Gage.... so good to hear you are enjoying the videos from the GOOD OLD DAYS. So glad I had a camera with me all the time. I just love looking back this stuff myself. Keep enjoying glad I had then to share.
Hannah is a Legend in our World easily one of the four fathers of this thing we call Supercross racing.. I wasnt born until 86'... But hearing all the stories of these guys racing their way to the top of the podium and the very little they had to get them there back then is just amazing to think about now a days with what is available on the market now and just to see how much things have changed over the years is wild... I will state this... The 90's is easily the Golden Era of Supercross for me.. in 1990 there wasnt a kid who was more OBSESSED with motorcycles then I... If I wasnt buggin Dad to take me to the trails I was playing with toy dirt bikes, wearing dirtbike clothing, pretending my bmx was a 2 stroke, dirt bike video games, DIRT BIKE EVERYTHING!! And its still like that today.. My mind very rarely leaves the thought of motorcycles and when it does its short lived hahaha What can I say I cant get enough of em!!!! Great video/ Time machine I appreciate the chance to look back at the past and watch these guys race first hand.. can you imagine if we didnt have any footage of this era... that would suck. SO big thanks for sharing and taking us all back to where it probably started for most of us..
More pure gold! Hannah was an animal and David was so perfect on the bike! It was like art watching him ride a motorcycle.Thanks Mr. Bailey! The last year of Factory Works bikes and behind the tape with the riders! FANTASTIC!
I never tire of these videos !!! it was the Sx US that totally intoxicated me: my riding style, my suit(jt) and my bell m4 helmet with lightning (thanks to my family who live in california) I was young and crazy, but the Mx / sx Us made me dream. Commentaires
Hannah riding that thing like a fucking wild bull. He was truly a legend and was one with the bike. Knew the limits and pushed it to the razors edge constantly.
I'm not sayin that the factory bikes of today aren't special... BUT back then with real Works Bikes, it just seemed a lot more special when you saw one race. I know that I sound old when I say this but.. That was the good old days when they allowed those bikes to race... I think that I'm so lucky to grow up during that time when it comes to dirt bikes anyway..
Not sure what Hannah style was? Oh yeah it was Hannah style. That boy sure could ride. always amazing to watch him ride and did whatever he had to get to the front. For sure one of best in his day...
Gary Bailey would love to get into designing tracks! Severely injured vet and Police Officer with not a lot at the moment, but I’ll get there. Takes time to get back up sometimes is all.
Well, at 9:28, I am thinking Hannah had a good mechanic who knew how to jet a bike. That is more 2-stroke smoke than I have ever seen on a pro 2-stroke gate. Those smokers are losing 3 or 4hp right there with that fat jetting. :) Frankly, I did not expect to see so much smoke for a pro race in the mid 80's. I never have before. I wonder why this day was so different? Yea, I tune little 2-stroke engines today for a living, because of this sport in these great days of it.
Professor Bailey, we need more tracks designed today like the one you designed at Dayton. Such a classic track with the best riders of the 80’s era. The depth of talent for so many riders during that period is unmatched.
I missed this era by about 15 years! Those bikes looked and sounded so awesome... great camera work... I still remember going into the local motor sports shop Jorgys in Stockton and seeing the lineup in the showroom! Sponge bob eyes!!! Thanks for posting this amazing event!
I guess practice makes perfect, or gets as close as humanly possible. Mr. Bailey, it is amazing how great your video talent was before vid drones,---and still today. :)
Great stuff. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I was a young 20y/o growing up in Australia and we very rarely ever got to see actual events on TV back then and had to read about it in magazines and drool over the bikes and tracks. I was a huge fan of David Bailey and the O'show so I naturally "had to have" an '85 CR250 which I was fortunate enough to do. Ah, those were the days when tuning involved carb tweeks, pipes and porting without a laptop in site and getting to the tracks was an adventure in itself in my trusty old Datsun 180B
Gary this is got to be one of your best videos! All the close-ups of the pros I so appreciate this is my childhood thank you thank you ,son and all you guys Motocross and Supercross
Just watched a great interview with Hannah where he talked about being less tired at the end of races due to his training regimen, which apparently started much earlier in the year than most. I remember reading about all these guys in _Dirt Bike_ and just wanted to be like them.
