As a kid we all built bike ramps and would come home with knots on our heads, big bruises on our stomachs from twisted handlebars jamming into us, loose teeth, and trashed bikes. But we also had big ole smiles on our faces too!

@Chiefonenut

Жыл бұрын

Ditto

@stevenburton7922

Жыл бұрын

Yep...split my 20 inch Huffy in half doing jumps!

@cubjr1936

Жыл бұрын

😂 Uncompensated Stunter 🚲 😎👍

@Justme-km4hm

Жыл бұрын

Same here brotha! 👍🏼

@gilbzmusic7186

Жыл бұрын

now they sit on top of E bikes. don't even pedal anymore. how is that saving anything?

I saw that live on TV when I was growing up in Willoughby Ohio USA . It was very exciting time !!! We were getting closer to 200 years of freedom we were proud to be Americans . I still am I just don't like our politicians

@grantyentis5507

Жыл бұрын

You stopped in Willoughby? I heard it's a place for a good long rest... in the twighlight zone

@temporarysaint740

Жыл бұрын

@@grantyentis5507 ha, my first thought too

@willybones3890

Жыл бұрын

@@grantyentis5507 What's wrong with Willoughby?

@mickangio16

Жыл бұрын

@@willybones3890 you have to be a Twilight Zone fan to understand.

@benjamindover8793

Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking, given the type of politicians that have consistently been elected and re-elected since those days, that the US of A may not be around to celebrate the tricentennial.

53 years old -- Back when Evel Knievel was making these jumps my heroes were Ultraman, Muhammad Ali, and Evel Knievel. BEST HEROES A KID COULD GROW UP WITH EVER!!!! Love the 1970's.

@billystink4611

Жыл бұрын

Wish I was around back then.

@mikehoncho9344

Жыл бұрын

@@billystink4611 no you don't, you'd be 3/4 dead right now

@billystink4611

Жыл бұрын

@@mikehoncho9344 True, but I don’t know if the future is bright enough that I would care all that much if I was old.

@mikehoncho9344

Жыл бұрын

@@billystink4611 that's exactly what I've been talking to myself about

@willybones3890

Жыл бұрын

Late 70s were good times. Before Reaganomics and pissing on all of US took ahold.

1966 here. The Evel generation. The first generation that brought you today's extreme sports and x type games. We lived the life!!

@borntoclimb7116

2 ай бұрын

Extreme sports are not new but Evel made it Mainstream

@AjayBagga9

Ай бұрын

And what exactly was your contribution to it all?

@AjayBagga9

19 күн бұрын

​​@proodjjuice-hz5sn Yeah man, I'm tired of Boomers thinking they did everything when in reality it's their generation that gave birth to capitalism, racism, intolerance, reckless progress, sugar in everything. And while the 1% who truly adopted these means to serve their agendas are living in their old money castles, the 99% who were indoctrinated to believe in ideas that were only detrimental to them would end up like this guy right here who's only claim to fame is that he's from the generation that 'did it all'. Yeah, working 9 to 5 being someone else's passive income, paying mortgages and car insurance for 40 years, sure sounds like the OG gen.

The Godfather of extreme sports.

Such a badass! I remember having his action figure and motorcycle that you wound up with the crank back in the 70s.

@spikeman68

Жыл бұрын

YUP I HAD THEM ALSO...WORTH A SMALL FORTUNE TODAY...........

@ts_of_defunct

Жыл бұрын

Did you try to jump your garage with it like Red Forman? xD

@toddhawk9921

Жыл бұрын

I had the Snake Canyon rocket set. So cool. Seventies toys were the best.

@itruck96

Жыл бұрын

No love for GI Joe with the Kung fo grip?

@chesterxman

Жыл бұрын

I wanted that toy so bad for Christmas back in the day, but it was always sold out everywhere

The rear suspension must have at least 2 inches of travel!! You were the man evil

@rekabrekab-zs8lv

Жыл бұрын

an 1" on both sides.

