The 90s: The Golden Era of Motocross Gear
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2019
- Red Bull Straight Rhythm continues its mission to be a figurative time machine, transporting us back to the glorious 1990s. And ‘90s motocross wouldn’t be nearly as glorious without the wild gear that set the era apart with it’s bold styling, loud, neon graphics and cutthroat competition. Revisit this hallowed time through the collective recollections of the founders/designers of three of the top MX gear brands, Fox Racing, No Fear and AXO, as they reminisce about the vibe, the riders and the gear that fueled the ‘90s.
Longing to return to the era of two-strokes and neon pink gearsets? Red Bull Straight Rhythm has got you covered on October 5. ► • Video
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2-strokes forever!! Can we bring back the 90s year round?
Pollution: Am i a joke to you?
I would love a couple sets of some oldschool axo or no fear
I ride a two stroke
Don't forget the custom painted helmets. Troy Lee Designs!
Jonathan B with helmet fins! Mc had a flashing light in his one year
I thought it was Bruce lee who made those helmets
and those m2r helmets with the triple shark fin was epic too with #199 travis mid 05's, those are definately things which stays forever. I think redbull is too strict with their drivers helmet styles in any motorsport nowadays because drivers own design doesn't get attention to remember them afterwards
I thought the shark fins were cool as fuck!!! Someone needs to bring those back for sure. I want some privateer to hit the scene in straight retro craziness for gear and bike graphics!!! Then just kill it and go pro but keep the crazy outfits like the 90s. It would definitely give him an image that would stand out, make him a unique character.
Troy Lee and Screwy Designs paint jobs were the best! The replica sticker kits sucked though.
So much nostalgia for this era. Love it, even though I didn't get to experience it.
Fabien White you Shuda seen the 80’s
The 90s was such a amazing time in life not just moto
This is an amazing snapshot of that era. I was 10-15 years old during this time and it was all about having the newest sweetest gear! So fun.
Everything in the 90's was fcking awesome . motox superx . the muzic the clubbing , the drug scene ! Great times
100% agreed on all points Danny.
“the drug scene” The fuck...
Zoltan Csikos pussy
Pusfilth Thanks for describing yourself, loser. Yeah, I’m sure you’re tough for lacking self-control and repeatedly sticking a needle in your arm.
@@zoltancsikos5604 needle ? No lad ecstasy days .. and yeah I messed up . Own house , cars , van , motorbikes , great job 2 holidays a yr ...... proper junkie me .... prick ;-)
Back when Supercross was on basic cable. Man, I miss that.
the 90s is when I fell in love with motocross . all my friends were riding / racing . I raced quads and they raced dirtbikes . we all the times of our lives riding together . I never did care for the 4 strokes . i got my 86 trx250r in 2001 and i still race it to this day . i don't race mx anymore i race xc now and every race i go to a group of people always comes up and tells me how "COOL" i am to be racing the 2 stroke still and getting on the podium at that . lets bring back the 90s 2 strokes , wild colors , heavy metal and mullets
Don't forget LBZ and SMP!!!!
I used to ride a ( real 😂) KX 250 with NO FEAR gears in the early 2000 , miss this time 😕
Fuck yea dude my exact set up
@@justinoakley1935 - did you guys just become best friends?
Assapopoulos Mariolis looks like it
I had a kx 60 at the time lol
I rocked that 1-800 collect suit on my 80. Damn I'm getting old. 😂😂
Should have a 90s era race of the legends in that style riding gear and bikes from the 90s with all the champs of that time
That would be awesome.
This was my era. Late 80s through 90s. best time of mx. I think Fox really started this in the late 80's with the Image Collection, who can forget Bradshaw in the zebra pants. Then it definitely went to AXO in the early 90s. Then you had Thor, No Fear, Xtreme, Shift, UFO, etc. Then back to Fox, they have outlasted everyone.
tchrishoward best time period!
Bring back the 90s style!!
It's because of the 2-Stroke, anyone could race with not too many engine modifications and a LOT of people were racing.
Everyone I grew up with was riding and racing. Now days, I don't see any motorcycles anymore; tracks have all closed up, dealers are all gone, and no one could race a Friday night because it's been irreparably destroyed by the big 4 lobbying the EPA.
Thanks to Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki for their ignorant push to get the 2-Stroke bikes heavily regulated be the EPA... They engineered and ensured their own downfall during the final days to switch over to case dumping 4-Strokes. Yamaha may still build the bikes, but with no competition from the others... No one's building tracks to race.
Great video!
The cost is really killer now and that eliminates a lot of riders at and after the local level. I raced right when the switch was happening and you had to get on board if you wanted continued success. Two strokes have been making a big come back and the All Star 125 races were popular during the outdoor season, let's hope the momentum continues for a little while. The future most likely will be electric mx/sx bikes and that'll be an even bigger adjustment. Honda has already shown off their CR electric bike to the press. Tracks new and old are another issue too and you have hit the nail on the head with your comment.
