David Essex - Silver Dream Machine ( Video In Full )1980

[ancelet19]

Qu'il est beau et qu'il chante bien ce David !

[gooners105]

David Essex at his best looking. However the song is shyte!

[jillythe1st]

david essex on a superbike... my most desired weapon of mass turbation!!!

[tinotrivino]

I saw the two endings!!! from the movie!!! it was really sad!

[replica1919]

To blokes of a "certain age" this was an event, all piling dahn the Dominion on Tottenham Court Road on our 250's wiv L plates to watch the man! Long 'air, stretch jeans and white pumps, wheelies and the birds! Where did it all go so wrong Ha ha!

LOVE IT! X

[wiccacharmedgal]

The Phoenix bike was built in my hometown by Barton Motors, Barton Motors no longer exist.

[635wilf]

I think the ending where he dies is very British. Stops the buggers flogging the idea to death Artistist over merciless money making!!

[rouxie8421]

@zakwilks

Not in the dvd that I watched, how is that?

[steve01274]

@rouxie8421There are two different endings to this film in circulation. The full version ends with David Essex lifting his arms in victory as his motorbike crosses the finish line. Seconds after he does so the bike begins to wobble, then spins out of control and crashes spectacularly. The second version concludes with a freeze-frame immediately after Essex crosses the line and raises his arms.

[rouxie8421]

@steve01274 I watched the version where he crashes when I was a kid and the other one yesterday. I had no idea about two versions and could not understand why I had the idea from long ago about the crash. Thanx, I now understand.

The movie made me a huge fan of Suzuki and the bike used looks like a Gamma ...

[steve01274]

@rouxie8421 The alternate ending was the U.S theatrical release, and also the version released on DVD in the U.K in 2003. The opening titles also differ.

[Debinikita]

I had a crush on David Essex..... lol....loved this song and a Winters tale...

[MrPomdownunder]

Great memories I tried to get into the cinema but at 12 they knew I wasn't 16 it was a AA back in the day.....

The film echoes the Sheene (god rest him) / Roberts rivalry with Bazza racing in the clips ! Apparently the SDR was only a 125 Suzuki in flashy clothes....Had us fooled ! Today I own 5 motorbikes ride safe all !!

[carlbeale5]

beautiful song

all about memories

[carbonarapadrino]

King of the Gypsies.

David, you are always welcome 'round Club 73.

12,000 rpm my son!

[dlouiseherring]

I was at the 1979 Grand Prix at silverstone where they done the crowd shots Sheen n roberts where fighting it out roberts won

[greenisland75]

My favourite David Essex song. Very catchy tune.

[Snotra]

Joy Divisions sites this guy as an influence. Would love to hear them cover this number.

[HayabusaR1300]

Remember it well ,great film and song in its day :)

[percy277]

i was there at donington following a local rider John Newbold

[Spaldingcrow]

I've been frustrated for ages - not even my parents remembered this. I was 6yrs old and remembered the melody but nothing else. So tonight - and I don't know why - I looked it up on the worlds premier memory enhancer and here it is! Thanks for uploading. Will link or play for my olds and see if they remember it now. thinking about it - it's a wonder I've never broken myself on a bike. I don't ride 'em unless my legs are the engine.

[Fiddyuk]

Is this song about Barry Sheene

??

[TheCharleycat]

my bro had a kawasaki and gave me a ride on the back wen i was a kid. i like bikes but my big dumb bro thought he would scare me by going 100miles per hour. i was only 12 and you can bet it shit myself. ask the car owner whose windscreen my poop hit when it flew out of my pants at 100miles per hour.

[djcmtribe]

this film is my pride posesion an origonal copy very hard to get cost me a fotune but worth every penny

[tabbycat2004]

hackney girl sUSAN REMEMBER THIS

[tabbycat2004]

I had to have a fag after this, what a great looking guy

[viLvV]

could someone get me the torrent from this movie, pls? i couldn't find it anywhere. :| or is there any site where i could see it?

[ecthelion73]

Great movie.

[TheAjs39]

The man, the song, and movie. Best of British. Let the classics live in our hearts FOREVER! Thanks.

[GeminiRising65]

what a hottie...

[WhiteWizardGA]

Cracking Bit of film, I never went so fast on my Raliegh Striker!

[MissVee17]

That is so funny! lol. I spat my cornflakes everywhere when I read this. I had a Striker too! Thanks for making me laugh x

[jenRWfan]

Oh sod the bike - those eyes...!

[cronauer1985]

thanks for putting this on , love the song and film. i was there when they filmed it at donnington.

[Snotra]

Beautiful song.

[marcusaureliuscaesar]

The golden era of British television.

[therookpiece]

My dad took my mum (to be) on one of their first dates to Donnington Park ans saw some of it being filmed. It must have done the trick!

[Puipendeckel]

at the time I drove still autocycle Puch X50

[chrisparry362]

i was working at donnington park when it was filmed

[cronauer1985]

i was their as a kid with my parents. great film

[ianisme]

Yes it was a Barton Phoenix, which was built as a serious (though not very successful) challenger for the GP title. Essex wasn't allowed to ride it (insurance reasons) so his bike was a Honda Superdream mocked up to look like the Phoenix. I reckon there were lots of similarities between him and Barry Sheene.

[chiefv8]

i read that there was only one part of a silver dream racer as used in the film left,an engine.unless any one else knows different ?

[springaid]

the bike was built by barton motors in wales. it was a 750cc 2 stroke. i think it was a barton phoenix. some guy from harley bought the bike after the film.

[00babymolz00]

just off to work ...this will get me through , he has such a naughty smile and his eyes! will sing this on my till tonight.

[yorkybar121]

what i mean is,what is a silver dream machine.i know it might be a bike,but what is it.

[khalonen]

Its fictionary prototype road racing bike, (much more advanced that other factory race bikes of time in the movie)

[yorkybar121]

is this song about a motorbike.might be wrong,but just wondered.

[redspecialguy]

is that fect that there loads  of bikes in the video made you ask that lol

[labyrinth5508]

my mum loves him and so does my daughter and Ive got to admit, blimey he was gorgeous. x. thanks for posting x.

[tonymontana1974]

Why is it essex always dies at the end of his films ?? at the end of silver dream racer he crashed into that siding and dies and at the end of stardust he has a drug overdose. Great actor though.

[CannedCarrott]

On the first dvd release of "Silver Dream Racer" they cut the ending, so the film ends and goes into the credits as soon as David crosses the finish line. The network dvd release is supposed to show both endings

[dee6694]

Brilliant.... David looking gorgeous as always.

[camillapt4]

Thank you - so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!