Awesome video! Your description speaks so true. Not saying today's riders are not amazing what they do on today's tracks, but they could never handle the old school tracks.
Jay B ..... Thank you, I am 10% with you. Mostly the camera changing all the time, I hate that. As far as the announcers ! If they would talk more about the race than who there buddies with.and the same old stories. Got to be more things about the race. Anyway glad you are enjoying. I'll keep them coming,
In regards to his crash at Gatorback. I was standing near the base of the tower, I believe, watching David approach the finish line when he went down hard. He was so beat up the medical people put him in some kind of chair to get him off the track. They carried him up towards me. He looked terrible, sweat and dirt on his face. To this day, I feel guilty about what I did, but I took a picture of him. I've never felt good about that. After getting off so hard, where was he for the second moto? At the gate. Because he's David Bailey.
Don’t feel bad. Sounds like you captured an important moment. I was surprised when I got spit off like I did. I was stunned at first and immediately I thought I broke my leg, when I had a moment I reconsidered that perhaps I wrecked my knee. While I was going through what you witnessed I kept glancing up the hill at the checkered flag thinking, not only did my 22 points evaporate and probably cost me the title, maybe my season was mostly over. I was in shock over how quickly it all went sideways and felt faint. At the last minute I thought I could try to salvage something, maybe just a do a lap so I wouldn’t live with the regret of not trying at all and to my surprise it was doable. Thanks for sharing your perspective and the compliment. - David
@@davidbailey6343 I can not pass up this opportunity to let my "fanboy" out. BTW, Happy Birthday in advance. We are the same age. Was introduced to MX in 1982. First race, Unadilla '83. My friends are picking riders. I said I've got that guy Bailey, he's my age, he's an East Coast guy. (I know) and he floats around the track. I'm not a rider, but it was so obvious that you didn't slam your way around. The more I witnessed how you presented yourself, and interacted with fans, I knew I had my guy to watch. Style and Grace. A Pro in every respect. I bought the loud shirts, still have them. Bought the magazines. Many trips to Unadilla and Fla. When you got hurt, my heart ached. Not for the rider, for the man. I followed the situation as much as I could. In those two years when it got real dicey? Damn. I'm actually not a big fan boy in general, but if a person could put themselves in a position of achievement and fame, and needed to know how to act? Brady, Bird, and Bailey. All Day Long. So happy that you are healthy. All the best to you and your family. Mike Stiehl, Manchester CT.
Bailey showed up at our local dive spot near The San Mateo Bridge (salt flats) to practice for the next day’s Trans Cal race. We thought we’d show him a little something but he smoked us on his parade lap. Silly boys we were....
I had a 1985 KX 500 believe it or not that I won in a bet in 1997. The bet was if I could crank the bike first kick it was mine. We were all out at the local dirt pit with a Big crowd of the boys around so there could be no backing out of the deal if I got it cranked the first kick. So to make sure that I was not accused of kicking more then once I used my hand to prime the cylinder by moving the crank and piston up and down and few times then brought it back around to TDC. I used the triangle homemade bike stand made out of rebar to hold the bike as I jumped as high in the air as I could then took all 200 lbs thats me onto the kick start and bing a ding a ding ....ding ding ping ding. I named ole girl the beast after that day when I took her home. After about 20 minutes of hard riding you could no longer feel your hands or fingers. After each ride I would have to spend around 20 minutes tightening all the bolts back up for the plastic and always the exhaust. That bike was a drag race machine as well. Nothing could touch it or get close besides a few modified to drag race 350 banshees that showed up every sunday. The only bike I have ever seen that was harder to start than that ole KX 500 was built a year later in 1998 - The PPD first attempt at the 4 stroke tech .............. The 1998 Yamaha YZ400F. If that bike got rode hard for any extended period of time and you stalled it and tried to crank all I can say is hahahahahahah. If you happen to flood the bike just a little hahahahaha. It was awful. The 1998 WR400 was no better.
I can't say enough about AMA Supercross during the 1980's. Announcer Larry Meyers was like the ring leader of this travelling circus. Did I mention Larry Huffman?
