Yamaha TT Isle of Man 1968

Рет қаралды 237,043

11 жыл бұрын

Yamaha Racing Team in the 1968 Isle of Man TT 125 and 250 races. See Bill Ivy hit the Ton as first man to accomplish this in the 125cc.

Пікірлер: 170

@annabbott3650 4 жыл бұрын

I was there for this race, many years ago. I am now 78 and want to go back so bad, but guess I am too old now, Such a beautiful island and great racing.

@kenh3344 2 жыл бұрын

I was also there. 66 67 68 69 70 71. Great times. Great weather. Yes those were the days.

@kenh3344 2 жыл бұрын

I think bill Ivey went to race cz in 69 and it seized killing bill or was it on a jawa german grand prix ??? Mmmmtime flies . Yeh Phil read bill ivy hailwood agastinie bodice fritz shidegger owen Greenwood. Those were the days.

@kenh3344 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I was there as well. I.o.m. 68. Good year. Liked the 67 diamond jubilee as well .mmmmgreat days.

@netharad4235 Жыл бұрын

Je t'amène avec moi et mon tr13🤩🤩🌠🌠🇮🇲🇮🇲

@helmutleuthner4925 5 ай бұрын

Das waren super Zeiten

@peterroberts3453 3 жыл бұрын

I was there in 66 67 and 68. You could hear the Yamaha 4s from 5 miles away on the mountain..But nothing could beat the sound of the Honda 6....

@stevefike6732 2 жыл бұрын

Three of the best years. You are very lucky.

@colink4823 2 жыл бұрын

Have to agree! I saw Mike Hailwood on the 6 and Phil Read and Bill Ivy on the Yam 4's at the Ulster Grand Prix. No bikes come close to the sound of those machines.

@peterroberts3453 2 жыл бұрын

In 1968 the guesthouse we stayed in was close to the garage they stored Agos MV. We were having dinner and all of a sudden the noise of a multi cylinder bike outside. It was Agos mechanic fine tuning the MV. My mate gave him a push to get it going again. What a noise but nothing like the Honda 6.

@alanpeck377 3 жыл бұрын

I raced at the same time as Bill Ivy and had the privilege of writing his biography, "No Time To Lose" after his tragic death in 1969. During his last year Bill also raced Formula 2 cars. Jackie Stewart, the world F1 champion at that time, said Bill Ivy had more natural talent than anyone he had seen coming into motor racing. R.I.P. means Resurrection In Paradise when God's Kingdom reigns....I wonder what Bill will say about the book I wrote about him when he returns!!? Alan Peck 🐴

@jacketrussell Жыл бұрын

A brilliant book, Alan. I had the pleasure of meeting you and Bill's sister at the last Silver Helmet meeting at Brands. I was parading the ex Bill Ivy Frank Higley Cotton Telstar (the 4 speed one).

@philparker2815 Жыл бұрын

My dad (Mark Parker) was a big fan of Bill and met him on numerous occasions throughout his record breaking (and unbroken) attendances at the TT. He actually won an award for it. He always stayed at The Douglas Bay Hotel (as did I )until redeveloped. Your book was, as far as I am aware, the only one he ever read, cover to cover. Praise indeed. Best wishes.

@parsonscarlson7984 5 ай бұрын

That's a new twist on R.I.P., but a good one for believers. Hope Bill Ivy was one.

@steveburden525 9 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful film. A couple of mates and myself took a day off college in 1968 and caught the mid night boat from Liverpool to Douglas. We watched the 125cc in the morning and the 500cc in the afternoon. What a great days racing! Ivy and Read in the morning. Agostini and Halewood in the afternoon.

@geoffdearth8575 8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Burden All great champions. I saw Agostini there in 1971. A great visit but somewhat cool that year.

@tripleman100 8 жыл бұрын

Sorry but you did not see Hailwood in 68.Perhaps you were there in 67 and saw the epic duel between Ago and Hailwood.

@stevehairston9940 4 жыл бұрын

YA- MAHA 😁 that cracks me up!!!

@machinesthatcount 11 жыл бұрын

What a great tribute to Bill Ivy, one of the truly great characters of motorcycle sport. Thanks so much for making this video available

@bobbythompson3544 2 жыл бұрын

Bill Ivy needed a decent team mate!

