David G. Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer best kno… Read Full Bio ↴David G. Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, as well as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998) and the television series Little Britain and Sherlock. For Independence Day he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television and for Sherlock he, and co-composer Michael Price, won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of "His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

While attending a Sixth Form College in Luton, Arnold became friends with director Danny Cannon. Cannon initially created short films for which Arnold was asked to write the music. The two made their respective major film debuts with The Young Americans. "Play Dead", a song from the film with singer Björk, charted #12 in the UK. The following year he scored Stargate and Last of the Dogmen, with excerpts from the former ranking third in the most commonly used soundtrack cues for film trailers.

Arnold then composed music for Stargate director Roland Emmerich's next two movies, Independence Day and Godzilla, as well as four movies for director John Singleton. In addition, he has scored various comedies, dramas, and nineteenth-century period pieces, as well as providing music for several British television shows including the 2000 remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Little Britain. During film production, his compositions are conducted by Nicholas Dodd. In 2010, he composed the music for Come Fly With Me, a British television series from the producers of Little Britain.

He is a member of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA). On Thursday 29 November 2012, Arnold received an honorary degree from University of West London. Now a university honorary, he will work closely with the University in particular London College of Music, a faculty within the institute. In 2014, he appeared as himself in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern.

He has collaborated with such musical acts as Cast, Kaiser Chiefs, Massive Attack, and Pulp, and solo artists Natasha Bedingfield, Melanie C, Björk, Chris Cornell, Shirley Manson, Mark Morriss, Nina Persson and in 2009 produced Shirley Bassey's album The Performance.

In 2001, he provided a new arrangement of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme music for the Eighth Doctor audio dramas from Big Finish Productions. His version was used as the Eighth Doctor theme starting with 2001's Storm Warning until 2008, when it was replaced with a new version arranged by Nicholas Briggs starting with Dead London. Arnold's theme returned to the Eighth Doctor releases with the 2012 box set, Dark Eyes.

Arnold is the second cousin of Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice, and is an ambassador for aid agency CARE International in the UK. He has made minor appearances in two different episodes of Little Britain as separate characters.

In February 2011, it was announced that he was appointed Musical Director for the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

In May 2011, he was part of the United Kingdom's jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

Arnold took part in a tribute to John Barry on 20 June 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, singing a song that was composed by Barry and playing the guitar part of the James Bond theme.

In 2014, Arnold teamed up with Richard Thomas, to write the music and lyrics for the new West End musical Made in Dagenham.

In October 2015 he collaborated with Lethal Bizzle and Sinead Harnett to create a song combining orchestral, grime and soul elements. The song, 'Come This Far', was performed live at a special event at One Mayfair, as part of Bulmers Cider's LiveColourful LIVE promotion, and made available as a free download from Bulmers' website. He and Sherlock co-composer Michael Price also composed the music for ITV's Jekyll and Hyde television series which premiered in October 2015.

In September 2016 the Royal Albert Hall hosted an orchestral performance of Independence Day with the score performed live to picture, David Arnold gave a pre-show talk.

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Charles the Emperor Our teacher sucks She don’t give fucks I forgot my…
Driptones It's bright out Stick your tongue out And then I'll show you…
Imagination Movers Name tag? Check Lunch Bag? Check Chaperone? Check We've got …
Melanie Martinez You know I'm not one to take orders from ya I'll…
Melanie Martínez You know I′m not one to take orders from ya I'll…
SQUEEZERS Matagal na ‘tong pinagplanuhan Kung sino-sino na ang nilapit…
Squirtgun Hey Lolly, it's a french toast breakfast We're slidin' like…
The Comedown Sad You are sweet like those rock candies At the space museum I…

