Fifty Years of Kicks - Motorcycle Documentary (full-length)
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2012
- By Motojournalism and Traction off-road E-rag. Documentary about off-road riders Paul Rodden and Larry Murray two venerable motorcyclists who just won't stop doing what they love. More info and behind-the-scenes at motojournalism.com
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I love this. As I watch it, many memories come back. My friend, 20yrs my senior, passed away aged 72yrs on a trail ride. Was still riding fast, still riding every weekend if possible. RIP Ron Rodger, you are sorely missed.
These men are so inspirational. The body breaks down but the spirit is timeless. RESPECT
I'm 80 + and still street-riding. Last year did a two week Beautiful Balkans tour with Adriatic Moto Tours.
Franko
@ Frank
These sixty years olds are basically pussies. I am 74 - sure I wouldnt go riding off road, I have no death wish, you can bet that sooner or later one of those old timers will end up on a weel chair and having to feed themselves through a straw. I always use the bike every day.
Frank Yuhas: Thanks for sharing that! I’m “only” 67, been riding (long and hard) for only 50 years. To meet people riding in their 80’s makes me want to keep living and (almost) makes me want to grow up!
My hero.
This is what riding is about. No douchy fake attitude, no energy drink logos, no marketing hype bullshit. just riding. just purity. the world needs more stories like this to be told. Thanks.
48 people have no idea about life...its so sad someone would really dislike this..
I'm a 60 year old who's been riding 51 years. I have a scrambles track behind my house set up in three cloverleaf sections that have multiple options so you can stay out there several minutes and never do the same exact lap twice. My house backs up to a river that has miles of trails, in both directions. No need to load up and go anywhere. Fun ? Hell yeah !
In 1991 a friend and I were out at El Mirage dry lake, riding our KTMs for the day. We were back at the truck, taking a break and two riders on XR250s stop by for a chat. One was 72 and the other was 77. I'll never forget our encounter and after they left I thought, I'll never stop riding dirt bikes until I am physically unable.
Paul and Larry are just as inspiring. Great film!!
At only 67/ 50 years of riding long and hard I needed this documentary! Thanks.
UPDATE! Paul and Larry are still kickin'! We want to film a sequel to Fifty Years of Kicks and release it on UA-cam! We need your help to make it happen! Check out our Kickstarter campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1959175784/motorcycle-documentary-fifty-years-of-kicks-sequel
Motojournalism well,what you guys need?
honestly, those old guys reminded me of my father who died last year (cancer not a motorcycle accident) thank you, I am crying
I've been riding when i was 8. Im 14 now and i hope to be be like these amazing guys. Anyone that has been enjoying riding that long is awesome.
what a beautiful story I ride and I'm only 13, and one day i hope to ride till I'm as old as they are!
stay safe and keep going, young person
Wow. Great vid. Brought back a flood of 45 year old memories.
Gotta tone up and find a dirt bike.
Why did I ever stop. Thank you.
I'm 59 and these guy's are my hero's
Covers what riding is about in the first :40 seconds. 👍
Followed by baskets 💪
Great video❤️
“$300 dollars of gas will make you much faster!!!” LOVE IT!!
Thank Barry for putting me onto this. What a great legacy.
As a fellow rider who suffers from Meniere's, this video is inspiring and encouraging for me. People have told me before that I need to stop riding, but giving it up has never really been an option for me. It's good to know others out there are going through what I'm going through.
wow! I'm 41 now and ride with guys late 50's and even early 60's. You are an inspiration that life of riding isn't over at mid 40's. People tell me all the time that I'm to old to keep on riding, but there wrong!! I just hope that I'm riding into my 60's and 70's
Total respect.
How on earth can 66 people dislike the passion & dedication these people have? 66 people need to look into it....
I saw this video last year. This is the way to live life!! These two guys have inspired me to get back into dirt riding after being out for 22 years. I crushed a vertebrae back then and thought i would never chance it again in the dirt. Now at the age of 47 i guess I'm young enough to give her another go? I'm having lots of fun and just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful story!!!!!
Very Awesome! I just met Paus wife Sharon, she needed a sewing machine fixed. She turned me onto this video. VERY AWESOME!!
