The Bikies 1968

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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 2017
  • A brief documentary about Australian Bikies in the 1960's.

Komentáře • 96

  • @freyatilly
    @freyatilly Před 7 měsíci

    Fabulous viewing. Great archive.

  • @LUREDADDY52
    @LUREDADDY52 Před 6 lety +7

    I remember them coming to Bathurst at Easter every year, bike races Friday & Saturday then cars on Sunday & Monday. There would be hundreds of motorcycles parked on William & Church Street's with the riders hanging out in the pubs or over in the park. Great to see this again this was one of the first things I ever recorded from the TV.

  • @katesteele5128
    @katesteele5128 Před 5 měsíci

    Damn, that's fantastic! So much history!

  • @Hellfighter77
    @Hellfighter77 Před 2 lety +2

    This was incredible!
    The final scenes of everyone riding through Coalcliff and unto sea the old sea cliff bridge road was a nice surprise.

  • @lindencoppin1406
    @lindencoppin1406 Před 10 měsíci

    This is Aussie History that is true blue. May this video be never lost in the InterWeb.👍

  • @billivey3426
    @billivey3426 Před 6 lety +35

    Back when we were all really free.

  • @elltie
    @elltie Před 7 lety +7

    thanks rob I can remember seeing this on the abc as a kid.

  • @johnwilliams8414
    @johnwilliams8414 Před 3 lety

    That bought back some old memories and faces.

  • @barkchip1872
    @barkchip1872 Před 2 lety +4

    Greetings from the Mother Country :-) We wondered where all those Triumphs we were making ended up! There were thousands of them being churned out but we could never afford to buy 'em. Imagine that - 'Made in England' but not ridden in England unless "one was loaded", or it was some knackered old, pre-war heap. Annuver 10 years and we couldn't afford to make 'em, either. Long Live Ogri!

    • @haroldbell213
      @haroldbell213 Před rokem

      I remember the Norton 750 and 850 camandos . They were hell to kick start when cold.

  • @tkx86
    @tkx86 Před 6 lety +2

    this was one of 4 corners earliest shows from memory.

  • @TwiceShyBabe
    @TwiceShyBabe Před 4 lety +6

    Those were the days my friends

  • @openroadandoutdoors9716
    @openroadandoutdoors9716 Před 3 lety +2

    miss the old school days

  • @billmago7991
    @billmago7991 Před 2 lety

    Best vid I've seen in a long long time

  • @MrToekneeG
    @MrToekneeG Před 6 lety +3

    The way we were. Ripper docco.

  • @martincvitkovich724
    @martincvitkovich724 Před 4 lety

    Great "Musters" music at the end

  • @shanemacgregor3609
    @shanemacgregor3609 Před 6 lety +28

    How it should be, not shooting up tatt shops or peddling ice & herion to australian youth or the big no no patching over to another club or other clubs poaching members or chapters. ONE CLUB ONE LIFE.

  • @alanbstard4
    @alanbstard4 Před 3 lety +8

    they're rockers, they imploded when the overseas clubs opened up and brought their " business " acumen. Some local clubs were shut down by the dominants. Not fair

    • @MrDeano-eu9rg
      @MrDeano-eu9rg Před 3 lety +8

      Yess also non anglos joining and fast patching fools.

    • @alanbstard4
      @alanbstard4 Před 3 lety +2

      @@MrDeano-eu9rg exactly

    • @Jesse-B
      @Jesse-B Před 3 lety +4

      @@MrDeano-eu9rg I understand the community cheerios replaced their bar with a prayer room.

    • @MrDeano-eu9rg
      @MrDeano-eu9rg Před 3 lety

      @@Jesse-B what?

    • @Jesse-B
      @Jesse-B Před 3 lety +1

      @@MrDeano-eu9rg Commos. You want me to spell it out?

  • @sigisnider2161
    @sigisnider2161 Před 3 lety +2

    Bathurst 1968 We were there. They didn't show you the real stuff, not even the 21st squad could control what really went on. Yes we were bikies, mostly British bikes, Beer, Birds, and Jelly. (quickest way to turn a tree into firewood) It did get cold late at night up The Mountain.
    So good to see Brenda from Wollongong on this film at Bathurst. Nice jeans Ha.

    • @robertthompson791
      @robertthompson791  Před 3 lety +2

      Hi, I’m Robert who posted this film. I was in the documentary and also at Bathurst. We knew the Jelly was being posted so left town for Hill End before the cops swarmed like ants.. Wild days.

