Been there, seen it, experience it, feel the vibes with my companion Yamaha RXK... Those were the days.. now im in the sixties feel even if was wrong or right what we do on those times....but it worth of it and will never be experince in the future generation...😎
Good day to you. I am a senior rider on HONDA Cross Cub from Japan. Enjoying touring ,camping and video uploading. This is so nice video! Awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Have a nice day my friend!!
My friend was telling me about this, when the island had a soul. What I don’t get is why didn’t they join outlaw motorcycle gangs, like the Hells Angels or Bandidos? We’re there any 1932 Fords, 55 Chevys or Ford Pops being raced too?
To answer why they didn't join American OMCs, there were several factors. 1) OMCs wouldn't survive here or in Asia as the Triads were already heavily embedded and would have easily pushed out the competition. 2) These Hell Riders already had their own organizations that held their own cultural beliefs, why would they join an alien organization with structures and beliefs they did not fathom nor follow? 3) The fundamental activities of both were very different, Hell Riders were racers first that fed their addiction with petty crime and focused on making cheap bikes fast, OMCs were criminal enterprises first that so happened to have motorcycles, and spent their larger wealth on expensive American made cruisers. There were also car races held in Singapore, on an official basis from 1961-1973, but they were exclusively open wheeled GP machines. Cars were not affordable to the general demographic that ended up as Hell Riders, as many were very young, not well adjusted or educated to hold the lucrative careers to buy one. And even then, there weren't many American cars in Singapore back then, Japanese made marques were commonplace, European marques were for the wealthy. Fords and Chevys were just an oddity that a few wealthy collectors of foreign descent would probably own here and there.
@@ReizePrimus Wouldn’t Hell Riders be more like the English Ton up boys or Rockers? Didn’t you also have other youth subcultures like the mods, goths, skins, scooterboys, punks, etc, on the island? I can see Hong Lim Park filled with local goths and punks sharing a can of cheap cider and talking about either the forthcoming Black Flag gig or their recent encounter with Fortean high strangeness. The goths talking about the latest John Hughes film or the prank one played on the normies . Also, we’re there clashes between mods and Hell Riders?
@@chrishenniker5944 Hell Riders were definitely rather similar to Rockers in that they were youths and anti-establishment, but one thing to note is the term is a catchall phrase, each group was racially segregated and had their own culture, lifestyle and belief systems besides the common organizational structure, motorcycles, racing and display of colors. British and American youth subcultures were known about by Singaporeans back then, but their way of life wasn't something people here generally adopted in their entirety, often only taking surface level ideas like fashion and music for inspiration. The goths and punks you really see nowadays in Singapore are a relatively recent thing starting in the 90's and don't overlap much with the heyday of Hell Rider groups. Most goths and punks in Singapore now are heavily influenced by and adopt the practices and beliefs of the culture of origin, while Hell Riders are entirely based on the Chinese/Malay/Indian cultures and belief systems they grew from. If I were to generalize their beliefs, modern goths and punks would be rather left-leaning ideologically, while Hell Riders are generally conservative or politically apathetic. As for clashes between mods and Hell Riders, as far as I'm aware, there wouldn't have been any significantly large groups of people that would call themselves "Mods" that would interact with the Hell Riders on any frequent capacity for it to happen. Most "Mods" of the 60's-80's would've just been regular people with a fascination for British subcultures.
@@ReizePrimus I thought most Singaporean youth culture then would be Anglo-American, for the most part. They got it about the same time we did. I wouldn’t surprised if Hell Riders ended up going to raves when the second summer of love hit, I can see them going to warehouse parties and doing E when acid house blew up.
@@chrishenniker5944 Youth culture now is definitely heavily Anglo-American influenced, but not during the 80's. Remember that these youths were born between the late 60's to early 70's to mostly lowly educated working class parents who did not speak much English or any at all. Many may have heard American and British Rock and Roll and liked it for the music, but among Chinese youth groups, Cantopop would've been the main musical influence, and the Malays and Tamils would have their own musical influences locally as well. Though I'd note, Malay groups generally did by and large assimilate Rock and Roll a lot more than other racial groups. Also yes, drugs were a lot more prevalent back then, and I wouldn't be surprised some of them did do drugs, but it wouldn't have been anything as open as a warehouse party, nor was it commonplace. If you thought the crackdown on drugs in modern day Singapore is harsh, it was far harsher back then. Alcoholism among Chinese and Indian groups would be far more prevalent, while most Malays were adherents to their Islamic upbringing and would not have touched either drugs or alcohol.
True Sg was like that b4 n after 90s we stayed away fm Sg n went to jb for all the hellriding haha I was involved in all this and it was fun but we did no crime like robbing etc juz traffic violations and big gatherings which is part of the bonding culture
Been there, seen it, experience it, feel the vibes with my companion Yamaha RXK... Those were the days.. now im in the sixties feel even if was wrong or right what we do on those times....but it worth of it and will never be experince in the future generation...😎
miss those LC kia and K kia.......