Speechless and very well told guys! I love riding my dual sport too! "Get busy riding or get busy dying." Words to live by!
Normally I don't comment on these videos but this one is so inspirational and profound that I feel compelled to say that I truly impressed by these guys and their message. Wow! I salute you - and wish I could ride as well as you - but then again I am just a young 54 and so have time to learn. Thanks again !!
This is special to me.
I'm happy that this has been recorded for future generations.
What a great story about these old friends and the love for riding I am 55 and just purchased a DR-200 live in the pine barrens of south jersey with thousands of miles of trails I put 63 miles on the bike yesterday all dirt miles what a great feeling to be back in the woods.
Paul and Larry I want to thank you guys for still doing what everybody says your to old to do ..I'm 58 yrs old and still do a lot of woods riding on my exc250 and still out last guys way younger than i am ...Its immobility that will kill you not being out on your bike sweating...I also own a ktm 1190 adventure R and just completed 2000 miles in colorado and utah riding the "BDR"...You guys are a true inspiration to us all ... "NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER GROW UP !!!!! thanks Russ Belmont N.H.
:):) 43 Years old and can't wait to see what the next 30 years bring into my life:):) Thank You
Awesome video. I will be 58 in March '13. This video inspired me to keep and restore my '79 Yamaha XT500. I started on the trails, and this brought back sooo many memories.
No words that would do this justice. Just keep on doing and loving what you do -- until the end -- then the end will be good and proper. I'm 63 years old, so I can relate. Big props to these guys and their spirit!
Amazing work. I watched it together with my dad and we hope that we both can enjoy riding our motorcycles as long as these guys do.
Old Guys Rule!! at 55 myself I can think of no better way than go'n out on 2 wheels, I no longer race but after 50yrs and more than 20 as a pro mx and speedway racer,1hip replacement,broken back,countless fractures pins,screws,plates,rods I still ride everyday. Riding cures all.
These two are inspiration. Glad someone video-taped them. Whoever it was, they have real vision for what this sport is about. They're getting the multi-generational aspect. They're getting that this about what's said between the rides. They're getting everything the Sueprcross guys just don't seem to ever get. Good job to Paul and Larry. And good job to guy who knew this was a story worth telling.
What a great testament to staying active, engaged and physically and mentally fit. They both ride effortlessly.
I am going to be finishing 73 in two months and am still riding.. this is such an inspiring film..
i remember showing this to my 63 years old dad. he went INSANE he's been driving motorcycles all of hes life and just buy a new cross one.
Well i'll speak up for the young guys. I'm 23, been riding since I was about 3. Don't plan on stopping anytime soon! This was a great film, going to have to show my dad this one!
Utterly brilliant. What kind of idiot gives a film this brilliant a 'thumbs down' ?!?!?! Seriously! Fantastic work everyone involved, and thankyou!
Those guys inspire me. I'm 27 and ride with a bunch of guys in their mid-50s. They never cease to amaze me.
Cant explain how well this video was put together. You guys did an amazing job, and the post processing and editing... i appreciate the time you put into it.
I'm 30, been riding since I was 3. Hope to keep riding til im 71 as well. No matter what the bike is.
Paul Rodden is my new here. I've been fighting Menieres for 3 years. Still ride both street and dirt bikes but there are times when it gets really frustrating. I stumbled across this video today on FB after coming home from from getting a steroid injection in my ear. Seeing Paul out there riding in the vid is a wonderful inspiration.
What a pair of great men, I am 73 and enjoy both off road on my DR 500 SUKUKI and long distance touring on a BMW K100RS. I also have vertigo and find it hard sometimes to walk in a straight line but I have never found it a problem when riding, I believe it is because my mind is focused on what is going on in front of me and I do not let it become a distraction. I also surprise a lot of younger riders when I pull up amongst them and take off my helmet and they see how old I am. More power to Paul and Larry.
"Get on with riding or get on with dying"
HELL YEAH!!!
Motorcycles are addictive only those who have this addiction will truly know and understand why we keep on keeping on. These two guys are legends.
I've met Larry and have also ridden with his son at Trail Tours.... great to see this type of recognition!