  • @raymondholder6807
    @raymondholder6807 Před 2 lety +1

    LOVE THIS. RIDE FREE.

  • @MaxDoubt
    @MaxDoubt Před rokem

    I just realised it's Bert from the Southern Cross Pub. 'Hairy' and Skunge are spotted as well in an early scene. When I drank there I had a G12 Matcho. Not so many coppers around in them days - we got away with a lot. :-)

  • @tigerward88
    @tigerward88 Před 3 lety

    The good ole days it was great back then

  • @change_your_destiny420

    @2:49 dam, Tucson, Az has changed a lot since then

  • @bellerophonchallen8861

    "Well, I wouldn't been seen dead with one?" I think we can reckon on that being a mutual opinion then.

  • @MrThuggery
    @MrThuggery Před 5 lety +1

    The sook at 19:36 reminded me of Dutton.

  • @glynngriffiths7387
    @glynngriffiths7387 Před 3 lety

    Where did this little gem come from!

    • @robertthompson791
      @robertthompson791  Před 3 lety +2

      ABC four corners. I was there and searched the ABC archives, bought the DVD and posted it on CZcams. Good old days. I was 21 then, 71 now. Some old boys still alive, a lot passed away now. Filmed at the Southern Cross pub St Peter’s, Sydney, Coalcliffe pub South Coast, Bathurst and private backyard parties. Cheers.

    • @MrShanefish81
      @MrShanefish81 Před 2 lety

      @@robertthompson791 is that a young Phil Shurbert in the hospital bed?

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 Před 3 lety +2

    Looks like the prequel to MadMax.

  • @nordland2235
    @nordland2235 Před rokem

    Cool......I loved my Triumph.

  • @nychan8958
    @nychan8958 Před 5 lety +9

    Back when woman had a hairy Bush ☺

    • @paulallerton3353
      @paulallerton3353 Před 3 lety

      Yes the sweaty hairy Jacky Danny 👄👄(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

    • @mickallen899
      @mickallen899 Před 3 lety

      Hairy clams... still a fan...

    • @Peterbilt359
      @Peterbilt359 Před 3 lety

      Some still do. Redheads forever, forever redheads.

  • @thomaskristensen3201
    @thomaskristensen3201 Před 2 lety +4

    Greet time free people not like 2021

  • @helenloughton2418
    @helenloughton2418 Před 5 lety +1

    Love those brit bikes reckon more triumphs than the rest of makes put together

  • @olinpaul
    @olinpaul Před 3 lety +1

    "Undesirables" lol, I'm surprised no one started a club named that after watching this.

  • @tylerdurden6335
    @tylerdurden6335 Před 2 lety

    I’ve often wondered if the Mods and Rockers in the UK were inspiration for the American 1% clubs of the early 60’s . Thoughts?

    • @johnniethepom7545
      @johnniethepom7545 Před rokem

      The original 1% er's were started by returned servicemen after WWll in the States . Rockers in the UK started more mid 50's and Mods in the 60's .

  • @jamescoombs2569
    @jamescoombs2569 Před 3 lety

    Remember,Lulu,from to sir with love

  • @hardtailsuicidaljockey6827

    Cool I dig it from the USA riding 32 years

    • @alanbstard4
      @alanbstard4 Před 3 lety

      they're actually called " rockers ". 1% as we know then came a few years later

  • @26TptCoy
    @26TptCoy Před 4 lety +2

    21:14 3pm just back from the pub lunch
    21:24 the circus clown car
    21:07 the days when you could ride a big bike on a $10 learners permit that lasted 3 months and could be renewed. No questions or test only eyesight check and you were on your way on your own. Even getting booked you only paid a fine and would only get banned from the road if you fronted court. I couldn't afford flash fur lined flying boots, I settled for 2nd hand firemans boots from the disposal store.

  • @kopynd1
    @kopynd1 Před 2 lety +1

    yer that was the days, pre unit choppers and tritons , when everyone was an engineer, r a mechanic, skilled jobs, not like the last 40 years, the days when u used a slide rule

  • @danielbluesuit
    @danielbluesuit Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Robert,
    I’m a local film maker from Melbourne making a biker documentary and I’m interested in licensing some footage from this particular programme.
    Do you have any information on the actual title of the programme, the year and whether it was broadcast on the ABC? Any help would be much appreciated Robert, it’s an amazing episode!
    Thanks. Daniel

    • @robertthompson791
      @robertthompson791  Před 3 lety +6

      Hi. I’m Robert who posted this. It was a segment on 4 corners ABC in 1968. It was filmed by a freelance film maker and sold on to the ABC. I contacted the ABC and paid for a DVD . I was there and can be seen talking at the bar mentioning the cops moving us on from pub to pub etc, ( good looking bloke with the curly rock n roll haircut. ) I was 21 years old at the time, I am now 73 years old. Still in touch with a couple of the old boys. A lot have passed away. It was filmed at the Southern Cross pub at St Peter’s, Sydney, Coalcliffe pub, south coast and private house parties etc. Cheers.

