The Bikies 1968

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The Bikies 1968

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Robert Thompson

7 жыл бұрын

A brief documentary about Australian Bikies in the 1960's.

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@freyatilly 9 ай бұрын

Fabulous viewing. Great archive.

@LUREDADDY52 6 жыл бұрын

I remember them coming to Bathurst at Easter every year, bike races Friday & Saturday then cars on Sunday & Monday. There would be hundreds of motorcycles parked on William & Church Street's with the riders hanging out in the pubs or over in the park. Great to see this again this was one of the first things I ever recorded from the TV.

@Hellfighter77 3 жыл бұрын

This was incredible! The final scenes of everyone riding through Coalcliff and unto sea the old sea cliff bridge road was a nice surprise.

@billivey3426 6 жыл бұрын

Back when we were all really free.

@hdfan5742 6 жыл бұрын

yeah mate

@tkx86 6 жыл бұрын

this was one of 4 corners earliest shows from memory.

@robertthompson791 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, 4 Corners.

@elltie 7 жыл бұрын

thanks rob I can remember seeing this on the abc as a kid.

@katesteele5128 7 ай бұрын

Damn, that's fantastic! So much history!

@johnwilliams8414 3 жыл бұрын

That bought back some old memories and faces.

@openroadandoutdoors9716 4 жыл бұрын

miss the old school days

@lindencoppin1406 Жыл бұрын

This is Aussie History that is true blue. May this video be never lost in the InterWeb.👍

@TwiceShyBabe 5 жыл бұрын

Those were the days my friends

@MrToekneeG 7 жыл бұрын

The way we were. Ripper docco.

@barkchip1872 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Mother Country :-) We wondered where all those Triumphs we were making ended up! There were thousands of them being churned out but we could never afford to buy 'em. Imagine that - 'Made in England' but not ridden in England unless "one was loaded", or it was some knackered old, pre-war heap. Annuver 10 years and we couldn't afford to make 'em, either. Long Live Ogri!

@haroldbell213 Жыл бұрын

I remember the Norton 750 and 850 camandos . They were hell to kick start when cold.

@bellerophonchallen8861 Жыл бұрын

"Well, I wouldn't been seen dead with one?" I think we can reckon on that being a mutual opinion then.

@alanbstard4 4 жыл бұрын

they're rockers, they imploded when the overseas clubs opened up and brought their " business " acumen. Some local clubs were shut down by the dominants. Not fair

@MrDeano-eu9rg 3 жыл бұрын

Yess also non anglos joining and fast patching fools.

@alanbstard4 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDeano-eu9rg exactly

@Jesse-B 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDeano-eu9rg I understand the community cheerios replaced their bar with a prayer room.

@MrDeano-eu9rg 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jesse-B what?

@Jesse-B 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDeano-eu9rg Commos. You want me to spell it out?

@sigisnider2161 4 жыл бұрын

Bathurst 1968 We were there. They didn't show you the real stuff, not even the 21st squad could control what really went on. Yes we were bikies, mostly British bikes, Beer, Birds, and Jelly. (quickest way to turn a tree into firewood) It did get cold late at night up The Mountain. So good to see Brenda from Wollongong on this film at Bathurst. Nice jeans Ha.

@robertthompson791 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I’m Robert who posted this film. I was in the documentary and also at Bathurst. We knew the Jelly was being posted so left town for Hill End before the cops swarmed like ants.. Wild days.

@shanemacgregor3609 7 жыл бұрын

How it should be, not shooting up tatt shops or peddling ice & herion to australian youth or the big no no patching over to another club or other clubs poaching members or chapters. ONE CLUB ONE LIFE.

@MaxDoubt Жыл бұрын

I just realised it's Bert from the Southern Cross Pub. 'Hairy' and Skunge are spotted as well in an early scene. When I drank there I had a G12 Matcho. Not so many coppers around in them days - we got away with a lot. :-)

@bellerophonchallen8861 Жыл бұрын

now it's coming out what the coppers got away with......

@martincvitkovich724 4 жыл бұрын

Great "Musters" music at the end

@change_your_destiny420 2 жыл бұрын

@2:49 dam, Tucson, Az has changed a lot since then

@billmago7991 2 жыл бұрын

Best vid I've seen in a long long time

@tigerward88 3 жыл бұрын

The good ole days it was great back then

@thomaskristensen3201 2 жыл бұрын

Greet time free people not like 2021

@raymondholder6807 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE THIS. RIDE FREE.

@simonf8902 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the prequel to MadMax.

@kopynd1 2 жыл бұрын

yer that was the days, pre unit choppers and tritons , when everyone was an engineer, r a mechanic, skilled jobs, not like the last 40 years, the days when u used a slide rule

@nordland2235 2 жыл бұрын

Cool......I loved my Triumph.

@jamescoombs2569 3 жыл бұрын

Remember,Lulu,from to sir with love

@olinpaul 3 жыл бұрын

"Undesirables" lol, I'm surprised no one started a club named that after watching this.

@MrThuggery 5 жыл бұрын

The sook at 19:36 reminded me of Dutton.

@alanbstard4 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that too

@nychan8958 6 жыл бұрын

Back when woman had a hairy Bush ☺

@paulallerton3353 3 жыл бұрын

Yes the sweaty hairy Jacky Danny 👄👄(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

@mickallen899 3 жыл бұрын

Hairy clams... still a fan...

@Peterbilt359 3 жыл бұрын

Some still do. Redheads forever, forever redheads.

