Kenny Roberts rides his 1980 Yamaha YZR500 at Laguna Seca
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Haven't thought about this for many years, but tonight I hung out with my neighbors who are avid dirt bike riders (Bobby Tocco) . Told them how Kenny Roberts brought back so many good memories of my childhood. How my dad worked 7 days a week trying to support a family of 11.....his only enjoyment; and my best memory was at Northville Downs Race Track ....... My dad would be front and center screaming "go Kenny!" thrusting his arm into the air, smiling, having fun, loving life. My Dad passed 25 years ago. What great memories, thank you
Ya gotta love the way the guy goes into the cork screw and then takes his hand off the left clip on and waves to the crowd!!
Just 'cause you can add music to a video doesn't mean that you should.
Just ‘cause you can add a comment to a video doesn’t mean you should
@@joshuatillman60 I love how you don't live up to your own advice.
@@joshuatillman60 Remember that the next time you are tempted to use a keyboard.
my thaughts exactly.
I think in this case it suits the theme. But I agree with some videos
I had the pleasure of meeting Kenny at Daytona when I was an 18 year old in '75. I had just hung up my motocross (I also did a little flat track and Enduro races and some Trials competitions) racing boots after about a 6 year career where I earned an AMA Experts License in 125cc class (ranked as high as 7th in the state of Florida)and my local Yamaha shop that had sponsored me (Island Yamaha in Merritt Island Fl.) was looking at me to campaign a partial season on a TZ-250, I went to Daytona with them just to get some practice laps in for me to see what I thought of road racing and for them to see if my times warranted them giving me a somewhat full ride. Kenny was there (with Cal) on the factory TZ-750's and on pit row during their practice I walked up and introduced myself and congratulated him on hos Grand National championship and talked to him about steering with the rear wheel (explaining I had just started doing it in motocross, I just stumbled into it, thinking I had invented it, and was wondering what he thought of doing it in pavement)...his eyes lit up and he spoke for about 2 or 3 minutes about the advantage of steering with the rear tire on pavement. As it turned out I did get a few sponsored rides in late '75 and '76 on the TZ-250 and loved it but I then was off to Engineering college so ended my racing career...I kinda always felt had I stuck with it I may have been able to make a living at it, but in hindsight I feel like we (my dad and I, who was an Engineer who gave me lots of financial support not to mention was my chief wrench) made the right decision, as I just recently retired with 31 years at America's largest defense contractor so I am pretty well financially set...but re: Kenny, while he was very serious, he was just the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet, and I could tell he was smart as a tack, not to mention he obviously had other worldly scooter skills.
Translation: 'I gave up a career in entertainment for a career in genocide...'
It's a motorcycle story. We have fun here. Lighten the Fuck up.
@@izzysykopth Yawn...if you'd like to argue your point with some intellectual heft I would be happy to respond in kind.
@@darthvisor9289 So you're saying the official 911 narrative is believable?ROFL! That takes a special kind of stupid. BTW I had a fine career as a journey ironworker. I run my own business now. I'm also a performing musician and a patent holder. I've been teaching empty hand for twenty years. It's likely I accomplished more by the time I was out of grade school than you have in your entire pathetic life....
@@stevefowler2112 you'd have to have to display some intellectual capacity before I will engage....
I rode a Kawasaki Mach III in the 1970s, so my favorite rider was Yvon du Hamel from Team Kawasaki. Loved the battles between Roberts and du Hamel. Saw them race at Laguna Seca several times.
Me to
And then later watching his kid Migual du Hamel battle Scott Russell, Edwards and Fogerty.
It was pretty cool seeing Wayne Rainey as well!
Yeah...
Always loved the colours of this bike! I was a big fan of King Kenny and had my crash helmets painted like his, once when he was signing his autobiography at silverstone I got him to sign my helmet along the back just like his.
His battles with Barry Sheene were so fantastic to watch. As a teenager in the UK back in the day, these guys were idols...great video
I got an RD-400, and it was real quick.
Thank God the Z-100 was so expensive, otherwise I wouldn't have survived those years.
Kenny was magical, it's impossibly crazy stuff he did on a bike, He made it look easy, just like master craftsmen do.
Hey James! Port the cylinder to given specs (sorry I can't reveal mine) and it'll really "ZING"!
Thats awesome. I watch this about 1 time every 2years , so just to be inspired
We love ya up in Canada King Kenny....RD350 Box Stock forever baby!
Two Legends!
You are still The King Kenny !
I doubt Kenny would remember sighing my RZ at Daytona, but I certainly won't ever forget it. Very cool guy then, and now.
A salty cat but that's not a criticism! He changed modern racing and brought North America to the podium! Invented a style and was a winner. Awesome video!
