I remember going to Fulton county Stadium as a kid to watch the motocross race and it snowed. Think that was around 78 or 79. We lived in South Georgia and I also remember the hairy trip home on the snow covered roads.
Hannah will allways be the GOAT to me as a teen i had a one bedroom apt with the whole wall coverd in hannah pics and posters and my dirtbike in the front room , GOOD TIMES !!!
I raced Silver Kings hard enduro in 2021 and he raced it also. It was cool to see him walking around and riding in person. Nice guy. He travels around in a van with his bike and rides all over
Hannah probably would've been faster on his '79 works bike and he still won. Maybe even his stock '77! These Yamaha's at this time were probably the worst on the circuit. His '81 was brutal when he went head to head with Howerton at Saddleback.
Man, ya got to hand it to the mechanics of that era, but you can see what Hannah had to deal with bike wise, compared to the Honda’s esp the Suzuki and Kawasaki which was the only Factory bike brand running a disc brake at the time (think they started that on Lackeys 500 in 80)they were or looked so far ahead, that YZ looked over weight and looked a nightmare in the corners, amazing Hannah and Broc could win on that thing and that McCarthy could make it go so well. The Honda’s esp 82,83,84,85 from 125/250/500 stand the test of time as some of not the best looking and made bikes ever, slim way ahead of theyre time with flat tanks and seats, they even ran a fuel pump in those tanks that carried the fuel so low, IMO the production rule was one of the worst things ever to happen in US MX/SX and it spread to the GPs as well and was the end of the development race even today the development cycle is so long and so expensive yet they wonder why they don sell like they did back then, cost and lack of real development. Great race though, Honda should bring back that deep red and blue sat combo, what bikes they were.
MaverickDH I saw an interview with Brock where he was candid about how inferior the YZ was at the time. Just imagine how dominant he would have been if he had jumped ship and rode red... he had loyalty to a brand that took a chance on him, gotta give him integrity credit!
motoman22atgmail absolutely to both of them, an era that generated some true professionals in loyalty and riding and the rest. Not many may know this but Bob trained himself had his own diet and didn’t do drugs and didn’t drink much, he stayed after the races often to the next day to be with the fans. Re his Honda deal, he walked into HQ Yamaha and said do you want me to ride for or not they said not, so he called up Roger De Coster they said they had a full roster a week or so later Donnie Hansen had a life threading injury riding in Japan I think it was, So Roger signed him on a performance basis only, Bob said he made 5 times more in the first 5 races than a std contract Honda turned him down for initially. I’m a big fan of RC and Stewart for theyre talent results and how they changed they’re own era of the sport same with the likes of Dungey and Villipoto. But I really don’t think people today who talk of RC as the Goat or Stewart in the same way as the fastest ever, realise how big Bob was back then and the fact you had imo the biggest depth of talent and true Factory involvement in MX/SX history in at that time is lost a bit when people talk of the newer stars as being the best ever. Broc was an amazing rider in his own right 6National Championships and a great 500 rider esp as well as being the best 125 rider of his period. The list is incredible from the 70s to the mid to late 80s.
Tim Allen i know,im only talking about the 82 bike.it had that funky rear suspension, air cooled,my friend had a 82 yz 490 ,i know it wasnt as good as its factory brother but it was like riding a lumber truck the 250 prob wasnt much better ,even the works bike..i had a 82 rm 250 it would outrun that yz .matter of fact it was faster than any 250 and most open bikes
The thing about the yz’s was that the production bike of 82 was actually water cooled with the radiator on the bars, it was a bad design, started in 81 on the 125. The suspension was also bad with the dual linkage style mono cross rear shock/swing arm. The motor was good, the new YPVS power valve helped it make almost 33 horsepower but the cooling, suspension and poor handling forced most riders to stick with the previous air cooled engine and suspension. The 1983 yz’s were vastly improved and much more dependable machines.
Joe shit the ragman first break outside and wide, looks left small cross for photogs, back thru the chute over the pizza box, now how did that get there, quick! Somebody roll a YZ ontklo the raceway/track
But......the nice smoothie rride was out. Now Bob look at me...Hannah, not out the trick window sunglasses, little electric blanket party no tape on 1 lens inside hahhah, look at me
I'm calling the fcc, the cdb, the rok and tunnelvision to report. Bob, look at me, I'm reporting the truth of the matter to Miss Natalie Whiten and her fabulous lips of gold just down there swinging like a sweet chariot Franklin tn to be exact
I know the bikes were basically junk compared to today but these guys look so slow. I guess smoking cigarettes and getting drunk the night before a race didn't help either
I remember going to Fulton county Stadium as a kid to watch the motocross race and it snowed.
