The Wide World of Motocross - 1973 

Well said, I was part of that world as well 👍

I agree Fred. Those were good time back then. Glad to have brightened your day.

Fred In the waste lines were a lot smaller too!

And the trucks.....I have a 70 F250....and yes as echoed by other comments those were the days....the side car event must have been during the trans ama tour .

Glad you liked it. Ride safe.

Lol! *Scotty* from *Star* *Trek* - _"Ay Captain! And then jus' increase the padding in the seat to get more comfort from the bumps & jumps!"_

Agreed! I was told, back then, that Soccer was the First with Motocross a close second! Although i didn't run track or play football and basketball in '70's High School, I won the Presidential Fitness Award in my 1975 Senior Year. I was racing Motocross then, on a Honda CR250 Elsinore!

@@designertjp-utube physically demanding behind soccer was my recollection too, but kudos for the film and reminding me about Ake Johnson ... I was also a high school senior in 75 and avid mx racer

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You're right. I have seen some of his home done war films. What a kick. At 64 I think about how much money he has made compared to my teaching salary.

I know. I studied his beginning films. He did similar type stuff with 8mm as well. If only I had continued in film. Oh well.

@@richkorb Aw Heck, My Man! It's not too late! Take your *Hi-Def* Capable *iPhone* or *Android* Smartphone outside today and shoot anything. Then sit down and edit your footage in the free App *Hitfilm* *Express!* You have plenty of time to catch up with the Celluloid Film Greats since they are getting super busy figuring _how to transfer their early 8mm footage onto a computer_ .

@@designertjp-utube Yes tuck YOU must be a hater grow up !

@@johnarnold1364 Interesting. Glad I'm not a politician. I see my earlier message got misread. I was actually *giving* *props* to everyone. Our Super *film* *makers* , our powerful *smartphones* that outperform many of the early 2000 Laptops and are *Hi-Def* *ready* straight out of the box. With *Hitfilm* *Express* still free, along with *Davinci* *Resolve* *16* , the point i was trying to make then, and now is, many of us have so many *8mm* tapes and analog *videocassettes* piled high that desperately need to be converted to digital and perhaps stored on the cloud (before they deteriorate). I believe Spielberg, Lucas, and Abrams, among others, all have a similar pile of video homework converting chores yet to do. The fun point line was, in the time it takes to finally convert all of your past precious lovely footage into a digital format, someone today shooting outside with their new iphone may have time to get _"pretty good'_ as a Videographer by the time we all finish up our family video stash conversions.

How I made the film - I had, and still do have, an old 33 1/3 On Any Sunday record. I recorded it on my cassette recorder. The actual Trans AMA recording was recorded with my cassette recorder and mic on the day they showed the race a week later. If you listen carefully you can hear the super 8mm projector in the background and us talking. When I first showed it I had to start the cassette and projector at the same time. Splicing the cassette recording and film together was tricky. With help from a friend in the film conversion industry we were able to bring the cassette recording and film together on a DVD. Glad you enjoyed the film.

The tracks where Startup, outside of Monroe. A farmer turned his pasture into a track. One year the international riders had a race there before the TransAm in Puyallup. Other tracks were - Bremerton, and Shelton. Some of the filming was done in a sand pit next to hwys 405 and 520. We also did a lot of riding on the now Microsoft campus. Glad you enjoyed the film.

Steven Leslie Yup after soccer

I owned one too, yellow stripe on silver gas tank ... a big poster of it in my bedroom ... not the best handling machine on the track, but it was a "real" motocross bike

Won a lot of trophy’s on my 1970 DT1MX.(250)

diesel so did the chumps 😂😂😂