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African Rundown Rise from Hell, Soul tormenting, heads of the gates, burns…
All for One... No more talk of darkness, Forget these wide-eyed fears; I'm …
All Time High All I wanted was a sweet distraction for an hour…
Another Way to Die I know the player With the slick Trigger finger For her maje…
Bond On Bond Now let it lift you, oh! One love will One love will One…
Can't Buy Me Love Can't buy me love, love Can't buy me love I'll…
Come in 007, Your Time Is Up INSRUMENTAL…
Diamonds Diamonds are forever, they are all I need to please…
Die Another Day I know the player With the slick Trigger finger For her maje…
From Russia With Love From Russia with love, I fly to you Much wiser since…
Got To Get You Into My Life Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below…
I Want To Hold Your Hand Oh yeah I tell you somethin' I think you'll understand Whe…
Imagine Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below…
James Bond Theme Now let it lift you, oh! One love will One love will One…
Live And Let Die When you were young And your heart was an open book You…
Maxwell's Silver Hammer Joan was quizzical; studied pataphysical Science in the home…
Moonraker Where are you? Why do you hide? Where is that moonlight…
Nobody Does It Better Nobody does it better makes me feel sad for the…
Opening Titles David Arnold ---Opening Titles Aaaaah Aaaaaaah Aaaaah A…
Surrender I want the love that you deny me That I need…
The James Bond Theme Now let it lift you, oh! One love will One love will One…
The Name's Bond... James Bond [Instrumental]…
The Surrender I want the love that you deny me That I need…
The World Is Not Enough I know how to hurt I know how to heal I…
Thunderball He always runs while others walk He acts while other men…
Tomorrow Never Dies Darling I'm killed I'm in a puddle on the floor Waiting for…

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Comments from YouTube:

Robert Rishel

2y↑11

Wow! Just wow! I would love to see similar conversations highlighting the works bikes from other manufacturers of the era. The factory works bike was such a huge part of the sports excitement for me as a kid. They still inspire awe with their amazing engineering, exotic materials and artful construction. Definitively “form follows function” and oh so beautiful. So sad they’re gone…

Robb Chastain

2y↑14

Thank you, gentlemen, for this conversation, I am really enjoying it and it is fascinating how one can get stuck in a moment and for me that '75 works bike ridden by Marty Smith will forever be my favorite--the stance and simplicity and that red paint and all those wins by Marty. I used to imagine myself riding it as I read all the monthly motorcycle magazines as an American teen in Frankfurt, West Germany--we had moved there from California in '74. And in '76, a local Maico dealer, Herr Mueller, told me that Marty would be competing in the 125 German GP that summer and I did get to see Marty and meet him and even chat with him a good bit before the race. And it was all like a dream, really--one day you're a 16-year-old reading the magazines far from home and the next, there's Marty kickin' 'back outside his tent like he's on a camping trip. And Marty was gracious and kind to me and the handful of other fans who knew he was the best, he was the superstar.

Douglas Frantzen

2y↑1

Great experience story... I went to Point Loma High School and even though I didn't know Marty personally since he was two years ahead of me, it was pretty wild that he had a free truck and two free motorcycles and was a motocross star. I was just riding around on a Suzuki 90, nothing impressive, as were my skills.

Brett Dailey

2y↑4

This is great Steve. Well done. It's awesome to see the genuine excitement in your face. Great feature!

mxengineer1

2y↑5

Great video that gives some cool insights into how racing (in this case motorcycles) is such an integral part of Honda. So much cool engineering on those works RC race bikes and guys like Dave Arnold and Roger DeCoster were key in developing these bikes into championship winning machines. Looking forward to Part 2 and hearing Dave's insights into the current HRC race bikes.

Joe Welder

those gold handlebars on the Ribi bike. 19:09 .....i still have them, and they are on my xr200......lol

Todd Gibbons

Fantastic interview! Steve, you're a master at letting the interviewed speak! Your grasp of the sport and it's history is outstanding too. So irritating watching guys cut people off during interviews. You let Dave explain himself without interruption. Awesome job!

zoomer46 zoomer46

a really great interview with some fantastic questions! dave has a superb recall of that era. we are so lucky to have him around to tell us these great stories, i was hoping to see the twin cylinder 125 jonny o tested in the 80s but i guess thats too underground to see here.

Bruce File

2y↑1

Watching this video brought back a lot of memories from this era. These bikes were works of art, just unbelievable!