@TieFighterPilot 2 жыл бұрын

So they had to speed-up the footage to make it intense.

@26TptCoy 4 жыл бұрын

21:14 3pm just back from the pub lunch 21:24 the circus clown car 21:07 the days when you could ride a big bike on a $10 learners permit that lasted 3 months and could be renewed. No questions or test only eyesight check and you were on your way on your own. Even getting booked you only paid a fine and would only get banned from the road if you fronted court. I couldn't afford flash fur lined flying boots, I settled for 2nd hand firemans boots from the disposal store.

@tylerdurden6335 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve often wondered if the Mods and Rockers in the UK were inspiration for the American 1% clubs of the early 60’s . Thoughts?

@johnniethepom7545 Жыл бұрын

The original 1% er's were started by returned servicemen after WWll in the States . Rockers in the UK started more mid 50's and Mods in the 60's .

@helenloughton2418 5 жыл бұрын

Love those brit bikes reckon more triumphs than the rest of makes put together

@danielbluesuit 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, I’m a local film maker from Melbourne making a biker documentary and I’m interested in licensing some footage from this particular programme. Do you have any information on the actual title of the programme, the year and whether it was broadcast on the ABC? Any help would be much appreciated Robert, it’s an amazing episode! Thanks. Daniel

@robertthompson791 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. I’m Robert who posted this. It was a segment on 4 corners ABC in 1968. It was filmed by a freelance film maker and sold on to the ABC. I contacted the ABC and paid for a DVD . I was there and can be seen talking at the bar mentioning the cops moving us on from pub to pub etc, ( good looking bloke with the curly rock n roll haircut. ) I was 21 years old at the time, I am now 73 years old. Still in touch with a couple of the old boys. A lot have passed away. It was filmed at the Southern Cross pub at St Peter’s, Sydney, Coalcliffe pub, south coast and private house parties etc. Cheers.

@sueznann8927 Жыл бұрын

@@robertthompson791 great video ❤️👌 you are a good looking bloke too by the way 😉

@HammerHeadGarage 6 жыл бұрын

Like now we just want to be free and left alone if we are not hurting anyone. You don,t like us or how we live? that's fine you don,t need too and I don,t need your permission or opinions.

@spartakspartaki6289 Ай бұрын

What about when you get a load of cops drinking they get out of order to but don't get nicked do they

@glynngriffiths7387 4 жыл бұрын

Where did this little gem come from!

@robertthompson791 3 жыл бұрын

ABC four corners. I was there and searched the ABC archives, bought the DVD and posted it on KZfaq. Good old days. I was 21 then, 71 now. Some old boys still alive, a lot passed away now. Filmed at the Southern Cross pub St Peter’s, Sydney, Coalcliffe pub South Coast, Bathurst and private backyard parties. Cheers.

@MrShanefish81 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertthompson791 is that a young Phil Shurbert in the hospital bed?

@garethlipyeart6520 5 жыл бұрын

triumphs no Harley shit.

@shanefrance5071 Жыл бұрын

Happy years😅

@Johnny3968 2 жыл бұрын

The one with the home made Hells Angel patch is lucky not to have been seen by a proper member,or he'd have got a beating!!

@michaelhayward7572 Жыл бұрын

Who? No official HA in Oz back then. Not for at least another decade or so. England was even worse.

@martnorton5201 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelhayward7572 Not a decade, 1973 in Sydney and Melbourne

@fakhirnasir9795 4 жыл бұрын

*Helmets* 🤔

@robertthompson791 3 жыл бұрын

Helmet laws came a year or so later.

@simonf8902 3 жыл бұрын

No crash helmets then ?

@user-tm1cq3sd3t 4 жыл бұрын

Whos song is this?????? God damned Shazam can`t find it! Heeelp!!! 2:20 Please!!!

@servicarrider 5 жыл бұрын

The bird @ :37 is hot. Oh, to be young again.

@bobvido9875 2 жыл бұрын

God damn hoodlums! Lol . Must been fun riding bikes in those days. You have to be a mechanic to ride long trips on a Triumph.......

@richard9444 6 жыл бұрын

1.35 Russell Crowes Dad!

@garypanos6223 2 жыл бұрын

Who did the Wollongong derelicts become,did they become a mc

@jakmak1199 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't hear them blaspheme once or mention the f word, good upbringing I'd say.

@jons7771 3 жыл бұрын

They look like prep school boys. Not too tough.

@Cobra427Veight 2 жыл бұрын

Bloody Aussies 🤣🤣🤣🤣 great footage .

@LOWERCASEMAN 4 жыл бұрын

25:15 ... is that a Rainbow person ??

@charliedekadens3348 4 жыл бұрын

Naa just got a rough looking head...popular back in oz in 1968

@eazyrider6122 Жыл бұрын

Girl says Im not a mole Whats a mole? You know the girls that goes around With all the boys. Do you consider yourself a mole? NAH! Im single at the moment. Do you go out with any of the boys?. Sometime i takes a couple back home here and there. OK, LOL

@philbrown9764 6 жыл бұрын

BIKIES???? What's that? It sounds like some 10 year olds riding bicycles around.

@jeeves6490 6 жыл бұрын

It's Australian for guys that choose to ride motorcycles because they like to. Biker has now taken hold like a great many other Seppo traditions that have no place here.

@LUREDADDY52 6 жыл бұрын

Good old Aussie slang, back in the day & still used today along with bikers. Police & the Media use both Bikie & Biker, but Bikie when they want something to sound real bad.

@alanbstard4 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeeves6490 exactly