Can Am were not the same company
@@murrayengelman2903 in 1987 can am outsourced its manufacturing to CCM
Real tough guys.huge crowd
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.
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.
Real motocross. No ridiculous daredevil jumps and unnatural whoops and crap.
OMG, i was THERE
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.
Hard to listen to anyone complain about track conditions now days.
Exactly !
Very cool.
What amazes me is how many people there were
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.
Old school!!!?? This is like 78 or 79!! Just YESTERDAY!!!! seems like.
Minimal suspension with maximum hp. Yep, was fun and the best rider could really fly.
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
Where was this
Those bikes back then look dangerous! Swapping, and bouncing up and down like a pogo stick, sliding everywhere lol
This is the time I was racing…right on!
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...
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
Unadilla still old school.....especially after the past two years of mudfest.
The bikes can handle a lot more abuse than back then, so jumps got bigger.
Totally agree. Have you noticed the trucks suffered the same fate? (outdoor tracks).
they sure dont make tracks like that anymore.....I would love to see todays riders race on that track
AMEN, so would MOST of the riders and spectators!
Glen Helen can be quite similar sometimes.
The old school tracks would be like riding flat track to todays pros....
Lets see ronnie mac ride that screamin eagle!🦅
No track grading or maintenance between motos in those days.
Proper track.
It s at gaillefontaine in normandy France on 1970
Marc Baillif, can’t be 1970, bikes have way to much suspension for that era. More like 1980?
@@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..
Th rear end of the bikes swapped out a lot more than todays machines.
indeed
Heikki Husky boy. before he was signed by Yamaha. Great bike and engine just need a rutt to get her round the corners.
What must it feel like to have Mikkola and Decoster behind you???
If there behind me they better have there seat belts on cause we aint on bikes!
Hell yes!
Omg! Roger is so young!
Bellissima Epoca
That track looks like a a scrodum scrambler
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎯
Приятные воспоминания
Real hand built works bikes
Man, look at all those people. These days you won't see half that amount of people
1943 год???
How's the crowd, and how close the crowd is to the track.
'Safety' ruins everything.
Not in this video but Danny Magu Chandler I think was his name any body remember that crazy guy?
Maggoo was the man!!!
Of course. What do you want to know about him? Magoo.
@@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?
@@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.
track looks hard as a rock.....ouch!
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.
This is 1978 , Noyce's first year on the Honda, he went on to win the 1979 title in his 2nd year .
Still Honda champions.
Have a look at the crowd!!
Handling and suspension has improved just little bit
And braking
Que os parece el circuito y la lucha con el terreno.
Wasn't that the year brad lackey won the world championship,hes on Honda here I thought he won it in a husky.o well he was the first American world motocross racing champion and after that he strutted around like a big peacock for a long time.but really he was just about the only American rider that wanted to go over to Europe ever year and race for the world title,motocross was just getting ready big here in America and there were a lot more money to be made back here in the states than there was over in Europe where motocross racing was founded at first it was called hair scrambles sort of like endure and motocross combined.and you rode 3 45 minute races per class back then when it first came up and raced on ground and land that had not been touched by a tractor by plowing or messing with any of the so called track layout.its probably how endero got its start and is to day if they still race endure anywhere still today!!!!!
Gaillefontaine made in France 🏆💪💪💪
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
They had 10"-12" travel on these machines, just not well controlled, like the suspension now a days. They are hardly using the travel.
Smell the 2T oil and the blue cloud. Cowds this size don't happen now.
Uff.2t smell bel ray perfum brutal soun
🤠🇧🇷👍
"Bad Brad Lackey"
I couldnt stand that bastard I talked him and he talked down to me.,.. I think he could wait to get rid of me.!
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.
@@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...
Anyone know what track this is?
Gaillefontaine in France ! 30 000 fans ! The track no longer exists !