I love watching the old MX films. If you notice, they were running straight expansion chambers, no silencers. I got into MX in 1970 and for the first couple of years we went without silencers. Mercy, your ears would ring until the next wednesday.
I had the good fortune to see most of those guys race when they came to the US for the the TransAMA and InterAM races. Damn, those were good days. I feel lucky to have lived through those days. I miss em.