GP and TT winning RG500 and TZ750 details + start up Full noise 2 stroke racers Randy Mamola 500gp

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  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2023
  • Close up looks at RG500's ridden by Randy Mamola, Mick Grant and Phil Read, including start up and warm up cycles of the iconic 2 stroke GP and TT machines.
    Also a look around and start up of a TZ750 inline four race bike
    obsessionengineering.co.uk/
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Komentáře • 74

  • @Shinysideup
    @Shinysideup Před rokem +17

    Being 13 back in 76 these bikes to me are proper GP bikes my hero’s sheene, roberts, mamola. Thanks Dave Love it.

  • @davidjennings3171
    @davidjennings3171 Před rokem +7

    As 60 Yr old..this transported me straight back to my childhood.....I can almost smell those bikes as the rev....and I don't mind addmiting there's a tear in my eye.....Incredible....thank you ...

  • @carsyoungtimerfreak1149
    @carsyoungtimerfreak1149 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Real bikes that were raced by real men! Long before all sorts of restrictions were put upon us. To me they really are the good old days. Thanks for the video!

  • @mrcox1060
    @mrcox1060 Před rokem +4

    A proper engineer talking to another proper engineer, top quality Dave 👍

  • @jonathanmackie4884
    @jonathanmackie4884 Před rokem +9

    Pure motorcycle nostalgia. Took me back to my formative teen years. They were, and still are, so raw and yet highly engineered for purpose. Wonder what the young folk of today will have for their memory inducing classics in 40/50 years time?

    • @holmes1956O
      @holmes1956O Před 11 měsíci +1

      Lol they will have their video games. I am sure some will have some memories hard to believe they will be as good as these

    • @BrianJacobsen-vn6is
      @BrianJacobsen-vn6is Před 11 měsíci

      Riding there flight cycles reminiscing about H2 supercharged or R1M1s .

    • @jonathanmackie4884
      @jonathanmackie4884 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@BrianJacobsen-vn6is Yeah, sounds about right. I might start to envy them.

  • @Vtwin_Superbikes
    @Vtwin_Superbikes Před rokem +4

    That Yamaha is a beast.

  • @ukwes36
    @ukwes36 Před rokem +9

    Great to hear these bikes run. Shame the RG500 wouldn't play ball and start on the Saturday or Sunday, but fantastic to see the older Suzuki and Yamaha circulating the track. I think John Hopkins certainly enjoyed the TZ750 by the look of it!

  • @Billy2w
    @Billy2w Před rokem +8

    Another great video Dave. For fans of a certain age these 2 strokes bring back wonderful memories. I was on the island in 81 and saw Mick win the TT. Got a photo of him up at Jurby airfield midweek sorting the carburation on the RG somewhere

  • @theralphster8492
    @theralphster8492 Před rokem +6

    Blue smoke and vicious power bands...love it Dave, what a cracking line up.

    • @MrSmegfish
      @MrSmegfish Před 11 měsíci

      The TZ 750 had a very generous power band.....plenty of torque

  • @franklinwilkerson2061
    @franklinwilkerson2061 Před rokem +5

    Wow! That was probably the best and most informative piece on these incredible bikes from that incredible GP era. Thank you my good sir!

  • @jacketrussell
    @jacketrussell Před 11 měsíci +2

    Wish I still had my TZ350G. Loved it!

  • @wsbill14224
    @wsbill14224 Před 11 měsíci +1

    At the 9:15 mark in this video you explained why I once went on a 2 hour ride on my 250cc two-stroke dirt bike with a passenger and we both got covered in two-stroke oil, especially her. We are still together 12 years later. I knew that was real love back then. Any woman who is willing to go through mud with you and get covered with oil is a keeper.

  • @thebigd9989
    @thebigd9989 Před rokem +3

    Nothing like a nice 2 stroke racing machine they sound like a proper racing motorcycle 🏍

  • @ManxAndy
    @ManxAndy Před rokem +3

    Evening Dave……oooh GP porn……remember that TT winning bike, great video content 👍💪🇮🇲👌

  • @malcolmhales8181
    @malcolmhales8181 Před rokem +3

    I was a 16 year old when these bikes were ruling grand Prix. I also went to the Translantic Trophies at Brands and a few go as well. Maybe it's the rose tinted glasses, but it all seemed so much more exciting and accessible then. Sheene was my idol growing up. Never replaced him either

    • @solsol1624
      @solsol1624 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Exactly same here. When Barry retried I could not get behind any other rider, Rossi came close but not the same.