Troy Scott

2y↑1

That was a great interview. I had the chance to see Brian Lunnis tune Bob Hanna's HRC's RC250 (yes I touched that bike) at the CMC Golden State Nationals at San Hill, a Nor Cal MX Raceway with, RJ, Jhonny O, Barnett, Glover and Wardy all aboard their factory machines... the golden era of Moto. We all miss it, and Steve your interview brought it all back. Thank you.

Michael Deakin

2y↑2

The Puch MC 250 that Harry Everts won the 250 GP title with, was a very exotic bike for it's time.

Scott Fairbrother

2y↑1

OMG This is absolutely fantastic. This really brings back tons of memories and gives so much insight!!!!! Wow. Loved this.

az4555

I love listening to the imagineering that went on back in the day. These guys were scratching out ideas in chalk on the workbench then making them happen...no 3D modeling to tell them they were wrong before they even started. True pioneers.

Super Gremlin

2y↑1

Dave is a legend in the two wheel world!

W. D.

2y↑2

Awesome video. Love Honda motocross and remember seeing their works bikes dominate in 82 and 83.

spooge33

2y↑1

This stuff is just awesome. Just to hear those riders names again. I followed them from New England, to NY, to FL for years. I took photos of works bikes going through tech inspection at Unadilla. Europeans had some cool stuff. David Bailey is my guy. Thank You for this.

Andy Street

2y↑2

Man it’s super cool to see how far bikes have came over the years.

EarthSurferUSA

2y↑4

I think Honda should reproduce a 83-85 works 250, (even with the programmable power valve maybe?, what they used to figure out how to time a mechanical power valve), with the same engine, pipe, plastic, suspension, frame, as much as possible the same. If they can sell it for under 10 grand,----
How many do you think they could sell? I know a lot of 50 year old guys, (give or take 10 years), who would buy one even if they have not had a bike in 20 years, and I am sure others would have one. Sell em for 3 years. Make it legal in the vintage classes, and they will fill the starting line with them. :)
I would love to have one.

Todd Martz

I loved this ! Could have listened for hours ! Fascinating. I would like to hear a similar discussion on Honda's ATC/quad racing development in the early to mid 80's .

Sparooniee_Farm

2y↑5

Really cool to hear this talk! I’m an engineer for Toyota truck/SUV rear axles and hearing the talking behind changes is really cool. Also have worked with Toyota engineers from Japan and I’ve experienced the design changes and reasons behind things changing and coming up with new designs. Also from Torrance, now in Arkansas, so I’ve driven by the Honda facility a lot so cool to see. Thanks for sharing!

cbh148

2y↑1

@Sparooniee_Farm Thx for the reply. They build the engines for those Tundras here where I live, in Huntsville, AL. I’m a mechanical engineer and tried to get a job there 5 years ago but they weren’t hiring. Ended up getting a job in the defense industry, but I’m still a Toyota fan.

Sparooniee_Farm

2y↑1

@cbh148 not sure really. I'm just over the manufacturing lines that weld the housings together for tacoma and Tundra, Also the old sequoia IRS. We've worked a little bit with design on things but mostly they have a set design. Also not familiar with the different diffs even tho our plant machines/assembles them, im not over those lines. Also only been working there since 2015 so not familiar with the 94's. The Tundra 05ish to 21 is going to be the same-ish housing just need to make sure your driveshaft angle is right. The leaf spring seats are at multiple different angles so you'll need to check that. there are quite a few different diffs for the tundra as well. For 94 you'll probably have to surf forum boards i'm not the guy to ask, sorry.

cbh148

2y↑1

Any recommendations for an LSD for my '94 Toyota Pickup XtraCab 4x4 (22RE, 5 speed)? Might try to get a TRD e-locker, but I'd kinda like a passive clutch type LSD.

Vince Sellers

2y↑2

Really awesome, like Steve said on his show, this video probably won't get lots of views, but those who watch are super "pumped" to a creepy Keefer level appropriate only for Pulp After Dark discussion ;-)

Lee

Excellent interview 👏. Really gave me some incredible insight, fully knew of Dave Arnold and his position at on Honda in the Marty Smith days! Always wanted to hear him speak and his logic.. 👍👍🎩🎩🎩 Thank You

コリン

2y↑3

What an excellent video.
I'd love to see a similar video but this time with Suzuki

MAC 0311

Road and raced Suzuki starting in 73 up until 78 would definitely like to see the same series on Suzuki

Stephen Mosca

As a 65 yr old guy who grew up in the city but loved dirt bikes, this guy had what I imagined as my dream job. Living near NYC, raced an Elsinore locally, have gone to Unadilla. Of course, being older and understanding all the factors involved, I would never have been able to do that job as he has. Dave is smart, has a real understanding of the difference between theory, engineering, feel, and politics involved and is a great communicator. And diplomat! Great history to hear from the inside. Thank you.

