Growing up in America, we didn't really get to see all the FIM GP's on TV. I had to rely on magazines like Cycle News, American Roadracing, etc. Another publication, Motocourse, hard copy publication , the aftermath of the season, I would read about these races. 40 years later, I get to watch these races, very special for me, thank you for this.
@@demonmonsterdave in order to answer that question, I feel that I am not qualified to answer that, we should get assessment from the media during that era. My first response, I deleted because it was too long. Yes, I've always wondered why we didn't get much coverage on this. I've only watched the 89 race in Germany and France. As for the US races, I was actually at the 88, 89, and 93 and 94 grand prix as well as 2008, at Laguna Seca in California. If anyone who worked in the media during that era, please chime in.
After 9 years of posting this video, I'm still happy to see an exciting race like this. The Hondas are much better in corners and Lawson's Yamaha is faster on the straights....The Golden Age of Motorcycling, Amazing.
I so dearly miss this unsanitized version of Assen, with all of its weird meandering non-straights and corners that shouldn't be corners but they are. They lost a lot of its character when the track was shortened and redesigned.
Great video. This was the first Dutch TT I watched on TV, together with my father who visited the TT Always in th 50's. I still remember the typical starting procedure. Less than 5 years later when I had my drivers licence I drove with my car on the track. Those days it was part of the public road. In 1992 they closed it for traffic, because there were too much amateur racing drivers in the weekend :)
Ja dat was soms wel gevaarlijk, al probeerde ik er zoveel mogelijk rekening mee te houden. Maar het meest hachelijke moment heb ik er meegemaakt toen het, vlak na de verbreding in 1990, gesloten was. Dat wil zeggen, de heken stonden half open maar er stonden borden dat het gesloten was. Ik reed eerst langs het circuit om te kijken hoe groot de pakkans zou zijn. Bij de Stekkenwal stonden enkele mannen en op het circuit reden een paar auto's. Ik vroeg of ze van het circuit waren, hetgeen ze bevestigden, en of ik wel even op het circuit mocht rijden. Dat vonden ze goed en in de veronderstelling dat er nu geen tegenliggers zouden zijn wilde ik de Ramshoek nu eens voluit nemen. Ik had destijds een Opel Kadett met een topsnelheid van 140. Met die snelheid ging ik volgas door de Ramshoek toen ik halverwege opeens een auto recht op me af zag komen! Iemand had de borden genegeerd en reed in tegengestelde richting op het circuit. Met piepende banden kon ik hem nog net ontwijken. Ik denk dat ik blij mag zijn dat ik toen geen snellere auto had.
Great race from back in the day, the golden-age of 2-strokes and Americans winning the championships. Fast Freddy lived up to his name, until he DNFed and Steady Eddie did the wise thing in backing off to conserve his championship chances. I was surprised at how fast and fearless Raymond Roche, the flying Frenchman was. Also notice how many back-markers there were that had to be avoided and used to advantage, something not seen in modern Moto GP.
Yes! It is painful to see ThE First laps....ThE suzi seems 20 kmh slower than the honda-3.....And 30 kmh slower than Freddie. Even though, he can be in front cause he is great. He could have won the race if he had not had mechanical failure
Hello from Japan. Takazumi Katayama came back to WGP in this race from vital crash on final Imola round of last year. Tadahiko Taira challenged WGP as spot entrant in this race. At that time he was development rider of Yamaha participating in Japan domestic championship race.
10:29 Where does the rider take out a cigarette? Was he riding and planning to stop for a smoke? Rob Punt looked like he was another rock'n roll rider too.
I've noticed watching all of these old 500 GP races that required push starting, the Hondas seem to light off immediately while the Yamahas struggle to get going. The Suzukis.....they were just slow regardless.
Yeah honda motorcycle are awesome in old days, but now their comercial motorcycle is crap, and yamaha better than honda right now. From quality to quantity
Sadly true. I was a Rocket Ron fan since his days racing Dave Potter in UK on the 750's. You always felt he had it in him to do better but it never happened. Really disappointing but, in fairness, he never made excuses
I was never a big fan of the push starts- it just added another element to something catastrophic happening at the start - I remember KR trying for YEARS for a rule change- So as usual, they finally changed it after someone got hit and killed at the start of a 250 race- (Can't remember the details, but I remember someone lost his life)-
@@parsonscarlson7984 yea, unfortunately, that IS an unwritten rule of life, but your opinion might be slightly different if the guy who died was a member of your family
Growing up in America, we didn't really get to see all the FIM GP's on TV. I had to rely on magazines like Cycle News, American Roadracing, etc. Another publication, Motocourse, hard copy publication , the aftermath of the season, I would read about these races. 40 years later, I get to watch these races, very special for me, thank you for this.
