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  • good observation krahpula. I think the jumps would be more spectacular if shown in actual speed of the jump. I sometimes wondered what the Ceasars Palace jump would look like in actual speed.

  • Link's got more balls than you Evel Knievel

  • i remember that when i first heard his name i thought it was spelled evil cannibal

  • hey hey look in youtube for smosh and look his new video of zelda he says that he has more ball than evil knievel

  • I agree this was a beautiful jump for him. I went to his '76 Seattle jump and even as an 11 y/o I always thought he was often front end low. I'm glad my son had a chance to meet him before he passed. You could really tell he didn't give much of a crap for us older dudes but did noticably like the kids. I think he cared about them alot. RIP

  • Holy shit maybe even half a foot off and he would have missed.

  • 406 club

  • I JUST SEEN A MAN FLY !!! xD

  • The daddy of all things crazy

  • reading his new book, which is great, the Lee monvale one, its very well written.

  • Evel Knievel: Welcome to my world..The world of Radical Bull

  • This jump took place on March 29, 1974. The XR-750 Harley-Davidson Evel used weighed 290 lbs with 90 horsepower, not much heavier than dirt bikes of the same era (A 1976 Suzuki RM-370 weighed 225 lbs with 42 horsepower) . It was not a custom bike, it was a factory built flat-track racer. The only advantage a dirtbike would have had was more suspension travel, giving you a better chance of not being "bucked" off on landing. The XR may have been heavier, but slow, it wasn't.

  • maybe not greater, but higher and faster; his wipeouts also helped identify him; also, his American identity. He was Captain America for me growing up in the heartland!

  • This man was my GOD about 1976 when I was in the eighth grade. We had Alice Cooper, KISS, and Evel.....that was it. No internet. TV sucked, radio sucked. but I did eat my first "microdot", lol......

  • Who else these days jumps heavy bikes and has the coolest looking jumpsuit in the history of motorcycle jumps? Nobody!!! But the legend Evel Knievel

  • Evel can evil

  • For all you Evel fans out there there's a biography of him coming out in May written by Leigh Montville. I'm reading an advanced copy now and it fucking rocks! Evel had balls of titanium!

    EVEL by Leigh Montville. Pick it up!

  • The Original Bad Ass

  • dammit why does every evel jump have to be in slow-mo?!?

  • Sick !!

  • if that was me i would shit my pants in mid air

  • Canadian international exposition?? lol, i think he meant Canadian National Exibition. its all good Evel

  • He was EVEL Knievel, and you were..............?

  • travis pastrana could do this blindfolded

  • @SummerTheFuzzy not only could he do it blindfolded,he cna also do it jerking off while blindfolded......evil knievel was a fucking asshole......

  • @SummerTheFuzzy I'd say your right, but send Travis back to 1960 he would've become Evel Knievel..

    I grew up watching him jump, and EK was effin awsome.......Long live EK......

  • He's dead now lol

  • hanging on ands dearm life come to mind hahahah

  • What do you think happens after we die?

  • @sluggo06 People like you finally shut the fuck up.

  • But Sep. the 8th didn't land on a Sunday in 1973. It landed on a Sunday in 1974. So the descrepancy/mystery still stands.

  • What do you think happens we die?

  • There is a discrepancy in this video. Maybe I'm missing something here. The date of the video is 3/31/73. The snake river canyon jump was 9/8/74. The interim between the aforementioned dates is approximately a year and half. Evel states in the after-jump interview, after listing a few scheduled jumps, "then we're going to the canyon, Sunday Septempber the 8th and I will see you there." Why is he speaking as if the jump is only weeks away? Somebody please supply the missing link here. lol

  • @kenwayne96 He was referring to the Grand canyon, which he was never allowed to jump.

  • That is one the sickest thing I`ve ever seen

  • @schingalingablinga - Why do you think it's sick Bro.?

  • @kenwayne96 I think it´s a long jump lol. Maybe I was exaggerating a little bit ^^

  • how did he died?

  • excellent.

  • Beautiful!

  • HAPPY EVEL KNIEVEL DAYS EVERYONE ...wHAT A NIGHT THAT WAS !!! 1974 !

  • epic win

  • anyone can jump a motorcycle the trouble arises when you try to land 

  • He broke his wrist or hand on the landing.

  • Evel jumped with Harley Davidson XR 750s..An fuck you to the guy that said he was a pussy..Evel was anything but a pussy..All jumpers today are pussies compared to Evel

  • He rode Triumph, not Harley.