Scott Smeaton

Dave Arnold! Pretty special young man who started as a mechanic at Kolbe Honda! Had the pleasure of knowing him at Kobe’s an watching his career evolve with Honda Racing! A little known fact is Dave was no slouch on a bike…..ask Marty!

Rico 808

2y↑1

That was Freeeking Awesome. More of these please. You are the Man Steve🤙🏽

Mark Barter

I live in the UK and just watched this video, absolutely fantastic. dave Arnold was mesmerising with his way of explaining his stories. need to do this as a series, more with personalities, decoster, payton, Troy Lee. Learn more about what goes on behind the scenes over the decades. again awesome

Doug Vail

2y↑1

Enjoyed that. In 1980 I was involved in building a bike for the super bikers race. First ever super too race. Who knew. Would love to see that back.

EarthSurferUSA

Lechien's 1985 125 was fast with him on it. Of course he has the talent, but he weighed 180 lbs and really did not want to ride the 125 at first as he thought he was too heavy for a 125.
He was right, for any other 125.

p num

Awesome show was in my 20s in the eighties raceing Carlsbad so many great memories riding Honda since 86, Dave Arnold is the moto God

Dale olson

Great interview. This is the way they should be. No music and good sound.

David Manning

Always like Dave! You can tell he’s genuinely a good man!

EarthSurferUSA

No doubt in my mind. He has what I call a "great life spirit".

EarthSurferUSA

That linkage type front fork, (fork?) on the works 1980 Honda that Roger worked with may look like the arm of the Terminator, but I promise you, the smoothness of it is probably impossible for a telescopic for to match. I had experience with a Mt. Bike front end a friend of mine made, with the shock in the head tube, (Nuke Proof Reactor, 1995), and that thing stuck the front wheel to the ground so well over chatter bumps, it was amazing. No telescopic fork was even close, at all.
I think I am going to have my YZ250 fork tubes coated with that slippery stuff, (re-plated), if I hear it works well a couple more times.

Scott Dolphin

Awesome, please do this with all manufacturers of you can. Super interesting stuff. This is the historical version of bike development thru the years. Definitely interesting stuff.

EarthSurferUSA

We did not know how great that era was when we were living through it either. New industries are very very exciting. In a true free society, everybody can compete if they have or can develop the skills needed.

Clarence Renspak

Great stuff!! Make this a series!! Behind the scenes guys, like mechanics, have the best infor.......Bob Oliver, Rosenthaul, Luniss, etc......Matthes does a great job!!

EarthSurferUSA

Oh, a show can get better, much better, (this one was pretty good though for mathis). "The whiskey throttle show".

