50 years later the little Elsie is still kicking ass! Long live the 1974 Honda CR125 Elsinore. Nothing has ever impacted the Motocross scene as much as the Honda Elsinore. I love Daytona Beach and dirt bikes would be icing on the cake!
I remember taking my ported RM125 to a local track in So. Cal. in the 1980s. Guys were practicing holeshots and I lined up with an Elsinore 125 a few times. He just blew me away.
Back in 77 I was in high school,mom and said if I got straight A's they would buy me a bike,I was a C&D student. I got all A's and 1 B. It was close enuff and I got a 75 CR 125.
@@michellepatrick5175 after I got a dirt bike my parents used it as a motivation tool! That's how I learned multiplication, would have to recite some before I got to ride.
A blast from the past. I raced a 1974 Yamaha 125 MX in 1975 and then upgraded to a 1975 YZ 125 monoshock for the 1976 season. In 1979 I raced a Yamaha 400 YZ. There is no better aroma than the exhaust of a 2 stroke engine burning Klotz oil.
Major respect to all of those guys who've kept these beautiful machines looking and running so good! These are the bikes that paved the way for what's being raced by the pro's now, and they all deserve a little love.
Mr Kaplan, I gotta tell you I had a tear in my eye after watching this. I grew up in this era of motocross and remember these bikes well. My hero was Roger De Coster. Glad to have found your channel. There’s always something exciting to watch. Hope to make it up to Kaplan Cycles someday.
Great comment, I’m 65 and I too grew up in that era, the late 60’s, the early to mid 70’s were my favorite yrs. I live in Southern California and riding and racing motocross through those yrs were a blast, me & all my friends always wanted to be Brad Lackey, growing up we all had posters of Brad Lackey on his CZ and Husky, Rodger DeCoster, Joel Robert on their Suzuki’s, Jim Pomeroy on his Bultaco, Bengt Aberg & Heikki Mikkola on Husky’s and Ake Jonson on that beast Maico, I remember watching all the greats race here in So. Cal. At Saddleback raceway and at the famed Carlsbad racetrack, fond great memories in deed, cheers 🍻 to ya! 😎🇺🇸✌️
We lost a local vintage bike guy fairly recently. Maybe you've even been to his museum in Massachusetts? Hollerich is his last name, and he has hosted some awesome vintage meets at his farm/museum. Dick Burleson and other past professional riders in attendance. Thank you for posting this, I wouldn't get to see it otherwise. It's been many moons since I've been to Daytona for bike week, and even then, I was too gooned up to make any of the nice events like this. Thanks for sharing it.
Oh Shit. I just read this comment thread to my girlfriend,'cuz it's funny. And I mentioned your screen name. NOW she wants me to change MY screen name to Mr. Wiggles. That nickname is supposed to be private.🤣 Jesus. Fuckin' Women... P.S.-Like it's not enough she already got me to use it,and SAY IT,publicly,at the local Unemployment Office...🥕🍌🌭🤪
@@jaycoppola4324 Good one! I find it hard to not laugh when I screw with Indian or Filipino telemarketers, with them thinking that I'm nearly ready to give them my SSN and bank account info, and with their accented English, them calling me Mr. Johnson, or "Huge"! I tell them it's a Welsh name, and they don't know the difference! Good luck with the "Wiggles"!
Love those old school bikes. That's what me and my friends rode back in the late 70's. I miss those days. I had two bikes. 74 Suzuki TS185 stripped down to just an off road bike. And an 78 Suzuki RM125. Man oh man.
They were so cool. Czechoslovakia was still behind the iron curtain so they sold the bike with a year's worth of spare parts. I rode a friend's 360 once and could not keep the front wheel on the ground.