  • what does that make you?

  • @Hoboscouts could you be more disrespectful

  • @Hoboscouts Check out Hoboscouts "favorites" list, and you will see that he features EXCLUSIVELY MALES. He'll be dead in a few years anyway, from all the butt-pounding that he receives!

  • @Hoboscouts

    this guy had more balls than you'll have in 5 lifetimes.

    big, brass, heavy-ass harley balls.

  • This jump in Portland was one the most perfectly executed jumps of his career.....beautiful!

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  • HE'S THE STORY! HE'S UNIQUE!

  • Are You gay

    Evel rocks...

    and shouldn´t be glad that he is dead!

    faggot

  • Evel sucks, he was boring to watch. I'm glad he's dead.

  • He was way more exciting than jumpers now because no one thought it could be done. Now it's like a circus, you just expect everything to go as planed and you have no Idea who the riders are. He was the king.

    If you like motor cycles and jumping you like Evel. If you like rock and roll you like Elvis. Otherwise you have a chip missing and can't be trusted.

  • That makes sense. You're smarter than ya look! haha just kiddin

  • Haaaaa Good 1. That guy kills me.

  • I like rock and roll but hate Elvis. My chip is fine, thank you. Elvis was a racist pig and a fad that somehow became legendary long after his death. White trash.

  • He's no more racist than any other rocker. You could argue that all Rock n Roll is racist. Elvis broke down racial barriers, made "colored" music acceptable to "white folks"

    Elvis invented Rock n Roll with borrowed ingredients, but it's his recipe that made it what it is. The fact u call him a fad proves u can't be trusted because you have no idea what you are looking at when u see him. Nothing less than the beginning and end of Rock n Roll itself. The only honest rock after Elvis is Sexpistols

  • Elvis was quoted saying something to the effect that the only thing black people were good for was shining his shoes. That speaks volumes. Oh yeah, your comment about not trusting me made me laugh out loud. See, I've been a musician over 35 years now. I think I know rock and roll pretty well. Nice try though.

  • Then you know Elvis invented it. Racism is beside the point. EVERYone in the 50's was racist. Most people still are, if thats your criteria, then you wont have much to listen to. Chuck berry was a peeping tom and probably a pedo as well, but he still rocked great music. So who is your top pick for Rock? I assume it's not Lynyrd Skynyrd.

  • Elvis invented rock? Oh please, don't make me laugh. Elvis borrowed from all different styles of music and made his own thing with it, but it was hardly the birth of rock music. I'm a musician, so I like bands with great musicianship. Rush pops to mind, as they are all excellent musicians that have never sold out once and are still making albums over 30 years in the business. There are many others I am influenced by.

  • There's no accounting for taste, but John Lennon wasn't kidding when he said "Before Elvis there was nothing", there wasn't. All the flash, glamour and excitement that is Rock n Roll started with Elvis. It's why he's called the King. No one can compare to what he did. Who could?

    Prog rock is a little different, it is barely rock n roll. It's like Rock n Roll minus sex appeal, which really isn't rock then. There are some prog. crossovers like rush, Steely dan, pink floyd,

  • Well, if anything, Elvis brought music into the realm of fad. Everybody has a gimmick today. But that doesn't make him the inventor of rock. It might make him the inventor of fad rock. Prog rock is every bit rock and roll as anything else. It's smart rock, instead of babes and "I love you" lyrics. Again, you seem to hang on the fad side of it.

  • Rush pops to mind .That they Suck ! The guy that sings blows! & His voice is the worst in all of muisic. Never mind the pain it causes to look at the pr*ck. I have a pal that likes them too> ok..

    But they are a major influence to U ? Wow. Real musicians ok but put them all together and Yikes. Good thing thier shows don't sale out-so you can always sit up front. Tom Sawyer ? Go read the book. Is that racist to ? Ooops. Broaden your Ears with something else > Elvis was the first ROCK STAR =KING

  • @WhiteBoy41

    Spoken like true white trash. Rush is beyond your simple mind to comprehend, which is why you say they suck. Get smart, listen to quality music instead of white trash like Elvis. I suppose you think he's better than The Beatles too? LOL

  • I think whiteboy41 in not white trash,BUT YOU HAVE ISSUES,MAYBEE YOU SHOULD COME OUT OF CLOSET!!!

  • @billgeorgaklis

    Wow, what an original insult. Learn English before you post on a message board.

