John DeSoto - The Flyin' Hawaiian ~ YAMAHA of Hawaii Commercial

[doodad1]

Great little vid, I bought my first street bike from Yamaha of Hawaii just before this vid was filmed. It was a 1978 RD400. I used to see John there occasionally. Neat find! Got any more?

[Hedwallfxtd]

@doodad1 Man... those RD400s were wicked fast! My buddy had one and that was the only bike I felt very uneasy on... Too much bike for me! Give me a "mellow" MAICO 400 Radial Head, and I'm a happy camper.

Also, sorry to say I do not have any more "finds" like this... Wish I did, though. Thanks for your comment!

[mx808mom]

love this video of my dad. my parents were shocked to see this video after all theses years. thanks for sharing!

[Hedwallfxtd]

@mx808mom Glad I was able to post this. I stumbled across this commercial when I was doing a Beta tape to DVD transfer for my friend. He used to live in Hawaii and wanted some old tapes transferred. When I saw this commercial, I was stoked as John was one of my favorite Moto-Crossers back in the day. I also passed this on to Rick "Super Hunky" Sieman (Retired Editor In Chief of Dirt Bike Magazine). He got a kick out of it also!

Take care...

[808motox]

nice job uncle john!