The Motorbike Archives

1953 Motocross des Nations
Image   The seventh MXdN held in Sweden.
Watch one of the earliest Motocross des Nations as Les Archer leads the British team to its fifth win.
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1960's Scottish Scramble
Image   Footage from a 1960-era scramble event held at Edinburgh, Scotland.
Scrambles as only the Scots did them. Massive bog holes can't stop some brilliant riding by Scottish ace Jim Aird.
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1964 Motocross des Nations
Image   The 1964 Motocross des Nations held at Hawstone Park, UK.
The British team of Jeff Smith (420 BSA), Derek and Don Rickman (Metisse), and Vic Eastwood (Matchless) takes the win. Holland places third after a gutsy ride by Broer Dirks (Lito).
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1968 Joel Robert
Image   Joel Robert and CZ, a 1968 success story.
From 1968 comes a film about Joel Robert's 250 World Championship aboard CZ. See lots of twin-pipe CZs and great riders like Rickman, Hallman, Bickers and Geboers in action.
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1970 Suzuki GP Motocross
Image   Suzuki's 1970 GP Motocross Campaign.
Footage of the 1970 250cc Motocross Grand Prix series as Suzuki unleashed Joel Robert, Olle Pettersson and Sylvain Geboers aboard the RH70 works bikes.
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1970 Sometime Scrambler
Image   The Exploits of Malcolm Davis, AJS Works Rider.
Join Malcolm as he races in the 1970 Italian 250cc GP. Rare film of DeCoster aboard a CZ as he chases down the Suzuki duo of Sylvain Geboers and Joel Robert.
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1971 Suzuki GP Motocross
Image   Suzuki's 1971 GP Motocross Campaign.
Coverage of Suzuki's 1971 250cc and 500cc Motocross Grand Prix campaign. Footage from the Spanish and Swiss GPs, as well as the Austrian GP where Roger DeCoster debuts his new RN71.
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1972 Dutch International Motocross
Image   Suzuki and Yamaha on the international MX scene for the first time.
The 1972 round of the Lent Trophy saw the Suzuki of Sylvian Geboers and the Yamahas of Jaak Van Velthoven and Chris Hammergren go head to head. See Karsmakers, Aberg, Wolsink, Banks and Weil in action.
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1972 Suzuki GP Motocross
Image   Suzuki's 1972 GP Motocross Campaign.
Another of Suzuki's Golden Years when Joel Robert on the RH72, and Roger DeCoster on the RN72, brought home the 250cc and 500cc World Championships (25 min).
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1973 Yamaha GP Motocross
Image   Yamaha promotional film of its 1973 World Championship campaign.
The new monocross suspension is unleashed upon the world by Yamaha works riders Jaak van Velthoven, Hakan Andersson and Torao Suzuki. See the early careers of Gerrit Wolsink, Brad Lackey and Heikki Mikkola, as well as the great John Banks.
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1973 Saddleback Park USA
Image   Colorful coverage of motocross events in three countries.
Braniff Airlines takes you on an international tour of motocross starting at Saddleback Park where DeCoster gives a riding lesson, then to Peru, and finally to Argentina. Gary Bailey narrates the close action.
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1973 Quest For The Best Motocrosser
Image   A look at the 1973 GP Motocross series.
Follow the GP circus as it moves through Belgium, Finland and Italy. Once again, Roger DeCoster and Suzuki are dominant throughout the season.
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1978 GP Motocross Feature
Image   GP motocross feature covering the 1978 500cc World Championship.
See motocross legends Roger DeCoster, Heikki Mikkola, Brad Lackey and Gerrit Wolsink in action, including footage from the final round at the Citadel circuit in Namur, Belgium.
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1978 Yamaha GP Motocross
Image   Yamaha promotional film featuring Heikki Mikkola and Gaston Rahier.
Great footage of the two Yamaha motocross works riders in GP action in both the 125cc and 500cc classes.
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1979 World 500cc Championship
Image   Honda and Noyce win the 500cc World Championship.