    • @sueznann8927
      @sueznann8927 Před rokem

      @@robertthompson791 great video ❤️👌
      you are a good looking bloke too by the way 😉

  • @TieFighterPilot
    @TieFighterPilot Před 2 lety

    So they had to speed-up the footage to make it intense.

  • @user-tm1cq3sd3t
    @user-tm1cq3sd3t Před 4 lety

    Whos song is this?????? God damned Shazam can`t find it! Heeelp!!! 2:20 Please!!!

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 Před 3 lety

    No crash helmets then ?

  • @servicarrider
    @servicarrider Před 5 lety

    The bird @ :37 is hot. Oh, to be young again.

  • @richard9444
    @richard9444 Před 6 lety

    1.35 Russell Crowes Dad!

  • @garethlipyeart6520
    @garethlipyeart6520 Před 5 lety +2

    triumphs no Harley shit.

  • @Johnny3968
    @Johnny3968 Před rokem

    The one with the home made Hells Angel patch is lucky not to have been seen by a proper member,or he'd have got a beating!!

    • @michaelhayward7572
      @michaelhayward7572 Před rokem

      Who?
      No official HA in Oz back then.
      Not for at least another decade or so.
      England was even worse.

    • @martnorton5201
      @martnorton5201 Před rokem

      @@michaelhayward7572 Not a decade, 1973 in Sydney and Melbourne

  • @HammerHeadGarage
    @HammerHeadGarage Před 5 lety +2

    Like now we just want to be free and left alone if we are not hurting anyone. You don,t like us or how we live? that's fine you don,t need too and I don,t need your permission or opinions.

  • @fakhirnasir9795
    @fakhirnasir9795 Před 4 lety +3

    *Helmets* 🤔

  • @bobvido9875
    @bobvido9875 Před rokem

    God damn hoodlums! Lol .
    Must been fun riding bikes in those days. You have to be a mechanic to ride long trips on a Triumph.......

  • @shanefrance5071
    @shanefrance5071 Před 11 měsíci

    Happy years😅

  • @danielcharles4451
    @danielcharles4451 Před 4 lety

    25:15 ... is that a Rainbow person ??

  • @Cobra427Veight
    @Cobra427Veight Před rokem

    Bloody Aussies 🤣🤣🤣🤣 great footage .

  • @jons7771
    @jons7771 Před 3 lety

    They look like prep school boys. Not too tough.

  • @garypanos6223
    @garypanos6223 Před 2 lety

    Who did the Wollongong derelicts become,did they become a mc

  • @jakmak1199
    @jakmak1199 Před 3 lety

    Didn't hear them blaspheme once or mention the f word, good upbringing I'd say.

  • @eazyrider6122
    @eazyrider6122 Před rokem

    Girl says Im not a mole
    Whats a mole?
    You know the girls that goes around
    With all the boys.
    Do you consider yourself a mole? NAH! Im single at the moment.
    Do you go out with any of the boys?.
    Sometime i takes a couple back home here and there. OK, LOL

  • @philbrown9764
    @philbrown9764 Před 6 lety +3

    BIKIES???? What's that? It sounds like some 10 year olds riding bicycles around.

    • @jeeves6490
      @jeeves6490 Před 6 lety +6

      It's Australian for guys that choose to ride motorcycles because they like to.
      Biker has now taken hold like a great many other Seppo traditions that have no place here.

    • @LUREDADDY52
      @LUREDADDY52 Před 6 lety +1

      Good old Aussie slang, back in the day & still used today along with bikers. Police & the Media use both Bikie & Biker, but Bikie when they want something to sound real bad.

    • @alanbstard4
      @alanbstard4 Před 3 lety

      @@jeeves6490 exactly

  • @f.mazz.459
    @f.mazz.459 Před 2 lety

    I can't stand Aussie lingo. Bikies?? What are they children ? Just call them bikers like the rest of the world