Same here in the UK,we got occasional races like this but they were never advertised
USA was completely dominant for a decade. I wonder what reasons they had for not publicising such a great sporting time for your country.
@@demonmonsterdave in order to answer that question, I feel that I am not qualified to answer that, we should get assessment from the media during that era. My first response, I deleted because it was too long. Yes, I've always wondered why we didn't get much coverage on this. I've only watched the 89 race in Germany and France. As for the US races, I was actually at the 88, 89, and 93 and 94 grand prix as well as 2008, at Laguna Seca in California. If anyone who worked in the media during that era, please chime in.
Muy linda esa época de los mundiales moto 500 cc,un saludo desde Cuba.
Oustanding racing! Love the old two-strokes so much, as well.
V
After 9 years of posting this video, I'm still happy to see an exciting race like this. The Hondas are much better in corners and Lawson's Yamaha is faster on the straights....The Golden Age of Motorcycling, Amazing.
Concordo com você, o forte da Honda NS500 era a agilidade em curvas e numa pista como Assen Lawson ainda conseguia muito ao acompanhar Mamola e Roche.
I.m born and live 500 meters from Assen T T circuit have seen many legend races, but that oldschool T T circuit and 500 cc is the best💪💪💪💪
Great race. Neck and neck to the end. Love the two strokes.
I was there ! (Then on to Spa Francorchamps for the next race )
Great payback from Randy! :).....Great win!!!
I so dearly miss this unsanitized version of Assen, with all of its weird meandering non-straights and corners that shouldn't be corners but they are. They lost a lot of its character when the track was shortened and redesigned.
Man, the bots are excitable today.
the current assen is boring
Great video. This was the first Dutch TT I watched on TV, together with my father who visited the TT Always in th 50's. I still remember the typical starting procedure. Less than 5 years later when I had my drivers licence I drove with my car on the track. Those days it was part of the public road. In 1992 they closed it for traffic, because there were too much amateur racing drivers in the weekend :)
(Problem was that they, as it was a public road, rode it both ways...and sometimes met in the middle...)
Ja dat was soms wel gevaarlijk, al probeerde ik er zoveel mogelijk rekening mee te houden. Maar het meest hachelijke moment heb ik er meegemaakt toen het, vlak na de verbreding in 1990, gesloten was. Dat wil zeggen, de heken stonden half open maar er stonden borden dat het gesloten was.
Ik reed eerst langs het circuit om te kijken hoe groot de pakkans zou zijn. Bij de Stekkenwal stonden enkele mannen en op het circuit reden een paar auto's. Ik vroeg of ze van het circuit waren, hetgeen ze bevestigden, en of ik wel even op het circuit mocht rijden.
Dat vonden ze goed en in de veronderstelling dat er nu geen tegenliggers zouden zijn wilde ik de Ramshoek nu eens voluit nemen. Ik had destijds een Opel Kadett met een topsnelheid van 140. Met die snelheid ging ik volgas door de Ramshoek toen ik halverwege opeens een auto recht op me af zag komen!
Iemand had de borden genegeerd en reed in tegengestelde richting op het circuit. Met piepende banden kon ik hem nog net ontwijken. Ik denk dat ik blij mag zijn dat ik toen geen snellere auto had.
Good race, love the 2-strokes.
Great race! Loved it. Thanks
Gracias por recordarme esta carrera, esto sí que son pilotos de verdad con motos de Hombre, Gas 💨 y huevos 🥚
Y los de ahora, también. Marquéz es como Spencer
Mamola the legend!
bro that was a classic battle tanks for sharing
EPIC! Wouldve been EPIC-ER w/Spencer in it but still AMAZING! 500 GP will always b the best!
if you're a 22 years old World Champion of anything, good on ya.
Great race from back in the day, the golden-age of 2-strokes and Americans winning the championships. Fast Freddy lived up to his name, until he DNFed and Steady Eddie did the wise thing in backing off to conserve his championship chances. I was surprised at how fast and fearless Raymond Roche, the flying Frenchman was. Also notice how many back-markers there were that had to be avoided and used to advantage, something not seen in modern Moto GP.