#1 CR125. Thank you Mr Kaplan America for such a nice interview and noticing my Elsinore CR125. The 4 vintage classes at Daytona Supercross were all 0 to 500cc open classes. I was the only dummy on a 125. Lol. I did manage to capture the overall championship in one of those classes. I had a great time and you made it better. If you would like to learn more about my Elsinore called Clunker and his journey to the National Championship simply view here. Again, thank you sir. ruclips.net/p/PL9ruYiNnoDuRu7Sqho8YLYtp9VJJk28q3
Jerry, I would respectfully recommend a protective case for your GoPro. They are $50 but well worth the money to protect your camera. They are also waterproof. I have one and love it.
Sorry to comment so much, but I remember back in the late 70’s, then 80’s the 2 stroke Kawasaki’s, Honda’s, Yammaha’s and Susuki’s in the upper Northern States of the US. I always rode a Kawasaki. My first bike at 16yrs old was a Kawasaki KX 80. It was a tank compared to today’s bikes but I loved it👍
I don't know how old these guys are but I think they're around 85 years I r o d e and race my 1992 Honda CR500 and I ride and race like I am 19 years old still! And I am 65 years old a friend of mine that used to be on the Jeremy McGrath Yamaha racing team in Carlsbad California I was always in front of him he could never pass me I would absolutely just lap these guys still at 65 years old! X pro boxer founder of boxing vs UFC and best fight predictor Of All Times Rocky's Eastern assassin Esterline
I absolutely LOVE those vintage class... it remember me my younger days when these bikes where the sh*t.... Now tell me that a 250cc air cooled club class woudn't be a blast for w-e warriors.... with modern suspensions and disc brakes... keeping the hobby affordable for everyone.... like it was in these days...
@@eloiseharbeson2483 I know... but I also know that I could rebuild a 2 stroke for 4-500$ back then... now it's that for a KTM 350F piston alone.... We need cheaper bikes to maintain...for the working man... we are not all sponsored full blown racers with a semi and 2 mechanics
@@cornemuse61 I'm 70 and I know what "it was cheaper back in the day" sounds like to most people. Sure bikes cost more to buy and maintain. So does everything else if you haven't noticed. Those bikes cost every dollar I could beg or borrow to keep running and were junk anyway. When I was in HS my best bud bought a 5 year old Corvette for $3K that had the 350 hp 327ci motor. Does that mean that I have any expectation of finding such today? There are things you need to be concerned about today MUCH more than having a motorcycle that you can operate for what you pay for coffee at Starbucks.
@@eloiseharbeson2483 You don't get my point I think.... 62 and getting older each year here too... I'm just saying that there's could be a market for simple/cheaper mx club class... I don't agree that bikes where all "junk" back then.... My old yz's and red rocket's where very reliable and fun bikes in the 80's... Bringing back something similar with modern materials/suspender/brakes COULD bring back many more riders (old and new) to the sport... Maybe I'm dreaming awake... just saying.... actual vintage classes seems pretty popular and growing if I'm right... Have a good day
Bummer I was looking for a Bultaco 250 Pursang like I raced back in the mid 70's. She was a 73 vintage which I ported and polished with a Wiseco piston. Fast bike, heavy and power that was hard to tame, but she sang a nice tune.
Holy cow!! 1:42 That CZ has a brake "pull rod" with 6 bends in it that will all flex before it puts much force on that single leading shoe rear drum brake. I bet downshifting worked just as good. :)
Hmm. Unless the pivot for the brake pedal was concentric with swing arm pivot ( not likely) wouldn't the longer wheel travel allowed by the forward shocks cause mayhem with adjustment? Seems like a cable would be more appropriate.
@@kimkleiner8456 are you familiar with "rear brake hop"? Cable actuation accomplishes nothing. Only a full floating brake eliminates this. Brake hop is not a big problem with the lack of traction on a dirt bike.
I have a Husqvarna WR250 around the same vintage as 222. It's easily one of the scariest bikes I've ever ridden. It's surprisingly fast but the brakes and suspension aren't quite up to the task.
2 stroke brings back memories of being a kid. They even sounded fast. Hell easy 2 replace a topend as a 13-14 yr old kid. Nevermind cost. Wtf 4 stroke ridiculous.
