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Cody, I like the last lines of Tony's article:



With slight modification, it might come in handy next time some guy who's never ridden a motorcycle asks if he can try my H2. (I've really had that happen)

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I agree with Cody, Evil was a showman. and people do got to see crashes, which he did in spades. The Sake canyon fiasco was it for me with Evil. Major fail.

There was a motorcycle jumper in my hometown that made it "semi-big" and won a ABC jump off in the 70's. I won't even mention his name as he was one of the biggest asses I had ever met. He could ride though, even jumped over a helicopter.

Time moves on, Evils jumps are kids play now.

Now this is a JUMP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33YSVSrRVo

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Agreed! Balls of steel to make that jump down!
But, it would have been much cooler on a Harley

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Greg

ABC's Wide World of Sports would always show Evel's big jumps on a Saturday afternoon. Days gone by..... He was quite the showman and did accomplish alot when suspension technology hadn't progressed as it did later.

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1984 Yamaha RZ350 (KRR- Yellow/Black).

“Jeff and Chris are THE MEN!”
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54 Jay. When I saw "On any Sunday", my motorcycle heros were Mert, and Malcolm. Then Kenny, Eddie, Freddie and a few others. They were motorcycle riders, and I watched them to see them race. Not really interested in some guy on a Harley crash his brains out for the umteenth time..............

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

Can anyone explain why evil would need someone to do stunts for him cause I didn't know that daredevils needed to stop in the middle of a jump and get there stunt double out.

In the 70's when I was a kid Evel was the man I watched all his jumps most kids in my neighborhood did, Evil was cool, then he came out with that stupid movie man that was weak , he should have just done jumps and stunts and talked less, the man had talent on two wheels thats for sure..

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1972 Yamaha R5
1974 Yamaha RD350

Evel jumps seem pretty tame by today's standards, even given the technology advances. That said though, this generation of daredevils (Travis Pastranan et al) look upon him as a hero and inspiration. That counts for something in my book.

Back in the day I wasn't a huge fan nor a detractor, just an average fan of watching crazy stuff. His skills didn't seem that impressive but his balls were. Then when he did that Snake River "jump" he really lost credibility with me. It looked to me like there was never any intention of actually clearing the canyon, just shoot in the air and pop the parachute.

Still, in retrospect I appreciate his contribution to moto history.

Jim, I just read a little about that. Apparently he actually got over to the far side, but because the chute deployed too soon, the strong headwind blew him back into the canyon. He landed on the near side of the water, and the article said it's lucky he didn't go in, because his harness jammed and he probably would have drowned.

But you're right, that stunt was a fiasco from the start.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

The power of Google is much greater than my flimsy memory, so thanks for the look up. I do now recall the "he could have drowned" part.