This man has always been supremely confident , and thats what it takes to be a champion .
Fantastic to see the temperament of Kenny, which remains in focus. He is an enigma, like Hailwood before him - Rossi today. God bless the all
O.k. this is cool!, I wonder if he'll ride it again in 2021 when he turns 70! Wonderful Motorcycle and the era he and the bike represent!!! Thank You and God Bless!
I have to visit Laguna Seca one day! My favourite track on any racing game.
goose bumps, that´s really cool. The bike is a piece of art
beautiful. I knew nothing about bikes but a classmate had a magazine and said he wanted the Honda mb5. I went to the showroom and saw the rz and another Yamaha, the 600 at the time. the rz fit me better. saved up all my coin and bought it. little did I know about the king. it was meant to be mine.
Watching this reminded me of Nicky. A truly good person who just happened to be supremely talented on a motorcycle. God rest him.
I got gossebumps!
Really lovely to see!!! Bonus was seeing KR Jr too. #bigminime!!!
I can't wait to see him ride this bike when he turns 90.
I got to see K ROBERTS win at Road Atlanta and yes he did a wheele at high speed it’s a moment I will never forget
Loved the wheelie! Not bad Kenny!
A million thumbs up.
Superb Kenny!
The beste feeling for kenny
I’m sure our Barry Sheene would have had something to say about this if only he was here to see it. Great rivals, great friends.
Always the best
one handed through the corkscrew! legend!
Kenny sir your truly a legend 👍
4:40 Wave to the crowd at the bottom of the Corkscrew. How cool is that? 🙌
The dude is still a beast.
I was there. Good time for sure
he’s the reason i got a new 1975 RD 350 cafes it and would put holes in the knees of my Levi’s and still have the scares( could not afford the leathers back then)
The King!
La pasión por las motos no tiene edad. Me dicen que ya no estoy para motos y menos para deportivas y a los 45 años sigo manejando mi Suzuki GSXR600 K9 💪🏍️
two stroke heaven...
Bad ass bike right there
I love 2 stroke sound!!!!
I do too...but we could hardly hear it because whoever made this video tried to make it dramatic by putting that STUPID music on during his ride.
Hello legend✋🏽. Well I think now there should organized back for Veteran Racing Champion. For those who are death just R.I.P. For others who still Alive perhaps we can watch the old 2stroke Army set in racing
Legend.
he is why i became a motorcycle roadracer
...love it !!
You sent him out on D.O.T. tires? That's a scary proposition in of itself.
I wish Kenny was 18 years old again.
He is the real king.
I’d love to hear it with no background music
Didn't know Dale Earnhart dragged his knee driving NASCAR? Wow!
Total bad ass. He looks like he could go out there right now and race.
One of my heros. Every time I Wheelie I think of riders like the King. I'm 55 and I can still Wheelie like a kid.
Old people rule. Check out my channel for Wheelies and such.
Feat the doctor next😍😘
Grqnde época
It's amazing how a late 70's technology machine would still KILL a modern day 4 stroke race bike, CC per CC. The best 4 stroke race bike makes 230 horse and this old 2 stroke 500 made 166 (Kenny said 150, but it was 166) and that makes the old YZR 500 making over 330 horsepower per litre.
It's also a HUGE shame that the engine type (2 stroke) that put Yamaha on the top has been abandoned for old tech 4 strokes. They should have stood their ground and not let Honda bully them into their agenda.
Video editor had ONE JOB........ way to ruin a video by putting music in during the only scene we came here for....
You are right, the music totally ruined this.
LEGEND
No music please, only the engine sound...
no music could ever come close to the bikes and they never sounded quite like they did in the days of Camelot. .impossible! with KR posters in the garage, following in his line. in all ways. on and off track. so good2C he's chill as ever. and still looks good doin it. best years in my life.
agreed
Music doesn't belong in motorcycle videos and anyone who puts it there should be fired from future production.
Come on YAMAHA you guys should know better!
Sometimes RUclips recommendations are quite good. Kenny the legend. And yeah, the music is not necessary
@simple31 J Kiwi ;- Ivan Mauger
World Champion: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979 - R/Up 1971, 1973, 1974
New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year (Halberg Award) 1977 and 1979.