It's amazing how their feet touch the ground!!. It's been a great disservice to millions of motorcyclists where their feet have been kicked out from under them!! and generations of new bike riders
Not to mention, the dealers and manufacturers are marketing to the boomers who make more on their retirement than any person I know who works two jobs. The future of cycling in America is bleak here in Michigan .
@@johnberry2877 it's hard to have a trail bike if your feet don't touch the ground! It's ridiculous! to pack up a bike with a heavy load and call it an adventure bike? if you can't even hold that bike up! when you come to a stop and especially in dangerous rough Terrain . it makes me think back of all the many motorcycles I had growing up how my feet would touch the ground and how wonderful that is! You have control of your motorcycle with a big load on it or another person. but when your feet , you can't touch the ground! you lose stability!!it's ridiculous. And then you get hurt. yes I couldn't afford a bike when I was very young and had to go and work half the summer in order to buy my first bike which was a Bridgestone it was very old, I bought it from a dealer and of course I was an adventure living in rural Wisconsin. I had all those old abandoned Farms to explore. But the bike failed me after I laid it down coming into the driveway of the farm too fast because I drink too many beers :-) which was nothing new for me growing up! but I had a very important hot date at about 17 years old and I could not fulfill that date! my bike would not run anymore and she was a cute well-built polish girl
@@markjacobs3956 No I am a boomer myself. However, I see what my generation has done to this country. They have sat back, drank beer, got stoned, and lived a life of great opportunities and fabulous opulence while the jobs and advantages they had were systematically offshored, outsourced and pissed away ! Moreover, they didn’t care or were to self absorbed “ narcissistic “ to give a 💩. Now they bemoan all the poverty of their children and grandchildren are suffering with. Here in Michigan, they watched entire plants such as Buick City be dismantled and sent to 🇨🇳by GM and the parasitic grifters in the elitist political class. So, yes my generation did this. A generation of self absorbed narcissists that could not see past their billfolds.
@@johnberry2877 My children and grands are fine because they work their asses off while they're young so they can retire like I did at 50...so they can pay for the rest that don't. Stop preaching... Your Bleeding Heart... Liberal I assume?
mid 1980s i had the priveledge of riding with a true American legend here in Australia ,say hello to Jimmy Ellis,i feel that there is a whole lot of legends right there at Daytona ,OUTSTANDING
@@rideon1956 he was over here to race in the Finke desert race on a fully sponsored ktm495 through Bert Flood ,the bike he rode the day we went riding was a RM250D,what a true legend,Floods gave him a second hand Suzuki to go trail riding with a few of us and a couple mechanics and he owned each and every one of us ,your left shaking your head at how damm fast he can ride through the scrub ,that poor RM it copped a flogging
So many Legends,---we can't remember them all. lol It kinda reduces the impact of the word, so now we have have different "Legends" societal classes and add "He is one of the best Legends EVER!!!" Ohhh Jeeeezzzz. Glad I am old.
Oh my God thank you so much chaplain Ken. Senior. To see these machines ready to race oh my God awesome job. I know it take forever and a lot of guys wouldn't want you to do it go through the pit before they get ready to hit the gate and get like five minutes from every one of the guys. Telling what's going on with the. . You definitely found your Nirvana you have the museum and. Now you have RUclips as a platform to really send it. Loyal subscriber love the old bikes. . The CCM museum you went to was amazing. I hear they're trying to open up a shop in the States you should be a dealer you would be the perfect guy for that
Love it! Nothing better than old school 2 strokes. Can’t stand today’s trend with 4 strokes. Why have a slower 4 stroke bike with twice the weight?! Who came up with the idea that a 2 stroke 125 is equivalent to a 250 4 stroke?! Make it a 125cc 2 stroke and a 125 4 stroke. Make it even and then see what happens. The 4 stroke is inferior! No questions asked. Bunch of fools
Loved the Spanish bikes badge. Had to have a bultaco thumbs up t- shirt in high school and loved the ossa clover. What bike had the radial fined head? Maico? CZ? Was there a porcupine head or was that a dream / fantasy?