@frez777

Жыл бұрын

he was actually a huge POS as a person, in real life. Which of course as kids back then, we had no idea, nor did America, more than likely, or they'd have not propelled him to fame. Times were WAY, different back then. Which is why these pols hate todays new methods. It blew their cover

@spikeman68

Жыл бұрын

@@frez777 POS? ANY FACTS ON THAT?NEVER BACKED OF A DEAL,NEVER BACKED OUT OF A JUMP...HE BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ONE MAN BECAUSE THE MAN WROTE A BOOK WITHOUT HIS CONSENT......PLEASE POST YOUR WISDOM ABOUT A MAN YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT........AND KEEP POLITICS OUT OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT EVEL...IT SHOWS YOUR IGNORANCE...............

My dad took my friend Dave and me to see this jump it was rainy and windy but he jumped anyway and nailed it! He was the world's greatest showman.

as others have commented...the jump is VERY impressive....the fact that he did it on pretty much a super heavy street bike is INSANE. Love it.

@TedMeyer-us6uk

9 ай бұрын

That is a xr750 not a street HD. But it still weighs around 300 lbs.

@ThreeToesofFury

9 ай бұрын

@@TedMeyer-us6uk thanks for clarification..but, yea, thats a H@LL of a jump with that kind of bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@rosstempletonogskater

8 ай бұрын

Now that I'm older I was wondering why he did those jumps on Harleys???? They must of been his sponsor..Fuking Insane Suicide mission jumping on those. His son & modern day jumpers use lightweight dirtbikes made for that...

@JayJay-tm7xw

5 ай бұрын

@@rosstempletonogskater they also do backflips front flips double backflips 360s and all kind of tricks he could never dream of although he was a revolutionary for the sport.

@c.r.parish5908

2 ай бұрын

That bike had a custom aluminum frame. I recall the wet weight being 360 lbs.

This could easily be done on a modern MX bike but to do it on that lead sled is impressive

@melgrant7404

Жыл бұрын

Don't know why he used it

@rkgaustin9043

Жыл бұрын

@@melgrant7404 $$$$

@StationRussification

Жыл бұрын

Not on that approach, BMX Bike would need a steep take off ramp for that distance.

@michaeljames2890

Жыл бұрын

BMX bike? Yea ok someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about shouldn’t speak.

@StationRussification

Жыл бұрын

@1122reyes the statement was 'Modern BMX Bike' hun Lame to comment but not read the thread hun

I was there. Nine years old. Seems like another world now. He and Roger Staubach were my heroes. Thanks for posting and allowing that little walk down memory lane this morning.

@tomakafrankconlon3207

Жыл бұрын

Sure we believe you. Your mother was there too. Right behind the stands and she was gobbling on man sausage for a few bucks.

@GamingwithGamerGirls

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I have an autographed photo of Roger Staubach in my office and will never forget watching Evil Knievel as a kid. Man, things sure have changed since then...

@richardmorris7063

Жыл бұрын

Ole Roger the Dodger " Capt.America. The older I get the more I respect him. Just came up short against that Steel Curtain!

@joski9030

9 ай бұрын

That’s cool I remember watching Eddie the kid on tv with my late father … I miss the good old days. Ride safe lads ✊🏻

When I was a kid evel was the man. All us kids would pretend to be evel knievel on our bikes. All the evel knievel toys wre out and we all had them. When he had a jump it was always a big deal and would be on tv and we would always watch it. I wish I still had my evel knievel toys and cards. I wish I could have got to see him jump in person. Would have cool to do a meet and greet but never got the opportunity. There were only a few guys that did a few jumps after evel quit. The only one who really kept it alive was his son Robbie. Never see it anymore now. RIP evel.

@joebone3151

Жыл бұрын

Nitrocircus is all about keeping it alive evel would be proud.

@mickangio16

Жыл бұрын

Haha. My brother called me Idiot K'nidiot!

I Was 17 When He Did This & Don't Forget The Movie (1971). It Was A Great Time To Be In To Motorcycles & Thanks For The Upload!

I was 15 at the time cool as hell long live the king

@sh6rt

2 жыл бұрын

He was a really bad person ngl

@timbaldwin6283

2 жыл бұрын

He always had time for the kids. Always.

@Ilovekimi

2 жыл бұрын

You're now 62

Loved this guy growing up in the 1970's. I knew and hung out with him in the mid 1990's. I first met him while working at Castle Keep guns in Largo, Florida. He wasn't supposed to own guns but he still came in to check them out. Cool guy but rather grumpy at times. He told me he was in a lot of pain. He told me about some of the crazy stuff he did. He used to keep all his motorcycles and rocket cycle from Snake River Canyon and his touring tractor trailer truck at Jerry's Custom Cars in Clearwater, Florida. I got to check out all his toys. He gave me a tour of his RV just before he left Florida for good. I was lucky to meet my childhood hero. R.I.P. Evel.

