Steve McQueen was a man's man. Rode bikes and raced cars. He did it all.

Gorgeous Husky! I had a 1973 250CR and it was one of the best times of my life. My riding buddy had one too. We were 14 and riding all over the place around our small country town. Wheelying down the street. No one cared and everybody waved at us. We were like local celebrities. We could ride to the store, lean the bikes on the side of the building and go in for a soda and a snack. Good times! Never lost that feeling and still love to ride.

After finishing 10th in the Open Class of the Elsinore GP, Steve McQueen AKA Harvey Mushman (racing name) said one of the best motorcycle life quotes I’ve ever heard. He said, “Every time I look around and start thinking the world is all bad, I start seeing some people having a good time on motorcycles and it makes me take another look.” I believe Kaplan Cycles and the New England Motorcycle Museum would agree with that statement.

Knew an older guy who had one back in 71 / 72. Us kids were just starting out 13 yrs old on Honda CT-70s. That thing was like no bike we ever seen before. Later in a couple of yrs when we got real dirt bikes a riding friend bought that bike after the original owner sold it. That thing was a beast. 💪

On any Tuesday 😅 I love it.. When I was in Jr High, my friends and I used to run home after school and watch on any Sunday every single day.

Cool! On Any Sunday was definitely an inspiration to me. I remember when a friend of mine saw the movie and bought a 400 Cross to rebuild. This is what dirt biking is all about. Thanks for the video!

so clean Steve would be proud

So many fantastic bikes it's like bike heaven there! Just beautiful.

I wish we had a motorcycle museum in the UK like this. It looks amazing. You should be very proud

The actress Ann Margret also rode Triumphs back in the 60s. When she and McQueen were making The Cincinnati Kid together, he found out that the studio execs were giving her grief for riding motorcycles. So he told her to do what he did and ignore them. The world was such a different place back then.

Steve McQueen was born again not long before he died.

Sweet bike! I love the polished tank, Al fenders, and easy to reach air filter. It's really cool.

Wow! What an absolutely gorgeous motorcycle wild Ken, what a collection of motorcycles. I can't wait to come! Ken Kaplan number one gas gas New England motorcycle museum what an amazing motorcycle owned by Steve McQueen. I've never seen it. Kan you blow my mind? New England motorcycle museum number one❤

Malcom Smith also was on Husky.

Sweet bike for sure, a real mud slinger !

Great bike! McQueen was the man!

Awesome bike, though I don't recall the rear suspension travel being quite that extensive back in the late 60s/early 70s time frame. Thanks to On Any Sunday (which my father took me to the theater to see ), I'll forever associate Steve McQueen and Malcolm Smith with Husqvarnas. But I also always think about Kent Howerton and Chuck Sun who I watched racing the later generation Huskies during the 70s.

Incredible bike! Love the Husqvarna history

What a awesome video you guys are off the charts,sr.is full of knowledge best motorcycle museum ever!!

Bullitt…Charger and the Fastback. Best car chase movie seen ever💪🇺🇸

Great video about mcqueen and the story about the husky. And it was awesome to see robbies cr500 in a video too. I'd like to go to this museum someday, I have to make it

Ooo my bad. I thought this was the actual Steve McQueen bike. I got you. I dont know how you find these gems.

Hence the Husqvarna logo is meant to look like a gunsight on top of a gun barrel.

That's like the bike I used to drool over when I was a pre-teen at Bill's Cycle Shop in Kingsport, TN.

Once again.. Thank you Mr Kaplan for more great motorcycle history! 💥💯😎

When I first started riding and reading Dirt Bike Magazine the Husqvarna fuel tank is what blew me away. I raced 6 Husky’s during my short career in enduros but only 2 had the metal tanks with the mirrored side panels. All the rest had the white plastic tanks. Man they were the good Ole Days.

Steve McQueen a k a the king of cool rode a Triumph in the I.S.D.T. he was only being himself in his movies 😊

I raced in those days, I saw McQueen and Malcolm on their Huskies out in /the Jurupa wash near his shop, McQueen's bike had yellow plates on it and Malcolm had a factory stock Husky. I heard they made arrangements to have an extra works bike brought to the race.

I still race a 74 CR-250 in old timers. That’s a gorgeous bike

I could sit in a chair with case of ice cold ale and just stare at that beautiful Husky for hours I tell ya, it doesn’t get any better than that my friends, cheers 🍻 to ya! 😎🇺🇸✌️

in 69-71 the shifter and brake were reversed. the style pictured in this video began in 1972 my brother and i both had those bikes

My brother had a 69 Bonneville. It was awesome. He had his own business. Construction. So when the weather was nice he worked. When it rained he could’ve ride. SooOoo I rode it. Had it going 120 mph a couple times.