    • @MrSmegfish
      @MrSmegfish Před 11 měsíci

      No you're right. It was more fan friendly. Just leave them when they are working....most riders will take a sucky sweet . The Haslems like wine gums. Sheen preferred a fag

  • @DeathsStalkerRVT
    @DeathsStalkerRVT Před rokem +3

    Love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning 😂

  • @chrisbentley4871
    @chrisbentley4871 Před rokem +2

    Wow Dave
    Thank you so much
    Another great video
    Took me back to 1976!
    Two stroke heaven love it

  • @bananabrooks3836
    @bananabrooks3836 Před rokem +4

    RG XR Mamola is the later 'stepped' square four motor. The TZ looks like a 'D' spec production bike (rear swinger apart) like Reads RG, whereas the OW31 versions were factory specials only made available to works supported riders.

    • @MrSmegfish
      @MrSmegfish Před 11 měsíci

      Seeing Baker and Roberts on the OW31s was great. Baker was a brilliant smooth rider.

  • @rungassamydonovan47
    @rungassamydonovan47 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you very much for this video. Love these bikes

  • @SaulHudson69
    @SaulHudson69 Před 11 měsíci +1

    No electronic pure horse power and riders talent.

  • @markwaters5412
    @markwaters5412 Před rokem +2

    great video dave .love two stokes noisy energy

  • @boostaholic7116
    @boostaholic7116 Před rokem +1

    Nice one Dave strokers the thing of my teenage dreams. Langen have proven they can be clean, bring back the ring a ding ding! 👍🔥

  • @jamesanderson6890
    @jamesanderson6890 Před rokem +1

    Love a two stroke, just don't get to see or hear many nowadays 😍

  • @davidpalin1790
    @davidpalin1790 Před rokem +2

    The TZ750 looks like a Kenny Roberts bike 🏍 very cool 😎

  • @johnmccoubrey6042
    @johnmccoubrey6042 Před rokem +1

    Simply a superb video Dave..love it👍👌

  • @robbjones6012
    @robbjones6012 Před rokem +1

    Excellent,as usual,keep them coming,thanks Dave.

  • @pl7868
    @pl7868 Před 10 měsíci +1

    yep i have some rg500 stuff from racing years ago , think body work , tank , an frame , A great bike , enjoyed drag racing 750 h2 more though then gsxr1100 when they came out and really that was a great all round daily driver , take it to the track do anything bike , still have the h2 would never sell it an wish i had kept the gsxr but you get old so the way it goes .

  • @rickphillips2900
    @rickphillips2900 Před rokem +1

    Great video Dave. Thanks 👌🏻

  • @dalelyons4366
    @dalelyons4366 Před rokem +1

    Outstanding, bloody outstanding..

  • @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443
    @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Id love to put the TZ750 engine in a modern R6 frame to harness all the potential the engine had to offer with modern suspension, geometry & tires.

  • @ourtexasfamilyvideos62
    @ourtexasfamilyvideos62 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I love the unsilenced Suzuki.

  • @stephenbeamis1151
    @stephenbeamis1151 Před rokem +1

    It seems odd now but you could see these bikes racing on British circuits most weekends and the sound and smells were awesome and as a famous British race team owner said real race bike's don't have keys 😊 👍

  • @MrSmegfish
    @MrSmegfish Před 11 měsíci +1

    Kenny Roberts wanted the TZ 750 restricted to 28 millimetre carb inlets. He said it was too fast and that Maybe only two or three guys could race them to their full potential. Great days.....the privateers on a 750 yam could match the best somedays. Ron Haslam being a wealthiest on the 700 and later the 750. Slicks came in and the chassis lagged behind. Seeing someone on a badly handling TZ 750 was a scary thing.

  • @davidpalin1790
    @davidpalin1790 Před rokem +2

    RG500 very cool bike 🏍 😎

  • @satanissmiling3726
    @satanissmiling3726 Před rokem +1

    music to my ears 2strokes back in moto gp💪💪

  • @georgeclark2721
    @georgeclark2721 Před rokem +1

    Great stuff from the best era in my humble opinion, how about a video with Bill Simpson on making and building these beauties.