@hubriswonk

Жыл бұрын

great story! thanks for sharing!

@chesterxman

Жыл бұрын

Man, thanks for sharing that. So cool. I remember reading in a biography that he suffered a lot of pain. A true hero indeed

@brandonbell5357

8 ай бұрын

Take your meds

I remember looking forward to watching his jumps on Wide World of Sports on Sundays on ABC.

@richardmorris7063

Жыл бұрын

Wide world of sports was great in the 60&70s w/ Chris Schenkel. Miss that show, Howard Coselle & Ali ,it was great. Don't forget the demolition derby from Islip NY!!

133' on a Harley Davidson XR- 750 sportster is still pretty damn impressive ! That's no light weight bike either ! Even on a modern-day motocross bike 80' 100' jumps aren't easy taken lightly jumps for most riders ! Broke my back and wrist * knocked out* cold when I came up short and cased it hard on a 100' double !

@jasonlacroix6083

Жыл бұрын

I watched all his jumps as a kid in the 70's. Watching this now, the guy has no technique and just balls of steel. Plus, that bike certainly ain't made for flying.

@MGB18

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonlacroix6083: I wouldn't say Evel didn't have any technique. Back in his time, he was experimenting with what he thought would work best. On the most part Evel was right on, sometimes he wasn't. Evel most definitely had balls of steel, and then some! lol. And he used a real mans bike.

@mark675

Жыл бұрын

@@MGB18 real man's bike? A f**king Harley? Are you for real?

@michaelmartinez1345

Жыл бұрын

@@mark675 they are still being used for flat-track racing... And there are few motorcycles that can recapture the resale value more, than a clean Original HD...

@michaelmartinez1345

Жыл бұрын

@PEACEFUL WARRIOR, Evil Knievel was amazing, nobody else did the things he did on a machine like that... One of the reasons that bike flew so well, was because of the heavy weight of the machine... The kinetic energy it built at high speeds enabled it to sail through the air with a flatter trajectory than a lighter and dirtier aerodynamic drag form of a typical motocross machine.... But it was the landing that caused the damage to his bones & back... Much less energy was absorbed with that 5" travel swing-arm, and 7" travel forks.... IMPACT!!!! Even when he didn't crash the tremendous force of landing was intense... These people really did take their lives into their hands, by doing what they did for a living... Tremendous courage....

Growing up in the 70s was the best

@user-kx3fx4eo9i

Ай бұрын

you got that right...everything was better , music, movies, women....let me go back, just for one day

Born in 71, this guy was my hero. To this day I love jumping dirt bikes and bicycles. My son loves jumping bicycles as well and has been all over the world competing with the best in the sport. Basically because of a seed Evel planted in my head almost 50 years ago with the stunt cycle toys!!! LEGEND!!

@3mtech

Жыл бұрын

Motorcycle crash when I was 13. Stunt cycle got me through 3 months in body cast

@respectall333

Жыл бұрын

My childhood hero.. Loved the evil stunt bike.. And black Marauder that popped a wheelie. Rest in peace mr Knievel

@donarthiazi2443

Жыл бұрын

​@@respectall333 _"Evel"_

What people don’t talk about was that landing ramp actually broke structurally in several places but he still held on.I was there in the bleachers at the age of 9 was lucky enough to get his autograph on the side of my Evil Knievel Scramble Van which I still have along with my stunt bike several of those,chopper,and the sky cycle jet bike.

@chuckg6039

Жыл бұрын

Was there too. Didn't he do a shorter practice jump?

@denniswalter3920

Жыл бұрын

He successfully jumped on 10 buses twice that day in warmups.

@chuckg6039

Жыл бұрын

@@denniswalter3920 Glad you confirmed as that's what I too recall. Love thinking back to that day. I had perfect seats!

@denniswalter3920

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckg6039 Chuck look up today in history, October 25, 1975 Cincinnati enquirer on KZread. It has a picture of Evel Knievel jumping the Greyhound buses in practice. He wore the dark blue leathers and shows the buses. Big jump of course was in classic white leathers. Great picture!! I've never seen a video of the practice jumps..