@machinesthatcount 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbythompson3544 ain’t that the truth! I’d note that history hasn’t forgotten a thing, though. Read earned his notoriety and it will outlast him.

@chocolateparsnip 9 жыл бұрын

I love this film. It's such a great window into the past.Oh for those days to come back

@davidgrice6364 9 жыл бұрын

great days.chocolateparsnip

@peterroberts3453 5 жыл бұрын

I was there in 68. The best racing ever and the names are down in History. Hailwood, Ago, Read and Ivy. To name but 4.

@udubidub 4 жыл бұрын

today a button to start a button for take off a button to change gear

@milliewilkie1969 9 жыл бұрын

brilliant thanks for sharing I have never seen this movie before .I was there that year I loved Bill Ivy

@tommellor2648 8 жыл бұрын

Great film. My Dad took me and a friend there for that day on the overnight boat from Liverpool. went on a coach tour of the course at about 5 am! Sparked my lifelong passion for motorcycle racing.

@brockett 3 жыл бұрын

I was there. Just went over on Thursday for Friday's racing and back home on the Saturday. Unforgetable.

@57dogsbody 7 жыл бұрын

They are trailing blue smoke, exclusive with Yamaha Autolube. That's priceless !!

@wazza7575 5 жыл бұрын

You can't be serious. NO RACE BIKES use autolube. They premix the fuel.

@Timinator62 3 жыл бұрын

@@wazza7575 6:06 sorry but the AutoLube WAS used, it was Yamaha's newest Invention at the time. 11:26

@johnhearn5680 5 жыл бұрын

Bill Ivy was a brilliant rider, but doesn’t get much mention. Saw him ride quite a lot.

@AudiophileTubes 3 жыл бұрын

2-strokes are great! Tons of fun, especially when you hit that sick powerband!

@xvdd1 5 жыл бұрын

Yama Ha ,lol. Love the jolly mood music puts you in the mood for a light rumba.

@foxbat2130 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Can watch it over and over again. Excellent commentry.

@davidmatthews2976 10 жыл бұрын

Great bit of film Ferry. Thanks for posting this.

@Aereaux 3 жыл бұрын

In 1968 (or maybe a year earlier) both Yamaha and Suzuki came out with their 250 twin street bikes. I bought the Suzuki X6 Hustler. This was in SoCal and the Suzuki support center that was in LA provide detail drawings of how to modify the engine and build an exhaust system to change it to their racing configuration. They also had the parts necessary to change the suspension system. So of course I made my street bike a pavement racer, but still drove it on the street. Just a little peaky to drive in traffic, but fun on the freeways. I did some racing at Willow Springs and Carlsbad, but was never that great. Definitely didn't have the tire profiles of todays tires. Yamaha was really the top bike in the 250 class with Suzuki doing much better in the 125 class and the 50 cc class. 50 ccs with a 12 speed transmission.

@tripleman100 8 жыл бұрын

I'm off to the Iom next week.Can't wait to see that 13000 ft mountain!

@tonygreenbank8611 4 жыл бұрын

"The course climbing up to 13.500 ft" ? I feel the Turkey doing the talking should have got his facts right. I thing 1350 ft would be more like it.

@johnr6292 9 жыл бұрын

Such a shame that motorcycle racing was not covered with the same professionalism as F1 cars back then.

@GaryOzbourne-mp7yv Жыл бұрын

That year my dad RON GLOVER passenger JOHN PENNINGTON 750cc NORTON racing finished 13th absolutely brilliant I was there can remember some it was brilliant.

@kelliebrooks9094 2 жыл бұрын

I know its 1968 but i love tje musicfrom 1950s commercials...marvelous...couldnt get any lamer

@chriskehl1971 10 жыл бұрын

ISLE OF MAN TT RACING AT IT'S FINEST

@raymondmitchinson2905 3 жыл бұрын

as yamaha where the only factory team still racing in the small classes i would call it more of a walk over than TT racing at its finest go back one year to 67 and the 500 race that was TT racing at its finest

@Adibarum 10 жыл бұрын

excellent vintage IOM TT footage

@catarinaandersson4215 4 жыл бұрын

I really love the music....

