I was 12years old as my dream kicked off! With 18 years of age i bought a Café Racer and Never stopped since ✌️Ride on! Thanx for this beautiful memory beeing recalled
I remember watching these races with my Dad, awesome racing, naturally we loved Barry, but you had great riders like Randy Mamola, Freddie spencer etc loving re watching these great races
Spencer dal 1983 al 1985 ha fatto la differenza!! E battere Roberts, lawson, Mamola, Lucchinelli e compagnia non era poi così scontato! Anni indimenticabili con moto indomabili e piloti con il coraggio da leoni!✌️✌️
great riders and motorcycles alike ,superb memories as a 16 year old watching this after riding there on my SS50 and you don't see crowds lining the circuit like that nowadays
Great memories for me too. Had just got my first bike,a KH 125 on the road the month before and seized it up going through Donington village. Embarrassing to push it there up the hill but well worth it. Luckily lived in Derby so not far to get home. Went to most races there in those days. First bike I ever rode was a Honda SS50 that belonged to a mate when I was about 14.
I was there too, I was 18 on my 1980 RD350LC, blue and white single seat full race fairing and used proddie pistons and rings. My first real bike taken to a race meet. Those were the days, ahhhh two stroke heaven.
Good on you Mike . In 1980 I had a air cooled RD 350 with a 400 engine and spannies . Went like stink but was prone to tank slappers at high speed . 34 mm Mikuni carbs , ported barrels . Too light in the front . I never owned an Elsie but bought a RZ 250 in 1984 . YPVS . It was nearly as fast as the 400 engined RD but handled much better . I traded it in for a 1988 Yamaha FJ 1200 . Wonderful machine . I am an old man now and ride a BMW R 1100s , the second one I've owned . Great bikes , I have surprised a few Fireblade and R1 riders on twisty roads that I know . Good fun. Hope you are doing well . Cheers from Sydney .
This broadcast never ages - I saw it live and was there on the Monday, and it will live forever as one of the greatest gatherings of GP racers ever put together. Also it shows Freddie Spencer's genius and also his frailties.
I was there for qualifying and the races. We saw the lap record broken several times during the qualifying and I remember watching Freddie Spencer power sliding his Honda around Coppice. Totally awesome and perhaps the first time ever a 500cc works bike had been drifted so much.
Brings back some memories, I watched this live from the infield, the smell of two stroke and some fantastic races. An era when the yanks ruled and the 500's bit back, Marquez wouldn't have had it so easy on one these monsters with no rider aids!!
MK Biker Rossi didn’t ride the same 500 Rainey Swartz Lawson etc rode, comparing the bike Rossi rode to theirs is like comparing a gsxr 1100 flat side to the latest gsxr 1000 pal far easier ride. Next you’ll be saying he’s the greatest ever (no he isn’t that either pal)
Cheers for this great days. I do miss the 2 strokes on road and track this brings back memories of debates on who was the best rider with my mates. I was always a King Kenny fan, although im English, a lot of my mates were Sheene fans and did not like Kenny as he was the Yank who beat our Barry.
Had just got my first bike on the road, seized it on my way to the track but it was well it pushing it up the hill going through Donington village. Luckily only lived about 10 miles away and my uncle managed to fit it in the back of his Ford Granada Estate to get home. Managed to get KR's autograph in the pit lane whilst Kel Carruthers and co. were working on his bike. Also managed to get Mike Baldwin's and Graham Crosby's autographs whilst sat near Bazza and Stephanie in the paddock. Two of my mates were marshalls (long hair on footage) and had to rescue Freddie Spencer from the gravel at Redgate! Well chuffed to see KR's last competitive race in Europe and many of the US team as not many raced here again other than in British GP.
My Transatlantic memories were the 3 MCD circuits . I used to go to Brands every year and Mallory once or twice. Kenny Roberts and Steve Baker were the hot properties for US . The back of the pack was yanks on hot production bikes ! Remember Dave Aldana in full skeleton leathers, dumping it on the Brands long circuit and the bike just appeared from under the bridge cartwheeling wildly .Followed by a bouncing Aldana and a pile of dust. Mamola was just a coming privateer then .