Long Track World Champion 1971, 1972, 1976 R/Up 1974, 1975
World Pairs Champion 1969, 1970 R/Up 1971, 1972, 1978, 1981
Speedway World Team Cup Champion 1968, 1971, 1972, 1979
European Champion 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975
British Champion 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Intercontinental Champion 1975
New Zealand Champion 1974, 1981
New Zealand Long Track Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
New Zealand South Island Champion 1977, 1981, 1983
Australasian Champion 1977, 1981
Australasian Grand Prix winner 1970, 1971, 1972
Sunday Times King of Claremont winner 1973, 1980, 1981, 1983
British-Nordic Champion 1968, 1971
British League Riders Champion 1971, 1973
Embassy Internationale Winner 1970, 1971, 1972
Northern Riders Champion 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1980
Provincial League Riders Champion 1963, 1964
Lubos Tomicek Memorial Trophy Winner 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979
Silver Sash Match Race Champion 1968, 1969
Golden Helmet Match Race Champion 1970
Scottish Open Champion 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Scotianapolis Winner 1969, 1970
Welsh Open Champion 1964, 1973
Westernapolis Winner 1968, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
Leningrad Cup (USSR) Winner 1969
Lokeren Memorial Trophy Winner 1970
Golden Key of Bremen 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Australian Long Track Champion 1962
Victorian State Champion (Australia) 1962, 1963
Queensland State Champion (Australia) 1962
Western Australian State Champion 1973
Yorkshire Television Trophy 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980
Lada Indoor International 1979
British Long Track Champion 1980
World Champion of Champions Match Race Series 1989
South Australian 150 Jubilee Trophy 1986
It would been cool if Barry was riding with him.
they always drown the bikes out with shit music
No shit! They do it all the time on TV shows and other videos! Drives me crazy
True but we must be respectful to the person who posted this .There is no better sound than a two stroke bike .
The hell I do
+freddy c how about you fuck yourself?
+Norcal06Warrior 916. I live in north Florida if your close I would love nothing better to have you talk shit to me face to face so I can teach you some manners
Great clip but why, oh why the music ?
Mike Fry
Probably something he / she / they put together at home and thought this a good place for a reaction.
it's a no from me.
Because it’s a promo video for Moto GP the makers probably just thought bike equals rock music they wouldn’t appreciate the riders or the bike sounds
Just a typical american stuff
Still the best colour scheme on any motorcycle, period
Kawasaki looks Great also at the time.
Ya but those yammy colours speak volumes,
Pretty sure it started with Bob Hannahs early 80s Motocross bikes. I have the same on my yz.
the red white and black European colors are nicer !!😂😂😂😂🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏁🍺🍺🍺
wtf get rid of the music
jeeeezzz: We finally get to hear some up beat music and then this 2 stroke noise is annoyingly in the background. WTF are they thinking!
Martijn B what are u thinking? 2-stroke bikes is what we're about! I used to race a TZ 250 and I loved that bike so much! The sound was pure music to and if u can't identify, go back in your hole!
@@charlesaguilar1708 *woosh*
Sarcasm, meet Charles. Charles, this is Sarcasm. I think you two should get to know each other.
Hahahahahahahahaha 👍🏼😷
Gazza Boo hahah ahaha
@@gazzaboo8461 Sorry! I missed that one but, have you ever raced a TZ250?
So many memories of Kenny...My motorcycle hero when I was a kid.
He changed how people raced and road the race bikes.
He really is a legend.
Nothin' like the sound of a 2-stroke GP bike!
Yep Loved the smokers & those 500's basically tried to kill the men riding them
If you could hear it properly.
Roberts did some crazy amazing things. He won on a Yamaha 650 Twin. Used a TZ750 2 stroke on dirt and won.... That shit was epic.
Kenny Roberts is to road racing, What Roger Decoster was to Motocross= BOTH LEGENDS !!!
Thd
amen
kenny is for american riders the same as Angel nieto for spaniards (who now dominate the earth)
The Dunlop family are the kings of "road racing".....there is a big difference between what king kenny does on a track and what the dunlops do on the ROADS
Oh and by the way the music killed it
one handed down the corkscrew at speed.... awesome
DCSPEED23 amazing!!!
I wouldn't dare on that bike...both hands on😂😂😂
Once a King, always a King. Kenny was simply unmatched. I am old enough to remember the time when he was the King. It is a real shame that America doesn't have a single representative in Moto GP neither in WSBK.
Last Sunday, Another american also called ROBERTS got pole position in Catar GP in Moto2
I love the smell of 2-stroke in the morning, smells like victory. Awesome stuff.
Kind of brought a tear to my eye . In 1972 I saw my first race at Loudin NH . Kenny finished 2nd to Gary Nixon . I was 13 at the time.....never forget that day with my dad
Loudon. Sure just a typing error.
Gary Nixon..rip.. such a great guy..old school.. and Kenny Roberts you know all these guys are so approachable and down to earth 🇺🇸
nice music flooded out the sound of the bike
Kenny is THE King ! I have loved him since I started riding. Kenny and Yamaha.....unmatched and undisputed. Ever. Love you Ken.