I remember a local ad for one of these some years ago. The reason I remember it so well was because of the description "get this thing out of my garage before I kill myself" Priceless.

Very interesting and informative video, on the history of that beautiful Husqvarna Dirtbike from Any given Sunday!

My Dad had that Yamaha 400!

14:05 a 2 stroke is basicaly a 4 stroke with a supercharger for a crankshaft that removes the valves and timing components, combining intake and compression into 1 stroke and and power and exhaust into the second, 4 stroke has much more moving parts and makes much less HP for its size, 2 strokes engines really could benefit from a pressure lubricated crankshaft that way they DO NOT NEED TO BURN OIL

🐝🏁 I enjoy riding all my gas bikes, but I'm having so much fun on my ebikes . The future is changing 🌅🔥🌪. I enjoy all your videos brother keep them coming 💯

“Husk-varn-a”. Only three syllables. Awesome bike.

Awesome job can

Blast from the past !

Badass twin shocker!

Husky , Maiko, Bultaco all cool!

Great video Sr love the history. I wonder what Steve’s first motorcycle would sell for today? It was a 1946 Indian chief and it sold for $143,750 in 2013. I love some of the classic stories from Steve McQueen. “In the fall of 1951 Mr. McQueen had “saved enough money to buy a battered cycle with a sidecar (removed at an unstated time), which he proudly tooled around the Village. ‘It was my first bike and I loved it,’ admitted Steve. ‘But I was going with a girl who began to hate the cycle - just hated riding in the bumpy sidecar. She told me, “Either the cycle goes or I go!” ‘Well, there was no contest. She went.’” McQueen was working in New York and that battered cycle was this 1946 Indian Chief”

Another great video!!!

Sidewinder 1 (1977) is a great moto movie. It is about a former factory motocross racer who gets hired by an upstart company to develop their bike. Free on KZfaq.

Back in the day sweden could make a fun exiting bike they were very unique

ON ANY Sunday Is free on KZfaq.

Did you just say Husqvarna started in 1918? I wonder if they raced it on dirt or wood

Beautiful motorcycle 👍

Just Awesome…🇬🇧🇺🇸🏍️

Love it

What a Beautiful Bike "Husky"

XLENT !!!!!!

Beautiful 😍

Que linda motocicleta 👏✌️🇧🇷

The only difference between that bike and the ratty one that Steve McQueen owned is about $250,000 today. Steve's ratty one still had the rear inner fender and side number plates on it though. Maybe that's why it's that much more valuable today.

I lived about 18 miles outside of the Los Angeles city limits in a small town called Norwalk. One day I pulled up to a light about three cars back and this fire engine red Harley was next to me. I was checking out the bike and looked up at the guy on it and it was Steve McQueen. He was heavy set with shoulder length long hair. He was wearing a blue collar long sleeve shirt, Levis, lace up work boots and aviator sun glasses. I didn't say anything to him because I was shy at that time. He looked like his mind was some place else. When we got up to the light he went right and I went straight. A few years after that he passed away from cancer.

this Husky must cook ur legs, the pipe?😂

Husqvarna made rifles many,many moons ago.

ATK and christini from here got full line up as well atk did chrisitnii still makes a 300 2 st n 450 4 stroke thats awd has fwd switchable us made

You often hear that the shocks weren't too good in those day's , that they would lose their damping pretty quickly due to heat , I wonder if the shocks were of superior quality on Husky's ? . Iv'e also wondered what Mc Queen thought of dirt bikes by the time he died in 1980 , impressed I would think. On any Sunday was a cool movie , but Le Mans was on another level , unfortunately he didn't live long enough to know of its cult status now .

Juste superbe!

he debued the TR6 Triumph scrambler 1200, same bike in the great escape........Mcqueen could cook!

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I was told by an older man that the CZs where the Husqvarna killers of the desert. This maybe the 70s he was talking about. Wayyy before i was born. Not sure if that was true or not but thats what i was told.

Not just sunday anymore

also zabel bikes

I thought it was on any Sunday

I love the channel and you are one cool dude..... but. It is not Husq-A- varna... it's Husqvarna. Great videos none the less.

ill probably never ride again to poor n fckd up but atleast i get a watch it on youtube i hope ya live to a 100 i probably got another yr or so

maico has more power tuned n piped thn stark

atk 620 is cheaper

some had rotax there cheap n relaible as f

" Husq varna" means " house by river " in Swedish . I had a few Swedish Husqvarna 1970s to 80s . Loved them . I had a Heiko Mikkola replica 🟣 purple tank cr360gp .

Beautiful 😍