They should put this on tv somewhere! Oh wait... I guess MaxSpeeD did. Thanks man. I was born in '77 and had heard of Lawson, Spencer, and Roberts, but I had never seen them perform. JfromOH 1974SL70
I was 20 in 84, I had my 79 Rd 400 Daytona, DG chambers, jetted, dropped bars, K&N filters, Pirelli Phantoms and rode it trying to be my hero King Kenny. Man I loved that bike!
@@Slicklickz .....lol,same thing, I got a 82 rd lc 350 after as well. I'll be honest though I liked my 400 more, I always felt more comfortable with the set up of my 400, I rode it way faster and lower cornering.
@@Johnnywhamo My first RZ I left stock,but I eventually ended up with 4 RZ-350s and an RZ-250 RR from Brazil.My fastest RZ wasn't street legal,had major porting,different carbs,clip ons,full bodywork,Toomey pipes,different reeds,no YPVS,Marchesini rims,Ohlins rear shock and aluminum swingarm,TZ-250 forks and triple clamps,different total loss ignition,some other stuff I don't remember.Basically the engine cases were the only original major component.I ended up buying another RD 400 as well,track ready,all safety wired and ready to go.My street RD 400 had legal running gear and was similar to yours with DG pipes and heads and all street legal mods.I eventually bought a 4 stroke,started with an FZR 400 and it was all 4 strokes after that.If I ever see a TZR 250 cheap I'd buy one,although I'd really like a 500 two stroke,there were a few different street legal ones over the years.My friend had an RZ-500 but it was a tank compared to a detuned 500 GP bike.
@@Slicklickz ....man they sound like beautiful bikes bud! A lot of people don't / didn't realize just how fast those bikes were. The big bikes would get you on a long straight but if you were running a series of relatively short straights and lots of corners you could easily smoke much bigger bikes. My favorite has always been the TZ 500, they were freaking beasts. When you're in that zone riding a 1/2 '' of throttle with an insane powerband you had to know how to ride that's for sure!
@@Johnnywhamo The TZs are customer race bikes with less expensive components.The factory works versions are YZR500 and YZR250. Same thing with Honda,the RS is the customer version of the NSR factory bike.
Now this is what u call as true Race bike with raw and untamed power where men use to control machine with true skills unlike these days electronics control man and machine.
All eras of racing were great. Pre war it was the insanely noisy DKWs etc. Post war MV v Gilera, the fall of the big singles and in the 60s the rise of Japan against MZ and MV, Hailwood and Ago all amazing stuff
Great fun to watch, and the period footage even plays rather well. Awesome! The commentator's remark about Lawson having something to prove at this race was a bit amusing. Eddie's steely gaze would be focused on the real prize, the 500cc World Championship, so ending up on the ground at this non-championship event will not be part of his plans.
Had a new 350 ypvs in1984 but lusted after the 500 in Marlboro colours then saw a couple at the 86 gp at Silverstone and thought na...Bought an FZ 750 instead
@Skodaman2 well that came a little later. As far as I know the '85 GSXR 750 was an all new engine design, first Suku to use plain bearings, and first 750 to exceed 100 hp and they put if in an aluminum perimeter framed chassis based off the racing development. Actually, I would say all of these bikes influenced there street brother counter parts. The Honda Freddie is riding was highly stylized by the 4 stroke street version as the VFR1000R. A four stroke 1000 V4, with a steel perimeter frame. It was an awesome looking bike, but heavy and not so fast.
Those were the days! The US hasn’t had competitive racers like that in decades. So disappointing that we don’t have guys that can go across the pond and compete head to head with Europe’s best and win. I know the 4 stroke bikes of today have more power than the 500’s but the riders of then had more raw talent than today. Today’s bikes have too much power and have to be tamed by electronics to keep the riders from killing them selves. The 500 guys controls were their wrist and their asses. I’d rathe watch videos of the 500 years than watch live Moto GP races any day.