@Tom Goldenheart There are definite upsides to e-mx bikes. Tracks, noise and ease of maintenance are some of them. But the prices have to be cheaper than 4 strokes if we want our sport to grow along with more tracks because there is no noise. I'd be nice too if a bike could last you 4 or 5 seasons with just software updates rather than a new bike every or every other season. Racers and fans will miss the sound of a ICE bike and working on engines to improve performance has long been tied into the personality of racing across the board. The sound of a 2 stroke screaming is just so good.
When 2 stroke engines left the sport so did the intrest.
@Egbert Wadman bu the bikes today have no flavour to them. They are just not as fun to ride. A good example is a 89 KX 250 could ride the track all day but still have a large enough gas tank to do some long trail rides a long with dune riding. Now it's either you buy a track bike or a trail bike.
That's crazy man, I had no idea. I've been running a 2-stroke since I started riding in 2009. Never switched up don't want to so insane!!
That bright red and yellow McGrath look is my favorite in motocross history .. Especially hs Honda with the bright yellow on red
This makes me want to watch my Terrafirma movies
Nothing will ever beat 90s moto.
It's wild to see ads for stuff like Camel cigarettes and 1-800-Collect on the gear - everything now is either an energy drink, a clothing brand, or something directly related to MX/SX.
The neon stuff needs to come back.
It will, so will Mullets, mark my words!
Bob Silver yeah boy!!!
I worked at Honda during the dust up with Fox and was a key player in pushing Honda to take control of what the riders wore. At the time rider salaries were just starting to take off. Manufacturers were still spending incredible amounts relative to rider’s gear sponsors to put the whole package on the track and yet half of the exposure was going to the gear company. A lot of people don’t realize just what an inflection point that was for the industry. It came to a head when we came within a hairs width of getting Ricky Johnson to leave Fox for Hondaline. Pete Fox mentions the possibility of a lawsuit. Honda was still mired in the 3-wheeled ATC litigation nightmare and had no appetite for another fight. Roger DeCoster was and has always been a strong advocate for the rider. That’s a tough line to walk working for an OEM where the mindset is “it’s the hardware that counts” and I respect that. I think that Roger’s strong support for the riders combined with Honda’s tentativeness to get into another public brawl ended up swinging the power to the aftermarket sponsors. I remember reading the “letter to the editor” that Fox sent to Cycle News on the subject and knowing it was a battle we would never win. Well played Pete, you guys earned it. One thing not mentioned here is just how AXO became such a power in such a short period of time, and without pro rider sponsorship (initially). Besides the awesome designs, they started outfitting all the magazine test riders with free gear thereby getting themselves thousands and thousands of dollars’ worth of advertising. That combined with saturation buying of magazine advertising space literally turned the magazines into AXO catalogs. That paved the way to pro riders and AXO’s explosive growth. It was a brilliant strategy. R.I.P Jim Hale.
Watch "Unchained" on Netflix. great documentary about a similar topic.
90's were some of the best gear and moto's hands down. it was truly work hard and play harder
I still have my AXO, thor, nofear, shift and fox from the 90`s early 2000 :D
And then walmart got on board with the craze with their XMX shit haha good times
Do know what, I think the demise of mx magazines is what knackered it cos when you looked through a mx mag all the mx gear was there in front of you to look at and admire, or not, then you would decide ( axo for me ) what to buy.
Now the internet is different because you have to know what your looking for before and don’t seem to stumble onto individual gear like before, bring back more mx magazines ✊
Im so happy this video is a thing
I loved the 90’s, 2 strokes and what is now called vintage design. 👌
Man what a cool video! I was in my prime back then.Fox NoFear and RMs! The 90's were so awesome,now I'm old and paying for all the damage I did to my body back then but I wouldn't change a thing! Thanks for the nostalgia. We had it right back then!
Vince - I'm much older and paying it with bad back and knees. This is one cool video - bummer I never kept my JT gear from the late 1970's early 1980's. (Two complete sets).
@@spacejaime Ya that JT gear was awesome.I still have a few of my dad's old jerseys and his TT500. Seeing you guys ride in the 70s and 80s was the coolest thing my young mind had ever seen and I was addicted to dirt.
@@BM205- great times! No joint pain, no fear (as in having cojones, not the gear brand), all out WFO at the track. Life was simpler, less expensive, and a lot of fun....last month I fell just walking in my garage and fractured my right knee cap (embarrassing!!!).....age will grab you by the balls and make you fragile. Cheers bud!
You guys continue to outdo yourselves. I feel like this was a BA trailer for what could be a whole doc or series on gear in the 90s or something (Moto in the 90s). Braaapp
What a video. Nostalgia levels are high!
