When I was a high school student, there were no videos yet.Therefore,I remembered the time period when this video was shown on TV and took pictures of the CRT with my camera.After graduating from university, I got a job at Honda!
Me and my best friend bought the first two CR250’s in Wichita. Man I loved that bike. Took them to the local track and everybody stared in envy. Raced two 30 minute motos placing 2nd both times, yielding a 2nd place podium on my first trip to the track. Such good memories.
I greatly thanking you for uploading this film for my personal reason. It makes me kind of some nostargy and dreams of the days. I could not have a chance to meet Mr.Macqueen, but he rode my designed bike model 357 in this film so a part of my dreams are realized. Motorcycle is life.
Just bought one of these the other day. The thing has very little shock travel and vibrates like a cement mixer tons of fun. If honda says it's a man's ride and Steve mcqueen rode one that is good enough for me! Real dirtbikes are two stroke
Way back around 1975, Bill called me from Gardena and told me to line up motorhomes, Hertz Rental Trucks, etc. as they were going to film a Honda Elsinore ad for the Japanese Market!!! Told me to meet a VIP at the Salt Lake Airport, turns out to be Steve McQueen!!! Ad was for the Japan market and I was told that McQueen was paid $1,000,000 to do it!! They were so pleased with the results they asked McQueen to do one for the US market........He said sure......$3,000,000.......no US McQueen ad
To the 7 guys who disliked this video, you all have no idea about the old days. Compare to nowa days, the riders in the 70s/80s with older bikes(old bikes are amazing) got heap more skills than the new age teen in 21 century with them magic carpet.
i started out in the early 70,s had alot of fun now nearing 60 still racing hare scrambles the new bikes are amazing KTM 300 ...i still have my 76 bultaco in the shed i love the old but accept the fact that long travel power valves are light years ahead of the old steeds
@ottohof yes, its very recognizable to me, i live here. used to ride there all the time till it got to be a bust, either ticketing you at your truck, or if your not on private land with permission, ticketing you for tresspassing, even they ride bikes now. i'm sure there are those that still ride there, it was a time that passed. still a neat video, untill today, i had never seen that, i even worked at honda dealership for 28 years and never saw it, but then we rode it every weekend.
I luv this vid, you americans are so lucky to have all this gorgeous landscape to ride on, over here in the UK you could go miles away from anybody to ride as soon as you do the police turn up & ruin your whole day :( Wish i lived over there in the US!! Didn't even know Steve was into motoX, what a great guy :D
170th, bean cyn, tehachapi, mels place, remember when Lou Upshaw lived in the small trailer on the corner about 12 mi in from 170th? thats the place, saddleback, the slide, the spring, impossible hillclimb, what a place.
i was saying to myself, man doesnt that look like 170th, then I see others have pointed out it is. Bean Cyn, Tehachapi, Wild Horse Cyn, Bachus Rd, the end shot camera view shows the south side of the AV out near Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes. we used to go riding out that way in the 70's, and one day while riding my '73 Honda CR250, we met Bob Hannah. saddleback, the slide, the spring, impossible, what a place. this is the first time I have seen this video, way cool.
Steve went bankrupt from the movie "Le Mans" which was a movie he wanted to make out his passion for racing so money didn't mean anything compared to his dream, and he knew where to find cash anyway lol. We never saw the Elsinore here in the states until 1973 I believe. I owned a green strip tank CR 125 Elsinore which was a 1974 acording to the Honda dealer but the frame said 1973. I never knew this existed so I did some research.
Takes me back to the day when you could show up at the track with $10 in your pocket. Pay your entry fee, get some dogs and drinks between motos, then stop for a burger on the way home......
Yeah...the Elsinore made a bigger splash in the MX world. Seems like Husky's remained as the winning bikes in the desert though. Later, the Japanese bikes dominated, and then KTM emerged. It's fun to look back at all of that!
too bad any celebrity nowadays would be in trouble for breach of contract for even thinking about riding a modern MXer... of course it's kinda too bad a modern MXer would kill the average movie star before he made it over the first pass!
@samzepplin, clearly you have no idea what you're talking about or the magnitude the man in that video had on the sport of motorcycling. I suggest you go play with Barbies and leave this sport to the big boys.
Haha, tree huggers existed back then. The rumors of banning two strokes even occured during that time and even R&D into 4 strokes were occuring. Actually, people were racing 4 strokes until a breakthru in technology advanced the 2 stroke into what it is known for today. There were issues with old 2 stroke technology which were solved in the 50s by Germany. Search for Walter Kaaden