Yes remember getting a great tan line down the right side of my face sat at Craner, hot Easter on the Sunday and a day on the beach at Weston on the Monday
Haha thats my dad at 11:45 and at 21:05 in the light blue jacket, dark hair , dark beard , glasses and a red cannon camera strap and camera round his neck
Kasper Kjærsgaard true,i used to watch him race live @ transatlantic when i was a kid ,u can't differentiate wisdom when it comes to the TT u need wisdom to stay alive,were many have screwed up,it leaves self glory + balls of steel,still think Barrys balls lacked that extra steel needed,nonetheless he was a talented rider @ entertaining guy,his bikes were written in his contracts to keep,so were r they now In a museum ? Would luv to see them )
how did the series work? was it 6 races over 2 days? was it just a 1 weeend thing or did it get repeated at various other dates & curcuits throughout the year?
I seem to remember it being a weekend thing over Easter. Travelled to Brands, Mallory and then my local Oulton to watch. Donington a later addition to the series
It was a 3 day series over Easter,Brands on the Friday,Mallory on the Sunday and Oulton on Bank Holiday Monday .Or that was like it was in the late 70's
Im sure its just me, but the bikes of that era all seem to be "sitting down" on the back? Or is it the bodywork? At the start of the two stroke era (ie the seventies) they all seemed to be like the four strokes of today and sit higher in the rear. Its probably just a trend, I know its not just a "fashion" thing and it was all for a reason, just seems odd to me
I used to go to the Brands Hatch legs of this back in the days of Carl Rayburn, Ray Pickerel 19 75 /6 etc. and their was a young racer in the support races called Barry something Shene may be :-)
I went to a fair few races back then and used to buy a badge at each race . I ended up with a nice collection on my denim cut off then my Mom had a clear out when I got married and threw my cut off away 😔
I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Haslam was on a 1300cc 4-stroke. I know Honda had 3 cylinder 2-stokes in GP racing at the time, but this wasn't a GP it was a demonstration race. Like I said, I may be wrong, It was a long time ago. Anyone remember for sure?
They used to do a production street bike race. Those bikes were naked sit up and beg 1000cc plus. Ron used to ride the CBR 1100. it was huge. I remember them taking off at the top of the hill at Cadwell Park. Great days
They had full.factory NS jobs for sure and we got the "customer " RS , few special works parts ! The American bikes were like Rocket ships by comparison that weekend and watching them at the time I don't believe it was just down to gearing ! 🤔
Ahhhhhhhh,back when bikes were REAL!!! Not these highly computerized,electronic EVERYTHING,that can basically be ran by themselves WITHOUT riders aboard these days!!! THIS was back in a time when bikes still had functioning CARBURETORS,where tires could just barely LAST an entire race,and everything weighed TWICE as much as it does now!!! Lol.
@@CC-xu2yz Uhhhhh,I hate to disagree with anyone on CZcams here my friend,but just where are You getting your sources from to claim that today's bikes are heavier than supersport bikes raced back in the 70's and early 80's? Because unlike racebikes today,that DO have more body-parts and fairings,etc. to them,those are made from very light carbon-fiber materials and the frames,suspension,the engine,etc. are all made from much MUCH lighter metals than what they had back in the 70's and 80's!!! Despite the earlier race bikes,not LOOKING as heavy as they were.......trust me........they were heavier!!! I'll even quote an article from the July 27th 2017 issue of Cycleworld magazine in which it says: " Today's 1,000cc sportbikes have more than double the power yet weigh 20 percent less than the well-loved classic sit-up literbikes of the 1970s and early '80s. " Now of course,they are talking about streetbikes here,not racebikes,but all race-teams know in MotoGP,.....that to win a race,You must have a race-worthy machine with top-notch equipment along with a top-notch power-to-weight ratio! Even if You have equal riders racing one another,the one who's riding the bike who's lighter (even if it's only a few ounces lighter) will usually take the victory! ~Peace~
The real transatlantic races were at brands, Mallory and Oulton, it was never the same in the 80s as it was originally in the 70s……..I lost interest when the septics dominated the change to donington races. No Sheene, Huwen, Mick G, lingham, Salle, sadly Dave Potter, Newbold, Heron etc had all died….never the same
they all natural had crossed body position back then. and they could carry the bike and the power to the world champ. . i don't see much reason if you are comfort with that riding position esp you are not doing professional . it's soft body avoiding position when you fall down. side body down vs chest and head down.