@chuckg6039

Жыл бұрын

@@denniswalter3920 I found a video of Evil's son Robbie in a blue suit. They did some wheelies. That was a cool car like vehicle he drove around. I don't recall that when I was there. Also enjoyed listening to Evil address the crowd before hand about helmets and safety.

I was there with my mom, dad and my brother. My dad worked for ABC so we got in for free to a lot of stuff like this.

I am 67 and remember Evil Knievel well. NOBODY has duplicated and done what he did. Absolutely the best!

@badkittynomilktonight3334

3 жыл бұрын

Actually his son Robbie repeated his father's Caesars Palace jump, the one Evel crashed, only Robbie thru in a full 360 loop in the process.

@pauledwards6446

2 жыл бұрын

Robbie ? Remember

@craigcomfry4645

2 жыл бұрын

People here saying Robbie did it. BS. Robbie did it on a modern Motocross bike. Evil did it on a street bike with barely any suspension travel. No comparison

@pauledwards6446

2 жыл бұрын

@@craigcomfry4645 he did it so stop the crap

@mickangio16

Жыл бұрын

@@craigcomfry4645 Robby and more recent daredevils had the advantage of far more modern equipment suited to what they were doing and I'm sure a lot of careful computer aided research & planning. Evel probably didn't do a whole lot more than get on the bike and give it hell.

I was 10 when he made this jump and I’m still amazed that he did his jumps on a Harley!! It was modified, but still a frickin’ Harley!!!! Today they use dirt bikes, you don’t see anyone doing jumps like this on street bikes. AWESOME!!!

@Golden-ui5um

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! Unreal...

@stevehamman4465

Жыл бұрын

Not sure but, I think it was a Triumph??

@Saint-eg7yg

Жыл бұрын

@@stevehamman4465 Evil switched to Harley. He wanted to use an American made motorcycle.

@mickangio16

Жыл бұрын

He had used both but that bike appears to be a flat track Harley Davidson Sportster.

@BillJones

Жыл бұрын

@@mickangio16 XR750 - The Sportster street bike was styled after the XR750 which was a competition only dirt track bike. Evel jumped XR750s.

Aussie Robbie Maddison riding a modern jumping suspension type bike, flew 390’-4” and before his jump had dedicated it to his hero Evil Knievel!

@joebone3151

Жыл бұрын

Cool.

@joebone3151

Жыл бұрын

Im your 3rd like

@georgeflutey838

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was awesome

@michaelmartinez1345

Жыл бұрын

I saw that jump too, on YT.... Just amazing...

@crashnbl1

Жыл бұрын

Twice the power and torque crap loads for suspension play and approximately 150 lbs less motorcycle... but still absolutely incredible

No doubt the undisputed King! RIP Evel....

@vart7767

Жыл бұрын

king of crash

@MGB18

Жыл бұрын

@@vart7767: How many successful jumps have you made on heavy bikes? LOL.

@AzzKicker-bz1cb

Жыл бұрын

@@MGB18 The same number I felt comfortable trying to make!! *ZERO!!!!!*

He was my hero as a kid in the 70s. I have the scars to prove it. #onlyinamerica 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️

@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730

Жыл бұрын

Getting ready for neck surgery from being a 70s kids, 60s baby but 70s kid

@mr.roaddogwade7107

Жыл бұрын

@@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 Well a speedy recovery to you WWR.. Yeah I’d say we’re lucky to still be here. Lol. I still ride every week. 🤠👊🏼🇺🇸

@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.roaddogwade7107 thanks buddy had to stop long time ago....be careful but enjoy life....peace out!

Did it all on a Harley Davidson.

@davidteller7681

Жыл бұрын

Some would say 'in spite of'

@toddgittins5692

Жыл бұрын

The mighty XR.

@mctrucker9910

8 ай бұрын

An instant hit would be these guys today replicating these jumps on the exact same bikes.. zero mods. Let's see how tough they are..

Not only did America watch but he was very popular up here in Canada too 🇺🇸🇨🇦

EVEL was ahead of his time , as. A kid I remember watching all his jumps on ABC wide world of sports , and I had all his cool toys ,,,, EVEL was the GOAT 🏍🏍👑

@richardmorris7063

Жыл бұрын

" The thrill of Victory the agony of defeat" & then that poor ski jumper bit it!