I feel so old watching this, but it brings back so many great memories of going racing every weekend with my dad from 1997-2001. Started on a used 95 KX 80 and ended on a 2000 KX 125. I remember getting my hair bleached blonde, wearing hemp/ball bearing necklaces and rocking Troy Lee Designs gear. Man, those were the days of being a young teenager racing motocross and I’m glad I got to experience it. It saddens me that Motocross and Supercross aren’t nearly what they used to be.
Epic and classic and just pure awesomeness
Thanks for love guys,love to u guys for make the 90s look farkin coolwal....I was born in the north east,and got to see Doug Henry ride at home track as a Yamaha privateer he rode the way I ride and I was so impressed this guy ride at a 150percent when every body eles wasn't close to 70 percent,thanks for the great shirts and making us all want to look a like,hah hah....cool thing is I never did I was close to a race team and dealers so I always had the coolest shirts to race in before everyone...just because u guys were on your game about putting it out as quick as u could Mac's black fox shirt was my favorite,but the stand out for me as a racer was to either look like Lamson or Henry factory Honda clothing was the ba...omb....they were so dominant it was sick....nothing is better than as a factory team having both your riders battle and swap wins every moto....Honda bosses had to hate that....hah hah....thanks oh yeah I had a shirt from every one if it was cooler than my other shirt I bought it...and raced it....and it maid people jealous....oh u know how awsum y'all shirt and gear was I was at Jersey SX watching pro practice wearing one of y'all race shirts,and standing 5 feet from the seated supercross pros these kids were begging me for my autograph,and I'm trying to tell them,hey those guys are the pros right there,Larry ward,and the kids were like KNOW we want your autograph,ok ok I said,I was wearing the brand new answer color splash JERSEY ,I was in a car accident and never recovered enuf to make it to the PROS,but I turned PRO doing autographs,hah hah,does that count ,I don't think so....kids....THANKS....dang I miss two stroke sounds....an cam 2 race fuel like napalm in the morning,JK...
Sounds because nothing was more awsum than a factory 125 pinned and get it through big whoops,with DH at the controls....piece out....
Please bring back this retro style it's so rad.
This was awesome. More please.
Nostalgia. When I couldn't afford Answer gear, I bought Ocelot. Couldn't afford a nickel plated FMF pipe, so I bought a DG. Still ripped it up, and no one judged. Miss those years.
Motocross forever ❤❤❤
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@@RedBullMotorsports 🤙❤
90s we're awsome just enough technology and water-cooled 2 strokes what more could you ask for
what about Sinisalo? high quality stuff that days..
Jeff Ward used it.
Great video!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Ulysses from No Fear helped a nobody like me with gear for wakeboarding and MX on the gold support team. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I’m glad I got to grow up riding and watching this era of MX. I hardly know any of the current riders anymore
Gear in the last few years has stepped up. But, pound for pound, even the amateurs were rocking KILLER gear in the nineties.
Long live the 90s
Born in 97, this still is a big part of me, crusty demons can fire me up when i need it!!
This was a great idea for a short film! I really enjoyed it!
Ohh man... still wear those Fox shirt. I remembered when No Fear started to sell in our small town ...if you had that shirt you were the man :) Nostalgia..
Id love to have a set of No Fear gear stuff was so cool!
Great times🤙🏁
Red, yellow, black and white colorway. Love no fear
It was so colourful
The 2 stroke class on pro day needs to have 90s gear on.
Im so pissed no fear filled bankrupt because that was one of my favovorite gear
I loved the graphics and colors on bikes in the 90’s Yamaha’s were white and purple but when I go to buy gear now I just look through the clearance section
The 80’s was the hairspray era man.. Any true 90’s kid knows that the 90’s was the era of “LA Looks” hair gel with a level 9 hold (the higher the better, really).
I've got a tricked up road legal cr125 in old school McGrath colours. Even though it's a 125 I'll never let it go . Wicked looking bike !!!
1980s set the grade for motocross, the world championships were as far as the went and a new area had to be brought to the front lines.
two had to be gotten rid of because more power had to be but head games was all that the 1990s seem to have.
The Xgames were truly all the 1990s had and a few good motor cycle riders.
when the 2000s took stage there was a new 450 coming of age and a "Brand" that was of brand new.
The 1990s was a transition some holding on to the old and some lost looking for something anything and some found it and some just held on to the coattails.
Some just were fireworks hell got to make a show to make the show.
But after the Championships in the late 1980s there had to be a cool down, and it was right on time.
It hit the 1990s afloat enough to cause new designs for motocross and kept stars to keep thing alive for the 2000s.
Hey got to thank these guys they kept it going and if we just forgot if it wasn't for who hate you wouldn't have nothing to say.