Ludicrous miss-match. 3 yanks, 2 world champs and one elect on v4 rocketships plus Mamola v Ron Haslam on a triple, the only UK rider on works machinery. Exactly why the series had to go proddy bike.
I was 12years old as my dream kicked off! With 18 years of age i bought a Café Racer and Never stopped since ✌️Ride on! Thanx for this beautiful memory beeing recalled
Dunno about "ever" but for the day, YES
I remember watching these races with my Dad, awesome racing, naturally we loved Barry, but you had great riders like Randy Mamola, Freddie spencer etc loving re watching these great races
What legends, Steady Eddi, Fast Freddy, King Kenny nostalgie
I was 15 and rose my push bike 5 miles to and from the track every day. I had to ask people to take me in with them as under 16 free.good memory
Spencer dal 1983 al 1985 ha fatto la differenza!! E battere Roberts, lawson, Mamola, Lucchinelli e compagnia non era poi così scontato! Anni indimenticabili con moto indomabili e piloti con il coraggio da leoni!✌️✌️
Great commentary from the late Chris Carter!
great riders and motorcycles alike ,superb memories as a 16 year old watching this after riding there on my SS50 and you don't see crowds lining the circuit like that nowadays
Great memories for me too. Had just got my first bike,a KH 125 on the road the month before and seized it up going through Donington village. Embarrassing to push it there up the hill but well worth it. Luckily lived in Derby so not far to get home. Went to most races there in those days. First bike I ever rode was a Honda SS50 that belonged to a mate when I was about 14.
I was there too, I was 18 on my 1980 RD350LC, blue and white single seat full race fairing and used proddie pistons and rings. My first real bike taken to a race meet. Those were the days, ahhhh two stroke heaven.
Good on you Mike . In 1980 I had a air cooled RD 350 with a 400
engine and spannies . Went like stink but was prone to tank slappers
at high speed . 34 mm Mikuni carbs , ported barrels . Too light in the front .
I never owned an Elsie but bought a RZ 250 in 1984 . YPVS . It was nearly
as fast as the 400 engined RD but handled much better . I traded it in for a
1988 Yamaha FJ 1200 . Wonderful machine . I am an old man now and ride
a BMW R 1100s , the second one I've owned . Great bikes , I have surprised
a few Fireblade and R1 riders on twisty roads that I know . Good fun.
Hope you are doing well . Cheers from Sydney .
@@pablopistacio5661 Awesome mate, av a gud'n 😎🙋👍
A spectacle that would not be seen today!
This broadcast never ages - I saw it live and was there on the Monday, and it will live forever as one of the greatest gatherings of GP racers ever put together. Also it shows Freddie Spencer's genius and also his frailties.
Great racing . I wish that they still had International racing like this .
Big money to be won and factory bikes .
I was there for qualifying and the races. We saw the lap record broken several times during the qualifying and I remember watching Freddie Spencer power sliding his Honda around Coppice. Totally awesome and perhaps the first time ever a 500cc works bike had been drifted so much.
Freddie was magical!
Brings back some memories, I watched this live from the infield, the smell of two stroke and some fantastic races. An era when the yanks ruled and the 500's bit back, Marquez wouldn't have had it so easy on one these monsters with no rider aids!!