Hi Professor, Thank you for sharing these videos!!! I grew up idolizing David and O'show and yes, even the Hurricane... Love these vids!!! I really think they should have done minimum weights with the rider added, would have negated the benefit from Ward being so tiny....
Little jeff ward pulled that holeshot. And damm his lil midget ass was doing good in till he went down. At lease he came in second. Not bad. Great race tho. Love these old school supercross races. Thank you for sharing this
Back when we had to wait alot of the time for some print photos in Cycle News to 'watch' the race. So weird to watch this stuff lap by lap now, back then salivating to want to be able to see it live on tv, taping them at 0300 in the morning then some of the networks started broadcasting on the weekends weeks or months later if I remember correctly! Thanks for sharing all this stuff. Do you still have any RAW Method tapes? I bought a set when you released them.
I think today's riders are definitely better at jumping. They are more technical by scrubbing and using the rear brake in mid-flight, etc. But I think today's riders are not as good at cornering because the 4 stroke motor is very forgiving and does a lot of the work for you. It basically creates a lazy rider. I think the old school riders were faster at cornering because the two stroke motor really made you work hard to make a proper turn. Also, the riders of today are not as tough as the old school guys. It is what it is...
The thought of jumping something and making it a double or triple and landing on the downside is in its infancy. Guys thought flying further mattered even though you landed flat.
Um yeah... today's riders have better technology, and are doing things that wasn't even thought of back then...bubba scrubs ,triple backflips etc lol. Today's elite riders are way way faster through the corners ( everywhere really) disc brakes...braking later etc,better suspension...coming in faster,going through faster,exiting faster, loads more power,there's absolutely no comparison. 4strokes and 2 strokes...pros n cons,2 different types of riding styles though,could go on forever lol. So many different factors to try judge who's tougher haha Riders of today are probably tougher...bikes have way more power,which means ya gotta be alot fitter to hold on for a 45 min moto. But then the old bikes don't have that plush suspension...but then again,there not going as fast...yeah,it's not really fair to try compare the 2 generations.
@@Dave101. I have to disagree on the toughness part. Back in the day guys like Barnett and Magoo were finishing motos with handlebars that were bent like a pretzel. It seems like some of today's riders are pulling out of races with bent levers. On the whiskey throttle show Roger D was asked what was one of the most impressive things you saw in your career. He replied seeing Heikki Mikka pickup his bike and carry it over the finish line during a mudder...
@@brucefile7430 yeah I'm hearing ya,I've seen some of the high paid riders of today,pull out because of no rear brake or a flat or something semi superficial when you'd think they'd just be able to gruel it out and try get some points at least. Brings back memories...2008...I had to finish the last lap with a broken right wrist,used my forearm to wind the throttle on lol...got a 5th or 6th for the day...then 2 weeks later salvaged enough points to win the series with a cast on lol. But they didn't hand out a holiday for the winner,which is what they had done in the past,so I was gutted haha,but it's a good memory. I can't get over the open face helmets they wore! And I've gotta watch that race you mentioned! Carrying the bike...kinda reminds me of Sebastian tortelli I think it was...he ran outta fuel...but couldn't push it over the last big jump
I was thinking the same after all the political crap the NFL went through not long ago. National anthem gets ignored by someone every time it's played and it's not as big a deal as alot of folks wanna make it out to be. I've watched countless events on my couch at home and never stood up for the anthem in my living room. Most if not all the folks barking about disrespect aren't standing up at home either. Just a thought
Hanna…”I got 40 Thousand People up there Wanting Me to Win….and uh I Like That🤑…thank you for this Gem that I First Saw when I was 17 Gary,I’ll watch this Over & Over Again for the Next 2 weeks,or 2 months,or for the Rest of my Life🤣🦾
Back when we had to wait alot of the time for some print photos in Cycle News to 'watch' the race. So weird to watch this stuff lap by lap now, back then salivating to want to be able to see it live on tv, taping them at 0300 in the morning then some of the networks started broadcasting on the weekends weeks or months later if I remember correctly! Thanks for sharing all this stuff. Do you still have any RAW Method tapes? I bought a set when you released them.
