R.I.P. Bobby. One of the greatest thrills of my childhood was seeing him jump at the Astrodome, and that getting that rev up motorcycle toy of his for Christmas. What a guy!
Same here. I know you had that Evil Knievel motorcycle as a kid. That shit was the best damn toy for the time.
Even I bow down to Evel Kneivel. I remember watching as a kid, when he jumped 13 double-decker buses at Wembley Stadium in London: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZZB9lnJFPc Fucking shit-hot (and fuck Bob Arum and Snake River Canyon). I got one of these that Christmas:
RIP Evel. :eeeek: Your picture post brought back memories of the one I got for christmas WAY back also. I wonder if this auction will suddenly get pulled. http://cgi.ebay.com/Evel-Knievel-St...goryZ348QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD7VQQcmdZViewItem
Normally when famous people die collectible stuff such as that value surges greatly. Granted that example isn't prestine.
Yeah, but the seller should just let it ride, most serious bids happen in the last minutes and seconds. Plus ebay will charge him fees by cancelling it anyway. If you noticed, when you posted it, the auction was at $28, now a couple of hours later, it's up to $70 plus and still going. Like I said, it's best to let the auction run its course.
Great posts and memories here, folks.:bears: Evel and Muhammad Ali were the two most popular athletes on the planet in the mid 70's. They owned Wide World of Sports ratings, and everyone stopped what they were doing on that weekend when they were on and tuned in to watch them.
Evel had some serious balls to do the crazy stunts he did. Amazing showman! :clap: Didn't his son Robby follow his act?
No, jumps today are pointless with their lighter bikes, engineered ramp angles and calibrated speed. What made Knievel famous was the painful crashes. Nobody wants to see a daredevil land safely all the time. We want comas and broken bones! <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lFG9NLIwjV4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lFG9NLIwjV4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
I watched a special on him tonight on the history channel. He was a prick but at least he was entertaining.
Lets be serious. Evel's bike was a light as could possibly for that time. If he was doing jumps today, he would be using the same light as bikes people use now. And all of those ramps were adjusted perfectly. </P> Evel was a fucking moron.
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Seeing as a cowardly poster would NEVER come to Indiana and back up the usual typist claims, the fat bald midget has room to talk ::
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