I reckon he was my hero back then. What do we have now?

@fastdude2002

2 жыл бұрын

Evel was the original and that’s what makes him badasss.

@lawrencelenerd3988

Жыл бұрын

Pride. About what, I dont know.

People just would not DO this these days. Not on a heavy ass Harley with no balance. Its hard to believe he didn't die doing these stunts.

@DavidKing-jx3sg

2 жыл бұрын

Check the rear suspension or lack of, Balls of granite

@markfox1545

Жыл бұрын

He was seriously injured on many occasions and ended his life a drooling paralysed vegetable, simpleton.

@danfarris135

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidKing-jx3sg Now you know why the back of the bike drops when he would jump! The weight of those kahunas!

@applejacks971

Жыл бұрын

@@markfox1545 But he didn't die doing the stunts, as Randy specifically mentioned in the original comment, simpleton.

He made it look so easy. Viva Evel.

Some of us seen it, anyone born after 1980 only heard about it. We had and lived the best years since civilization began. 1955 - 1990 Whata great ride! Today millennials can’t even figure out directions, written or verbal let alone drive a stick.

@robertschmidt9296

Жыл бұрын

Can't read face clocks either.

@1rtt1

Жыл бұрын

Millennials [1981-1996] are rocket scientists compared to the Generation Z kids [1997-2012]. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWajr9hyY6i7oLw.html

@stewartellinson8846

Жыл бұрын

old people always say stuff like that about young people

@richardmorris7063

Жыл бұрын

Can't change a spare tire or even know where it is!

@richardmorris7063

Жыл бұрын

A lot is true though,hey there's plenty young folks do that we cant. Its all in fun.

Cool video. Was only 2 years old when he made this jump, but I love watching all of his jumps and his son's, as well.

I was born in 1965 and I idolized this guy in the early to mid seventies. I had just about all of the EK merchandising. Even a EK vinyl LP album!

The crazy thing is that people only remember his crashes. Nobody ever talks about all the jumps he landed. Just another example that shows that people only remember the things you screw up on, or fail at most of the time.

@filipina5953

Жыл бұрын

Richard Nixon, OJ Simpson, Edward VIII, Dennis Connor, Harry S Truman, & Harold Holt, to name but a few.

@tanhalen

Жыл бұрын

The crashes are way more entertaining though

@monolithgeometry3221

Жыл бұрын

It's the American way now. Second guess everything and micro scrutinize to make themselves look superior and to make others look like they're some sort of asshole. I don't remember this world being like this in the 20th century

@stewartellinson8846

Жыл бұрын

@@monolithgeometry3221 that'll be because you're choosing not to

@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730

Жыл бұрын

I remember them all....sadly nobody today cares about the successful jumps....

I was 9 years old and man such a big fan of his. I had the wind up toy and played with that all the time.

Knievel was crazy , but I loved watching him . Ain't nobody nowadays that would do what this man did . Whatever

@brandonbell5357

8 ай бұрын

Truth sad

@truthsaid2799

8 ай бұрын

@@brandonbell5357 TRUTH HAPPY

@brandonbell5357

8 ай бұрын

@@truthsaid2799 , I guess

In 1978, I died jumping my Schwinn over the creek in my backyard. My dad made me walk it off and try again.

@monolithgeometry3221

Жыл бұрын

In '22, my neighbors kid thought about jumping a piece of plywood with a couple of bricks underneath it on either side. They immediately took him to a psychiatrist and he was put on pharmaceuticals

I saw Evil at a custom car/bike show, at an indoor colosseum, as a teenager. He preached to the crowd a bit, & then said; “I got something to show you”, & walked off stage behind the curtains. The building sound of a turbine was heard, & getting louder by the seconds. Everyone was covering their ears. Slowly Evil rode out on stage on a turbine jet trike! As he IDLED by, the scorching exhaust heat had the crowd moving back. Truly a rare & unforgettable moment in my youth. I never heard any news about his jet trike afterwards. Evil certainly BLEW us all away!🏆😎.

