datzenmike Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Good crowd control. 1 Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Switched his bike halfway through, ate it bad. How do you gauge a jump like that with no speedo or tack? Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 I think there were worse IIRC. It was like he was trying to wreck himself. Link to comment
smoke Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 My take on him, from even back when I was a kid is that he was not really that great of a rider, but just had way more balls than brains. I mean, a lot of those jumps, you could of duct taped a howler monkey on a bike, set it at full throttle, release and have the same outcome, a big crash. There is really no way to compare his riding skill with very many guys today, because you don't see many trying to fly a Harley. Of course, he never really claimed to be a skilled rider I don't think, just a dare devil, so maybe it's apples and oranges. Link to comment
smoke Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Now, Malcolm Smith however...the man was a god on a dirtbike. Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Now, Malcolm Smith however...the man was a god on a dirtbike. Agreed! Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Malcolm was the best of that era. Husquvarna 's. 2 stroke made in Sweden. I think Malcolm got into building bicycles as he grew older The Harley guys never really won much in the 60's 70's, Even though they sponsored everything. It was always Triumph and BSA. However I would ride the shit outta a shovelhead if I had one. Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 There is a full version of this. The original driver backed out in fear of being killed. Some other dude jumped in thinking he could "take it to outer space". I think he broke his back or something. Link to comment
JoeCool Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 I disagree. For dare devils, Evel was the best. A pioneer and legend. If it were not for him, none of the others would have been known. He made the foolishness popular, and drew the big crowds. Hell if you want to get technical, he was REMEMBERED more for his failures. But out of 75 jumps, he only had 13 crashes. And the fact that he did his jumps on a modified racing class Harley Davidson Sportster made him even cooler! Besides sponsorship, I think the choice of bike made him even more popular. You have to remember the 70's were a big "Buy American" time with the fall of Detroit. Link to comment
smoke Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Others as is who would not be known though? Link to comment
JoeCool Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hell, if you want to compare more successful riders, his son Robbie Knievel is way better. Link to comment
smoke Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 I think perhaps it's not clear what I am talking about. Dare devils, such as Robbie or his Father cannot in any way shape or form be put into the same class of a rider as Malcolm Smith. But, as was said, that is an apples to oranges comparison. Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Ya Knieval was a total legend. I don't think he did everything on Harleys though..........? Kenny Roberts is a true american legend as far as racing goes, however he did it all on yamaha's. The Japanese destroyed both the Brits and Americans by the mid 70's as far as machinery. The Americans destroyed everyone as far as riding cuz they were crazy. Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Favorite GP race of all time. Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 There is a full version of this. The original driver backed out in fear of being killed. Some other dude jumped in thinking he could "take it to outer space". I think he broke his back or something. Not exactly. The driver's new sponsor wanted to see if the car would run right and because he was the sponsor he 1/4 mile'd it with absolutely no experience and totaled it almost killing himself. The car was rebuilt and the original driver jumped it. My take was that he was terrified and had delayed it as long as possible but eventually he had to make an attempt. If you notice the chute was deployed before leaving the ramp. It was said it deployed from the rough ride but if it was me I would have pulled it half way up the ramp. Yeah that guy went on to jump a rocket Firebird off a plywood ramp near Peterborough.years later. It was a total cack-up from beginning to end. It was at the end of a local car race or something and he delayed and delayed until it was dark so they had to roller the car in a white paint so it could be seen. The sponsors were pissed off because the decals were covered up. People were leaving. Yeah he jumped the car it, flipped it over backwards and pancaked on the roof. If there was a roll bar inside (doubtful) it was crushed flat and he was probably killed instantly. The ambulance couldn't get in because both lanes out were packed with those leaving. A friend saw it live and I saw it on the local station. It was totally hokey how it was set up and done. Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Ya Knieval was a total legend. I don't think he did everything on Harleys though..........? Kenny Roberts is a true american legend as far as racing goes, however he did it all on yamaha's. The Japanese destroyed both the Brits and Americans by the mid 70's as far as machinery. The Americans destroyed everyone as far as riding cuz they were crazy. Kenny Roberts on the Yamaha tz750 he rode at the indy mile "they don't pay me enough to ride this thing" Then 25 years later not being on a bike at all for a couple of years he gets back on it and rides a few laps around Indy, flat out, he is one of the greatest ever 1 Link to comment
HRH Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 So I was going to put music to a nice drive I took today with the Maxima up to mom and dads. But Corel Video Studio was all pissy about Go Pro mp4 not being accepted. After dicking around for an hour, I'm going to go work on something mechanical I can understand. But I did get to have fun on the freeway with a 2000ish red Mitsushitty eclipse driven by some kid who thought he was cool. We're all clipping along and he just has to get by so goes over two lanes and goes up the right side and then back to the left. Granted there was a slower driver I was behind. So I follow until that guy gets out of the way, then get into the lane next to him and drop it into 4th. It was like passing a tube of lipstick. IN A JET!!! :D Hahahah, just walked all over him. Actually kind of surprised, the Maxima isn't that fast. He was trying, but yeah, nothing. Hehe. Front drive fail! And it made it all that much better because the Maxima looks so ugly. 2 Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Awesome Cronenburg Movie! All about the decline of the American auto racing industry in the 70's. That's motor oil on lady's tits Link to comment
JoeCool Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Speaking of car racing movies... The 1955 original that those awful ricer movies stole from. Luckily the title is the only similarity and not the bad acting, bad story, ridiculously unbelievable stunts, etc. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046969/?ref_=nv_sr_3 1 Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 well boys.... got drunk at the park playing disk, and volley, come home to a taco salad woofed it down now my older dog an GF want nothing to do with me... :confused: :sneaky: :rofl: :crying: :devil: :yawn: 2 Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I volunteered to help set up this weekend for the annual sale. Go to grab the last Silverado for the front line and... Link to comment
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