Tom Stclair

Boy howdy! I had one of those aluminum tank 250s with the down swept chamber. What a animal of torque and power. I loved it. Except that kickstarter would bite you bad if you sat on it and tried to start it. I always had to get off and start it. It would pop off with first kick. Awesome!!
Now here's one for you.. maybe some bike mechanic can tell me why !! I bought it used with very low hrs. It would only run with a NGK plug. If you tried any other plug in it it would pop and spit and run like shit. Put that NGK back in it and hang on. Also. Would only respond to castrol gtx racing oil in the fuel .. I tried golden spectral in it and it wouldn't run .. all the brand name oils wouldn't work. Why is that?? I mean it was a deadly combo for this beast it would crack on the power band and if you weren't ready for it , it would leave you behind.
I would run the mix a touch on the fat side but the plug was a pretty light tan to brick red. And clean with castrol. I'd run 4.7 gal. To one quart of castrol racing oil. Not synthetic either.. I couldn't figure it out. But it ran like it's ass was on fire and it was searching for the river. It got stolen out of my garage one day . S. O. B never saw or heard it again. I'd listen for it to it had a very distinctive sound. Then I bought a new YZ 360 yamaha when they came out with the silver red stripe matching color scheme for the 360 and , 500. That's the one I ended up really falling in love, and marrying. OMG 😃. What a powerhouse. I miss her. 4th gear! Just move back on the seat a couple inches and squeeze it. Front wheel off the ground so smooth. What a joy to ride. You know how some bikes make you tired and soar. Not this one. She'd say get on and let me show you how it's done. It was back then, the best bike I'd ever had or ridden.. my friends all slobbered all over it to. 😅😅😅
She was definitely a looker and packed a serious punch..
You never put your foot down in a turn on this one.. it would slow you down or pull you off balance. Just lay it over and sgueeze her . And it was gone around that turn like it was on a rail.. I actually saw one on Pinterest for sale. It was recently frame up restored. It was beautiful. Like off the showroom floor. Ha ha. Back in the 80s when it came out it was like 1250.00 new. He was asking 5 grand for this one.. ok anyway ! Had to stroll down memory lane for a minute there.

The River Farm

2y↑1

What a cool guy, Dave Arnold. The true humility of incredible knowledge. Nice one. Honda, one love.

EarthSurferUSA

humility? Humble? That is for people who think they are great, but are not in reality. If somebody is great---I want to hear some bragging!!!!! I want them to rub their greatness in our faces---so we get some damn motivation in our own lives. Piss on being humble. Bob Hannah did it right, and we will never forget him for it.
"I just did what everybody thought was impossible!!!!"
"Shhhhhhhh. You might make somebody feel bad.". Yea,---piss on that! Stop acting like a victim loser and admire greatness! That's what I say :)

REVOLVER

2y↑2

This is cool, Dave~ Glad to see you doing well~shenager

EarthSurferUSA

That is an adapter insert for a 45rpm record center hole so a small hole LP record player can play them.

Doug Coleburn

Amazing the changes from 1980 to 1986. Really enjoyed this! 1985 Honda had the dream team! RL HRC125 is still a slick looking bike.

EarthSurferUSA

Yep, and the price went from about $800.00 in 76 to about $1,400 in 85. All those advancements and not even double the price in 10 years.
Enter the 1986 production rule. 1985 $1,400. 1988 $3,200. 1992 $4,800. 1997 $5,000. (four stroke forced on he industry) we know that price.
Outside intervention of free market activity will always raise the price, and make it harder to compete.

Kevin Tackett

2y↑3

I started riding in 1971 @ 6 y/o on a Honda trail 70. By 1977,raced a 1975 CR125 purchased by mowings lawns, raking leaves and shoveling snow, ect. It was dated, kinda uncompetitive and already had many hours upon it. What I noticed most, even at that young age, almost every production motocross model produced was over motored and under chasied even to this day.

EarthSurferUSA

2y↑1

@Mitzvos Golem Me too, all I cared about was racing mx, but i did pay my way through college for several degrees in manufacturing too. Worked in over 20 machine shops looking for more money, (still just above poverty with 3 degrees), and I got myself out of poverty by-----wait for it---Porting little 30cc 2-stroke engines for RC cars, scooters and RC boats. Funny thing is, my Dad used to yell at me in my late 20's, "all you do is spend your money 0on those bikes!", and I could not argue with him. Neither of us knew it turned out to be a good investment. :) That is why I love what is left of our free enterprise system. It got me out of poverty, by the power of my own brain and ambition. :)

Mitzvos Golem

same here..learned how to rebuild engines at 12yo. Kept me away from drugs bad people.
MX and enduro all I cared about as a kid until i was in my 30s.

That Alaska Guy

This is the best YouTube video I've ever watched! Such a wealth of information. Thumbs up and subscribed. : )

1969cmp

...Dave's comments about the 1985 RC250 is an eye opener. I think that's in part 2.

trutheye1

Excellent, interesting interview. Good job.

John Sturtevant

2y↑1

I didn't know what to add to the comments already posted, until...I saw that this was PART 1...THERE'S MORE TO COME!!! YES!

