1964 Des Nations, freak'n awesome!

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 6:36pm
I was bouncing around today and found this jewel! These guys were bad ass and 4 strokes ruled back then ! Shows the entire race 31 minutes ! Check it out!
http://motorbikearchives.com/Video-Gallery/High-Resolution/1964-Motocross-des-Nations.html
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Larry 10/26/2009 5:28pm
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HOF post!
Great job Butch.Cool
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arm pump,sore back .
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Larry 10/26/2009 6:18pm
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zippy895 wrote:
arm pump,sore back .
Boys need not apply.
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BUTCH 10/26/2009 6:53pm
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It was a sport for big strong men back then.

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teggers 10/26/2009 7:46pm
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I drop by Motodrive for these kinds of jems.....

Well worth the price of admission.Smile

Good post.
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Motodude 10/26/2009 8:12pm
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Would E bikes be that fast?
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grover738 10/26/2009 8:16pm
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Where did Dennis Mitchell, #8 from Canada, get those awesome handlebars? They must be 3.5 ft. wide. How much fun would it be to line up with those?
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perumx 10/26/2009 8:19pm
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Great vid!
Thanks
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felpro 10/26/2009 8:22pm
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Those bikes were PUUUURRRRFECT !!
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Rotax 10/27/2009 3:05am
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Everything about that was great!
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Motodude 10/27/2009 3:53am
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Check out the gnarly hill. These days 250F's fly up there as if its nothing.
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TGTech 10/27/2009 9:41am
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This a absolutely a wonderful event. Thanks for posting it.

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SweetDaddy 10/27/2009 11:48am
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All natural terrain - CORE!
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NetMXer 10/27/2009 11:55am
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Imagine the whining you'd hear if today's riders had to ride a track like that.
dirtbikemike 10/27/2009 2:55pm
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i was at Hawkstone Park in 2003 for a round of the British Championships. not much has changed there since 1964. Same uphill and gnarly downhill, sandy sections and fans on the snowfence. they don't whine too much about the tracks in England.
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andymoto 10/28/2009 12:06am
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Blackopsrider7 wrote:
Awesome Videos folks, thanks!!
Awesome Videos folks, thanks!!
Second that. Great Vid. Thank you.

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Devil1nNj 10/28/2009 4:11am
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grover738 wrote:
Where did Dennis Mitchell, #8 from Canada, get those awesome handlebars? They must be 3.5 ft. wide. How much fun would it be to line up...
Where did Dennis Mitchell, #8 from Canada, get those awesome handlebars? They must be 3.5 ft. wide. How much fun would it be to line up with those?
You said it! Those bars were huge! Looks like a Texas Long Horn was the inspiration for that design! HAHA
I'm guessing they needed the leverage to move those bikes around. Seems a bit drastic though doesn't it?
We need some vintage guys to clue us in on the "long" and short of those bars from back in the day.
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Devil1nNj 10/28/2009 4:24am
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How about on the false start, that guy who pulled a U-ie (Ovia Luongo - I'm not even remotely close on the spelling I know... Wink )gets back to the gate, and I use the term loosely, and the race re starts while he's facing the wrong way! lol

As with everything else $$$ has reared it's ugly head in our sport as well. Imagine if that happened today!?!?!?! They would be in court fighting that out! hahhaahah

Another gem I enjoyed, was that Brauh Dirks (sp again...) was described by the announcer as "the giant farmer from Holland..."

I love this vintage stuff! Thanks for sharing this with us!
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BUTCH 10/28/2009 5:29pm
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Devil1nNj wrote:
How about on the false start, that guy who pulled a U-ie (Ovia Luongo - I'm not even remotely close on the spelling I know... ;)...
How about on the false start, that guy who pulled a U-ie (Ovia Luongo - I'm not even remotely close on the spelling I know... Wink )gets back to the gate, and I use the term loosely, and the race re starts while he's facing the wrong way! lol

As with everything else $$$ has reared it's ugly head in our sport as well. Imagine if that happened today!?!?!?! They would be in court fighting that out! hahhaahah

Another gem I enjoyed, was that Brauh Dirks (sp again...) was described by the announcer as "the giant farmer from Holland..."

I love this vintage stuff! Thanks for sharing this with us!
ow about on the false start, that guy who pulled a U-ie (Ovia Luongo - I'm not even remotely close on the spelling I know... )gets back to the gate, and I use the term loosely, and the race re starts while he's facing the wrong way!



Yeah, I noticed that, and thought he was being penalized for jumping the start., by making him go around in circles.
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DirtDgr 10/28/2009 6:55pm
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VERY COOL! Thanks!

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