MK Biker so would anybody else riding today including Rossi
@@philholt577 Er where have you been?? Rossi rode 500's in 2000's!!
MK Biker Rossi didn’t ride the same 500 Rainey Swartz Lawson etc rode, comparing the bike Rossi rode to theirs is like comparing a gsxr 1100 flat side to the latest gsxr 1000 pal far easier ride. Next you’ll be saying he’s the greatest ever (no he isn’t that either pal)
@Matt Higgins Whatever, move along now!
Yeah, Marquez has no idea what he's doing on a bike does he? SMH
Great race series I had many fantastic days watching some amazing talent.
I miss the two strokes
Why do people come on here and argue, enjoy the racing folks, we're all bikers.
Cheers for this great days. I do miss the 2 strokes on road and track this brings back memories of debates on who was the best rider with my mates. I was always a King Kenny fan, although im English, a lot of my mates were Sheene fans and did not like Kenny as he was the Yank who beat our Barry.
Had just got my first bike on the road, seized it on my way to the track but it was well it pushing it up the hill going through Donington village. Luckily only lived about 10 miles away and my uncle managed to fit it in the back of his Ford Granada Estate to get home. Managed to get KR's autograph in the pit lane whilst Kel Carruthers and co. were working on his bike. Also managed to get Mike Baldwin's and Graham Crosby's autographs whilst sat near Bazza and Stephanie in the paddock. Two of my mates were marshalls (long hair on footage) and had to rescue Freddie Spencer from the gravel at Redgate! Well chuffed to see KR's last competitive race in Europe and many of the US team as not many raced here again other than in British GP.
met Kel in the Pits 84 at Laguna with KR ow69
Days of great racing
My Transatlantic memories were the 3 MCD circuits . I used to go to Brands every year and Mallory once or twice. Kenny Roberts and Steve Baker were the hot properties for US . The back of the pack was yanks on hot production bikes ! Remember Dave Aldana in full skeleton leathers, dumping it on the Brands long circuit and the bike just appeared from under the bridge cartwheeling wildly .Followed by a bouncing Aldana and a pile of dust. Mamola was just a coming privateer then .
R.I.P commentator Chris Carter.
True legends these are the days that it may be you're last if you made a mistake great racing.
We need to start this up again!
These guys are the true legends of GP. 2 stroke with no electronic aids what so ever.
Great times & great people!!
Ron was so fantastic. What would he have been able to do with equal tyres
Made my Easter when this used to be on TV.
I was there me and my mate went i was on a dt 50 mx and my mate was on a ts 50 great memories
TS50 . my first bike August '79..bought it in the Scooter Centre in Glasgow from Ingrid.. Zo you vaant a motabike Stooart..... lol
They should put this on tv somewhere! Oh wait... I guess MaxSpeeD did. Thanks man. I was born in '77 and had heard of Lawson, Spencer, and Roberts, but I had never seen them perform. JfromOH 1974SL70
THIS IS POSSIBLY THE FASTEST GROUP OF RIDERS EVER TO BE ON THE SAME TRACK TOGETHER///SPENCER MAMOLA GARDINER LAWSON HASLAM COOLEY KENNYROBERTS
I’d forgotten how spoiled we were in those days , Spencer , Lawson , mamola ,gardener , the list goes on , rocket Ron , Robert’s ,,,
Love these old dules, wish we had smell on our phones.
I was 20 in 84, I had my 79 Rd 400 Daytona, DG chambers, jetted, dropped bars, K&N filters, Pirelli Phantoms and rode it trying to be my hero King Kenny. Man I loved that bike!
I had a tricked out RD 400 as well,then I bought an RZ-350 when they came out.
@@Slicklickz .....lol,same thing, I got a 82 rd lc 350 after as well. I'll be honest though I liked my 400 more, I always felt more comfortable with the set up of my 400, I rode it way faster and lower cornering.