  • @Michael55443 Simple Minds> Do you like them too. ?

    Now > thats a joke !-relax no one likes them,

    Have a Merry Christmas. Crank your Rush and drink. Getty !!!!!! ?

  • evil also jumped wit cr 500s too nothin compared to madison or seth enslo

  • we all will miss the greatest dare devil i know its odd but i named a rooster after him cause the rooster kept jumping from high places like my shoulder and the rooster was less then two months old that is why i did that i miss them both

  • R.I.P EVEL KNIEVEL

  • its funny watching all these old knievel videos when now dudes are jumping football fields end to end....

  • give evil knievel the bikes they use today to jump and he would try and jump 3 football fields, the bikes he used to jump where old harleys i believe

  • but evel knievel jumps with old heavy harleys

  • yeah true, id like to see robbie madison try to jump a football field on a harley...

  • @dbag907 nobody can compare to evel. EVER!!

  • No one can compare to your mother in the bedroom....

  • haha pussies always go to the mother jokes.

    oh well i dont go to that lvl

  • I was there, me and my brother went when i was like in 4th grade. i remember a rock band called high voltage played before the jump.

  • just made it

  • meh

  • I will never forget that NIGHT !! 1974 , First time meeting evel !!

  • Harleys SUCK! Look, he landed that jump almost perfectly and his crappy bike almost came apart anyway.

    The bravest thing that this man EVER did was pull his Harley out of the garage!

    Oh, and Harleys smell bad too.

  • Truly balls of steel!

  • E K is the king

    xboy

  • Bikes were alot heavier back then.

  • knew this man most my life tuff as nails R.I.P.

  • must of shat it hof wae throo lyk!

  • the man has balls

  • he was the best. He was one crzy baster. When he said he did not think he was going to make it he was not lieing

  • Wow - we love you EK!

  • Toughest & bravest man that ever lived.Harleys all the way! #1 forever in my heart.

    R.I.P. my childhood hero.

  • portland, or ftw

  • I live in portland. ^.^

  • he could have been an even greater stunt jumper, but due to his insistance on using american heavy harly customs. the speed was too low and the weight too high. a stripped down lighter bike and he would have performed the stunts and landed safely

  • @wriggly40 Honda, Norton, Triumph and Laverda. He went through all these before he used a Harley. In any case, the Harley XR750 that he used was (and is) one of the winning-est race bikes of all time.

  • @ardvarkkkkk That's true but only because the AMA rules were so slanted towards Harley that nobody else even bothered to show up. The Harley XR750 was an antiquated design when it was conceived and remained that way until Harley discontinued it.

  • @tonypybus They no longer sell the whole bike, just the engine. The AMA now requires the XR 750 engine to run with intake restrictors to even the playing field so others can be competitive. 60 years and its still winning.

  • @wriggly40 thats what he did "super bike" and "super bike 2" they were about 100-250 pound bikes,with really good speed

  • what bikes did he usualy ride?

  • Wasnt it some kind of a harley customized?

  • He used a lot of different bikes but after the Cesars Palace jump he only used Harley XR 750's. Which are basically racing bikes for flattrack.

  • He was pretty bad? always crashing lol poor sod I saw a docu with him and Hammond god he was a miserable git too!

  • Dont know why you had thumbs down,on that doc with hammond he was a arrogant twat.."hey everyone look at me"..he was only famous for being crazy and falling off his bike all time!!!

  • Propably the only jump Evel ever landed cleanly roflmao

    He usually fucked up, if not during the jump then during the landing

  • What is the song that follows immediatley after this clip!!!? :( it's the song after in "evil knievils spectacular jumps" anyone know it?

  • Easy.

  • imagine what he could have done on a light modern trial bike or something.

    he didn't exactly have a light bike

  • bearley

  • The man had Brass Balls. My hero.

  • He certainly did have brass balls. He was the man. He was the Elvis of daredevils. He was the king of what he did. Evel was every kid's hero at that time, including mine. -Mike (born 1970)

  • I was 5 years old when Evil was "HOT"  he still is to me RIP Evil. Many will jump farther but none with as much class as Evil did it!

  • hey nesnman not everyone is perfct,,,opps i misspelled,,,*perfect*,sorry im not either,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,PEaCE­!

  • Yeah i agree nesnman is the only GOON here.

  • where can i buy a nesnman butt plug?

  • my hero, every MANS HERO

  • He made well over 300 jumps!and landed the Majority of them... about 95%!

