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loved watching kickstart and junior kickstart as a nipper 😀

 


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 3:44 pm
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Yeah man. Used to love Kick Start. 


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 3:57 pm
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That's such a memory - I can hear the theme tune still now!


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 4:12 pm
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I am two years younger than this video.

Never heard of kickstart 


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 5:58 pm
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My mate Heather was on the junior version.


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 8:32 pm
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For the young pups like Joshvegas - junior kickstart was a kids version of kickstart with the added thrills and spills of the acrobatic devision of the  St Johns Ambulance

 


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 9:15 pm
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That was awesome!


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 9:15 pm
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That was awesome!


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 9:16 pm
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Used to love watching kickstart as a kid but had to go to my gran/grandpas house to watch it, then I’d head out on my kx80 and attempt similar stupid stuff and fall off a lot,  a peaky two stroke mx bike was not conducive to controlled trials moves. 

 


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 10:41 pm
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I wonder what time Tony Bou would get on that course. 


 
Posted : 22/06/2026 11:08 pm
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Posted by: bearnecessities

I can hear the theme tune still now!

There's a 200 yard-ish section on my local loop that is flat but all lumpy and bumpy so takes a bit of balance, line picking and thrutching to pedal along it. I can't help but hum the Kickstart theme whenever I ride it.

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I am two years younger than this video.

Never heard of kickstart 

Bloody kids


 
Posted : 23/06/2026 9:19 am
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Posted by: bearnecessities

I can hear the theme tune still now!

There's a 200 yard-ish section on my local loop that is flat but all lumpy and bumpy so takes a bit of balance, line picking and thrutching to pedal along it. I can't help but hum the Kickstart theme whenever I ride it.

Posted by: joshvegas

I am two years younger than this video.

Never heard of kickstart 

Bloody kids

If it makes you feel any better i can remember using rotary phones?

 


 
Posted : 23/06/2026 9:25 am
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Posted by: joshvegas

If it makes you feel any better i can remember using rotary phones?

Does the name Maggie Philbin mean anything to you?


 
Posted : 23/06/2026 9:30 am
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I loved Kickstart and Junior Kickstart as a kid so we watched a bit of that last night.

There is some great stuff on the BBC Archive and we invariably end up watching the father of MTB

The junior one above with the st John's ambulance guys always reminds me of Father Ted when the nurses get stuck in the tunnel of goats.


 
Posted : 23/06/2026 9:54 am
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Posted by: somafunk

Used to love watching kickstart as a kid but had to go to my gran/grandpas house to watch it, then I’d head out on my kx80 and attempt similar stupid stuff and fall off a lot,  a peaky two stroke mx bike was not conducive to controlled trials moves. 

Ha ha, Exactly the same here, but an RM50 (and later a CR80).

 

I'm sure I've seen footage of Rob Warner on Junior Kick Start.


 
Posted : 23/06/2026 10:59 am
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Posted by: IHN

Posted by: joshvegas

If it makes you feel any better i can remember using rotary phones?

Does the name Maggie Philbin mean anything to you?

Who?

 


 
Posted : 23/06/2026 12:21 pm