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.
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