A true legend of our amazing sport and what a life....with bikes day in and day out.....what a lucky man!. Made even more famous by the iconic Grandstand scrambles of my childhood, did he rock up in a huge truck..., did he demand hard standing, did he need a team of 20 to help him on the day....did he heck! he was an old school "gentleman" warrior that will never be forgotten.
@deaddocreallydeaddoc524429 күн бұрын
I met Dave in 1970 at an InterAm in Sacramento at White Rock MC Park where I was the sole full-time employee (with Claus Neilsen as InterAm coordinator). I was parked next to him in the pits with my CZ lined up next to his. I spoke with him about the British scene. He was a very friendly guy and one of the main riders I admired in those early years as he was always a rider in Edison Dye's InterAm exhibition series riding on the CZ team with Roger DeCoster and Joel Robert.
@bazjones73496 жыл бұрын
met him a couple of times at hawkstone park .as a spotty 15 y ,he always spoke to us .a true gentleman ,
@josebelismelis24504 жыл бұрын
Fantastic man
@coolreed8 жыл бұрын
Great Motorcycle Rider and Great Role Model. One whom I admired as a teenager.
@stp4797 жыл бұрын
Two wheeled boat anchors-hats off to these riders! Great compilation.
@seanmiller5253 Жыл бұрын
thank you..
@dartmoordave6 жыл бұрын
Great guy, his shop in Ipswich was down the road from my Gran. Had my official fan club badge best part of 60 years ago. Sadly missed.
@albion27426 жыл бұрын
Bickers and the late great Brian Stonebridge were practically unbeatable on Greeves in the 50s and 60s.
@user-mv2xr7yt8g11 ай бұрын
I raced against both of them in the late 1950's in the Eastern Center and the only time I saw them was when they passed me!
@CrimeVid Жыл бұрын
A staple of Saturday afternoons, a man I really wanted to see win.
@Buelligan887 жыл бұрын
1:08 ... damn. Great aggressive pass!
@trexspur52523 жыл бұрын
Watched him live at Cross in Hand in 64.. brilliant, Always watched him on BBC's Grandstand every Saturday in the winter
@POWER-LINKS Жыл бұрын
Jason Bonham was another very good British motocrosser. Jason is the son of Led Zeppelin's drumming legend Jon Bonham. Since the age of 14, Jason has loved motocross. He was a factory rider who placed second in the British Junior National Championships, losing by only one point. "I won the last race of the season and my competitor had to come in 5th or better to place ahead of me in the Championship," Bonham recalls. "He was 8th on the last lap and three people crashed right in front of him allowing him to secure that last vital point."
@donbrashsux3 жыл бұрын
Murray walker on the mic
@detlefzimmer39563 жыл бұрын
I have seen him live in Apolda ( East Germany ) on Grand Prix 250ccm in July 1965 ( " Am Tannengrund " )
@charlesmckinley874714 күн бұрын
Grandstand 2 races in between horse racing .Always Dave Bickers .Murray Walker .commentating.
@dissyduster7 жыл бұрын
Ledgend,,,,
@janvanv6 жыл бұрын
I first met Dave way back in 1967 when i was 16 years old..I had help set up the Inter-Am course at Start-up, Washington an hour North of Seattle the week before and was walking along the entrance road very early when I hear "Oi, mate, gives us a push woulda?" and see a smile I later came to know well. It was that day meet and watch Dave, his protege a very young Roger DeCoster, Torsten Hallman, Bengt Åberg, and the Husky Team boss Bror Jauren, and marvel at the difference. It was around 30*F and had been raining so shin deep mud in many places and rain, sleet and light snow during the event so horrible conditions..3 30 minutes +2 lap motos. All the visiting europeans lapped all the American riders 3 times during that 30 minutes.. 3 times. That evening there was a reception organised by Terry Saxlund's shop University Honda-Bultaco. My riding partner Steve Zabranski and i wrangled some tickets from a couple of Canadian guys (Hi Bob Underhill and Piet Van Breughel!) and there we got to schmooze with all these guys.. I had decided that what i saw was what I wanted to do for the next 10 years....hey at 16 you have to plan so I asked Dave and Torsten and DeCoster , whoo were talking, a carefully formed question: "If I want to do what you were doing today, internationals--not World Championship events, just internationals, then what must I do?" They talked amonst themselves and really looked like they were thinking...They discussed wages for young people and concluded I should move to Sweden where the wages were good enough that a young guy could aford to have a car and get to events..So I said "OK, Sweden it is then" They all siad "Give yourself 10 years, if you can't do it in 10, you're not going to." And they all gave me their cards and said,"Well kid if you really make it give us a call and we'll do what we can to help you out.. A year and a month later I walked the 12miles from Ipswich, past Claydon out to Coddenham arriving sometime after 0100...There was dave with a old fashioned nighshirt and a big smile..He found me a nice car, a 1957 Austin A55 Estate, as he said "With the BIG 1.5 engine, it's great, cruise all day at 70" And then he took me out to learn to drive on the other side of the road and a 4 speed on the column.. Years later I ran into Dave several times in France, when after 11 years i was doing Internationals and he was mentoring a young Steven Beamish..Always smiling... Later when I was divorced and heading home to Washington from Sweden, I called and asked if he wanted to buy my van...an ex-postal van, a RHD MkII Transit with a 2,4 Your diesel...he bought it on the phone for nearly 3 times what I payed from the government surplus sales place..We spent a fun 3-4 days me working for him loading and moving about 180 crated motorcycles he was loaning some warehouse space for a friend of his using my van and a rented Tranny. days of running forklift and checking and double check serial numbers so we would load and not give away any of his bikes..When unloading the last of the bike this old geezer asks us "Oi You boys want to make a few quid and run a load of chemicals up to B'ingham?" Dave gets a big grin and says "well let me consult with me business partner" and asks "OK we take you van, return the rental and stay at a B&B, come back in the morning..You ready? 8) ?" Called Silvia and said "won't be home for dinner, John and I are going in the truckin' business together" Always the grin and twinkle, ready for anything. I followed what he was up to in the later years and always hoped I get a chance to sincerely thank him for the help at both the very beginning of my serious racing career and near the very end. Not really often you can say this about an individual, but he ready smile and open mind changed my life and I remain indebted and thankful.. Rest in peace, Dave..see ya one day I hope! John Vanlandingham, Seattle, USA
@michaelgibson47053 жыл бұрын
£30or£40 for first prize 😂 a great rider and a gentleman one of my boyhood heroes
@morganpeckenham7802 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the best race
@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459 Жыл бұрын
Murray Walker's fatal predictions started early in his career!
@alistairbartlett6569 Жыл бұрын
That boat scene was from "The world is not enough" not "Octopussy".