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Such a cool sport. One more reason to admire Japan from afar. The inverted starting order by the riders' rank in the scoring system is a particularly interesting aspect.
8:20: Even the numbers on the back of their shirts are printed at a 45 degree angle so that they're straight up-and-down when the riders are banking left! They've thought of every detail!
these are incredible. everything designed specifically for these races down the strange offset handlebars designed to keep your hands level with those huge leans. at least I think that's what they are designed that way for. this is freaking cool
Nice video. Possibly worth mentioning that this is one of the very few legal ways to gamble in Japan currently, add also horse racing, and I think you can bet on some bicycle racing and mini powerboats. This isn't too far from me, so I might ride up and check it out one day.
Thrilling video Peter! I raced Karts years ago, still know people who do & a few who are up there in age(near 80) & still get on the track to race & show they still has the skills & passion for the sport & don't let their age hold them back.
Thanks for the Nostalgia. Used to watch this from outside the fence near Funabashi everytime my family went to the funabashi racecourse flea market. Never knew whats going on but you can't go wrong with a bunch of bikes racing each other in an oval.
yes its similar to flat tracking here in the US but they dont get their bikes that low. Thats insane how low they go nice job on the camera work to capture that
This was a very cool vid. Love the action on the track. Hope you do another of these when it's a bit more crowded. Dig the roar of a big audience. Good stuff.
Reminds me of speedway and flat track racing combined. I love that the highest ranked rider needs to work his way through the field. F1 should do this. It might make them more interesting. I'd love to see these races in person. Maybe when I retire, I'll move to Japan and be one of these of guys.
Outstanding, Peter! Attaching a preview of coming attractions to entice the huddled masses starving for entertainment is a shrewd ploy. Likewise, a 'TO BE CONTINUED' two-part episode might become a hot topic around water coolers everywhere. "Can the doctors and nurses at Jackrabbit Hospital stop jumping each other's bones long enough to save our hero from an overripe case of swamp arse or must he pin his hopes on the cool breezes of distant autumn? Tune in next time!"
Theres a video of this type of bike against two superbikes and 2 super moto bikes. The auto racer bike started in the back and easily won the race by at least a half lap. These are amazing bikes.
That's the video that got me here, it's kinda hard to find info in English, such a cool style of racing. Wish we had this in the states, instead of having to save up alot of money to go watch racing all day.
These bikes are a masterpiece of engineering, don't let looks fool you on that track they are faster than a moto GP bike by a long way . Great video i love this style of racing it is unique to japan
@Carter Fisher what he means, they are faster on this track than motogp's. motogp are faster on straight for sure, but they had to lean all the time which gonna reduce their top speed, while these flatbikes definitely means to reach the very top speed on this oval track.
I was playing Tatsunoko VS. Capcom on the Wii for the first time in awhile. Since the last time I played the game, I became aware of your channel. I had no idea that you voiced Frank West for the game. In the game’s gallery section you can play all of the character’s voice clips. It’s like having a bizarre Peter Von Gomm soundboard. Anyway, it’s really cool that you were a part of what I consider to be the best Wii game.
For some reason, RUclips thought I would like this! Having watched and enjoyed it I do the usual and check out the number of subscribers and suss out the past videos. Based on the quality of what I had seen I expected 1-2 million subs and a huge video back history. I was wrong!
6:08 that "handle" is not for push-starting the bike. The rider hooks his/her right thigh under that peg to keep them on the bike. The bike is push-started from behind by an assistant.
I can’t objectively put a finger on it, but my first thought was that “results must be fixed”, whole thing seems fishy. Then when he showed that “odds maker” guy, I got really suspicious.
Hey Peter, shout-out from Santa Barbara!Back in the early 90's lived on Mnt Hood worked out of Beaverton. Discovered your dog racetrack outside Sandy! Used to go just to watch the Weiner dog races!
That's cool, bit like Speedway here in the U.K, It's run on a shorter dirt track and they pretty much 'drift' around it spraying dirt everywhere from the rear tyre.
Nothing like it? You mean this form of short oval bike racing with barebones bikes with no brakes is NOTHING like another form of short oval bike racing with barebones bikes with no brakes?
Auto Race would be the correct terminology in Japan as a motorcycle in Japan is called an "Autobai" or auto for short. While until recently cars were called jidousha, or kuruma. Now they say "Automobiru". When I was a kid living in Nerima, Tokyo we'd visit our cousins in Urawa, Saitama ken and go watch the horse races bat the track located there. We didn't go to gamble (too young, and ignorant), we just loved racing, and horses so a perfect combo. I had a friend who used to race in these tiny speedboats that people would gamble on. Last I heard he was propositioned by the Yakuza to throw a race which he refused which really pissed of the Yakuza, and had him scared. I lost touch with him 20 years ago. I hope the Yakuza didn't get him. Great vid, thank you!