@@Johnnywhamo My first RZ I left stock,but I eventually ended up with 4 RZ-350s and an RZ-250 RR from Brazil.My fastest RZ wasn't street legal,had major porting,different carbs,clip ons,full bodywork,Toomey pipes,different reeds,no YPVS,Marchesini rims,Ohlins rear shock and aluminum swingarm,TZ-250 forks and triple clamps,different total loss ignition,some other stuff I don't remember.Basically the engine cases were the only original major component.I ended up buying another RD 400 as well,track ready,all safety wired and ready to go.My street RD 400 had legal running gear and was similar to yours with DG pipes and heads and all street legal mods.I eventually bought a 4 stroke,started with an FZR 400 and it was all 4 strokes after that.If I ever see a TZR 250 cheap I'd buy one,although I'd really like a 500 two stroke,there were a few different street legal ones over the years.My friend had an RZ-500 but it was a tank compared to a detuned 500 GP bike.
@@Slicklickz ....man they sound like beautiful bikes bud! A lot of people don't / didn't realize just how fast those bikes were. The big bikes would get you on a long straight but if you were running a series of relatively short straights and lots of corners you could easily smoke much bigger bikes. My favorite has always been the TZ 500, they were freaking beasts. When you're in that zone riding a 1/2 '' of throttle with an insane powerband you had to know how to ride that's for sure!
@@Johnnywhamo The TZs are customer race bikes with less expensive components.The factory works versions are YZR500 and YZR250. Same thing with Honda,the RS is the customer version of the NSR factory bike.
Now this is what u call as true Race bike with raw and untamed power where men use to control machine with true skills unlike these days electronics control man and machine.
I’m another one who was there, at Redgate. The Americans were in a class of their own, challenged only by Rocket Ron. Great days, Happy days .
Two of my mates were marshalls at Redgate and had to rescue Spencer out of the gravel!
For sure the most interesting era of motorcycle racing, only to be outdone by Kevin schwantz and company
I prefer the 70s, Hailwood, Read, Ivy, Agostini, Passolini, and loads of great British short circuit riders.
All eras of racing were great. Pre war it was the insanely noisy DKWs etc. Post war MV v Gilera, the fall of the big singles and in the 60s the rise of Japan against MZ and MV, Hailwood and Ago all amazing stuff
I really miss the 2stroke Times🥴
Yeeesssssssss!
I was actually at this race OMG when I was 18
I'm surprised that Roberts started with a banged up arm, and then to run up towards the front....incredible.
I was there all weekend.
Great fun to watch, and the period footage even plays rather well. Awesome!
The commentator's remark about Lawson having something to prove at this race was a bit amusing. Eddie's steely gaze would be focused on the real prize, the 500cc World Championship, so ending up on the ground at this non-championship event will not be part of his plans.
A bunch of close and very cool races
I had a custom painted 89 fzr 600 in Marlboro livery back in the day 😍
Had a new 350 ypvs in1984 but lusted after the 500 in Marlboro colours then saw a couple at the 86 gp at Silverstone and thought na...Bought an FZ 750 instead
I was there ! I think I still have the programme.
5:03, that blue bike profile looks familiar, ay? It would go on to change street bikes forever!
@Skodaman2 well that came a little later. As far as I know the '85 GSXR 750 was an all new engine design, first Suku to use plain bearings, and first 750 to exceed 100 hp and they put if in an aluminum perimeter framed chassis based off the racing development. Actually, I would say all of these bikes influenced there street brother counter parts. The Honda Freddie is riding was highly stylized by the 4 stroke street version as the VFR1000R. A four stroke 1000 V4, with a steel perimeter frame. It was an awesome looking bike, but heavy and not so fast.
I was there as well.Great days.
Those were the days! The US hasn’t had competitive racers like that in decades. So disappointing that we don’t have guys that can go across the pond and compete head to head with Europe’s best and win. I know the 4 stroke bikes of today have more power than the 500’s but the riders of then had more raw talent than today. Today’s bikes have too much power and have to be tamed by electronics to keep the riders from killing them selves. The 500 guys controls were their wrist and their asses. I’d rathe watch videos of the 500 years than watch live Moto GP races any day.