@geoffdearth8575 6 жыл бұрын

I adjusted my friend's RD 350 Yamaha according to parameters given by someone who was supposed to know. Apparently those machines were set "rich" on oil delivery for the breakin period. After that they could be leaned out quite a bit which made them a lot more environmentally friendly. In my friend's case it made for a lot less smoking.

@mashed9603 6 жыл бұрын

Bloody marvellous film

@christopherk111 Жыл бұрын

fantastic film,,thank you

@michaeltaylor8835 5 жыл бұрын

Those laid back years

@martinjefferies666 4 жыл бұрын

15:44 "This type of excitement can be enjoyed only by the Yamaha team", the birth of hyperbolic advertising spin BS. Sounds very quaint and harmless here but look where we are now! Other than that . . . amazing to see this old footage to the TT with so many recognisable features that they still race past at over 200 mph today.

@24welly 10 жыл бұрын

shame we didn't hear more of the bikes ,I raced the td2b lovely bike and an amazing sound

@jennr3850 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this glimpse of past a past TT. Didnt know we'd been saying Yamaha wrong all this time! 🤣

@thewatcher5271 Жыл бұрын

Wow, How Cool Is This? Yeah, I Never Knew I Had A Ya-MA-ha 360 Enduro Back In The Day! We Always Called It A YAM-a-ha! 8-) Thank You.

@eirespainful 11 жыл бұрын

Standing with Phil Read outside the garage is a young Phelim McHenry of Danfay Ireland. DAN -Danny Keany FAY - Phelim (Gaelic) McHenry ) he is also carring the bike stand.. Great film Ferry

@Laceyktm 5 жыл бұрын

I love the pronunciation of Yam-arhar.

@jesseshepherd10 6 жыл бұрын

Had 3 RDs , loved them all.

@davidkrahn8671 4 жыл бұрын

I love the way dude says Yamaha, it's like he is saying; "Your mom huh?" In a NY accent.

@romanroad483 3 жыл бұрын

Yea, they also had "drivers" in those days😊

@johnt501 Жыл бұрын

@@romanroad483 great racing I wish I was there

@johnt501 Жыл бұрын

5thanks very much

@geoffdearth8575 8 жыл бұрын

I've been there but never realized there were 13,000 ft mountains there.

@benmacree3215 8 жыл бұрын

Snaefell, the highest peak is 2036 feet. I've been on the cable car to the summit!

@MrGrahamlay 11 жыл бұрын

fantastic movie

@chrismoody1342 Жыл бұрын

Even today averaging 100 mph on a 125cc is pretty amazing stuff. The speed of a 1000cc must be terrifying to say the least.

@billbeeken7532 9 жыл бұрын

brill.............. remember these at the race of the south at brands hatch back in the day

@67redcelt 11 жыл бұрын

really enjoyed that

@HWPcville Жыл бұрын

In 1968 I had a Honda 50cc which I had to start the same way these guys do.

@Ivorbiggin Жыл бұрын

Im digging the music

@jibjab351 5 жыл бұрын

YAMM - AHA, I am Alan Partridge.

@crasherror 11 жыл бұрын

Love the movie

@fredgrove4220 7 жыл бұрын

13000 ft, I don't think so. Mount Snaefel is 2350 feet if I remember rightly.

@pigwillnot8281 5 жыл бұрын

SO COOL !!! i miss my 77 and 78 RD 400 !!!!

@johndonaldson3619 5 жыл бұрын

yeah with mag alloys, coffin' shape tank and raspberry jam coloured speedo/tacho

@Geletemol Жыл бұрын

The Prince of. Speed

@chucklantz8290 5 жыл бұрын

Little known factoid: In 1969 the IoM Tourist Board had the mountain lowered by ten thousand feet after complaints from TT fans. There was some backlash from IoM businesses who made extra money renting snowshoes during the TT and Manx events.

@howardosborne8647 3 жыл бұрын

And all those businesses that sold bottled oxygen to the mountain spectators went out of business. Fancy lowering the mountain....bloody madness.😬

@davea5150 Жыл бұрын

Ahh the 2'Stroke Screaming Engines!!!

@Manxmann 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. Love this video. May I have your permission to use some of the above footage and of course credit you as the owner?