The only thing better than an 80’s yamaha is an 80’s Yamaha being ridden by Kenny Roberts.
The sound and smell of a Yamaha 2 stroke from that time is something you never forget
A 60s Honda being ridden by Mike Hailwood. Motorcycle racing peaked in 1967.
First you let us re-enjoy the two-takt era and then you put a piece of shit music in the movie. Just unbelievable. Let us hear the two takt sound as it was.
Beautiful... Yamaha and KR, two living legends
He can still ride it at 70, yes? Awesome.
I hope so, I am 64.
This video wasn't posted when it was filmed. Near the beginning it says he is about to turn 60. Still impressive. I'm 58 and will never let go of my RD400.
Good video, but more ambient noise, and more genuine engine noise, please......Less of the worthless music, please; It never adds, only detracts.
I see the MotoGP logo on the video. Did they produce it? They usually have ZERO sense for this sort of thing, and invariably screw up their productions. Any chance Yamaha can acquire the original footage and re-mix (simply DON'T mix in the crap music) the audio to produce the video we all want to see?
Completely ruined by unnecessary music. Can't even hear the bike.
Imagine trying to control a 150 horsepower, 200 pound two stroke! You've gotta be some kind of animal to even get on that machine while it's running.
mcgoodle it would be so dam fun but I’m sure it would bite ya real quick.
My bike 200pound@27hp run crazy. 150hp? are you crazy.
And when that power came on, it was not predictable; but when it did, it just exploded.
I'd ride it
The rz 350 was fast to
I got to meet Kenny Roberts when I was a kid. My Dad raced Kawasaki in drag and road race on the old Z1 .
Dad introduced me to Mr. Roberts at an Elsonore scramble.
My Dad told me I just shook hands with the greatest rider of all time.
Still agree. The man did it all!
I started riding on the road in 1980 here in the UK when most English kids wanted to be Barry Sheene but for me Kenny was my hero and the king. If you saw him race he was a total professional cool smooth and the yellow Yamaha's just looked so good.
Thanks for some great memories Kenny 👍
The early eighties were golden years for F1 GP500cc racing at Laguna Seca and King Kenny was always the one to beat on the faster 9-turn layout.
He's the man who got my interest in sport bikes and I still ride them today at my advanced age. He and Agostini set a standard that probably will never be beaten by two riders in a period. And remember there were other great riders then.
I was headed the way of road scared because of King Kenny but high school friends ride dirt bikes, so there I went. Kenny is LEGEND even to a dirt bike racer like me.
The greatest motorcycle racer the world has ever seen. They didn’t call Kenny the King for nothing, absolute Legend.
would have been a lot better with out shit music and just the sound of the bike
As a brit thus takes me back to Kenny and Barry. Went to a lot of the transatlantic races. A big event in our year. 4 strokes just dont excite like 2strokes and expansion pipes. They reinvented motor biking and everyone had a Yamaha or a suzuki.
legand...but barry sheen gave him a hard time back in the day..r.i.p barry..
I was there that day, and it was way beyond cool to see and hear Kenny and that bike again.
shame we could not hear the sound of the bike, why do people put poxy soundtrack tunes on these films.
Kenny Sr flat tracking a tz 750 only once, banned it for life. lol
Kenny jr on a
tz 250 , washed out front tire, stood it back up using his knee at 130 mph.
Colin at 17 yrs old shows up Road Atlanta, wins 7 out 8 races.
Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwartz racing
Brans Hatch, demolition style.
Not sure which is my favorite.
I wonder if this is the first time Kenny rode the "new" longer track. He raced on it prior to it's FIM homologation. The infield was added to meet FIM minimum length. I remember Kenny wheeling through the cork screw. He was leaps and bounds faster then the other riders of the time. Good to see the old livery, the yellow and black was always my favorite yamaha colors. My only complaint is Kel Carruthers not wrenching on it the bike and the music. The target audience are all motorcycle fans and would much prefer to hear the bike!
The fun of riding a 2 cycle, gives you the urge to put the RZ 500 on the road! Doesnt it.
凄い！
御大ケニーのハングオンは時を経ても美しい。
Seeing him ride the 750 on the Mile again was really impressive.
Thanks for putting the music over the best part.
150hp and only 200lbs. Oh my Goodness!
It's got to be the nicest Yamaha 2 stroke I've seen.......
It’s entirely possible that this is the most beautiful racing machine ever crafted by the hand of man. I love Yamaha’s
150 Horsepower and only TWO HUNDRED POUNDS?? My Yamaha XS650 had 40 hp, and weighed 467 lbs. I truly cannot imagine riding a bike that radical!