I would like to see the 350cc two strokes again in the F1 races. That would put the finger in the eyes of those trying to control everything.
Yes remember getting a great tan line down the right side of my face sat at Craner, hot Easter on the Sunday and a day on the beach at Weston on the Monday
Haha thats my dad at 11:45 and at 21:05 in the light blue jacket, dark hair , dark beard , glasses and a red cannon camera strap and camera round his neck
Rocket Ron 🚀
みやこしさん！いきてる？なつかしいね！いい時代になったもんだ‼️
Randy Mamola was #2 4 times I recall in the 500 championship.
i was there. carter the commentator was haslam’s manager
When men were men✊👍🏁🏁
the real slim shady Not really Barry sheene was to scared to race a TT
COLA FIZZ
Or just to wise?
Barry has had some close to lethal crashes on the short tracks. On major crash at IOM and you’re history.
Kasper Kjærsgaard true,i used to watch him race live @ transatlantic when i was a kid ,u can't differentiate wisdom when it comes to the TT u need wisdom to stay alive,were many have screwed up,it leaves self glory + balls of steel,still think Barrys balls lacked that extra steel needed,nonetheless he was a talented rider @ entertaining guy,his bikes were written in his contracts to keep,so were r they now In a museum ? Would luv to see them )
@@colafizz2356 what's your Lap Time round the Island?
udubidub Faster than yours Sunshine 🙄
Good Lord, still to this day, 140 hp on a 250 lb. mototcycle would be crazy.
how did the series work? was it 6 races over 2 days? was it just a 1 weeend thing or did it get repeated at various other dates & curcuits throughout the year?
I seem to remember it being a weekend thing over Easter. Travelled to Brands, Mallory and then my local Oulton to watch. Donington a later addition to the series
It was a 3 day series over Easter,Brands on the Friday,Mallory on the Sunday and Oulton on Bank Holiday Monday .Or that was like it was in the late 70's
thanks for the info. Doesnt sound like there was much time for practice between tracks - especially Oulton on the Monday - cheers
Im sure its just me, but the bikes of that era all seem to be "sitting down" on the back? Or is it the bodywork? At the start of the two stroke era (ie the seventies) they all seemed to be like the four strokes of today and sit higher in the rear. Its probably just a trend, I know its not just a "fashion" thing and it was all for a reason, just seems odd to me
2 tempi...le vere moto da corsa 👍
I used to go to the Brands Hatch legs of this back in the days of Carl Rayburn, Ray Pickerel 19 75 /6 etc. and their was a young racer in the support races called Barry something Shene may be :-)
cris carter on commentary
Watch close Crosby coming into the turn before the high side. He was backing it in so sweet. Probably one of the first back in's 👍
ahah, that's why he's called Rocket
I went to a fair few races back then and used to buy a badge at each race . I ended up with a nice collection on my denim cut off then my Mom had a clear out when I got married and threw my cut off away 😔
funny to remember donington without the melbourne loop
Ron could probably ride Donington with his eyes shut.
Should have never stopped this TA racing.
Who is the presenter at the beginning.
Donnington pre Melbourne loop... seems strange watching this now, keep expecting them to carry straight on when they get to the last corner
cool info, thanks
two stroke racing ah them was the days
You are a very lucky man..
Donington circuit 500cc bikes nuff said. Two strokes rule if you ant add one don't slag em
mr betamax two stroke for life, four strokes for next doors wife.
A ding dong battle all 6 legs.
I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Haslam was on a 1300cc 4-stroke. I know Honda had 3 cylinder 2-stokes in GP racing at the time, but this wasn't a GP it was a demonstration race. Like I said, I may be wrong, It was a long time ago. Anyone remember for sure?
Ron Haslam is on the 500cc Honda V-3. He did a lot of racing on big production bikes, but not at this event.