That was awesome Peter! I never thought so many of the bikers would be older. 2:00 in thank you for the eye candy. 😏 🙏 It was funny to see the flag person on the track at the finish. I'm an F1 watcher and you don't see that anymore. Fast paced fun and exciting! 🏍 Thanks PvG! 👍 Oh and when are you racing? 😎
The whole environment is so similar to Keirin bicycle racing! Standardized outaded tech for all riders, they sleep in dorms, quiet audience, retired elders betting... Crazy
Here at Bulli greyhounds near Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 there was a blackout and although the emergency lights stayed on the mechanical rabbit 🐇 stopped and got ripped to bits.
"Riders then head to the garage, out of the sight of the betting puplic, where the Nitro and timing advance is added to decide who will win today " ! !
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua" - I bet one little Cicero is crying somewhere, reading this. :)
Fascinating look at motorcycle racing. Amazing angles when they go into the curves. So judging from the rankings of white to pink, there are only 8 racers at any one time?
The 73-year-old racer is a former great player and has won many titles. The rank is decided by the grade, and the player of the lower rank replaces the newcomer, and he always maintains the middle rank or higher even at this age.
I would love to see a keirin vid as well. That would be super kool. I think the closest ones are in tachikawa and omiya.i thought it was interesting how some of the rules and looks of moto racing are similar to Japanese keirin.
Yes, roots of this kind of racing certainly sprouted off of Speedway, still a fairly big sport in the U.K. A detail here is that there is no sliding to help in the cornering and the engines here have recirculating lubricating oil, not total loss like with speedway bikes which drop in onto the track as it exits the engine.
@@DanArnets1492 Very minimal bikes, nothing except what is needed. But really are attractive looking machines never the less. Really neat to see. Thank you for the chance to see these machines and learn about the race they run.
@@DanArnets1492 "Speedway" is paved and 'flat tracks' are dirt (and usually bigger). Both use no brakes bikes but there's shifting on a flat track with speeds over 100 mphp
awesome vid. I think I will need to check this out soon. I've also wanted to check out a Keirin bicycle race someday which I think has a similar structure but with cyclists. Also the boat races here also have a similar structure.
There is a video of 1 of these racing modern day road bikes on this kind of track. The road bikes were given a head start and they got stomped. It was hilarious!
you know I am a Harley rider with my husband, he has found a way even with me to ride on two wheels all across the USA east to west north to south. We love our bike and we have a trike too. It has a 350 horse power engine, that is my baby. so yes very kool sweetie. Hits a soft spot in my heart.
Thanks for sharing this 😁 looks like a good time to watch races n bet. Small world. I grew up close to the Mkc kennel club in Troutdale and use to go there some back in the day. Unfortunately the racing greyhounds were treated like crap not unlike modern day horse racing so glad it was shut down. Moto race events in your video look cool though 👍
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looks like a modern approach to harley davidson flat tracking from the 50s and 60s
Amazing video!
Has got me remembering British Speedway , Vic Duggan RIP .
So it's like a miniature version of nascar without all the alcoholic and druggies?
Thank you for introducing Autorace to the world! Come back again to the speedway when I`m racing!
DO you have instagram? I'd follow your account and watch you race when I visit Japan again!
よろしくお願いします
佐藤貴也、映画しゃべれるんだ。すごい！
TOTALLY Intriguing !! 🤩 ❤
I love how the numbers on their jerseys are at an angle to match the corners.
It's like the Kentucky Derby...so the gamblers can keep track of their 'horse'. The Jap's will bet on anything.
Such a cool sport. One more reason to admire Japan from afar. The inverted starting order by the riders' rank in the scoring system is a particularly interesting aspect.
8:20: Even the numbers on the back of their shirts are printed at a 45 degree angle so that they're straight up-and-down when the riders are banking left! They've thought of every detail!
i actually was getting confused as to why something isn't right with when i look at the riders. its the numbers.
these are incredible. everything designed specifically for these races down the strange offset handlebars designed to keep your hands level with those huge leans. at least I think that's what they are designed that way for. this is freaking cool
Nice video. Possibly worth mentioning that this is one of the very few legal ways to gamble in Japan currently, add also horse racing, and I think you can bet on some bicycle racing and mini powerboats. This isn't too far from me, so I might ride up and check it out one day.