🤘🏻Fresno smooth🤘🏻best action movie ever 👍🏍💨💨💨💨
It's pretty cool to see Stewart riding a Pro Circuit bike here
Man sick
I have 3 of Damon Bradshaw's race worn jerseys framed, signed and hanging in my living room. It's the 90's everyday at my house!!
I like ur style......
Dammnn 90's motocross , what came to my mind first upong watching this was the SUPERCROSS ps1 Game mesa canyon circuit etc.
Lord take me back to those days
With Fox 🦊 love it or hate it but they were the shit in the 70’s then they kind of were just ok, I don’t remember them much in the 80’s but they caught fire again in the 90’s. They stood the test of time.
and shift just released their archival sets!
Just bought a 01 Cr250 & put AXO stickers on the swingarm . I have had those stickers for 20years. For some reason it just felt right putting them on the Car + they look great on the side of a polished swingarm. Liked my 01 KX250 better. I miss that bike.
Hats off to all y'all everybody's gear was rad,and worth racing in my favs were Axo looks Answer,but my all time had to have shirt because I bleed red is fox Honda yellow wing shirt that had eagle Honda wing in yellow on a black shirt its was so cool I had to race in it,but it was such a work if graphic art I should have just put it right on the wall in the plastic and not unwrapped it MX tracks use reclaimed water to water the track so the dirt us so black it justvruins shirts the pants were always a little more washer friendly,THANKS cool stuff,I did my first real MX race in 1990 and went to and got to help work safety at super cross races so I got a close view of this era ten year s starting in 1990 ish...piece out...
Anyone else waiting for neon gear to come back in a few years?
Hopefully the jerseys loosen up, too. I'm not a fan of this "athletic fit" type stuff.
My first nice bike was a brand new 1990 KX 80, i was a happy kid then
i used to have the SHIFT gear and i felt badass! lol
Travis bike is so cool
You guys should re-issue some of your old gear from the 90s, that would be cool
😎 👏🏼👏🏼 cool
The last comment from Pete fox is so true
Miss so bad No Fear gears
Ha, I still have my
1800 collect fox Honda jersey. Mint condition too
Switch the back to two strokes and we could a huge reinsurance of riders and may be able to bring people back. MAKE MOTOCROSS GREAT AGAIN! We’re on the bubble I believe. We just need the extra push.
Go ride a two stroke on a supercross track.....then you will realize why they all prefer 4 strokers
I wondered as a kid on my family's farm why there were neon colors on our stock dirt bikes.
Damn seen James Stewart 🙏🏾
Bring no fear back
Ezra Lusk!!!
I was a fan of Ezra!
when i was younger racing in 98-04 seeing those guys all over the mag covers and on tv was awesome , we did not get them a huge amount on tv here in New zealand that i remeber , but still it had a impact , i had heaps of that gear it was great !
motocross will never again be that cool
I have a 1993 RM125 a 193 CR125 and a 2007 KX250 so i need to do some videos soon My wife has a RM250 too
Hey I almost forgot when I was wearing that really bad ass answer color splash JERSEY and those kids ask me for my autograph I rode the amatuer SX race and I wheeled the entire whoops section on my KX 125 like I saw Jean Michelle Bayle do in the two fifty main event a couple laps from the end he did twice I did every lap,may be that was why too....I still think it was the shirt it had so much color it was rad....hah hah....piece
I got riding pants from the 90’s
I remember riding my 65 with shift cut off pants and my crusty demons global assault tour shirt doing big no footers. At bridge to no where
Does someone know the songs used for the video? Can’t find any of them !
I remember lots of people wearing AXO jerseys, and these people didn't even have a dirt bike!
I use the same color even brighter nowadays
Made me go on eBay and buy vintage gear to match my 90s bikes
I have a 96 rm 125 with no fear graphics and a ama sticker with numbers 10337 trying to figure out who used to own it.
most of the clips shown above are terrifirma 7 best movie ever made
Smp and lbz too
This is back when America was great
I'd do anything to go back to the 90s motocross chicks parties 😎
I got a 1997 ktm 360 2stroke old musele
Wish they would have talked about the battle that Doug Henry had going on between Honda and Fox. (They sort of touched on it McGrath, but Doug was really involved with it at the time). In the end, everything worked out, but at the time things got real ugly.
Full fairing YZ'S. Anyone remember those
Trevor vines, mike Metzger, mad mike Jones(kawi), Kris Rourke, Reagan seige, twitch and Kenny Bartram....are some I can remember
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Wish they still made those. Gas tank decals never stick and woods riders tear up plastics more. Shrouds are a lot cheaper than tanks!
I have a 1992 kx250🥶
Purple/peacock blue MSR pants
Dalmatian /blue jersey
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Also axo neon green/ purple with giant checker flag Arctic cat sled jersey
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And all had hot pink accent.
Don't miss it
The music though...
Miss that