1985 Los Angeles Supercross - Part 1 - Rick Johnson

This video is part 1 of 2.

I wanted to get it up for you as quickly as possible. In this video, for better or worse, you'll see a lot of me (I'm number 5 on a Yamaha).

But in the second video, you'll see a lot more of my friends in the race too - like David Bailey, Bob Hannah, Jeff Ward, Goat Breker, Broc Glover, Ron Lechien, Johnny O'Mara, and others.

I think in 1985, we ran two 'main events' at each supercross. Part of what you see here (if my memory is correct) is me winning the first 'main event'.

And stay tuned for the second video! Both videos have the fabled Peristyle uphill / downhill, and with guys like Jeff Ward, David Bailey, Bob Hannah, Broc Glover, Ron Lechien, Johnny O'Mara and myself - you'll see riders with about 33 AMA Supercross and Motocross titles combined!

Hope you enjoy the videos ...

RJ

[jamesstacey]

Thanks for the clip. I loved Ricky on a Yamaha YZ250..
I had a 1985 yz80 Sept 1985..
It broke my heart he went to Honda

I bled for my YZ, s on many😂 occasions.

[ternatese]

This is by far my favorite era of mx. Such a huge concentration of talent and personalities!

[marcusfistarol]

Best time ever....love those old videos

[EarthSurferUSA]

Great vid, and audio. I think this is the fist time I can hear the chain chatter in the breaking and acceleration bumps, on a you-tube video.

[SlowRider]

Thank you for posting these old races! Brings back a lot of memories!

[vincetofanicchio]

the best years of supercross....good times

[alexsaucedo]

Rick johnson sure was fast. Old school. Back in the day. Good times

[MegaPAC]

Thats awesome, the crowd there is sooo loud. The best!

[jamespatterson]

listen to the sound of those bikes... incredible.

[notdreadyet]

I was a kid, 10 or 11 here, but man he was dominant. Crossing the finish line at one race in mid air he gave double shooters with his hands to the crowd.😅
Craziest thing ever. And then 15 years later, some young kid named Travis did a fn backflip on a bike. 🤯

[michaelrhoades]

we were 2nd level 2nd row right behind the starting gate we could smell the 2 stroke oil i loved it

[paulopu]

Excellent video, just missed the smell of smoke 2 stroke.

[markusorth]

They just pile all that dirt on the steps? I can't imagine what the cleanup is like.

[vincetofanicchio]

1987 LA super bowl of motocross my favorite race of all time...

[Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

Do you have the Rodil Cup race? I was there that night!

[slotstikskimboards]

The 1985 production YZ 250's taking 1-2 over the factory works Honda's! What a great MX bike, full of power and with an Ohlins shock and the Simon's anti-cavitator front fork kit, was actually well suspended. Throw on a FMF hand hammered exhaust and some solid sprocket ratios and you could win some races. ( I won a few )

[Lightning.]

I know on his Honda days RJ was at most dominant.... but he was also fast on the YZ.

[athomerecordschannel]

 vincent tofanicchio, That would be the 1988 Los Angeles Supercross. That was in his Heat Race that he was showboating. Doing stuff that at that time was unseen. In the main he was taken out by Guy Cooper and lost his brakes.

[vincetofanicchio]

I would love to see the race when Rick Johnson had such a big lead that he was showboating his ass off...i forget where or when it was...I can't find the video...it might have been at the Collosium but I'm not sure. Anyone recall??

[AlohaRebel]

Fuckin Legends!!! Haha I remember watching this back in da day