What a great video, and as a 50+ year old rider it really hits home. We're starting to see some health issues crop up that make it sometimes easier to say no to riding, or at least say no to the tougher rides. These guys are not only inspirational but educational. Exercise off the bike is key to a good time on the bike. Good stuff!
Watched this so many times these men are such an inspiration to us younger guys.
Well worth the wait Anthony. Thanks from a 60 year old rider.
The most beautiful motorcycle video i have ever watched.Thank you.I wish everyone who created this video the very best.
I will keep on trying to get better and enjoying my 20 year old KTM 525 with my 58 year old body.
"get on with ridin or get on with dyin" Paul Rodden... my new favorite quote
I'm 15 and I love dirt biking these guys are my heroes they ride rougher stuff then some guys I know. I hope when I'm older ill still have the passion to get out and ride like these guys thanks for putting this video up.
Just awesome. This is a really great story, and beautifully told. I hope both Paul and Larry have many more years of riding ahead of them. My grandfather (who gave me the gift of a love of motorcycling when I was 6 years old) rode all forms of on and off road motorcycles from the 1940s until just a few years ago. He actively rode until he was 92 years old. He was and is my inspiration, and these two guys remind me a lot of him. I hope to follow their example.
I thought I was old at 42, I guess I've got 30 more years! Great video!
Brilliant film! I’ve been ‘schooled’ many times over by older blokes, whether it’s on the football field, bikes or flying. Never judge a book by its cover. Rock on old dude So!
As a 72 year old that still rides on & off road, I want just to meet that one dislike in a dark alley Thanks for the vid.!!
What an amazing story. .. i hope they're still at it !😊
I just turned 50. This was a inspiration for me.
As long as it's fun, keep doing it. Just had my 79th, and for me it's the best emotional therapy there is. I have both a street bike and a dual sport, and the dual sport is the one that I don't have to worry about keeping the battery charged.
Richard Ohnstad 😂😂
Richard Ohnstad
you know i may be the youngest one here at 49 but i really really enjoyed watching this video, i lost two people that where close to me on motorcycles and now i look at it in a completely different way. I will be getting a new bike next year and then to a supermoto, these men really sealed the deal for me on what i am going to do. Had plenty of bikes growing up but then the fear of really getting hurt entered my mind. At 49, worrying about the " what ifs" has really stopped me in my life and now im jumping in whole! This video really hit my soft stop at the end when I saw that Paul is getting a new bike! Thank you gentlemen, Larry and Paul, for sharing a small part of your story. You two, are truly super men in my book!
Ride on brothers on wheels, it the only way to stay forever young
hope i can do the same thing when i'm 70!! these guys are the coolest grand-dad's...
this is really a great documentary,love it...
Love this... brought up a multitude of memories with my late grandfather, great memories at that!
This video really speaks to me: My seventieth birthday present from may son Galen was a three week back-roads motorcycle trip down the western coast of Chile and Argentina. So much fun.
best video i've seen in a long time.
those two guys are an inspiration.
This brought a tear to my eye, god I love this sport! A truly inspirational video that only the world of Motorsport could produce, I wish many many more happy years riding for these guys and everyone else out there on two wheels, one big family for sure!
This video is a true inspiration to any bike rider. Thanks for putting it together.
This is a great video if you ride dirt only. it sure brought back a lot of memories for me when i was a young boy growing up in rural Maine. my first actual dirt bike was a OSSA 250 that I bought from a neighbor and he had modified it to a 350. the bike had big beefy knobby tires and quite often out on the trail would get right up and dance across most mud holes that other bike dies in. tearing down old county roads and old railroad bed was a blast. of course the local loggers didn't thing to much of us ripping up there logging roads nor did the snowmobiler's in the winter when they would catch us out on there trails. but they were always right there to cheer us on if we raced on the ice. I ride street bikes now and live in North Carolina. but I never forget were I got my start with bikes and were my roots started when I first started riding.