Chris Daubitz

Great job Steve! So cool.

mike herrmann

when I saw that #25 Hanah HRC bike I fell in love with this sport. That was my # fron then on. I stuck 25 on that brand new 85 DR 100 and beat RJ. WARD and all of them ....... While riding by myself at the gravel pit.....

bigsky

2y↑4

Magoo made everybody look slow in 82 never forget those times ....

shawn horne

2y↑2

Man I sure remember the days , great 👍

rochelle stanley

That was totally awesome 👏

Rusel Q

I don’t follow much Moto X, but always enjoy listening to mechanics, tuners and engineers. Brilliant interview. 👍

EarthSurferUSA

The sport was really great in USA up to 1986. We didn't follow MX really, but built it. It used to be free enterprise and exciting to make your bike work better. I because an engineer because of that early experience. Now, as fate would have it, I modify small 2-stroke engines for a living out of my shop, (mostly RC cars) and sell them all over the world. This sport used to be pure opportunity, and not for just racing. It is a bummer to me that a bike brand never really made it in the USA. In fact, that is strange to me. Maybe we were not as free as we thought.

Ron Chappel

That was super interesting! Thanks guys

Roth Loaf

2y↑1

As a kid, I would have traded my mother for those super sleek Showas and the handmade swingarms.
Edit: I love Magoo, but he had a cheater cylinder the year he walked by Wise on a straight.

Roth Loaf

@EarthSurferUSA ok ok. I don't want to delete it, but I will agree that it's never been proven.
😃 And no one in motorsports would fudge a few cc's at an unsanctioned, one-off TV spectacle race with a fat payout.
And no one in my 83cc Seniors races ran a 99cc jug. Just kidding... Love Danny. RIP
Edit: F*** that tubby silverspoon fed whiner Trump.

EarthSurferUSA

2y↑1

@Roth Loaf Still just "hear say". Jody did not build the bike.

Roth Loaf

@Alex Callas Google it. Jody at MXA spoke of it. Pretty common knowledge... Not knocking Magoo. His stomping dominance at the MXDN is legacy enough.

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motokev

The 1974 elsinore 125,oh my.
Those were good memories.

David Ciesielski

2y↑1

WOW!!! That was great, Thank you very much.

tricycle guy

2y↑1

Wish I could find the video about this R&D on the ATC 250r

Vital Sound

2y↑1

Bad ass stuff!!! The history is insane

German Beer

Love the 80s MX

Tim Walsh

I love 80's CR's!

Ben Owen

At the 1988 A 1 they had Bob Hannah works bike just sitting in the hallway with nobody guarding it. It jumped on it and my buddy took my picture on it. It was honestly just abandoned in a hallway by itself. Yes the # 25 1985

EarthSurferUSA

Those old trusting days means a more civil society huh. I only saw Bob race once, and it was on that bike at Red Bud in 85. He got about 5th I think. I remember a track banner down the side of a double jump but not covering the ends of the jump, so Bob was going around the jump but stayed in the banner. Only about 3 guys saw that line. lol Bob was my childhood hero because he came from nowhere, and beat everybody up. I loved that the sport was based on the individual.
I wish Honda would reproduce that bike for sale. It would be a killer vintage racing bike. :)

cbh148

2y↑1

This is excellent.

Ben Owen

I have been asking another video host for videos strictly about the trick parts on the bikes. This is as close as I have seen to that. Thank u

EarthSurferUSA

That would be a hard one to put together. I guess the best sources outside of the engineers at the factories, would be the mechanics who worked on them. That's a lot of mechanics, even before the 1986 production rule. Some of them may have passed away even. But I agree, that would be some cool stuff.

Jonas Carlson

2y↑1

Great show!

imtonedeaf1

My friend dropped off 1976 cr250 basket case in 1987 me and friend welded frame fixed rivets in clutch basket omg if it didn't buck you off it lope out on you just plain fun bike

Olivier Raynal

Thank you for the video 🙏👌

EarthSurferUSA

Another channel on YT that can not figure out the volume is too low. I bet the YT commercials we all hate are loud as hell though.

