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Vintage vid thread

Not sure how Cycle South hasn't made it on this list yet. Just saw it for the first time this evening. NSFW and definitely not PC but kept me cracking up for sure. Available on Youtube. :laughing
 
I will have to look it up.

Thanks D!
 
This is too cool. I love all the aermacchi action! :thumbup

:thumbup

awesome Aermacchi stuff ...

here's a guy you may enjoy,
builds a six-cylinder Kawasaki Z1 at home with a hack saw:


here's a link to Mr Millyard's Z1 Super-six playlist ...

god bless Kawasaki ... :ride
 
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History of board track


not bad at all!
 
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not bad at all!


agreed - nuttin really new, yet watchable & informative -
1 thing vid glosses over is how very short the lifespan of most tracks was,
with many circuits (Cotati included) running but 1 season
(Cotati airport’s original buildings were framed with demolished track’s 2x4s)

the presenterz wild beard distracts from vid, but content of this 1, Evel Knievel vid, & others has me rating them worth a watch - thx for posting boardtrack 1
 
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One of my favorite riders of all time sharing some history.


fixed the On Any Sunday link too.. because I watched it again today. :teeth
 
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History of Maico...

Don't worry the German stops after a minute. :laughing

 
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History of Maico...

Don't worry the German stops after a minute. :laughing

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somebody on FB recently posted fotos of a nice 500 Maico MX,
modded for SM - it was rangy, hard-edged, & purposeful

oh, & it was perfect for a tall guy.....
 
That vid pointed out how the Maico was the basis for modern dirbikes.

I dug the part where Maico claimed to be winning with stick bikes vs Japanese Factory one offs. They let a Magazine tear down Ake’s bike to prove it. It was confirmed.

I had no idea they tried cars. Looked like a VW beatle.
 
That is awesome.

2 smoke drag. :ride
 
That was fun to watch (the triples drag racing).

There's a Canadian guy (Off Road) on the RZ350 forum actively bracket racing his mildly modified bike for 2 or 3 years. He's very analytical and makes little improvements along the way.

A bit of one post

On Saturday at 4:49:29 PM, I had my fastest run of the day. 12.849 @ 102.41 mph.
On Sunday at 4:49:22 PM, I had my fastest run of the day. 12.808 @ 102.49 mph.

Here is his thread. Not much in the way of videos but some may enjoy the read.

https://www.rzrd500.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15733&start=300
 
That was fun to watch (the triples drag racing).

There's a Canadian guy (Off Road) on the RZ350 forum actively bracket racing his mildly modified bike for 2 or 3 years. He's very analytical and makes little improvements along the way.

A bit of one post

On Saturday at 4:49:29 PM, I had my fastest run of the day. 12.849 @ 102.41 mph.
On Sunday at 4:49:22 PM, I had my fastest run of the day. 12.808 @ 102.49 mph.

Here is his thread. Not much in the way of videos but some may enjoy the read.

https://www.rzrd500.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15733&start=300

:thumbup

Mr Off Road is awesome, thanks for the link! insane time and effort he put into that thread, documenting his drag racing experience, too cool ... :cool

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getting himself the the drag strip, I guess:

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oh well, taken down, copywrite ... : |

this series is kind of pretty wonderful, imo ... :ride

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:party
 
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unpaved Pikes Peak, 1988, and the mighty Peugeot 405 T16,
back when men were men ... :party

(the 1990 stuff at the beginning is the awards this short won ...
shown in the vid is Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time for 1988.)
 
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unpaved Pikes Peak, 1988, and the mighty Peugeot 405 T16,
back when men were men ... :party

(the 1990 stuff at the beginning is the awards this short won ...
shown in the vid is Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time for 1988.)

My God, four wheel drifts right next to a sheer cliff! Scary to even watch.
 
My God, four wheel drifts right next to a sheer cliff! Scary to even watch.

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love the way it starts with a little music and then it's just the engine ... like my favorite scene in Bullitt. :laughing

pretty sure the Peugeot 405 T16 is the vehicle losing a drag race with the DAF Turbo Twin X1 in the Dakar in 1988 at 200km/hr.:


Mr Vatanen was also behind the wheel of the 405 T16 with the DAF in the vid above at Dakar in 1988, guess he had quite a year ...

his 405 T16 was stolen in Bamako while he was in the lead, and would only be returned if a ransom of 25 million francs CFA was paid. The car eventually found, but it was too late for the win ...

his team mate Juha Kankkunen went on to win in 1988, joining with Mr Vatanen's Dakar 405 T16 win in 1997. Mr Vatanen also won Dakar with the 405 T16, in '89 (by a coin toss!) and '90 and with Citroen ZX Rallye-Raid in '91.

those were the days. :angel
 
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