Think that was around 78 or 79.
We lived in South Georgia and I also remember the hairy trip home on the snow covered roads.
Hannah will allways be the GOAT to me as a teen i had a one bedroom apt with the whole wall coverd in hannah pics and posters and my dirtbike in the front room , GOOD TIMES !!!
At 3:25 - That's my Dad!!! #399 Kevin Gilchrist ready to tackle those Honda Himalayas!
Map To Gold Films that's really cool, to even qualify to run in a heat race is quite an achievement
Lol, that's killer.
Your dad rode with the best riders of all time son be proud
@@tommerwhite Thx. I am proud! Been a big fan of SX old & new thanks to my Dad.
You have a cool Dad
Man,...seeing these guys rail those ruts on those bikes. What an art.
Thanks for the video, definitely one of my favorite one to watch .
Thanks for the video. Really cool to see the sport at the roots. Especially a mud race.
Hannah is the man there’s no doubt! The best that ever lived!
The Beach Boys - Little Honda. They edit that in the video back in the day Sweet!!!
Man chuck sun sure was an under rated talent !
I raced Silver Kings hard enduro in 2021 and he raced it also. It was cool to see him walking around and riding in person. Nice guy. He travels around in a van with his bike and rides all over
I love the eighties ! ;-)))
Me too.
I 💘 the 70s Marty Smith and jim Pomeroy
King of ring-a-ding-ding-ding, Mark Barnett!!
Note those Hondas are not factory, they are RC works bikes.👍👍😉
Nothing gets by you junebug
@@Morrison2424 Yeuppers.🤠🏴French fried taters mmmhhhmmm. 🍟
I like your videos,great job.
Another W for Bob "HURRICANE" Hannah!
Brock's first bike is a OW works bike not a YZ.
Wow! The gate is so different today!
Bob Hannah backward is Bob Hannah still...
But it's hannaH boB!!!
In 1982 Yamaha's were water cooled on the front forks radiator?
The stock ones were, made them handle kind of bad. I had the 125.
Wheres all the spectators?? Covid??
空冷と水冷が混在、素晴らしい時代！ 82で水冷があるんだね、83からだと思ってた。
Hannah probably would've been faster on his '79 works bike and he still won. Maybe even his stock '77! These Yamaha's at this time were probably the worst on the circuit. His '81 was brutal when he went head to head with Howerton at Saddleback.
Why is Hannah's wo yz 250 bike not water cooled?
@@reese3407 Works OW 250 water cooled bike in the first year overweight. Hannah refused to ride it. Demanded the air cooled bike.
Where did the music come from back then?
Mito dei miti : Bob Hannah
Young Bob Varsha, before he covered F1, IHRA, and IMSA.
Loved how he called the riders "drivers"
Man, ya got to hand it to the mechanics of that era, but you can see what Hannah had to deal with bike wise, compared to the Honda’s esp the Suzuki and Kawasaki which was the only Factory bike brand running a disc brake at the time (think they started that on Lackeys 500 in 80)they were or looked so far ahead, that YZ looked over weight and looked a nightmare in the corners, amazing Hannah and Broc could win on that thing and that McCarthy could make it go so well.
The Honda’s esp 82,83,84,85 from 125/250/500 stand the test of time as some of not the best looking and made bikes ever, slim way ahead of theyre time with flat tanks and seats, they even ran a fuel pump in those tanks that carried the fuel so low, IMO the production rule was one of the worst things ever to happen in US MX/SX and it spread to the GPs as well and was the end of the development race even today the development cycle is so long and so expensive yet they wonder why they don sell like they did back then, cost and lack of real development.
Great race though, Honda should bring back that deep red and blue sat combo, what bikes they were.
MaverickDH I saw an interview with Brock where he was candid about how inferior the YZ was at the time. Just imagine how dominant he would have been if he had jumped ship and rode red... he had loyalty to a brand that took a chance on him, gotta give him integrity credit!
motoman22atgmail absolutely to both of them, an era that generated some true professionals in loyalty and riding and the rest.
Not many may know this but Bob trained himself had his own diet and didn’t do drugs and didn’t drink much, he stayed after the races often to the next day to be with the fans.