Thrilling video Peter! I raced Karts years ago, still know people who do & a few who are up there in age(near 80) & still get on the track to race & show they still has the skills & passion for the sport & don't let their age hold them back.
Thanks for the Nostalgia. Used to watch this from outside the fence near Funabashi everytime my family went to the funabashi racecourse flea market. Never knew whats going on but you can't go wrong with a bunch of bikes racing each other in an oval.
yes its similar to flat tracking here in the US but they dont get their bikes that low. Thats insane how low they go nice job on the camera work to capture that
This was a very cool vid. Love the action on the track. Hope you do another of these when it's a bit more crowded. Dig the roar of a big audience. Good stuff.
wow that was Awesome! those bikes are crazy, I also like how the highest ranks start at the back! fantastic share! Stay awesome!
Well done Peter! Very good topic! I am curious to see the next!
Reminds me of speedway and flat track racing combined. I love that the highest ranked rider needs to work his way through the field. F1 should do this. It might make them more interesting.
I'd love to see these races in person. Maybe when I retire, I'll move to Japan and be one of these of guys.
Like the editing 😂 never seen anything like it!!! 👍
73 years old respect!!
Awesome Video Peter i was try to get John to a live stream on this for only in japan go channel i love racing
I don't know why this was randomly recommended to me but I'm glad it did. This is awesome.
Great Video for motorbike lovers! Thanks Peter! Can't wait to see the next one!
Thank you PVG - San! What a blast! 😱🤩🤪😵👍🏻👍🏻🎉
Loved the Easter Egg! Makes your great videos all that much more fun. Thanks, Peter! Lorem ipsum....LOL!
Outstanding, Peter! Attaching a preview of coming attractions to entice the huddled masses starving for entertainment is a shrewd ploy. Likewise, a 'TO BE CONTINUED' two-part episode might become a hot topic around water coolers everywhere. "Can the doctors and nurses at Jackrabbit Hospital stop jumping each other's bones long enough to save our hero from an overripe case of swamp arse or must he pin his hopes on the cool breezes of distant autumn? Tune in next time!"
hilarious! Yeah the 'to be continued' has been considered for the longer vids.
I loved it and subscribed.
5:41 oh wow, never expected of japan pop idol live to be like that lmao 😂😂😂
Speedway (aka Grass Track) on tarmac, not seen that before but I recognize the style.
I was going to say just that. Speedway is nuts. This put it up a few notches.
Theres a video of this type of bike against two superbikes and 2 super moto bikes. The auto racer bike started in the back and easily won the race by at least a half lap. These are amazing bikes.
That's the video that got me here, it's kinda hard to find info in English, such a cool style of racing. Wish we had this in the states, instead of having to save up alot of money to go watch racing all day.
These bikes are a masterpiece of engineering, don't let looks fool you on that track they are faster than a moto GP bike by a long way . Great video i love this style of racing it is unique to japan
@Carter Fisher what he means, they are faster on this track than motogp's.
motogp are faster on straight for sure, but they had to lean all the time which gonna reduce their top speed, while these flatbikes definitely means to reach the very top speed on this oval track.
Moto GP? 200mphI doubt it.
Thanks for this video, those handlebars really look awkward....Î'll put these races on my "to do" list when we come to Japan.
Great video, PvG! 🏍🏁
I was playing Tatsunoko VS. Capcom on the Wii for the first time in awhile. Since the last time I played the game, I became aware of your channel. I had no idea that you voiced Frank West for the game. In the game’s gallery section you can play all of the character’s voice clips. It’s like having a bizarre Peter Von Gomm soundboard. Anyway, it’s really cool that you were a part of what I consider to be the best Wii game.
Your narration was awesome. Old Guys Rule... and it's FREE !!!
That is indeed a really cool, stylist video! Great content (this kind of racing was new to me!) and very expertly filmed and edited.
Thank you kindly Mike!
Killer job PVG! What a cool venue too. Thanks
Looks like a form of Speedway but without the dirt track and American football style padding.
They used dirt tracks back in the early days, but the government deemed them too dangerous and banned them in the 60's.
PlotTwist That makes sense, ta!
badass awesome! thanks for sharing
Ayeeee
"You came last."
"I know, I got out of bed on the wrong side, and forgot to take my slippers off."
JD never takes us to cool places like this. Thanks PvG😎 You rock!
Dante Bravo HEY!!!
@@WaoryuONLYinJAPAN sorry John 😆
😂 no worries! Just happy to be on the ride here with PvG 🏍🤘👨🦲
For some reason, RUclips thought I would like this! Having watched and enjoyed it I do the usual and check out the number of subscribers and suss out the past videos. Based on the quality of what I had seen I expected 1-2 million subs and a huge video back history. I was wrong!
I like how they have the numbers on their back tilted to the right, so when they're leaning in the corners the number is straight up.
6:08 that "handle" is not for push-starting the bike. The rider hooks his/her right thigh under that peg to keep them on the bike. The bike is push-started from behind by an assistant.
Yup spot on...they use that as anchors for when they do those deadly banks 😉👍👍🍺🍺🍺
07:55 Hey, isn't that Giovanni Giorgio? LMFAO.
really cool! thank you for showing!
This has to be one of the most crooked sports in history
I can’t objectively put a finger on it, but my first thought was that “results must be fixed”, whole thing seems fishy. Then when he showed that “odds maker” guy, I got really suspicious.
#5 is like Magilla Gorilla on a speedway bike. Love it.
Hey Peter, shout-out from Santa Barbara!Back in the early 90's lived on Mnt Hood worked out of Beaverton. Discovered your dog racetrack outside Sandy! Used to go just to watch the Weiner dog races!
Love the way those bikes look. Totally old school.
Another slick vlog, thanks Peter 👍🏻
That's cool, bit like Speedway here in the U.K, It's run on a shorter dirt track and they pretty much 'drift' around it spraying dirt everywhere from the rear tyre.
nothing like speedway.NO JAWAS'
Nothing like it? You mean this form of short oval bike racing with barebones bikes with no brakes is NOTHING like another form of short oval bike racing with barebones bikes with no brakes?
Many many years ago auto race star Jimmy Ogisu came over to try and ride a speedway bike at Hackney speedway, didnt end well.
Auto Race would be the correct terminology in Japan as a motorcycle in Japan is called an "Autobai" or auto for short. While until recently cars were called jidousha, or kuruma. Now they say "Automobiru". When I was a kid living in Nerima, Tokyo we'd visit our cousins in Urawa, Saitama ken and go watch the horse races bat the track located there. We didn't go to gamble (too young, and ignorant), we just loved racing, and horses so a perfect combo. I had a friend who used to race in these tiny speedboats that people would gamble on. Last I heard he was propositioned by the Yakuza to throw a race which he refused which really pissed of the Yakuza, and had him scared. I lost touch with him 20 years ago. I hope the Yakuza didn't get him. Great vid, thank you!
Awesome stuff!
Awesome video, Peter!! A great share, indeed! I love the "Buzz off!" Had me in stitches.
Noriyuki Haga, 'Nitro Nori', this is what funded his early career & racebikes; as his father is a famous Auto-Race rider.
Feels like ice skating but with a motorbike. Really cool
That was fun. All aboard the lady train!
Woo Woooo!
That was awesome Peter! I never thought so many of the bikers would be older. 2:00 in thank you for the eye candy. 😏 🙏 It was funny to see the flag person on the track at the finish. I'm an F1 watcher and you don't see that anymore. Fast paced fun and exciting! 🏍 Thanks PvG! 👍 Oh and when are you racing? 😎
Always lookin out for ya JB! ;)
@@PetervonGommJAPAN Arigato🙏 and ROHO PvG!
Amazing video and well researched, bravo from a old moto-crosser.!
Amazing video thanks!!!!
Very reminiscent of British dirt track bikes and so is the riding style. Bet that left foot gets nice and warm. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏍🏍🏍🦼
The whole environment is so similar to Keirin bicycle racing! Standardized outaded tech for all riders, they sleep in dorms, quiet audience, retired elders betting... Crazy
Here at Bulli greyhounds near Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 there was a blackout and although the emergency lights stayed on the mechanical rabbit 🐇 stopped and got ripped to bits.
Finally got that rascally rabbit!
Mear I tort I Tore a wabbit I did I did.
This was really interesting and you described everything very well! Thanks
"Riders then head to the garage, out of the sight of the betting puplic, where the Nitro and timing advance is added to decide who will win today " ! !
Really ??
@@keithralfs5190 Could be. Why do they need to go out of sight for inspections ? Because the "House" always needs to win ?
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua" - I bet one little Cicero is crying somewhere, reading this. :)
LOLZ! OZ you have a keen eye for the easter eggs I chuck into these things.
@@PetervonGommJAPAN Looking forward for more!
I would have liked to see the bikes closer, reminds me of flat track racing in the USA
I met my grandparents at that dog track in P town. True story.