I use to work with Gene Romero on his flat track racing series he promoted in the 2000s. In the 70s Evel use to sponsor Genes race efforts. So I got to meet Evel at a couple of races we ran where he was Genes guest. It was quite a thrill having watched both these guy’s in the 70s as a kid then as an adult hang out with them at the racetrack. Godspeed to both of these men , will always remember.

I really remember this stunt. I would have been 14 years 7 day old on the day of the stunt. My birthday is on October 18, my wife's birthday is 7 years younger, but the day before.

I was there sitting in the grandstand directly to his right as he passed through. I was able to look directly down at him as he went by. A bridge of sorts was built to span a ditch that was behind the grandstand for him to cross as he slowed down after the jump. Awesome to witness this daredevil.

@chuckg6039

Жыл бұрын

I was there too. As I recall, didn't he do a shorter practice jump?

@crmolnar1

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckg6039 yes he did. I believe (from old memory 😆) it was 10 buses. Your the first I've had tell me they were there too. I'm from Upper Sandusky Ohio. Spent the night before in a Blazer in the field parking lot.

@chuckg6039

Жыл бұрын

@@crmolnar1 I'm from Columbus. My next door neighbor friends Dad somehow got tickets. We arrived about 2 hours before. Had perfect seats! I think about that day often.

@crmolnar1

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckg6039 👍 I couldn't miss that show. I've told a lot of people about that experience. Of course the younger crowd doesn't know who he was. It eas truly a great event to witness. After the jump Evel told the press the frame had gotten cracked. He was fortunate to have survived the jump.

@chuckg6039

Жыл бұрын

@@crmolnar1 I was actually 19 years old. Born in 1956. I recall the practice jump. And yes I recall he broke his frame. I can't recall if after the jump we went into the park and ride rides. I believe we did. Might have been last day of their season. Or maybe they just opened for that event. Can anyone let me know if the park was open that day?

I don't remember if Triumph, then Harley, ever advertised that "Evel has confidence in our motorcycles, you should too."

OMG, I used to love watching him do his stunts back then, it was such a huge family event at our house. Plus his action figure was a Must Have at Christmas!!

Even as a kid back in the 70s I always thought it a little bizarre that so many people went to watch these jumps.

@monolithgeometry3221

Жыл бұрын

No you're only thinking that way because in 2022 we've lost our balls and our original way of thinking as Americans

The most important part The Landing. Okay right when he goes to land switch camera angles so we don't get to see it!. Perfect

Despite what you see today, it is still exciting to see Evel jump.

Evel Knievel was so cool

Give the man his due. That bike was a dinosaur. Slow, heavy, barely any suspension, marginal brakes. Unreal he could pull off any jumps successfully

He was incredible.

Evel f'ing Knievel! Our hero for those that grew up in the 70's. We all tried to jump after watching him

I just visited Evel’s grave site on the 4th of July 2022. You’d think this man deserves a whole lot more then what he got. RIP RCK Buddy.

@stewartellinson8846

Жыл бұрын

he got loads; he made a shedload of money, had anice life and then blew it. it happens.

Evel Knievel was the man.

Like so many other boys of this era, I still have the scars to prove that I wanted to be just like him! If mom hadn’t come home at the right time that one day, I probably wouldn’t be typing this now. I had spent the whole day building a large ramp up to the roof of the garage and was about to jump my Yamaha Gt 60 over it. Thanks mom, miss you.

Imagine what he could of done with the bikes we have today.

@popspille7124

2 жыл бұрын

He would probably be Travis Pastrana.

@MrLeeson660

Жыл бұрын

@@popspille7124 steady on, TP one of the most talented riders ever on 2 wheels not just ballsy af

Can you imagine what this guy would have done on a bike from today?

@jasonlacroix6083

Жыл бұрын

With his technique he'd be dead. I think he just had balls of solid rock. Every fiber in his body screaming, "don't do this!". While his two testies are telling him, "let's go break a bunch of bones.".

@geraldschulte6125

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6auzc2mnLC0oaQ.html

@spikeman68

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonlacroix6083 NOT TRUE........HE WAS A EARLY PIONEER IN MOTORCYCLE JUMPING/STUNTS....NOT MUCH OF A BLUE PRINT IN THOSE DAYS.........THE MX MOTORCYCLES OF THIS ERA WERE NOT MUCH BETTER,,,,HE RODE THE STRET BIKES BECAUSE HE NEEDED THE SPEED THAT THE MX BIKES DIDNT HAVE............EVEL WAS SCARED ONLY ONCE DURING HIS JUMPING DAYS I CANT REMEBER WHICH JUMP IT WAS BUT HE TOOK A DOULBLE TURKEY OUT OF THE CANE THAT DAY

@ViewThis.