@markholroyde9412 3 жыл бұрын

"Trailing blue smoke"........good sign, crank's seized solid if not LOL

@je7887 2 жыл бұрын

13,150 feet altitudes! North Barule and Snaefell are about 2500 feet MSL!

@KennyWalkington 11 жыл бұрын

Great !

@stephensmith8812 8 жыл бұрын

it's amazing to see the air they get and even more astonishing that now in 2015 people are doing this at 130 mph plus. i would love to race on the isle but these people are going to be gray in their 30s from the sheer attention it takes

@johnowen9299 4 жыл бұрын

11.35 the Yamahas are trailing blue smoke. I should hope so too x

@kelliebrooks9094 2 жыл бұрын

Nice bicycle helmuts looks like their gonna race the tour da france

@slit4659 6 жыл бұрын

I'm just here for the LOVELY FUCKING MUSIC........🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Makes you want to DANCE NAKED......

@harryhaller77 6 күн бұрын

1968 wurde das Reglement geändert. Das war das Aus für Honda.

@DaveBears 9 жыл бұрын

I posted the same footage, but a longer version of it last week on youtube. I got a copyright claim and strike 1 out of 3 on my account. Why me......

@Slikx666 6 жыл бұрын

Dave B What KZfaq doesn't understand is old videos like this are very had to get hold of, we need to keep these things documented for the future and available to everyone. Maybe someone should make a competitor to KZfaq and take them down a notch or two.

@taufiqutomo 10 жыл бұрын

Back then, the Isle of Man TT was a part of the competition that is known today as the MotoGP, would you believe that.

@nigeh5326 8 жыл бұрын

Err yes I would in terms of safety and rider longevity back then owners of circuits just didn't care. But the TT was the first and most notorious Grand Prix to be dropped. Too many riders thought it was just not worth the points to ride at the TT. I think Ago was one who had lost too many friends to the TT. Barry Sheene only rode there once and refused to ever come back.

@briandear5354 4 жыл бұрын

Crews and riders seem to be much more relaxed....

@andrewhowden5826 8 жыл бұрын

bossanova! smooooth!!

@ThePoshPleb 6 жыл бұрын

Where was the guy on the xylophone?

@aaronbehindbars 9 жыл бұрын

2:30 - check out Ron Swanson!

@AudiophileTubes 8 жыл бұрын

At 6:41 ... isn't that the spot where there was a crash and fatality in this race a few years ago?!

@satanshantverkare 8 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Bob price.

@raymondmitchinson2905 3 жыл бұрын

I should think that you could pick any spot on the I.O.M and somebody has died there

@sixtyshippee 3 жыл бұрын

@@satanshantverkare There is very few places on the mountain course where there hasn,t been a fatality .

@satanshantverkare 3 жыл бұрын

@@sixtyshippee Oh really? didnt know that. Thank you for pointing that out. It really means alot to me when someone is kind enough to share his supreme knowledge. Thank you...

@albion2742 9 жыл бұрын

.37.7 miles

@williamsm992 4 жыл бұрын

This was the year Read did the dirty on Ivy who let Read win the 125 title and Ivy to win the 250 title as was arranged before the season but when Read won the 125 title he reneged on the deal and went all out to win the 250 title which he did I never had any time for Read after that and poor Bill lost his life the following season when his Jawa seized up leaving him with fatal injuries R.I.P Bill you will always be a champion, Phil in my eyes you tarnished your legacy.

@philreadjr 3 жыл бұрын

World Champions are not "arranged", you have to beat everyone fairly to truly be called champion. Bill was told he'd have to race for the 250cc championship, but he lost and he stupidly gave away a 125cc Championship that he could have won. Blame the team for tarnishing a legacy by cynically trying to manipulate the results. Don't ever ask a world champion to give away a championship, that's insulting.

@jacketrussell Жыл бұрын

@@philreadjr Ivy was a team player - Read was not and did the dirty on Bill.

@normanyates6735 3 жыл бұрын

They would need oxygen and super chargers at 13000 ft plus they’ve added another mile to the length!.

@howardosborne8647 3 жыл бұрын

All the rain water has caused the mountain circuit to shrink in the wash.😂😂.....and the 13,500 feet altitude error...they obviously no longer aim as high as they did back in the 60s..😁😁

@billdennis2993 Жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Pikes Peak Hill Climb 14'+ naturally asparated but no more bikes after Carlin Dunn left the mtn😢RIP

@44sebring 8 жыл бұрын

"ya-maha" lol! Or is that how the Japanese pronounce it?