They used to do a production street bike race. Those bikes were naked sit up and beg 1000cc plus. Ron used to ride the CBR 1100. it was huge. I remember them taking off at the top of the hill at Cadwell Park.
Great days
Back when Racers Road Real Race Bikes.
I was there , my LC was so much quicker on the way home.
those were the days...the unridables
You can almost smell it
Campione 1500x fredde spencer
Notice Freddie Spencer can’t get to the outside of the 1st corner because of where he is on the grid
Randys tyre's went
Freddie Spencer #1# is the best
Long live the king!😀😀😀
Norton racing
4:43 really did not react like a football player.
@aa
the problem was the yanks had way better bikes...
They had full.factory NS jobs for sure and we got the "customer " RS , few special works parts ! The American bikes were like Rocket ships by comparison that weekend and watching them at the time I don't believe it was just down to gearing ! 🤔
They were better racers.Brought up on the Dirt tracks made them better racers!
mamola edie.spence.😷lendas.mtgp.🙄brazil
Ahhhhhhhh,back when bikes were REAL!!! Not these highly computerized,electronic EVERYTHING,that can basically be ran by themselves WITHOUT riders aboard these days!!! THIS was back in a time when bikes still had functioning CARBURETORS,where tires could just barely LAST an entire race,and everything weighed TWICE as much as it does now!!! Lol.
These bikes were much lighter than today's MotoGP bikes.
@@CC-xu2yz Uhhhhh,I hate to disagree with anyone on CZcams here my friend,but just where are You getting your sources from to claim that today's bikes are heavier than supersport bikes raced back in the 70's and early 80's? Because unlike racebikes today,that DO have more body-parts and fairings,etc. to them,those are made from very light carbon-fiber materials and the frames,suspension,the engine,etc. are all made from much MUCH lighter metals than what they had back in the 70's and 80's!!! Despite the earlier race bikes,not LOOKING as heavy as they were.......trust me........they were heavier!!! I'll even quote an article from the July 27th 2017 issue of Cycleworld magazine in which it says: " Today's 1,000cc sportbikes have more than double the power yet weigh 20 percent less than the well-loved classic sit-up literbikes of the 1970s and early '80s. " Now of course,they are talking about streetbikes here,not racebikes,but all race-teams know in MotoGP,.....that to win a race,You must have a race-worthy machine with top-notch equipment along with a top-notch power-to-weight ratio! Even if You have equal riders racing one another,the one who's riding the bike who's lighter (even if it's only a few ounces lighter) will usually take the victory! ~Peace~
The real transatlantic races were at brands, Mallory and Oulton, it was never the same in the 80s as it was originally in the 70s……..I lost interest when the septics dominated the change to donington races. No Sheene, Huwen, Mick G, lingham, Salle, sadly Dave Potter, Newbold, Heron etc had all died….never the same
they all natural had crossed body position back then. and they could carry the bike and the power to the world champ. . i don't see much reason if you are comfort with that riding position esp you are not doing professional . it's soft body avoiding position when you fall down. side body down vs chest and head down.
８４年にKenny走ってたの⁉️
1971年から1991年の間、英国ではアングロ-アメリカン・トランスアトランティック・マッチレース（またはトランスアトランティック・トロフィー）という英米のライダーによる対抗戦が、春のイースター（復活祭）の週末に開催されていました。
まぁ、企画ですね。
8耐走ったのも85年だし、
ガチ度合いはそれくらいの感じなんじゃないかな？
バリーシーンまでいるくらいだし。
tomockinくん てっきりGPかと思いました
@@patch33 名球会のチャリティーゲームみたいなもんかな？
本人たちは祖国を背負ってるんだろうけど。
Ludicrous miss-match. 3 yanks, 2 world champs and one elect on v4 rocketships plus Mamola v Ron Haslam on a triple, the only UK rider on works machinery. Exactly why the series had to go proddy bike.
Motorcycle racing is all but dead in America now.