1983: Kick Start Grand Final | Kick Start | BBC Archive

Peter Purves and Mick Andrews present the 1983 Grand Final of the motorcycle trials competition, Kick Start. The finalists for the 1983 season are: Mark Hicken and Nigel Birkett of Britain, Bernard Cordonnier and Eddie Lejeune of Belgium, Thierry Michaud of France, and the reigning Kick Start champion, Bernie Schreiber of the USA. 00:00 Introduction 00:45 The finalists 01:22 Mark Hicken - 1st leg 04:13 Nigel Birkett - 1st leg 08:31 Thierry Michaud - 1st leg 11:09 Bernard Cordonnier - 1st leg 13:47 Bernie Schreiber - 1st leg 16:32 Eddie Lejeune - 1st leg 19:09 Halfway standings 19:26 Nigel Birkett - 2nd leg 21:52 Mark Hicken - 2nd leg 23:30 Bernard Cordonnier - 2nd leg 26:12 Thierry Michaud - 2nd leg 28:42 Eddie Lejeune - 2nd leg 31:00 Bernie Schreiber - 2nd leg 33:42 Final standings 34:08 Trophy presentation and end credits Clip taken from Kick Start: The Grand Final, originally broadcast on BBC One, 15 September, 1983. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?... You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive