Early 80's Off Road Motorcycle Desert Racing

[Shawnallenkitchen]

Anyone who mocks these "antiquated" machines is a spoiled little punk who's had their tushies pampered by modern technology.

This video is great!

[TheAkuaCelta]

wallays nice coutrycross riding wid the good music at background, remember the earlier times of yougth

[onefugowie]

ooppsss YZ NOT YC give me a break i'm a old man..

[TheMcnabb88]

Thanks for posting the video...this really brings back great memories, i was around ten years old watching my dad run his 1976 YZ 400 monoshock. He worked for Bell helmets at the time and belonged to the Yucca Duckers motorcycle club.

[hostilerosstyle]

my dad finished 8th overall in the 1974 barstow to vegas on a bultaco 360 pursang

[onefugowie]

@hostilerosstyle Cool..i raced there in Open Expert YC 490 best place i had over all was 36th in my class i finished best 12th..

hard race need lots of Pit Hlep..

[frigg4444]

blast from the past!!!

[cHUCHo458]

@vmchunks I'm over 50 also and my 1974 SC500 two stroke was a real man's dirt bike on steroids as well, I loved that YELLOW THING!

[mmmtbflyr]

this video is shorts clips from the movie

"The Desert Racers" by Norm Johnson

period correct music, but was not on the original movie

block buster used to carry it at one time

[twoweeled]

@vmchunks I know exactly what your feeling. I'm 55 and recall when yamaha came out with the 250 and 360 enduros. then yamaha took off the lights, raised fenders, expansion chamber, and there - now you have an MX!! known for high center of gravity and pipey motors. Pretty bikes though. Your may have been black with red pnstripe. I use to sit on those pikes and dream on. these films are great. There was also a time when they were cutting the down tubes, adding 2 inches to lower the CG.

[hatchi58]

recent history mc style thanks

[semperoccultus1969]

I did motocross in those days, but now that I'm in my 40's I race desert and love it.

[husky500cr]

Desert racing is scary stuff. I got lost in the desert at sun down and I thought I was going to die. I found are campsite as the sun was setting below the mountains.

[laztechnate]

I would like to see James, Chad, and all them other siseys that wont even race the outdoors do that........ That was when men were men. Thank you for the clip.......

[LiveinHim4ever]

@laztechnate every so often I look up this clip to read the comments. my dad film it back when I was 13 or 14yrs. he did a great job :-)

[laztechnate]

@LiveinHim4ever Your Dad did a great job indeed. where was this filmed? My brother Butch Laswell was a pro desert racer in Nevada in the 70s 80s 90s. The bike I remember the most was a 1981 Maico 490. He raced with guys like Jack Johnson, Scott Harden..

[dominatorhonda]

hi. which is the name of the song?

very good video 100% vintage ... cool

[rangerrazor2104]

man, you had to be completley insane to win one of those races. crazy. those starts are awesome

[elkridge125]

That is hard core!! I love  it!!!!

[jrcougars54]

I wouldnt mock them in the first place cause the shocks on the husky I am working on arent crummy actaully the swedish built there bikes very well and with the best technology of that time. Quite frankly the old husqvarnas are just as fast if not faster than that of any modern 4 stroke for sure.

[toolwerkz]

Agreed and I respect you for rebuilding and reliving some iron legends. My last Husky was a 1987 500 XC. It was a very good bike, but I had to depart with it in 1990 when KTM introduced thier 4 stroke LC4 600DXC. It was the first water cooled four stroke that had upside down forks and disc brakes on both front and rear! Way before Yamaha and all the johnny come lately duffeses...

Husky six speed gear boxes allowed extreme high speeds. Let me know how your bike is comming along. Cheers!

[jrcougars54]

the bike is coming along great I just rode it yesterday and we dont have enough property to get it into 6th gear but shit even 3rd is almost 45 to 50 mph.

[jrcougars54]

I am only 14 right now and I am currently rebuilding a 1981 husky 430 xc with my grandpa he had his husky clocked doing 127 mph on a dried out lake bed during a desert race. I rode it and those things will kick your ass if you arent careful. LOVE THE STROKE POWER!!!!

[tms870]

air cool rules

[sudlover2000]

dude this video is fucking sweet

[votz56]

It's cool to see my uncle Dan in these videos. Thank you for posting them!

[bonafidepirate]

Mock the antiquated machinery? Hell, I praise those old bikes and the guts it took to ride them for all they had! lol

Great video! Five stars.

[toolwerkz]

Who's mocking them, I loved that era of riding, wish I could rewind time and go back... I think life was simpler and easier. Women were alot more fun, easier to ride, less pretentious,less arrogant and no HIV... The bikes were harder to ride, no stabilizers and advanced suspensions. Squeeky old Kernut shocks, seperated the talents from have nots... Today's bikes make dufuses look good!! Bring back the seventies and eighties!!

[bonafidepirate]

I was just referring to the part in the video description that said, "If you are under 50 please do not mock the antiquated machinery that we suffered with."

I wasn't born in the 70s, wasn't old enough to ride until the mid 80s. Surely I missed out! All these bikes they are making these days just don't do it for me.

[toolwerkz]

No harm, no foul... Riding back then was kinda cool, the areas were more open, less restrictions and the bikes were alot more like old warbirds then jet fighters, you actually rode them and had to become one with the machine. I wish, we could travel back in time and do it again, no computers, no GPS, no steering dampners, just BALLS... But if you rode in the mid-80's you got a taste of it, compared to the bikes of today. Restore a vintage class bike and go! Check out Vintage Husky on the web...

[Happy2b45]

When we had plenty of land......LOOK at the massive start!!!

[JonHawaii2003]

Back when men were men. Proud to say I owned a 1982 CR125 when I was 14. Had to get a running start to hop on it it was so big.

[notsoeezee]

old school footage, motleycrue. this video rules thank you!!!!!!

[eddynajera]

i wish i could have ridin back then, my dad did and he has tons of greats stories

[dezracer976]

Just think haulin ass like that with no stabilizers, who would race now without one.

[wr500]

I wish I had a time machine to take me back to those years. I was just a kid back then, but that´s when I began to enjoy the sport. No doubt the best decade of motocross. Old school. Excellent video.

[CougarButtes]

Cool!

[CougarButtes]

Do you remember where that race was?

[gammafan]

Haha you guys def. had it harder than we did in the 90's but it's those dual shock guys I feel sorry for. I heard they were all sterile after one season.

[toolwerkz]

No we were still able to have kids. We had learned to ride the machine and become one with it. The bikes of today make crappy riders look good. I have thousands of miles of memory riding my ballbearing Jack-Ass in the Late 70 Early 80's...

[hwyfly]

That was great seeing my old club The Invaders. I miss those races and my 400 Husky. Thanks for the memories.

[vela07]

Dang man, thats fricking awesome footage. those guys were hauling ass!

[toolwerkz]

I love the footage from 1:08 to 1:18.

Nice form while clicked in sixth gear doing 100+. Those six speed Husky gear boxes ruled the day. I used to love kicking it into sixth and passing YZ465/YZ490 all damn day long!! My Husky ate them for lunch...

[toolwerkz]

I remember those good ole' dead man starts and hauling ass across the dez and picking your own line. I suppose that's why I always never followed the trail when riding in the dez. My firends will conga line the trail and I would click it into sixth while passing them as I blazed my own trail. I sure do miss the 80's. So many good races and places to ride before they closed up so much land in the Mojave desert for the National Park land...Long Live Husqvarna King of the Desrt!!

[ktm174]

SUPER NICE vintage footage and music again!! Great job!!