The acceleration at the start is wild.
Fascinating look at motorcycle racing. Amazing angles when they go into the curves. So judging from the rankings of white to pink, there are only 8 racers at any one time?
yes 8 racers
Awsome video..
thanks....
Thanks for the inf
Amazing video!!
Hope motorcycle companies in Japan will lend you bikes for a week to review. 👍
Very nice video Peter - I love bikes so I'm subscribed now !
Loved this video
Great report . I never knew this part of Japanese life existed. I like how they tilt the numbers so they look vertical when they are tilted.
yeah I was admiring that too!
Mori-San from SMAP! I knew he left to race bikes,but I thought he raced in JSB or JGP250 or something.😆🤣
すごいのホットパンツ(awesome hotpants)
Wow! The bikes, the circuit and the culture around it.
lmao that Lorem Ipsum
Thanks for the experience.
Thanks PVG, awesome vid. Interesting the way they invert the rider ratings/numbers.
They're being fair 😉👍
Kinda like on a street group ride, the best rider is always the sweeper 😉👍🍺
The 73-year-old racer is a former great player and has won many titles. The rank is decided by the grade, and the player of the lower rank replaces the newcomer, and he always maintains the middle rank or higher even at this age.
LMFAO!!🤣 'Subtitles courtesy of Microsoft Word'.😂
I would love to see a keirin vid as well. That would be super kool. I think the closest ones are in tachikawa and omiya.i thought it was interesting how some of the rules and looks of moto racing are similar to Japanese keirin.
Thanks. Yeah I may check out the Keirin here!
can't believe you gave that guy the lorem ipsum subtitles
It's called Speedway in the UK, but it's done on a different track surface, dirt/cinder and it was really big in the 1920s and 30s.
Yes, roots of this kind of racing certainly sprouted off of Speedway, still a fairly big sport in the U.K. A detail here is that there is no sliding to help in the cornering and the engines here have recirculating lubricating oil, not total loss like with speedway bikes which drop in onto the track as it exits the engine.
Nice to see the famous number 5 here!
Look like old flat track bikes.... Very cool video my NW brother....
If anything, they're SPEEDWAY bikes. No brakes, no gears, very asymmetrical and nothing on the street looks like it.
@@DanArnets1492 Very minimal bikes, nothing except what is needed. But really are attractive looking machines never the less. Really neat to see. Thank you for the chance to see these machines and learn about the race they run.
@@DanArnets1492 "Speedway" is paved and 'flat tracks' are dirt (and usually bigger). Both use no brakes bikes but there's shifting on a flat track with speeds over 100 mphp
Man,a explanation of my favorite video of the football guy winning a race with a crooked bike, now the mystery is gone, it was fun. 👍✌
Almost seems like the tarmac version of FIM Speedway racing from Poland. Which I only know about from an old USSR stamp set I had in the late 80s.
BikerForce..THE THIN RACE TIRE !?!..ISHI ishi ))))
thanks for this Peter, out of interest do you know where i can find a list of auto race tracks?
ANOTHER reason to go back to Japan... WOOOO!
awesome vid. I think I will need to check this out soon. I've also wanted to check out a Keirin bicycle race someday which I think has a similar structure but with cyclists. Also the boat races here also have a similar structure.
Hi Peter, Thanks for the great vid, I’ve met a guy that does this racing. He’s a friend of a friend. It’s quiet a tactical race.
I've been riding 35 years and I've never seen this type of racing before, thanks.
There is a video of 1 of these racing modern day road bikes on this kind of track. The road bikes were given a head start and they got stomped. It was hilarious!
you know I am a Harley rider with my husband, he has found a way even with me to ride on two wheels all across the USA east to west north to south. We love our bike and we have a trike too. It has a 350 horse power engine, that is my baby. so yes very kool sweetie. Hits a soft spot in my heart.
Very cool. Never saw that before!! thanks for sharing!
Great educational and interesting video! Too bad you didn't score any personal rider interviews 👴🏍️💨
Thanks for sharing this 😁 looks like a good time to watch races n bet. Small world. I grew up close to the Mkc kennel club in Troutdale and use to go there some back in the day. Unfortunately the racing greyhounds were treated like crap not unlike modern day horse racing so glad it was shut down. Moto race events in your video look cool though 👍
might be great, but until i agree let me see them compete on US AMA flat track against AMA flat track riders.
That was amazing.
Very interesting didn't know this was a thing in Japan ☺ ♥ 🇯🇵
I am currently about 4 miles from where that dog track was in Multnomah county.