  • @mayhemmayo
    @mayhemmayo Před rokem +1

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

  • @MrMellamoto
    @MrMellamoto Před rokem +1

    Beautiful 👍👍👍

  • @TheSimonvalente
    @TheSimonvalente Před rokem +1

    Being picky, the good chap mentioned that not many bikes could boast wins in a GP and the TT.
    I'd suggest this was commonplace in the 50s/60s. I guess he was referring to the 70s onwards.

  • @brianallan1036
    @brianallan1036 Před rokem +2

    Wow, Nothing like staring death in the face.😇

  • @teterouge1472
    @teterouge1472 Před rokem +2

    Went with dad in 76/ '77 to see Barry at cadwell Park... Then later at Donnington....other tracks
    MCN every week' 76 to '79. Great stuff these two strokes

  • @joshuaman1126
    @joshuaman1126 Před rokem +1

    Super cool I remember

  • @BrianJacobsen-vn6is
    @BrianJacobsen-vn6is Před 11 měsíci

    Ahh ! The smell of castor and race gas in the morning.. Manmola road that bike. Imagine if you had a street version Yeee haw ! Has anyone seen the only early video and audio Mike talks you threw pratice lap. Footage of Mike Hailwood of the isle of man tt. On a TZ 750.? Its fricking awesome.

  • @hg3389
    @hg3389 Před 6 měsíci +1

    TZ750 had reed valves on induction so very little blow back and machine and rider definately did not get covered in oil.

  • @jason-qt8fy
    @jason-qt8fy Před rokem +2

    Dave will be running a team st tt24?

  • @sidewaysaction9983
    @sidewaysaction9983 Před rokem +2

    Is it just me that can smell it ?

  • @timselbie3419
    @timselbie3419 Před rokem +1

    Bet the smell was epic!

  • @freddygomez296
    @freddygomez296 Před 5 měsíci +1

    These Bikes are absolute marbles. They get prettier with de decades. How I wish to have attended a race with Cecotto, Roberts, Lawson., Mamola.

  • @rockypup1968
    @rockypup1968 Před rokem +3

    Back when the rider's wrist was the traction control , a real riders bike unlike the computer controlled , winglet creations they ride today , even a kid off a moto3 bike can ride one in anger , unlike these strokers which would have had em off in a heart beat 😂

    • @ScramblerOfEssex.
      @ScramblerOfEssex. Před 11 měsíci +1

      Couldn't agree more... unlike the shit today... ain't got the time of day for MotoGP...the bike's have last there appeal...bring back two strokes...proper porn machine's.

  • @grachoderunwiderstehlichen

    🥱 the rear suspension should be so close as possible to the ground - asia , they try something but it is not german engineering !
    i prefer exhaust gases at the "belly pan" also the wight of the rear shock absorbers - but hey yeah if a company find a "jockey" on the globe which "over skill'ed" it - why not 😊

  • @ncsteeltoe
    @ncsteeltoe Před rokem +2

    That Phil Read is positively painful! Mmmm

  • @terrywalker8446
    @terrywalker8446 Před rokem +1

    Proper race bikes🥰. Not the glorified road bikes that BSB and WSB serve up👎🏻. The fact that the glorified road bikes are churning out way more power than these 2 strokes is totally irrelevant🤭. The tyres they were using back in the 70s must have been rock hard compared to the ten lap wonders they use today too. And the suspension must be leagues better nowadays🤔.

    • @obsession_engineering
      @obsession_engineering  Před rokem +1

      I too am a fan of a real race bike, that's why motogp is better than wsb 😊

    • @terrywalker8446
      @terrywalker8446 Před rokem

      @@obsession_engineeringyeah, part of the attraction of racing is the machinery and that's missing from production based racing. That's probably why I just can't get into Moto 2, plus even tho everyone's using the same engine it doesn't seem to provide close racing🤔
      Anyway, thanks for the videos you provide sir👍🏻. I really enjoy the behind the scenes race engineer stuff as it gives some insight into the dark art of how you go about setting the machines up. The Oliver's Mount vids are interesting too as it's the first track I ever went to 👍🏻

  • @hermanhandlebars2687
    @hermanhandlebars2687 Před rokem +2

    Old guy failed to mention its four 125 mz cylinders with all its stolen technology that suzuki couldn't achieve it themselves

  • @stephenhuskisson2230
    @stephenhuskisson2230 Před rokem +1

    on the tz 750 on pots 2 and 3 . it looked as they got diffrent carbs on and got something written on them in red paint

  • @flamintasty
    @flamintasty Před rokem +2

    Ear porn!!
    Thanks Dave, I’m now nursing a semi 😂