I had the privilege of working as a mechanic for Steve at his Kawasaki Suzuki dealership in Bellingham back in the 90's. He is a Great Person to work for and a good friend.
I was out on a 250 Cotton Starmaker on the Wednesday with all of these stars- It cost me almost nothing to share the track with GODs. I also rode as passenger in the sidecar race that day.
Man oh man we used to watch him every time he was at Westwood! He would launch off of dears leap and seem to hang in the air for ever. At what seemed the last moment he would 'land' the bike and yank it into a tight right turn to start his run up to the start/finish, flicking that Yammy OW31 thru the esses like it was a part of him, and it was! Wide open throttle! I was 17/18 then, now at 63 I can still smell the Castrol two stroke. The best perfume ever! Those were the days... ;)) I'm riding my 15th motorcycle now! I road illegal, when I was 15yrs. old. Never got caught.
I met Steve in 2015 when I went into his dealership to look at motorcycles I was talking to him and I noticed he had a ring on his finger that said Daytona 200 . That's not a ring they just hand out. Steve is a very humble guy and you have to try hard to get him to talk about his career. He is definitely a Hall of Fame rider for a reason.
Lot of familiar names and faces when I used to attend many meetings in the second half of the 70s. Dear old Dave Potter, remember him smoking everyone off at the Race of Aces for the last time on the Snetterton long circuit in 78 or 9. Season started and ended at Brands with the Transatlantic Trophy on Good Friday and the Race of the South on the last weekend of October. Great memories, thanks for uploading this.
+bluehazeboy I also was there spectating at Paddock Hill. Remember vividly the crash of Christian Sarron on the last lap @ 26:51. The T.V cameras don't really show how close that bike was to clearing the fence.
Watching Pharoah Ron Haslam and Steve Baker Mnt. BAKER was really the ones to learn that they were quite smooth as the brake hard lean and hang off and point there knees into a 6 inch line was awesome and my style too !!! 👌
I had to laugh at the Announcer at the 17:35 mark when a Rider went down and got up hopping on one leg and holding his back in obvious pain and he's all "and the rider seems to be OK". lol
This is so great. I was tearing up the roads of long Island in 1977 on my new 1976 Triumph T140V Bonneville 750. She won every cafe road race for 10 consecutive years from 1977 till 1987 when I got married. I still have my Bonneville and she is 20 feet from me as I type this on 4/21/2016.
It was but with the old clutch starts that's what happened, I think the logistics of trying to bring them back to do it again would have been just too great!
it will get to a point where we won't need a rider there gut send the bike out is this some thing we won´t MOTO GP is geting like F1 you have two teams who can win and the rest just follow follow along with no chance
How times have changed, don't think you are allowed to stand around the track like you used to, no doubt when guys raced in these days they were men, no air bags and the likes of today!
The 750 class was intended to supercede the European 500 cc class as the most prestigious class of racing. Over the decades since the 1920s, think of all the famous makes who raced 500 cc machines such as Norton, MV, Gilera, The few manufacturers who entered 750cc dropped out leaving only Yamaha, who also lost interest, the 500 cc class remained the premier class with Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki until Motogp 4-strokes entered the calendar
@@ewennicolson4342 yamaha never sold road going750 2 strokes in the uk,650 four strokes and 500 ,rd 400 was to my memory the biggest 2 stroke yamaha did unlike suzuki or kawazaki
I had the privilege of working as a mechanic for Steve at his Kawasaki Suzuki dealership in Bellingham back in the 90's. He is a Great Person to work for and a good friend.
Ive met Steve Baker several times ... he' lives nearby and had a Kawasaki dealership in WA state ... really decent guy
I was out on a 250 Cotton Starmaker on the Wednesday with all of these stars- It cost me almost nothing to share the track with GODs. I also rode as passenger in the sidecar race that day.
Steve Baker was a fantastic rider!
Great day...I remember it well...Brands was my local track.
Steve Baker was a king on the OW31 Yamaha,
Man oh man we used to watch him every time he was at Westwood!
He would launch off of dears leap and seem to hang in the air for ever.
At what seemed the last moment he would 'land' the bike and yank it into a tight right turn to start his run up to the start/finish, flicking that Yammy OW31 thru the esses like it was a part of him, and it was!
Wide open throttle!
I was 17/18 then, now at 63 I can still smell the Castrol two stroke.
The best perfume ever! Those were the days... ;))
I'm riding my 15th motorcycle now! I road illegal, when I was 15yrs. old. Never got caught.
Sure miss Westwood, a great little circuit to watch guys like Goodfellow & Crevier & Rhys Howard. Those were the days !
Awesome, Steve baker in fine form one of the fastest riders of all time, Good stuff!