Re his Honda deal, he walked into HQ Yamaha and said do you want me to ride for or not they said not, so he called up Roger De Coster they said they had a full roster a week or so later Donnie Hansen had a life threading injury riding in Japan I think it was, So Roger signed him on a performance basis only, Bob said he made 5 times more in the first 5 races than a std contract Honda turned him down for initially.
I’m a big fan of RC and Stewart for theyre talent results and how they changed they’re own era of the sport same with the likes of Dungey and Villipoto. But I really don’t think people today who talk of RC as the Goat or Stewart in the same way as the fastest ever, realise how big Bob was back then and the fact you had imo the biggest depth of talent and true Factory involvement in MX/SX history in at that time is lost a bit when people talk of the newer stars as being the best ever.
Broc was an amazing rider in his own right 6National Championships and a great 500 rider esp as well as being the best 125 rider of his period. The list is incredible from the 70s to the mid to late 80s.
Tim Allen bell won the 1980 supercross title,not 82,
Tim Allen i know,im only talking about the 82 bike.it had that funky rear suspension, air cooled,my friend had a 82 yz 490 ,i know it wasnt as good as its factory brother but it was like riding a lumber truck the 250 prob wasnt much better ,even the works bike..i had a 82 rm 250 it would outrun that yz .matter of fact it was faster than any 250 and most open bikes
Their forks are upside down !
We used to say the forks we have today are upside down
Look how young Dave Despain is
Bob Hanah lapping David Bailey
Yeah, was there
Love me some Fulton County Stadium 🥇🇺🇸
Ah, Fulton county stadium!
Beach boys cool as hell
Interesting that the Yamahas here were all air cooled when the production bike was water cooled, radiator on the handle bars.
I had one!..slow and heavy!!
@@mrabrasive51 I have an 82 yz125 and 250 now, the 125 is actually very light and pipey but the 250 is all low and mid, no top end.
NO SUCH PLACE AS BRIDGETOWN IL.....MARK BARNETT IS FROM BRIDGEVIEW, IL
Markku Alen Maximum Attack!
Timer is a cartoon character with Bob Hannah's 📛 leaky everything
The Hondas and Suzukis were the heavier water cooled bikes. Compared to the lighter air cooled Yamahas..
Robert Clint i dont know about that.i believe hannah said that bike was a big heavy pile.he didnt like it
The thing about the yz’s was that the production bike of 82 was actually water cooled with the radiator on the bars, it was a bad design, started in 81 on the 125. The suspension was also bad with the dual linkage style mono cross rear shock/swing arm. The motor was good, the new YPVS power valve helped it make almost 33 horsepower but the cooling, suspension and poor handling forced most riders to stick with the previous air cooled engine and suspension. The 1983 yz’s were vastly improved and much more dependable machines.
That's why Yamaha cracked so easy...
not unlike that of the moon!
Where's the 1979, 80, race's with sound? come on guys pull out old vhs tapes
Broc always choked Glover!
Barnett used the Honda for a berm !
Bob.... Look at me.
Drivers on motorbike's........that's funny
Presenters in suits and ties !!!
Joe shit the ragman first break outside and wide, looks left small cross for photogs, back thru the chute over the pizza box, now how did that get there, quick! Somebody roll a YZ ontklo the raceway/track
Drivers...smh
Sticks, trainbridge ricebowl pit 13 mudflats Pajaro
MUSHROOM CUT HAIR DO FOR DESPAIN ....LOLOLOL IM DED
Video game of Hawaii 50 episode M triple C UCPV and the Wasatch county jail mugshots
"the superbowl of MOTOR cross" some of the announcers were so lame back then
Etty the type mommy told me
But......the nice smoothie rride was out. Now Bob look at me...Hannah, not out the trick window sunglasses, little electric blanket party no tape on 1 lens inside hahhah, look at me
I'm calling the fcc, the cdb, the rok and tunnelvision to report. Bob, look at me, I'm reporting the truth of the matter to Miss Natalie Whiten and her fabulous lips of gold just down there swinging like a sweet chariot Franklin tn to be exact
Poof goes Decoster European team
Bob, this is muy importuortante look at me Bob... It's Allahas plumbing you're a leak....
Water cooled junk 1976 YZ250 boyo Honda Elsinore was ok
Too wet
I know the bikes were basically junk compared to today but these guys look so slow. I guess smoking cigarettes and getting drunk the night before a race didn't help either
take the cam off of glover and show the battle my god wtf is wrong with people