8:31 NSR500 Type-1だ！テールがキュっとしててカッコいい！。チャンバー高温のままメカニックが素手で復旧させようとしてるが間違いなくチャンバーに素手が触れるので火傷してると思う。フレディはこの年唯一Retしたレースでもある。
The NS was so compact, that the frame got burning hot too.
NOT the mechanic’s bike.
Beautiful race -- wow.
Sheene on a dinosaur of a bike.
Yes! It is painful to see ThE First laps....ThE suzi seems 20 kmh slower than the honda-3.....And 30 kmh slower than Freddie.
Even though, he can be in front cause he is great. He could have won the race if he had not had mechanical failure
Incredible that Sheene was still capable to compete against these competitors on old machinery
First NSR was beauty and dangerous.
My childhood memories 💖💖💖
フレディの切り返しのリズミカルさと速さ。
この時代の他のライダーとは別次元だったんだね。
Epic, btw....did you see me in the grandstand !?!! ;-) ....Ich war dabei :-)
Hello from Japan.
Takazumi Katayama came back to WGP in this race from vital crash on final Imola round of last year.
Tadahiko Taira challenged WGP as spot entrant in this race. At that time he was development rider of Yamaha participating in Japan domestic championship race.
Heerlijk dat oude circuit. Vooral de knik na start/finish.
Classic Assen.
What you don't see here is Sheene thumping the petrol tank with his fist when then engine let go. I was at the Strubben Tribune, great race
No holds barred !!
10:29 Where does the rider take out a cigarette? Was he riding and planning to stop for a smoke?
Rob Punt looked like he was another rock'n roll rider too.
Comment elles été agile leur 3 cylindres HRC une paille , après les v4 fairont la différence sur leur king ✔️et RAYMOND ROCHE ®️🇫🇷❤️
mr spencer smooth mr smooth
This is exciting racing but what I want to know is, where did Punt hide his ciggies? 😂
Perhaps a Marshall slipped him one.
I've noticed watching all of these old 500 GP races that required push starting, the Hondas seem to light off immediately while the Yamahas struggle to get going. The Suzukis.....they were just slow regardless.
Yeah honda motorcycle are awesome in old days, but now their comercial motorcycle is crap, and yamaha better than honda right now. From quality to quantity
Thank great video
Heb je soms ook filmpjes van de snelheidsrace op 20.06.93 in Aalter?
Ron Haslam, always the same. Quick start, then fade, fade, fade ..............
Sorta like sex!!!😎😎😎😎🍺🍺
Sadly true. I was a Rocket Ron fan since his days racing Dave Potter in UK on the 750's. You always felt he had it in him to do better but it never happened. Really disappointing but, in fairness, he never made excuses
@@martinjefferies666 Plenty of other guys out there couldn't beat Roberts, Spencer & Lawson.
And now in 2023 its the son of Ron Haslam thats racing - thinks its is superbike he races in
Mamola ruled!!!!!
That #4 guy, he's pretty good.
Yes he is! Think he's John Kozinski..
@@JukkaX Ha ha! not in Johnny boys wildest dreams.
@@lawsonfan5797 Johnny K had the talent, he just drank too much Simple Green…
"that's lacing"🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was never a big fan of the push starts- it just added another element to something catastrophic happening at the start - I remember KR trying for YEARS for a rule change- So as usual, they finally changed it after someone got hit and killed at the start of a 250 race- (Can't remember the details, but I remember someone lost his life)-
Unfortunately, that is an unwritten rule of life; someone has to pay the price before the decision makers change the rules for the better.
@@parsonscarlson7984 yea, unfortunately, that IS an unwritten rule of life, but your opinion might be slightly different if the guy who died was a member of your family
Good point. @@stevebigansky9372
Never do that in my life.
Why did they push start there bikes😅
Regra do passado
Sheene hanging on in there till it stops 😢
Roche impressionent
マモラカッコイイ
8:30 HOT!!HOT!! HOT!!HOT!!
Ich war da
😔 lik..brazil😺👹🐾🐳🐌🌋
Ramon Roche Marquez🙄
In todays standard on a race track ASSEN would not be accepted - its to narrow and no runof areas , its a so called Mickey Mouse track .
Constant chatter with the commentary .. trying to over do the racing , where is Nick Harris
23 coffin drivers