Oh guys, God bless you always! You two are truly an inspiration. Two Timeriders that don't quit, no matter of how old or situations, amazing! When this is in your blood since those good old days, no one can't take away your passion. Just train and practice, be in good health, but keep riding. And I thought I was old at 59 to get back in the saddle. Use to ride for fun in the 80's and I want to ride and show my kids that anything can be done when you have the will. Thank you dirt road warriors, you have become my inspiration.
This is an inspiration to all of us 40 something riders that still find it fun. Great job on these vids.
Very inspirational. I'm 50 and train harder than ever to keep fit enough to hammer my Aprilia MXV 450 around the local MX tracks here in Norway. A fellow local rider is 70 and got a brand new Husqvarna 350.
I shared this video with all of my riding friends as well as a couple forums I'm a part of; it's simply outstanding. I hope I'm still hitting the trails when I get into my 70s...going to do everything to make sure it happens.
Thanks for the great video.
Oldies but goodies. Respect to these guys!
Excellent story and video guys. I'm 50 and I hope to ride as 1/2 as good as these guys when I grow up!
I started on a beat AJS and then a pre-unit Triumph. In 1965, I discovered a '47 Indian Chief covered with an old canvas tarp and rotting away under a crab-apple tree. My dad (who was English) helped me restore that Indian. He died shortly thereafter. I took my first long-distance ride (on the old Indian) in memory of my father. I'm in my late sixties and I haven't ridden in years. These days, there are far too many "distracted" drivers on America's roads. In truth, I don't miss riding anymore. It happens. Ride safe.
58 years young and totally re-inspired by these rippers.
Always respect old guys! They're fast and usually know where the shortcuts are.
Great video! I just turned 52yo, and I've been trail riding for several years now. I bought a nice enduro last year, as I progressed from a dual sport. The inspiration I got from this video is just what I needed. Now to get back into shape for this coming riding season! Thank you!
Awesome and inspirational. I hope I'm riding like that in my 70's. Live to ride, ride to live.
That is the definition of quality of life.
I'm 48 now I know there's a lot left in me, I will be like you guys! Good stuff!!!!!
No one is really old as anyone thinks as long as you are having fun like this two buddies. Riding motorcycles as a personal hobby brings out the child in you or to any kind of hobby for that matter.
Great documentary. I have known Paul for a long time. Great guy and great rider. I am 67 and just spent the last two days riding trails in Ark. so I am trying to keep up the tradition.
Definitely one of the best moto documentaries. Glad I got to watch it. Now I just gotta wait for Stories of Bike to come back :)
Thank you for putting together this awesome video!
When I was a kid in the mid-70s, I rode motorcycles with my dad in an offroad club in Columbus, Georgia called the Broken Spokes. One of the members was Colonel Gwynne, a man who had to be close to 80 years old. He rode an early-70s DT175 Yamaha that was set-up for offroad use only and he could easily keep up during the big group rides we had. Some of these rides could be brutal in the Georgia summers, too. In my mind I can still see Colonel Gwynne up on the pegs and scooting up slippery, red clay powerline hills pretty good. It's hard for me to believe I rode offroad with a man who fought in WW1, the first one, not the second one. I never forgot him or his very charming wife... Mrs. Gwynne. I never knew either of their first names.
I can only hope to be one of these two at that age. This is probably one of the most striking videos on UA-cam..
Super awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.
Absolutely stunning - great work
Outstanding video, very inspirational.
One of the best bike vids I've seen and definitely the most inspirational.
Thank you for your amazing work.
Amazing. One of the best videos on UA-cam.
"you cant quit right? get on with riding or get on with dying, one or the other"
Those words are gunna stick with me forever
Great story - thank you for posting.
What a great video. i really loved watching this. i first watched it on my phone and wanted to watch it on the big screen at home. Thank you for sharing this video.
Simply a great tale, loved it. We all relate to this no matter the age because it reflects a life style. Like so many would probably agree. I hope I'm still riding like these guys in 30 years.
Woowwww, what an Inspiration. You are GR8! Thank You.
Very inspirational video. Thank you for posting. I really enjoyed watching it.
these guys are legendary. thanks for the insight.
This is awesome!. Wow... I'm impressed. These oldtimers impressed me heavily and I can learn a lot from them. Thank you for sharing this.
thats a awesome documentary INSPIRING