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I have a Husky 250cr like the leader there. Thanks for bringing us some footage of these vintage bike races that we probably wouldn't see otherwise.
50 years later the little Elsie is still kicking ass! Long live the 1974 Honda CR125 Elsinore. Nothing has ever impacted the Motocross scene as much as the Honda Elsinore. I love Daytona Beach and dirt bikes would be icing on the cake!
I remember taking my ported RM125 to a local track in So. Cal. in the 1980s. Guys were practicing holeshots and I lined up with an Elsinore 125 a few times. He just blew me away.
Back in 77 I was in high school,mom and said if I got straight A's they would buy me a bike,I was a C&D student. I got all A's and 1 B. It was close enuff and I got a 75 CR 125.
@@michellepatrick5175 after I got a dirt bike my parents used it as a motivation tool! That's how I learned multiplication, would have to recite some before I got to ride.
No doubt! RIP to the great Marty Smith.
Mass produced only good for wall hanger
Love the vintage MX Class Thanks for posting. It was great you went down the line to highlight all those classic bikes.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nothing better than seeing all the old cool bikes👍🏻thanks ✌️🇺🇸
A blast from the past. I raced a 1974 Yamaha 125 MX in 1975 and then upgraded to a 1975 YZ 125 monoshock for the 1976 season. In 1979 I raced a Yamaha 400 YZ. There is no better aroma than the exhaust of a 2 stroke engine burning Klotz oil.
Major respect to all of those guys who've kept these beautiful machines looking and running so good! These are the bikes that paved the way for what's being raced by the pro's now, and they all deserve a little love.
Mr Kaplan, I gotta tell you I had a tear in my eye after watching this. I grew up in this era of motocross and remember these bikes well. My hero was Roger De Coster. Glad to have found your channel. There’s always something exciting to watch. Hope to make it up to Kaplan Cycles someday.
Great comment, I’m 65 and I too grew up in that era, the late 60’s, the early to mid 70’s were my favorite yrs. I live in Southern California and riding and racing motocross through those yrs were a blast, me & all my friends always wanted to be Brad Lackey, growing up we all had posters of Brad Lackey on his CZ and Husky, Rodger DeCoster, Joel Robert on their Suzuki’s, Jim Pomeroy on his Bultaco, Bengt Aberg & Heikki Mikkola on Husky’s and Ake Jonson on that beast Maico, I remember watching all the greats race here in So. Cal. At Saddleback raceway and at the famed Carlsbad racetrack, fond great memories in deed, cheers 🍻 to ya! 😎🇺🇸✌️
Looks like an absolute blast 💥 Great vid!
Three more motos I don't know who is more blessed this old man or the rest of the world to have someone like him in our world
Great job everyone out there, stunning bikes god bless E Ks pants 🍀👍🙏
We lost a local vintage bike guy fairly recently. Maybe you've even been to his museum in Massachusetts? Hollerich is his last name, and he has hosted some awesome vintage meets at his farm/museum. Dick Burleson and other past professional riders in attendance.
Thank you for posting this, I wouldn't get to see it otherwise. It's been many moons since I've been to Daytona for bike week, and even then, I was too gooned up to make any of the nice events like this. Thanks for sharing it.
Excellent Screen Name. 👍😅
@@jaycoppola4324 Thanks. Saved from old days when signing up for junk mail at work. The mailman used to get a good laugh out of it.
@@hugejohnson5011 So I guess that would make it "Huge Junk",as in you had Huge Junk (Mail). 🤔
Please forgive me. I'm tired and goofy. 😅 Goodnight.
Oh Shit. I just read this comment thread to my girlfriend,'cuz it's funny. And I mentioned your screen name. NOW she wants me to change MY screen name to Mr. Wiggles. That nickname is supposed to be private.🤣
Jesus. Fuckin' Women...
P.S.-Like it's not enough she already got me to use it,and SAY IT,publicly,at the local Unemployment Office...🥕🍌🌭🤪
@@jaycoppola4324 Good one! I find it hard to not laugh when I screw with Indian or Filipino telemarketers, with them thinking that I'm nearly ready to give them my SSN and bank account info, and with their accented English, them calling me Mr. Johnson, or "Huge"! I tell them it's a Welsh name, and they don't know the difference! Good luck with the "Wiggles"!
