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Good job,Happy Harley Days, the show and parks inspired me as well. I've had 5 SPORTSTERS, I have a 2022 1200 X. 48. RIDE EASY. 😊

Always cracked me up watching him kick start the bike and you could hear the starter kicking in.

I was a Fan ! I was a Freshman in Highschool '69 It was the driving motivator of my wearing a Navy Blue watch Cap ! A habit I again picked up in the Marine Corps, at Mountain Warfare Training ! I had almost forgotten this show ! Is Bob Hope used to say, " Thanks for the Memories " ! 👍😉

I watched this as a kid I was allowed to stay up that night just to watch it

Thought they were called "peanut tanks " and what about the theme song? Was a cool song

I’ve forgotten about this, Was popular back then

I was 15 then and 70 now and still riding a Harley Davison motorcycle back then I raced dirt bikes and road Yamaha street bikes I bought my first Harley at age 17 and still riding them

" Route 66, Then Came Bronson, Movin' On'' and the road goes on forever. Michael Parks was in a movie called Bus Riley's Back in Town, with Ann Margaret. unfortunately, he was also in a made for tv movie called The Werewolf of Woodstock!

I'm almost 72. I remember watching the TV show every week. I can't remember if I watched the movie or not. I remember his best friend jumped off a bridge. Leaving his bike to Bronson. I don't know if that was in the movie, or the TV series. I never missed an episode .

I never missed the show and at 75, still have an old 73 Sportster that I restored.

I loved that show and bought my first bike in 71, my first Harley in 76, and outside under a snow covered tarp sits a mint 73 sportster that I restored a while back. I'm 75 now and only ride around the neighborhood but start it up every week or so in the winter just to hear it run. I blame Bronson for this obsession.

This was the show as a child which made me dream of touring on a Harley, now 66, I have 112,000 mile on my harley 2011 tour glide, traversing from east to west 3 different trips... Great show

From the show “ hey, taking a trip? Bronson reply’s , yep. Where you headed? Where ever I end up .. What an awesome show! Would love to watch them again!

I bought the model of the Bronson bike shown at 2:55 at my little hometown .05 & .10 store, Griswald's. Looking back, it is hard to believe that he even had it there in stock. Even now I would bet my check that I bought the only one that he had there.

Also watched this as a teenager this was a great show. Like EMERGENCY! these shows were never in reruns. I met Kevin Tighe who played Roy said Jack Webb and Cinader both died soon after the show was cancelled, I no this isn't TCB., but the old shows were great .

never missed a show back then

Bonnie Bedelia was the actress from The pilot , she was in " Die Hard " , as Bruce Willis' wife ...

I was told years ago that Michael Parks sold one if the bikes with the money going to charity. I would imagine Harley Davidson would have had to have been on board with that.

I was 16 in early 1969. I don't know of any other one-season show that had such an impact on me and so many others. I had just restored my first 25" color TV and enjoyed watching this show every week. I still have an audio tape I made of episode 16 "A-Pickin' an' A-Singin'" (no home video back then) and learned to love his easy country singing style. I subsequently bought the album "Long Lonesome Highway", and much later "Closing The Gap" I never got hooked on the Harley craze, and it would be about 4 years later I bought my first bike, a Honda CB360, and 6 years later a CB750F, together I think I put about 200k miles behind me. On short sponsored local weekend rides, we loved to warm our hands around a cup of coffee, while it seems the Harley riders warmed theirs exercising their tool kits! I look forward to checking out your other vids. Love the shot at 9:50!

This paled beside “Then Came Paulsen” on “Laugh In.”

Any ideas why they didn’t just use identical, stock Sporsters. Seems it would have simplified things.

Sitting at a light.....” where you headed? “ ( man in car ) “ wuh ?” “ I said where you headed?” “ oh I dunno.......wherever I end up, I guess “ “ man, I wish I was you “ “ yeah, well hang in there “ It was the ‘ tune in, turn on , drop out ‘ generation. The ‘ 9 to 5 office worker dream. Leave the cubicle world behind, get a bike and live on the road. What this show was about.

I hit the road and did like Bronson did one summer What a great memory. I even painted a barn.

Cool, brought back some memories. I was just a kid when that show came out, and it aired to late for me to watch on a school night. So I bought a compact TV back then which was unheard of. In fact it was a collectors item when I got it. It had about a 4 inch screen which was nothing more then a big radio tube, it had to warm up and the picture was full of snow always had to adjust the verticle and horizontal. I got teased at school because I wore my stocking hat like Bronson

I loved that show!