Chuck P

Great video thank-you

This Guy

Holy smokes! This place is 20 me n from my house. Is this place open to the public??

farrel tucker

This is so cool.

Jady Mulqueeney

Fascinating thanks

EarthSurferUSA

6:40 What was "the works rule" in 1976? He thinks a rule allowed works bikes,---lol.
But Dave messed up right after, because there was no case reed MX bike in 1975, (he meant piston port). Dave is getting old, and his head is full of knowledge.
But mathis makes up his own world. They were "FREE" to make works bikes. It was not a rule. The guy thinks freedom was a rule? jeeech.

Johann K.

The claiming rule was new in 76 and this complicated bringing a works bike. Settle the f down.

az4555

Details run together when you do it for a living and have a 1000 data points to remember rather than reading about in the magazines and have 10. I’m sure there are plenty of details that are not a 100 percent accurate as for the timing, but they are for anyone reflecting back 40 years.

EarthSurferUSA

To make my point, Dave just tells mathis about the "Type 2" Honda bikes that Pierre and Marty rode in the middle of 77. The most trick bikes ever made to that point. Next question, "Do you see Honda getting serious at this point?" Dave is going to be nice. I would say, "What is the matter with you?" and leave, vowing only to let smart people interview me. It would help save the sport.

Dave Halcomb

2y↑1

Let's do the evolution of TM - RM

TrippTransport

very cool thanks guys

Paul McMullen

Can you find out what those '82 250s weigh? I would be interested in what many old factory bikes weighed.

EarthSurferUSA

@d b Yet another stupid rule. Go too light,--they break. Simple as that.

d b

Whatever the minimum weight rule said, is what they weighed
I believe it was 214 lbs (97kg)

Mitzvos Golem

My bikes ..1982 on are all perfect..

shtnrlse

2y↑1

57 years old.. No way to give enough thumbs up...

Stutzvideo

How much R&D did the NR500 and then NSR500 take up vs the dirt bikes? Why did the 77-78 production cr 125 lag behind yamaha and suzuki?

EarthSurferUSA

Bikes being good or not so good goes up and down. But there is one factor that has always been true. When a company hired Roger DeCoster to work on their bike designs,---they were allways the good ones. Honda sat on their laurels after the 73 bikes a bit. Roger was riding for Suzuki and was a big help I am sure. Yamaha came out with the mono-shock. But by the 80's, Honda got serious. That 70's and 80's bike evolution---was a race series in itself, and a wonderful thing to see and experience as a kid.

Patrick Killilea

LOL! I ate muddy roost off of Gary Jones's Honda! Corona Raceway 250/500 Ex

p3kab00icu

Wow! And Steve called Stankdog fat. Lol

chris kontas

Awesome

Alex Wilbur

Good stuff

宝石丸

懐かしいね🤔今はここに…

Johann K.

On the Ribbi bike.... the pro-squat brake torque geometry. What happened to that? We all did that to our bikes and you could feel the difference. I'm astonished.

Johann K.

@EarthSurferUSA At the rear. Free-floated the rear brake and ran a parallel brake torque link to the frame. If you ran it below the swingarm it was pro- squat under braking.

EarthSurferUSA

You all did what to your bikes, make a machined linkage front suspension for them?

David Nelson

WOW COOL

The Far Center Is the Party You Need

What's that little outboard in your corner......and what's yer net worth, MECHANIC?

Adrian Sargeant

Too much sitting down!!! There were bikes there with awesome history, but no see????

Moto inc.

I like this.....

EarthSurferUSA

Where are they doing this interview? Nice place.

d b

@Jay Smokey Torrance

Jay Smokey

Either American Honda in Torrence or Honda Performance Development in Santa Clarita, that's my guess. He mentioned the Honda museum but I'm not aware of one in the US.

EarthSurferUSA

Done. Pretty good show mathis. But why is Racer-x vids sponsored by "Maynard's, Kachava, Body Freedom Today weight loss, YouTube TV, Iron-neck neck trainer, " advertisements that nobody cares about and cuts you guys off in mid sentence? Doesn't anybody in the industry want to sell their stuff?
There is a difference between good and bad money. Pretty good show though. Thanks. Now we are even. lol