Love those old school bikes. That's what me and my friends rode back in the late 70's. I miss those days. I had two bikes. 74 Suzuki TS185 stripped down to just an off road bike. And an 78 Suzuki RM125. Man oh man.
Old cool guys on great bikes of yesterday! Love it!
The CZ looked really sweet!!! Ah…not a win…..
but 🤷🏻♂️still pretty.
They were so cool. Czechoslovakia was still behind the iron curtain so they sold the bike with a year's worth of spare parts. I rode a friend's 360 once and could not keep the front wheel on the ground.
Thanks for taking the time to video and post this. I hope they had a blast. Great to see those bikes and riders still doin it. 👍👍
Ken you leade a truly blessed life and I could'nt be happier for ya brother!
#1 CR125. Thank you Mr Kaplan America for such a nice interview and noticing my Elsinore CR125. The 4 vintage classes at Daytona Supercross were all 0 to 500cc open classes. I was the only dummy on a 125. Lol. I did manage to capture the overall championship in one of those classes. I had a great time and you made it better. If you would like to learn more about my Elsinore called Clunker and his journey to the National Championship simply view here. Again, thank you sir. ruclips.net/p/PL9ruYiNnoDuRu7Sqho8YLYtp9VJJk28q3
Hi Jerry , honored to have the chance to film you winning again on your Elsinore! Very impressive ride!! Hope to do it again soon!
Nice to see you out there still tearing it up!!
Jerry, I would respectfully recommend a protective case for your GoPro. They are $50 but well worth the money to protect your camera. They are also waterproof. I have one and love it.
Did you ever make it to Orlando sports stadium ? 70s era ...
Hey Jerry
Good to see you ripping it.
Doc
I recognized cz right away by the sound, great😘😘
Awesome video!
Very cool! I grew up on a 1973 Yamaha enduro, my first taste of true freedom as a hillbilly kid in the middle of nowhere 👍
I have a couple of Elsinore’s but the 1976 kx250a3. Made my smile I love those bikes.
Sorry to comment so much, but I remember back in the late 70’s, then 80’s the 2 stroke Kawasaki’s, Honda’s, Yammaha’s and Susuki’s in the upper Northern States of the US. I always rode a Kawasaki. My first bike at 16yrs old was a Kawasaki KX 80. It was a tank compared to today’s bikes but I loved it👍
Love those old school bikes ! Thanks for sharing.
Love those dirt bikes
Thanks so much for the great video!!
You are so welcome!
That style of track not typical of the early days. The high speed rollers were the days ! Kool video
Loving the KX250 A3 ‘76, happy days, had one road legal back in the day
THANKS KEN! Damn I love those old aircooled CR's
Miss my little CR125M Elsinore , My El Señor !!! Funnest bike I ever owned . Got it as a Basket case all apart in a box .
Like it like it lots .cool thanks for letting me watch.
Proper bikes making the right sounds! Modern 4t MX doesn't stir the soul the same way.
kx 250 wow sounded porky and super ...
I loved the way they smelled burning castor bean oil pre-mix but hated the way they sounded. Why I have hearing damage today.
I can smell the golden spectro and klotz in the air 😂😂
loved klotz super toxic
Love those old bikes. No Maico, Bultaco, Montessa, etc?
Penton, CZ, Husqvarna, and Can Am was a pretty exotic showing! Would have been great to see the ones u mentioned too though.
What great old bikes! I raced enduros and MX on machines of this vintage.
Love it. Thanks for sharing.
God I love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My weapon of choice was a 1976 Honda MR175. I was 15 years old and trail riding in Oregon. Good times.
Man this is awesome. Great video Ken
Glad you enjoyed it
Love it I had those bikes !!
