Yamaha's Motocross Ads 1970s 

Every year I would go to the dealership and get all the brochures and then pin them to my bedroom wall

There was little or no motocross in 1970.. I was at the front of the Yamaha bikes.. I'm 71 now and built/raced the bikes back then..

If I remember correctly, the international color scheme for Yamaha white with red decal and paint stripe on the fenders, I know it was the color scheme in the 1980s...I love this video, I was born in 1966, so I remember all the 70's MX machines Bull Taco; CZ; Contessa; Husky; Maico, and KTM, besides this list of MX's the starting lines were filled with more Yamaha's than any other MX bike...

I have ‘75 Yamaha MX100B. Love the decals for the year

Well done! These videos are a serious nostalgia hit for me! I had ‘78 and ‘79 YZ80’s, my first motocross bikes! While they were visually much the same, that ‘79 was an absolute rocket ship and so difficult to keep within its narrow range of power. But when you got that thing right, it could literally hang with 125’s! It was nearly as fast as my 79 and 80 RM125’s into 3rd gear and I kept that thing well into the 80’s before it passed onto one of my nephews. It was an exciting time that’s for sure, the bikes were so new almost every year and things changed so fast. I was all in on motocross and my life revolved nearly completely around riding and racing moto. Great times!!! Thanks for the terrific video!

My 1970 Yamaha DT1MX was the factory motocrosser. The oil tank had a DT1MX decal, virtually the only difference from a Gyt kitted DT1.

New subscriber. Great video, a walk back through my childhood. From having the the various colored Enduro tank brochures all over my bedroom walls, to owning a '75 Mx400B. I loved that bike! Thanks!

Mate this is brilliant, absolutely loved it and looking forward to your next vids.keep it up from

Man this is awesome! Thanks so much for making this available. I would give anything to have my old dirt bike, mx action, minicycle action, popular cycling etc.. and all my old brochures back. I love your channel and your instagram. Keep up the good work!

Love the old brochures.

Amazing content! Yes, the old ads and brochures were total art!

I was a motocrosser of early 70’s and I road a 360 enduro conversion, buddy road a cz. I had the opportunity to ride the 500 that you talked about. You are absolutely right that thing was a beast and not in good way. It was uncomfortable on flat ground, much less on the track.

I was stationed in Japan in the early 70s. We could buy the "mono-shock" version of the Yamama almost 1 year before that arrived in the States.

I had the 1978 YZ250e was a great bike hours off fun and my first race ever and won all three adult races as a teen and won £12

pretty cool , the history of the enduro lines would also be interesting thanks a lot

In the late 60’s and early 70’s, you could get your motorcycle license at 14 years of age. You were limited to a max of 100cc. That’s when I got my license - LOL!

I remember Yamaha’s trials bike ads for the TY250, used the song “year of the cat”

Raced a 76 125 and the 77 125 good old bikes.

Subbed. I'm 54. My first bike was a 79 GT80.

In 1975 the YZ 125C did have a mono shock. It came out in April.