Good day to you.
I am a senior rider on HONDA Cross Cub from Japan.
Enjoying touring ,camping and video uploading.
This is so nice video!
Awesome!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!
Have a nice day my friend!!
Nostalgic, brings back memories, thank you Primus
My friend was telling me about this, when the island had a soul. What I don’t get is why didn’t they join outlaw motorcycle gangs, like the Hells Angels or Bandidos? We’re there any 1932 Fords, 55 Chevys or Ford Pops being raced too?
To answer why they didn't join American OMCs, there were several factors. 1) OMCs wouldn't survive here or in Asia as the Triads were already heavily embedded and would have easily pushed out the competition. 2) These Hell Riders already had their own organizations that held their own cultural beliefs, why would they join an alien organization with structures and beliefs they did not fathom nor follow? 3) The fundamental activities of both were very different, Hell Riders were racers first that fed their addiction with petty crime and focused on making cheap bikes fast, OMCs were criminal enterprises first that so happened to have motorcycles, and spent their larger wealth on expensive American made cruisers.
There were also car races held in Singapore, on an official basis from 1961-1973, but they were exclusively open wheeled GP machines. Cars were not affordable to the general demographic that ended up as Hell Riders, as many were very young, not well adjusted or educated to hold the lucrative careers to buy one. And even then, there weren't many American cars in Singapore back then, Japanese made marques were commonplace, European marques were for the wealthy. Fords and Chevys were just an oddity that a few wealthy collectors of foreign descent would probably own here and there.
@@ReizePrimus Wouldn’t Hell Riders be more like the English Ton up boys or Rockers? Didn’t you also have other youth subcultures like the mods, goths, skins, scooterboys, punks, etc, on the island? I can see Hong Lim Park filled with local goths and punks sharing a can of cheap cider and talking about either the forthcoming Black Flag gig or their recent encounter with Fortean high strangeness. The goths talking about the latest John Hughes film or the prank one played on the normies . Also, we’re there clashes between mods and Hell Riders?
@@chrishenniker5944 Hell Riders were definitely rather similar to Rockers in that they were youths and anti-establishment, but one thing to note is the term is a catchall phrase, each group was racially segregated and had their own culture, lifestyle and belief systems besides the common organizational structure, motorcycles, racing and display of colors.
British and American youth subcultures were known about by Singaporeans back then, but their way of life wasn't something people here generally adopted in their entirety, often only taking surface level ideas like fashion and music for inspiration.
The goths and punks you really see nowadays in Singapore are a relatively recent thing starting in the 90's and don't overlap much with the heyday of Hell Rider groups. Most goths and punks in Singapore now are heavily influenced by and adopt the practices and beliefs of the culture of origin, while Hell Riders are entirely based on the Chinese/Malay/Indian cultures and belief systems they grew from. If I were to generalize their beliefs, modern goths and punks would be rather left-leaning ideologically, while Hell Riders are generally conservative or politically apathetic.
As for clashes between mods and Hell Riders, as far as I'm aware, there wouldn't have been any significantly large groups of people that would call themselves "Mods" that would interact with the Hell Riders on any frequent capacity for it to happen. Most "Mods" of the 60's-80's would've just been regular people with a fascination for British subcultures.
@@ReizePrimus I thought most Singaporean youth culture then would be Anglo-American, for the most part. They got it about the same time we did. I wouldn’t surprised if Hell Riders ended up going to raves when the second summer of love hit, I can see them going to warehouse parties and doing E when acid house blew up.
@@chrishenniker5944 Youth culture now is definitely heavily Anglo-American influenced, but not during the 80's. Remember that these youths were born between the late 60's to early 70's to mostly lowly educated working class parents who did not speak much English or any at all. Many may have heard American and British Rock and Roll and liked it for the music, but among Chinese youth groups, Cantopop would've been the main musical influence, and the Malays and Tamils would have their own musical influences locally as well.
Though I'd note, Malay groups generally did by and large assimilate Rock and Roll a lot more than other racial groups.
Also yes, drugs were a lot more prevalent back then, and I wouldn't be surprised some of them did do drugs, but it wouldn't have been anything as open as a warehouse party, nor was it commonplace. If you thought the crackdown on drugs in modern day Singapore is harsh, it was far harsher back then. Alcoholism among Chinese and Indian groups would be far more prevalent, while most Malays were adherents to their Islamic upbringing and would not have touched either drugs or alcohol.
True
Sg was like that b4 n after 90s we stayed away fm Sg n went to jb for all the hellriding haha
I was involved in all this and it was fun but we did no crime like robbing etc juz traffic violations and big gatherings which is part of the bonding culture