From "The Wild One" to "You meet the nicest people on a Honda" America went to war and lots of guys didn't come back. This show showed that Bikers could be among the best people with ethics surpassing the average. In 69 my half brother didn't come back, my older brother was a couple years away from the draft, and I was young and impressionable. Years later on my Commando I pulled into the local watering hole ad some guy came up wanting me to see his bike. It was an early Sportster like Bronson;s, but mostly stock. With a smile on his face he pointed down and said "It shifts on the right by God"! And of course the conversation came here to Bronson. We agreed if we could we'd do a tour of America ourselves but it wasn't to be. RIP Richard, one of only three people I ever let ride beside me.

The ranger looks like gopher on the love boat

Wow. I remember that episode like it was yesterday. Thank you.

I loved the show I had a bike when I was 12 and had a few others in my adult life there is a great feeling riding a bike

Thank you for helping me remember one of my favorite TV shows

I watched this show every week when I was a kid .

I was 10 when the show came out. This solidified my longing for wanderlust on two wheels. I have 50 years on two wheels now and will only give it up when age prohibits. Hope that is in my 90s. I travel alone and most people dont or cant understand. Motorcycles were never a fad for me, it is a way of life.

I thot it was dumb show. So he rides a sporty. So what.

I thought i had seen every motorcycle related shows/movies but ive not seen or heard of this before. Thanks for putting this on here.

Both makes were junk then

That is a Schwinn sissy bar. Very cool for us Stingray riders.

This video and the show are great. Got a mini trail 50 when show was new. Then Suzuki 90, Honda CB175, Honda cl350, Kaw 900Z1, Triumph 750, Sportster 1200 and now at 68 I've been riding Yam FZ1 and Suz GSR-S750. Thanks to Then Came Bronson and motorcycle magazines and On Any Sunday. Life is good.

I had the Bronson MPC model kit!

When I first come home from Vietnam in 1969, I got introduced to the program. At that time in my life, I was planning for my trip to experience the country with my 1963 Harley FLH which I purchased at a police auction in 1965. My Harley was parked in my dad’s garage all the time I was in the Army. Bronson was a very interesting program which I look forward to each episode. My reasons for taking my long needed trip was to get the ravages of a war out of my head. At that time the V.A. Wasn’t helpful, only if one got seriously wounded during their tour. I had a few wounds, nothing serious enough to send me home. My wounds was the war stayed with me inside my head. I took off on my long travels and with in a few months I got my head screwed on with the help of my Harley and the very interesting people I got to meet. Most the folks I came across treated we great during my travels. There were a few, like the college kids or junky hippies that had issues with me and my past. As a young kid I learned well how to handle myself with assholes of the world. However, I look back over my memories and travels with my old Pan Head, great times. The program, Then came Bronson, reminded me of my times on the road and my first time at Sturgis. It took me about a year of traveling before I decided to head home to my parents and attempt to get settled in my life. Employee was hard to come by when the prospective employer heard I was a Vietnam vet. The media had so much negativity about us vets that the regular folks seemed to be scared of us vets back then. But that was then, my trips help me heal and that’s what counted. Anyway, I loved the Bronson show, watched it as much as I could. Too bad those type of shows aren’t on the tube today. Just might help some see there is a world outside of their bubble. But the folks today are now on a different wave length and would get bored with it. Old suckers like me would be only ones who would appreciate the show. Still riding this time in my life, enjoy the total freedom my Harley gives me as I travel. Age is just a number, if one has great health and can talk and chew bubble gum at the same time, you’re good to go. But if one is like Brandon. Stay home. Seek care. See ya down the road.

I watched the show 👍👌💯🇺🇲

I also became a motorcycle due to the show Then Came Bronson. I now have been riding 50+ years. I have ridden 49 states and most of Canada and Mexico. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have sung to myself Going down that Long Lonesome Highway while riding. I do currently own a '66 XLH Restomod that a one time was set up to look like the Bronson bike. Now it sports a turtle tank and stock HD panniers.

Watched the show with my dad every week. Great memories.!😉

Thank you for putting all this effort in preserving the memories of this tv show. I live in Brazil and when I was a young boy, this series had a big impact on me and my passion for motorcycles. I always wanted to build a replica of his. Take care and God bless you. “ Hang in there”.

This show is why I have ridden bikes my whole life. I watched this show every time it came on. I am 68 now and have 10 bikes. I still ride today.

Excellent show back in the day.

HD 900 cc sportster made the triumph 650 cc look like a little peashooter. Good thinking there mr. Bud Ekins for choosing the h. d. 900 over the 650 trumpet!👍

What a load of horse porn

One of my favorite shows growing up. Would dream of riding cross country but never did. I did however buy a Triumph Bonneville and had a great time riding.

Me and my brother Rick watched this show every Wednesday and we still ride you all hang in there he always said that l was 12 and my brother 15 that got us closer than ever thanks Bronson 😅

The only thing missing is him meeting up with big foot and big foot taking his bike back to the road