Жыл бұрын

That bike always seemed so heavy and cumbersome.

Videos like this is what KZread is made for. This definitely deserves millions upon millions of views

Hero.. American hero...could not wait for wide world of sports to show the next jump.

That was one of his better days , he will always be the king

ya and evel did it on a sportster . (a monster of a bike) . not a tiny little dirt bike .and practice wasn`t jumping into a big pile of foam .practice was trying not to hit the ground .

I was 5 years old and lived about 45 minutes from Kings Island. I've been there probably more than 100 times over the years. But I still wish I was there to see that jump.

Evel lives in all of us

Sometimes it's not just what you do, but how you do it's.

Lendário !! The best Evel.. Rj Brasil.

The first internationally known stuntman daredevil of our time, and did it with bikes that were way too heavy and never designed for what he put them through. He did it by feel. No Speedometer, call him crazy but you kinda had to be to do that, and back then he had very few competitors for his crown. There were a few but never got his adoration. In the 1970’s this was what I looked forward to on Wide world of Sports whenever he jumped. A true peoples entertainer, put up with no BS did what he said he was gonna do crash or no crash. One of a kind best describes EK.

Can you imagine the stunts that he would’ve been doing if he had a bike with todays power and suspension?

@3mtech

Жыл бұрын

They had big engine long suspension bikes. They werent "Hawgs"

Dad brought me down from Dayton as a young boy and we watched this one live, legendary

Evel Knievel was responsible for the majority of the bumps and bruises on my body throughout my early years as a kid. Who among us didn't build ramps and jump with our bicycles pretending to be Evel Knievel. We all managed to crash like he did most of the time too. Life was good.

@jeffcherry1643

Жыл бұрын

Me and my friends would watch Evel on tv and go watch stunt shows at the county fair. The announcers would always say , “ kids , don’t try this at home.” We couldn’t wait to get home lol.

@spikeman68

Жыл бұрын

54 YEARS OLD HERE,STILL LIMPING FROM MANY FAILED CANYON JUMPS IN MY DAY!!! LOL STILL RIDING AND STILL JUMPING.....JUST LEARNED TO TUCK N ROLL BETTER!!!

@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffcherry1643 I am 56 and fucked up today bad spine problems because of Evel....but damn good days

@jeffcherry1643

Жыл бұрын

@@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 59 yrs, old, Been a 2 wheel guy for life. My wife and I were riding our Harley Road King when a man decided to take a nap while meeting us in his car. We are now below the knee amputees on our left side. That was 2016. Still ride and love it. Call us crazy...

Evil Knievel... American sporting icon..!!👍👍

My brother and I probably watched that live. We used to really be into Evel Knievel. That was cool. I haven't thought about him in a long time.

Lol! This video instantly made me think of the evel Knievel stunt cycle toy I had as a kid in the 70’s.😁

Not much else on basic TV in those days. 4 choices: ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS. Evel brought something new to TV.

Balls of steel on old bikes like that. Real stud 🤘🏼

Few weeks ago I went over the bridge at snake river, and could clearly see the ramp from the rocket jump is still there.

This man inspired generations of stunters and almost all of the new dudes in the fmx scene he paved the way

His style was just hold on and hope for the best. But he had more guts than anybody

Can't tell you how many bones I broke imitating EK on my bicycle. Good times!

Progress is incredible. At my local MX track there are multiple 100' plus jumps. It's literally nothing for the skilled riders to hit them lap after lap. Although it would be more difficult if you added 250 lbs to the bike and removed the suspension. I always wondered why he chose the worst possible bikes. MX was a thing. There were machines that were WAY more capable than the junk he rode. He was brave, but not bright lol

@davidkeeton6716

2 жыл бұрын

I loved him back then, but I also wondered why he jumped a flat track bike. He could have had someone build him some long travel shocks for the back of a Harley 250, so he could still fly the colors. Maybe a longer swingarm and longer travel forks. He could have been part of that innovation. I don't think anyone ever told him about stabbing the back brake when he was too high up front. I bet he thought that he was going to loop it on this jump and really didn't want to have that happen at speed on wood and pavement, not that dirt would make a difference.