  • its either he has balls of he is a dumb fuck

  • he had balls he was a fucking badass

  • The man had balls. RIP.

  • the x games need to create an award in his name & honer after all he is the father of extreme sports

  • This was quite simply the most perfectly executed jump of his career. It was beautiful. Thanks so much for posting, VJ.

  • get a new life nesman. this one duzent seem to be working for you. you punk.

  • That was SICK!!! I wish I could have been there.

  • The Bikes today are so much lighter ..better suspension... Thet are made for jumping. I agree with the other guy. You try and jump a heavy Harley. Evel was the best. Robby learned from the best. Who in the Knievel family is next?

  • dude that was a 800 pound bike with terrible suspension.how is that funny? you try and jump a old harley

  • he is great i just find it funny that 100 feet was huge then but now we are jumping 320 feet but that was huge back then he was the man

  • no now we are jumping 351ft lol

  • so what ????...... I was there ..COCK SUCKER!!!

  • My hero when I was a kid in seventies. Awesome jump!

  • In 1994, in Sunnyvale, California, during a domestic disturbance call, police found several firearms in Knievel's car. He was convicted and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service for a weapons violation.

  • gee nesman..you just never shut up do you?

  • Criminal records don't lie.

  • knievel = god

  • Evel is the shit.Hells Angels connects or not.Obsolve all that and give the man his spot.

  • In 1994, in Sunnyvale, California, during a domestic disturbance call, police found several firearms in Knievel's car. He was convicted and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service for a weapons violation.

  • dude nesnman no one cares about if you were sad your a piece of shit!

  • Thanks for reading the police report.

  • Yeah, OK, so what?

  • yeah nesman? so what. no one said he was perfect but when he fucked up he dealt with the consequences and didn't make excuses. why don't you get a life you loser/failure. most everyone hates you.

  • Right , Sure he did. He trashed people that he said screwed him but he screwed over plenty of people. He lied about many things including the attack on Sheldon Saltman. Evel and his lawyer had complete editorial control over the book Evel Knievel On Tour but lied about Saltman writing a book without his approval. I don't really care what you think. Everything I post is true.

  • As for you calling me a loser/failure I can only say that I'm not. But Knievel was . He was also a drunk .

  • You're an idiot nesnman. There's always someone like you knocking the pop culture icons. I'm sure EvelKnievel is heartbroken that you don't appreciate him. I had the EvelKnievel toy growing up. Where's the nesnman toy? I bet it was some sort of butt plug.

  • would you shut it you fucktard

  • no it was probably a dildo

  • R.I.P. Evel...thanks for the many memories.

  • he not even dead

  • He died about 2 months ago.

  • he had balls of steel

  • wow

  • Legend!!

  • Legend. RIP.

  • after watching richards hammond interveiw with evel i agree with you, i used to think he was cool but he didnt make many jumps and his attitude was poor and agressive

    in my opinion

  • Hammond was pretty much a snob (IMO) Evel was really sick then and He gave the BBC more than they were worth. Evel always treated me like a true gentelman. and BTW he made over 300 jumps with 97% of them successful

  • He made well over 300 jumps!and landed the Majority of them... about 95%!

  • what a mad bastard!!! he was the definitive stuntman and of what i hear a gentleman too

    R.I.P

  • EVEL KNIEVEL (you were the fukin daddy)R.I.P

  • At that time his bike and the ramps were not even built for these types of jumps but he did it anyway!

  • Evel was my hero from the time I was 13 years old. He was the finest of stunt men. He will be missed, but will not be forgotten. God Bless you Evel.

  • he has been my hero from age 4 i'm 38 now :) lol

  • I was there... awesome.

  • He was great. A true daredevil. RIP

  • Evil, you are the Man ! I use to jump with

    me cousin over mattreses the weekend of Snake River. I was the wheelie king in Gardiner N.Y in the 70's both on a bicycle and road bikes.

    I love you man .Best regards... Billy-Clean

  • Mr. Jump - you were my hero back in 70-ties in socialistic Slovakia when I could see only a handful of pictures of your incredible stunt - and you will stay in my heart like that forever

  • that was my first time seeing Evel jump live and it was perfect .Farewell my friend!

  • Outstanding footage, thank you mdillon.

    5 stars.

  • Evel was one of my first idols. The man knew how to get people excited about his jumps. He pioneered the daredevil business and changed the world of motorcycle entertainment.