Namur and Ettelbruck are the iconic tracks featured in this Honda film covering Noyce's 500cc World Championship.
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1980 500cc Motocross USGP
Image   The 1980 USGP held at Carlsbad Raceway.
Watch Marty Moates as he becomes the first US rider and first privateer to win the USGP.
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1981 Mighty Motocross
Image   Spectacular GP motocross at its finest.
Follow the 1981 Yamaha factory riders in the 500cc, 250cc and 125cc GPs. Coverage of the Swedish, Austrian and Dutch rounds in the year that Neil Hudson won the 250cc World Championship.
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1981 500cc Motocross USGP
Image   The 1981 USGP held at Carlsbad Raceway.
An exciting first-moto dice between Brad Lackey and Broc Glover is matched by the second-moto fight between Andre Malherbe and Chuck Sun, with Sun left as the overall USGP winner.
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1982 500cc Motocross USGP
Image   The 1982 USGP held at Carlsbad Raceway.
Danny "Magoo" Chandler and Darrell Schultz take their works Hondas to the lead in the first moto while Mike Bell gets the better of Andre Vromans in the second 45 minute moto.
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1982 500cc British Motocross GP - Moto 1
Image   Moto 1 of The 1982 British 500cc GP.
Rare trackside footage brings the action close as Thorpe, Vromans, Noyce and Lackey battle the gnarly Farleigh circuit.
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1982 500cc British Motocross GP - Moto 2
Image   Moto 2 of The 1982 British 500cc GP.
More trackside action as Lackey and Vromans battle for valuable GP points in the second moto at Farleigh Castle.
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1982 500cc Luxembourg Motocross GP - Practice
Image   Practice at the final round of the 1982 500cc Motocross Championship.
Watch the stars of the 1982 500cc motocross circuit as they practice for the final GP of the season where the world championship will be decided.
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1982 500cc Luxembourg Motocross GP
Image   Brad Lackey triumphs after 10 years.
The battle for the 1982 500cc championship came down to the final round at the iconic Ettelbruck circuit. Watch as rare trackside footage follows Lackey's race against Andre Vromans.
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1982 Danny La Porte
Image   Action from the 250cc GPs.
Danny La Porte became the first US rider to win a 250cc World Championship in motocross. This 20 minute film shows La Porte's first attempt at a World Championship as he takes on the likes of Georges Jobe and Kees Van Der Ven.
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1983 500cc Motocross USGP
Image   The 1983 USGP held at Carlsbad Raceway.
The gritty Swede Hakan Carlquist gets the overall by 3 seconds from Broc Glover and Brad Lackey finishes his GP career as a privateer.
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1983 A Viking To Victory
Image   The 1983 500cc Motocross Champion.
A look at the 1983 500cc Motocross World Championship won by Hakan Carlqvist against the previously dominant Honda team of Malharbe and Noyce. Carlqvist was a tough competitor on the GP circuit and his domination in 1983 was unchallenged.
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1983 500cc British Motocross GP
Image   The 1983 500cc British Motocross GP.
See the hard man of motocross Hakan Carlqvist at his best in the year he won the World Championship. Graham Noyce, Jean-Jacques Bruno, Andre Malherbe and Andre Vromans chase Carlqvist around the iconic British circuit of Farleigh Castle.
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1985 500cc British Motocross GP - Moto 1
Image   1985 500cc British Motocross GP - Moto 1.
An overcast & rainy Farleigh Castle saw Dave Thorpe and Andre Malherbe go head-to-head in the first moto. Watch the late charge by Kurt Nicol as he tries to take 3rd place from Michele Magarotto.
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1985 500cc British Motocross GP - Moto 2 New Item!
Image   1985 500cc British Motocross GP - Moto 2.
The second moto of the 1985 British 500cc GP saw one of the most amazing rides by Dave Thorpe. Watch as he fights his way back from a first-turn crash to catch and pass Andre Malherbe for the lead.
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