I don't know how old these guys are but I think they're around 85 years I r o d e and race my 1992 Honda CR500 and I ride and race like I am 19 years old still! And I am 65 years old a friend of mine that used to be on the Jeremy McGrath Yamaha racing team in Carlsbad California I was always in front of him he could never pass me I would absolutely just lap these guys still at 65 years old! X pro boxer founder of boxing vs UFC and best fight predictor Of All Times Rocky's Eastern assassin Esterline
I absolutely LOVE those vintage class... it remember me my younger days when these bikes where the sh*t.... Now tell me that a 250cc air cooled club class woudn't be a blast for w-e warriors.... with modern suspensions and disc brakes... keeping the hobby affordable for everyone.... like it was in these days...
Ever swung your leg over a modern KTM? Better than a "works" (factory) bike from the '80's.
@@eloiseharbeson2483 I know... but I also know that I could rebuild a 2 stroke for 4-500$ back then... now it's that for a KTM 350F piston alone....
We need cheaper bikes to maintain...for the working man... we are not all sponsored full blown racers with a semi and 2 mechanics
@@cornemuse61 I'm 70 and I know what "it was cheaper back in the day" sounds like to most people. Sure bikes cost more to buy and maintain. So does everything else if you haven't noticed. Those bikes cost every dollar I could beg or borrow to keep running and were junk anyway. When I was in HS my best bud bought a 5 year old Corvette for $3K that had the 350 hp 327ci motor. Does that mean that I have any expectation of finding such today? There are things you need to be concerned about today MUCH more than having a motorcycle that you can operate for what you pay for coffee at Starbucks.
@@eloiseharbeson2483 You don't get my point I think.... 62 and getting older each year here too... I'm just saying that there's could be a market for simple/cheaper mx club class... I don't agree that bikes where all "junk" back then.... My old yz's and red rocket's where very reliable and fun bikes in the 80's...
Bringing back something similar with modern materials/suspender/brakes COULD bring back many more riders (old and new) to the sport...
Maybe I'm dreaming awake... just saying.... actual vintage classes seems pretty popular and growing if I'm right...
Have a good day
Those guys were so nice and grateful.
Geez, LOL, looks like I should have been there !
I dig the Evil Knevel riding gear. I would ride with it. Nostalgia.
Very cool bikes !
Keep up the good work today Ken and enjoy your day today
I could listen to that sound all day long
That Kaw sounded so crisp. My first bike was a 74 Husqvarna 250. I thought it was fast until my neighbor brought over his XL or XR450.
good meeting covered my friend had a hand injury riding his greeves there 250 griffon
2 Stroke Heaven!
I remember moto cross back in the 60s. Jawas come to mind but the kings of the dirt bikes back 60s was the Maco's.
Elsinore the best 125 ever made, plug n play 190 kit turned into a 250 beater
The suspension...stiff...nice video!
That Husky is beautiful. I remember seeing these in Dirt Rider magazines back in the 70's
Yes they are!
360 and 390 heck 250 all killers back in my day...but I rode 250cz
Bons tempos...... !
A moto era boa, mas o piloto era muito mais importante!!!
The first motocross Track in the infield of Daytona was 1988 I was there maybe it wasn’t the first but it was my first
Would have fit right in on the line with my 1975 Yamaha YZ 360B monoshock!!!! Goog times !!!! 😀😀😀😀🏍🏍🏁🍺🍺🍺👍👍
Would love to see you do a big show of Bike Week every year.
That would be cool!
Bummer I was looking for a Bultaco 250 Pursang like I raced back in the mid 70's. She was a 73 vintage which I ported and polished with a Wiseco piston. Fast bike, heavy and power that was hard to tame, but she sang a nice tune.
Holy cow!! 1:42 That CZ has a brake "pull rod" with 6 bends in it that will all flex before it puts much force on that single leading shoe rear drum brake.
I bet downshifting worked just as good. :)
Which makes this era of development very dynamic, and special,--I may add. :)
thats why we took them off...no back brake necessay save weight too
That brake rod was more than adequate for dirt
Hmm. Unless the pivot for the brake pedal was concentric with swing arm pivot ( not likely) wouldn't the longer wheel travel allowed by the forward shocks cause mayhem with adjustment? Seems like a cable would be more appropriate.