@techs1smh13

Жыл бұрын

He was all about the USA. Harley is made in USA.

@morley3810

Жыл бұрын

@@techs1smh13 Yeah that fits well with the narrative of Evel the American Hero, but it's just not true. He rode Harleys for several years, but he jumped Triumphs, Nortons, even a Honda. Ironically Harley turfed his sponsorship in the late 70's. However, all of the bikes he chose were basically crap for his intended purpose. He was known as a motorcycle jumper, but mostly he was a motorcycle crasher that just didn't have the sense to either quit or actually figure out the right way to jump a motorcycle.

@paulmilwee9940

Жыл бұрын

He grew up around Billings Montana running from the cops on a Harley... it's what was available at the time. And they were heavy. Evil was amazing

@sidefx996

Жыл бұрын

And how many people are doing those jumps on a Harley? Yeah that’s what I thought…

The one and only.

I'd like to see nitro circus jump a few old ass Harleys....see how they come out.

@main199

3 жыл бұрын

Travis Pastrana jumped a big Indian twin. I'm sure it had better suspension than this old XR 750.

The hand-crank Evel bike was probably the best toy ever.

@scottindestin4292

Жыл бұрын

Had one.

@motofunk1

8 ай бұрын

Still have one

Amazing. Ludicrous. Mad. It's hard to think of words that describe someone jumping that far on such a heavy bike with the primitive tyres, suspension and brakes of the day. Remarkable.

@scottindestin4292

Жыл бұрын

Just Evil.

What's more amazing is that his Harley didn't come apart mid air. 10 feet of gravel on my 69 model would have totaled it.

What a legend!

Those were the days .. fearless and happy times 😭

@efilrekib4446

Жыл бұрын

Some more recent fearless... kzread.info/dash/bejne/hop3yMmzZqjRo7g.html

1961 here I saw all his jumps on television with my dad and brother.

The legend in my neighborhood was my brother Joey jumped 13 trash cans (back then they were hard aluminium) and on a DIY modified schwinn bicycle! I was there, summer of 73'! And yes me and my little brother had the Evil K. original toy that would launch across the room but man, Joey did that!

@kepler240

Жыл бұрын

Joey. Man, myth, legend

@motofunk1

8 ай бұрын

Damn 13 cans. We would see 8-9 on occasion, but 13… Those metal cans were not kind when landing short.

@jimhazel1544

8 ай бұрын

@@motofunk1 I think some were plastic and might have been smaller or not as wide as the ones the city issued.

I had most of his toys. The motorcycle, the chopper, the rocket cycle, the motor home, all so much fun to play with. I even had the Evel Knievel bicycle with the plastic gas tank and stuff. I think I tore it up jumping ramps in the street. A piece of plywood on top of some bricks. No helmet or anything. The 70's were fun times though. :)

You were the one Evel! You are the man!

I was GLUED to the TV. watching this.. 1975..😮😂❤

Successful for evil usually meant not dying that day lol legend 🙌

@johnkurtz7705

Жыл бұрын

I giggled when I saw the successful part. What a tough guy

Can't tell you how many times I ate handbars and dirt trying to jump by bicycle like i was Evil Kinevel. We never chickened out regardless of how stupid the challenge was. Nothing like a handbar to the gut to prove to your friends that you had huevos.

In the 70's Evil Knievel was about as big of an American icon/hero as it gets. Doubt anyone in today's self absorbed world would understand it but he meant a lot to kids and if you had a bicycle you built a ramp because you emulated Evil. My whole neighborhood did!

He invented the sport. His jumps captured the imagination of young and old. It took a lot of guts.

Let's not forget he did that with barely any shocks. The guys doing that today are doing it on dirt bikes with hella shocks. There's a big difference

I loved the wind up bike toy.. made jumps out of anything and everything..childhood days when we used our imaginations instead of staring into internet screens for hours on end

the dude have balls, no jumping skills or a good suspension only balls, respect.

Funny how a Knievel jump on that Harley is still more impressive than back flips on a modern bike.

The fact he did these jumps by the seat of his pants is amazing in and of itself.