Coolest moto commercial?

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11/17/2025 7:38pm

A few that I really like.....

Thor ad where McGrath asks to drive the semi and stalls it and they throw him out.

Reed Discount tire -there are a couple of versions - my favorite is with the kids doing part of the voice over.  Best part is the end:  "It's not where you're riding, it's who you're riding with"  Nails it.  All my riding friends have "grown up" and while I still like to ride on my own, I miss the days of riding with a bunch of guys 

Honda - I wanna ride - the kid in mx gear throughout the day saying "I wanna ride".  Man I've had lots of days like that.  Then snappy music and the kids riding with McGrath.  Can watch that again and again.  Always wonder why they show him crashing in the whoops at the end, but still a great commercial.

Going wayyyy back....They look corny today but you gotta remember it was the 70's and moto got NO coverage on tv so it was a treat to see the ads

-Honda XL ad with Malcolm Smith dressed as a preacher and impressing the congregation with his "new" riding skills 

-Kawasaki 

Z-1 ad where the bike keeps accelerating and the scenery turns into a blur of colors - always reminded me of the crazy scene near the end of 2001 A Space Odessey.

Goofy ad with various shots when their tag line was "Kawasaki let's the good times roll" 

-Yamaha - 

Various shots ad when their tag line was "Yamaha, today is the day"

You'll need to find your own links.....sorry

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RednBlue wrote:
A few that I really like.....Thor ad where McGrath asks to drive the semi and stalls it and they throw him out.Reed Discount tire -there are...

A few that I really like.....

Thor ad where McGrath asks to drive the semi and stalls it and they throw him out.

Reed Discount tire -there are a couple of versions - my favorite is with the kids doing part of the voice over.  Best part is the end:  "It's not where you're riding, it's who you're riding with"  Nails it.  All my riding friends have "grown up" and while I still like to ride on my own, I miss the days of riding with a bunch of guys 

Honda - I wanna ride - the kid in mx gear throughout the day saying "I wanna ride".  Man I've had lots of days like that.  Then snappy music and the kids riding with McGrath.  Can watch that again and again.  Always wonder why they show him crashing in the whoops at the end, but still a great commercial.

Going wayyyy back....They look corny today but you gotta remember it was the 70's and moto got NO coverage on tv so it was a treat to see the ads

-Honda XL ad with Malcolm Smith dressed as a preacher and impressing the congregation with his "new" riding skills 

-Kawasaki 

Z-1 ad where the bike keeps accelerating and the scenery turns into a blur of colors - always reminded me of the crazy scene near the end of 2001 A Space Odessey.

Goofy ad with various shots when their tag line was "Kawasaki let's the good times roll" 

-Yamaha - 

Various shots ad when their tag line was "Yamaha, today is the day"

You'll need to find your own links.....sorry

The Discount Tire ad with Reed, JG and the kids is definitely one of the best moto commercials of all time. 

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11/17/2025 8:58pm

crazy how much creativity we have lost. Thor was on a generational run for a while

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11/17/2025 9:02pm Edited Date/Time 11/17/2025 9:04pm

An oldie but a goodie, probably my all time favorite moto commercial.

https://youtu.be/csNq2wUTYCE?t=29

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11/17/2025 9:02pm

MC getting thrown out of the semi was peak for me.

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Legit television commercials? I really only remember the Honda commercials around christmas time when I was probably 5. Always made me drool as a kid wanting a dirtbike so bad.

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11/18/2025 6:40am Edited Date/Time 11/18/2025 6:44am

Not a commercial, but probably the best moto advertisement ever. 

May be an image of motorcycle, dirt bike, ski slope and text that says 'HAVE ALL HAVEALLTHEKING'SHORSES. THE KING'S HORSES. 4萬り JEREMY MCGRATH Wori FRACING cOm MORE HORSEPOWER MADEINAMERICA MADE AMERICA'

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11/18/2025 7:05am
decano51 wrote:

crazy how much creativity we have lost. Thor was on a generational run for a while

Thor had the best gear in 2008-10ish... What happened since then?

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More of a promo than a commercial, but you can never go wrong with the King of Cool and an Elsinore...https://youtu.be/h8on2oczg2M?si=2WRSmrSpUNlhLXkd(I couldn't embed the...

More of a promo than a commercial, but you can never go wrong with the King of Cool and an Elsinore...

https://youtu.be/h8on2oczg2M?si=2WRSmrSpUNlhLXkd

(I couldn't embed the video for some reason)

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11/19/2025 4:05am Edited Date/Time 11/19/2025 4:22am

Jim Holley: McDonalds.

EDIT: Flew girls in that cooked flambé.

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11/19/2025 5:28am

Jim Holley McDonalds

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11/20/2025 11:48am

I can't find a clip of it, but anyone remember the Yamaha "Right Kick" drill instructor commercial when the e-start TTR's came out? 

 

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11/21/2025 12:45am
HackMan162 wrote:

I can't find a clip of it, but anyone remember the Yamaha "Right Kick" drill instructor commercial when the e-start TTR's came out? 

 

The kid says, 'I just wanna ride...'?

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11/21/2025 7:27am
rogers wrote:

 

Not an official commercial but I thought it was funny.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LaywboSYsY4

 

Haha. That's great. I could finally tell my wife "Don't worry, I am not riding alone today".

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