@@kimkleiner8456 are you familiar with "rear brake hop"? Cable actuation accomplishes nothing. Only a full floating brake eliminates this. Brake hop is not a big problem with the lack of traction on a dirt bike.
Would like to have seen an an RM125B.
I was wondering Ken? Do you know if he keep that number one plate. Or did he have to pass it on.
Keeping it
Sweet good to hear.
Cool***
Freaking cool
Randy Richardson on the 222
Wish I had my Tyrans at this. 👍🏻😎
I have a Husqvarna WR250 around the same vintage as 222. It's easily one of the scariest bikes I've ever ridden. It's surprisingly fast but the brakes and suspension aren't quite up to the task.
Well that was cool
do you know mrSerge Bacou french driver ?? OR JMB ??
Where did he find a yaffa?
2 stroke brings back memories of being a kid. They even sounded fast. Hell easy 2 replace a topend as a 13-14 yr old kid. Nevermind cost. Wtf 4 stroke ridiculous.
Looks like the lineup when I went to Russ Darnells School of Motocross in the summer of 1973. Russ rode an Ossa 250 Phantom.
I can smell the bean oil from here
I can smell the Castrol.
О чем там мужики беседовали перед стартом? Это заезд ветеранов?
222 on the husky would destroy me on my modern bike, the dude is fast!
😀👀 good...👍👍😀👮♂️
Oh the smelllll of bean oil !!
Such a great variety of bikes back in the 60s - CZ, Penton, Sachs, Husky, Suzuki, Hodaka. The sound of compression release and the smell of Castrol.
Randy Richardson on the 222
Man those bikes bring back great memories. Thanks.
You bet!
Very cool! I grew up on a 1973 Yamaha enduro, my first taste of true freedom as a hillbilly kid in the middle of nowhere 👍
Three cheers for the riders who are older than their bikes!
I raced the first 2 Daytona vintage days all my buddies went this year I was so bummed I couldn't go it is so so so so fun an absolute blast💥💥💥💥
You need to interview Randy. He’s the fastest man in Pedmond
It's amazing how their feet touch the ground!!. It's been a great disservice to millions of motorcyclists where their feet have been kicked out from under them!! and generations of new bike riders
Not to mention, the dealers and manufacturers are marketing to the boomers who make more on their retirement than any person I know who works two jobs. The future of cycling in America is bleak here in Michigan .
@@johnberry2877 it's hard to have a trail bike if your feet don't touch the ground! It's ridiculous! to pack up a bike with a heavy load and call it an adventure bike? if you can't even hold that bike up! when you come to a stop and especially in dangerous rough Terrain . it makes me think back of all the many motorcycles I had growing up how my feet would touch the ground and how wonderful that is! You have control of your motorcycle with a big load on it or another person. but when your feet , you can't touch the ground! you lose stability!!it's ridiculous. And then you get hurt. yes I couldn't afford a bike when I was very young and had to go and work half the summer in order to buy my first bike which was a Bridgestone it was very old, I bought it from a dealer and of course I was an adventure living in rural Wisconsin. I had all those old abandoned Farms to explore. But the bike failed me after I laid it down coming into the driveway of the farm too fast because I drink too many beers :-) which was nothing new for me growing up! but I had a very important hot date at about 17 years old and I could not fulfill that date! my bike would not run anymore and she was a cute well-built polish girl
@@johnberry2877 So no Boomers worked hard for their retirement...or their bikes. Sigh.
@@markjacobs3956 No I am a boomer myself. However, I see what my generation has done to this country. They have sat back, drank beer, got stoned, and lived a life of great opportunities and fabulous opulence while the jobs and advantages they had were systematically offshored, outsourced and pissed away !
Moreover, they didn’t care or were to self absorbed “ narcissistic “ to give a 💩.