@chucklantz8290 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, actually that IS how it's pronounced in Japanese, though over the years since this film was produced, the Western pronunciation that we are all used to has been accepted as an alternative. Here's a link to the correct use: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7RmktuI3M7Pp5c.html

@thefixxer72 3 жыл бұрын

Just listen to Japanese, he was way off.

@dehoedisc7247 4 жыл бұрын

It's good to have the (apparently 16mm Silent color film) for history, but it shows a really budget-minded film crew where very little effort or money was involved.

@markholroyde9412 2 жыл бұрын

It was someone's personal Camera and film you thick twat, there was no film crew involved dopey brains

@kelliebrooks9094 2 жыл бұрын

I see the famous jump in town...but the one i saw was on a fast hill straightaway at like 160...on a 250cc 2 stroke...the video was take it to the limit..tje ultimate motorcycle odessey was its name ...in town jumping a street bike in a turn not to great of an idea....still fun...but not agreat idea....

@9014jayvictor 5 жыл бұрын

it would be better without the music

@spwb2k 7 жыл бұрын

looks like 1968 race speeds are 2017 cruising speeds.

@jcaustin320 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t the mountain 1300 feet not 13000 feet high? Just a bit outside!

@WEED2207 6 жыл бұрын

38.37 miles long? has it shrunk now?

@jolly-_-viking73 6 жыл бұрын

WEED2207 it's 37 and 3/4 always has been

@bigharrykochenbauls4567 3 жыл бұрын

Yo Maha!! Numba 1

@garyives1218 Жыл бұрын

I'm here for the music........kidding.....or am I :)

@alanjohnson7855 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely hopeless, the soundtrack is from the 1967tt with Mike Hailwood and Ralph Bryan’s on the Honda 6’s.

@terra2805 7 жыл бұрын

This guy had no idea how to pronounce "Yamaha." lol.

@JackFN_VR64 5 жыл бұрын

He used Japanese pronounciation.

@pistolpeds 4 жыл бұрын

Fire the guy who chose the music.

@edurodriguessimplesassim2591 2 жыл бұрын

Olha essa TT que encontrei no ultimo encontro de carros antigos em Aguas de Lindoia 2022 - só achei estranho esses 12 K pela motoca hahahahahahaha, ta igual aquele Fusca de 460 mil reais hahahahahahaha parece que tem boi na linha hahahahhahahaha forte abraço Edu Rodrigues simples assim kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNBhrKR9zq-wfJ8.html

@oldbatwit5102 5 жыл бұрын

Those Yo-Mommas were nippy.

@jandrenth1 8 жыл бұрын

schitterend die V4 van Yamaha, net niet live meegemaakt

@spottydog4477 11 жыл бұрын

Riding a YA-MAH - HAH....

@thefixxer72 3 жыл бұрын

All I want to know is who in the universe chose that music.

@markholroyde9412 3 жыл бұрын

ASDA,...... see even back then they fkd up vid/film with shit music over the engine noise LOL. more than likely dubbed in sound anyhow, sync was way off, great to see the film though none the less.

@Sorarse 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage, but they look so slow compared to today.

@markholroyde9412 2 жыл бұрын

That must have took some working out....fkn snowflakes today...the thick as fk generation

@MrHiranhiram 10 жыл бұрын

Fausto Macieira

@kelliebrooks9094 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the good days when it wasnt illegal to drink a beer or film a pro racer drinking a beer on the podium...how sofistigated we are now ....14000 yrars of mankind all we did was grow an make beer an live now its illegal to hold a beer in public...rediculous no dicipline in things...

@saraw6446 5 жыл бұрын

Did he mention the name of the manufacturer? ...I'm guessing it's ya MA ha

@bigharrykochenbauls4567 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how they kind of look like mannequins in the corners, because they hadn't figured out how to drop a knee yet...

@kelliebrooks9094 2 жыл бұрын

Well he did say it the same as the daytona footage...oh look heres the japanese team yamma mah ha...motorcycke built by a piano company probably be the last time we see them around here..yeah after they won daytona 20 times....i dont think so