The good old time 😍
Nice footage! When Baker was in a race, he won the race. You could count on it.
Mr.Baker Baking Away From Everyone.. Fast Bike + A Very Fast Rider !!
I met Steve in 2015 when I went into his dealership to look at motorcycles I was talking to him and I noticed he had a ring on his finger that said Daytona 200 . That's not a ring they just hand out. Steve is a very humble guy and you have to try hard to get him to talk about his career. He is definitely a Hall of Fame rider for a reason.
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thanks for post- So glad I lived the era Formula 750 - My favorite!
Baker looks effortless. like a run to the shops on his scooter.
Lot of familiar names and faces when I used to attend many meetings in the second half of the 70s. Dear old Dave Potter, remember him smoking everyone off at the Race of Aces for the last time on the Snetterton long circuit in 78 or 9. Season started and ended at Brands with the Transatlantic Trophy on Good Friday and the Race of the South on the last weekend of October. Great memories, thanks for uploading this.
Steve Baker was the only rider on the front row who didn’t jump start, yet he still got the hole shot.
Fantastic STEVE BAKER!!!.. my favorite rider!!! 💪💪💪😍😍😍
I was there that day :) hadn't long got my brand new Suzuki gt250 ,oh happy days
+bluehazeboy
I also was there spectating at Paddock Hill. Remember vividly the crash of Christian Sarron on the last lap @ 26:51. The T.V cameras don't really show how close that bike was to clearing the fence.
+iwb316 also Ron haslam,s crash, when the marshals had to go into the woods to retrieve the remains of a rather battered tz750
I watched this on tv all those years ago! First time I've seen it since then!! Thanks for sharing :)
Steve Baker, even King Kenny couldn't catch him.
Cheers for doing this one Chris, Great stuff mate.
tyres made of wood .... murrays commentary is incredible !!! nobody can do it like him !
+16countach Murray say's Roger Marshall is OK as he writhes in agony, classic Murray.
Watching Pharoah Ron Haslam and Steve Baker Mnt. BAKER was really the ones to learn that they were quite smooth as the brake hard lean and hang off and point there knees into a 6 inch line was awesome and my style too !!!
👌
Those bikes were crazy fast & they didn't have modern tyres or electronics.
Pity it's only at 240 pixels - this is history.
“The diminutive Steve Baker….”
😂
I had to laugh at the Announcer at the 17:35 mark when a Rider went down and got up hopping on one leg and holding his back in obvious pain and he's all "and the rider seems to be OK". lol
This is so great. I was tearing up the roads of long Island in 1977 on my new 1976 Triumph T140V Bonneville 750. She won every cafe road race for 10 consecutive years from 1977 till 1987 when I got married. I still have my Bonneville and she is 20 feet from me as I type this on 4/21/2016.
C. Sarron was racing already here, long before his top performances in GP500.. kewl.
passion every, where riders fans and Murray
massive JUMP START
It was but with the old clutch starts that's what happened, I think the logistics of trying to bring them back to do it again would have been just too great!
no abs- asp and all that computer crap we have now just man on there bikes
but who is riding? are thay riding the bike or is the bike riding them
it will get to a point where we won't need a rider there gut send the bike out is this some thing we won´t MOTO GP is geting like F1 you have two teams who can win and the rest just follow follow along with no chance
yas it all come back so the same thing MONEY MONEY i this is why i watch BSB or world superbikes and not MOTO GP
How times have changed, don't think you are allowed to stand around the track like you used to, no doubt when guys raced in these days they were men, no air bags and the likes of today!
Was Kork Ballington in this?
"It's a very brave sport that, isn't it?"
Frank 'coke & hookers' Bough.
So no creeping at the start lads please.......
I didnt know Murray Walker did bikes!
what ever happend to 750 class ?
They stopped making 750 2 stroke racers. TT F1 replaced it in the 80's with big 4 strokes, then Superbike appeared in the late 80's.
In 1979 all rode TZ750, at least in Hockenheim GP.. Other manufacturers didn't wanna play.
The 750 class was intended to supercede the European 500 cc class as the most prestigious class of racing. Over the decades since the 1920s, think of all the famous makes who raced 500 cc machines such as Norton, MV, Gilera, The few manufacturers who entered 750cc dropped out leaving only Yamaha, who also lost interest, the 500 cc class remained the premier class with Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki until Motogp 4-strokes entered the calendar
@@ewennicolson4342 yamaha never sold road going750 2 strokes in the uk,650 four strokes and 500 ,rd 400 was to my memory the biggest 2 stroke yamaha did unlike suzuki or kawazaki
Go to your yamaha dealer pick up a new tz 750 go racing chance of winning
I thought Steve Baker was a Canadian
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