Now they bemoan all the poverty of their children and grandchildren are suffering with. Here in Michigan, they watched entire plants such as Buick City be dismantled and sent to 🇨🇳by GM and the parasitic grifters in the elitist political class. So, yes my generation did this. A generation of self absorbed narcissists that could not see past their billfolds.
@@johnberry2877 My children and grands are fine because they work their asses off while they're young so they can retire like I did at 50...so they can pay for the rest that don't. Stop preaching... Your Bleeding Heart... Liberal I assume?
I had that '74 125 Honda Elsinore
I was born in the wrong era. When it needs a computer to make it run I'm not interested anymore. These bikes have a soul.
Oh my God , that is my childhood memories of the vintage Husqvarna, awesome Ken , thank you my friend
Glad you enjoyed it
mid 1980s i had the priveledge of riding with a true American legend here in Australia ,say hello to Jimmy Ellis,i feel that there is a whole lot of legends right there at Daytona ,OUTSTANDING
Go Cam Am with Jimmy racing that bike
Make that Can Am lol dam spell check
@@rideon1956 he was over here to race in the Finke desert race on a fully sponsored ktm495 through Bert Flood ,the bike he rode the day we went riding was a RM250D,what a true legend,Floods gave him a second hand Suzuki to go trail riding with a few of us and a couple mechanics and he owned each and every one of us ,your left shaking your head at how damm fast he can ride through the scrub ,that poor RM it copped a flogging
@@PETERNESSHe came to the states mid late 70's and raced here in So Cal, we all loved him
So many Legends,---we can't remember them all. lol It kinda reduces the impact of the word, so now we have have different "Legends" societal classes and add "He is one of the best Legends EVER!!!"
Ohhh Jeeeezzzz. Glad I am old.
2 strokes are the best hands down they need to keep making them
Oh my God thank you so much chaplain Ken. Senior. To see these machines ready to race oh my God awesome job. I know it take forever and a lot of guys wouldn't want you to do it go through the pit before they get ready to hit the gate and get like five minutes from every one of the guys. Telling what's going on with the. . You definitely found your Nirvana you have the museum and. Now you have RUclips as a platform to really send it. Loyal subscriber love the old bikes. . The CCM museum you went to was amazing. I hear they're trying to open up a shop in the States you should be a dealer you would be the perfect guy for that
Love it! Nothing better than old school 2 strokes. Can’t stand today’s trend with 4 strokes. Why have a slower 4 stroke bike with twice the weight?! Who came up with the idea that a 2 stroke 125 is equivalent to a 250 4 stroke?! Make it a 125cc 2 stroke and a 125 4 stroke. Make it even and then see what happens. The 4 stroke is inferior! No questions asked. Bunch of fools
I had Husqvarna 250 and 360 back then. Perfect bikes .
Miss those Swede Husqvarna
Brings back memories...had a 250cr husky..many bumps and bruises at " the bombing range" east of Denver in the late 70s
No hay ninguna marca Made in
Spain.Montesa,Bultaco Ossa?
Worth so much money and rare.
I had 250 Montessa and Ossa.
Excellent.
@@MitzvosGolem1 Remember the Mexican Hodaka? they were cool
@@pennyan2057 Carabella 125 and 250 awesome. 1970s
Loved the Spanish bikes badge. Had to have a bultaco thumbs up t- shirt in high school and loved the ossa clover. What bike had the radial fined head? Maico? CZ? Was there a porcupine head or was that a dream / fantasy?
@@kimkleiner8456 Maico,CZ,KTM,Zundapp had big radial fins .
So in their day, almost zero suspensions compared to modern bikes. The top riders were monsters. Love the old bikes.
im tryn to think how we jumped these bikes as a kid they land like a ton of shit lol
This is when I grew up. I had a Husqvarna 250 WR what a great bike and a great time in life when things were normal.
Makes me wish for my old Hodaka super rat, that thing was a screamer.
Had the same bike, sooooo much fun in the gravel pits !!!
YEa that is riding. When you case a double on one of those bikes it really hurts. ing. When you case a double on one of those bikes it really hurts.