Evel Knievel and the Caesar's Palace

[aa5413]

Way back when Robbie made the successful jump over the fountains I was in the garage behind the farthest bales to the right just in case he followed in his fathers footsteps. Being a Paramedic in Vegas has its advantages. Fortunately he made a great jump and I had the best seat in the house looking straight down the ramp.

[sethy2004]

2:34 - I wonder what the alternate message was if he had crashed.

[aa5413]

@sethy2004 He would have had one of the best paramedics in Las Vegas on him. That is how i Earned the spot. And my post would have been a lot more graphic.

[Sunupkid]

If EK would've know to tap his rear brake a few times he might've landed ok.

[carlmonico]

DUMB FUCK!!

[woody7141]

Wellls is 400% dick! Moved me ramp! Give me a brake!

[ForeverFreeride]

This is YouTube people, there are plenty of videos of real motorcycle riders on here. WTF are you watching this bitch for? Seth: The Hard Way, faggots!

[ForeverFreeride]

Nice mullet there Wannabe Knievel. Goes good w/your moustache & greater than thou attitude. You stare death in the face every time you do a dead sailor over some little gap 'cuz you know fuck all about jumping bikes. Your crew calculates where to start from & what gear to hit & you go off like a monkey, 'cuz that's what you are, a monkey. You sound so profound, a true hotshot, "these are the last seconds of my life", yeah if you're a hack who has no fucking clue what he's doing, that's true.

[bobosharkey]

Check out Mech-Sci.com!

[Ub3rn00berer]

"Felt the motorcycle lose power". Bullcrap. He made Triumph bikes look bad with that statement. He tried to hot dog it with a wheelie, then lost control but recovered, but not enough to get up to speed. He was an idiot. Not a hero.

[gregpphoto]

@Ub3rn00berer Yeah im sure thats it. Yer retarded.

[blacklabel67k]

Someone moved the ramp? No one would do that, he just fucked up doing something stupid and was embarrassed.

[DrunkCoven1]

Robbie and Honda ...........

[stough77]

Why wouldn't Robbie even try to bring the nose of his bike down?? I know he has skills, but it seemed to me he was toying with disaster..

[TerrySlingerTV]

evel's crash looked like the one from ghost rider

[del690]

Would'nt checking the ramp was still in the right place be a no brainer? Or is it just me?

[ickytips]

his fucking aorta was RIPPED FROM HIS HEART!!! and he fucking SURVIVED!!! how in the fuck?!?!

[icyfranky24]

@ickytips ya i know i swear that guy is the luckiest man evar

[FightingBadger1214]

I still can not get over that impact on his body! Jesus!

The man had balls of still and so did Wells.

Robby is the man! Behind that big shadow of Pops.

God bless those guys and their families.

Badger.

[FightingBadger1214]

How bout them helmets!!!!!!

[M0DEAN]

Did Evel Knievel ever make a jump successfully? It seems like he ended up in a coma after most of his attempts.

[5inthehole]

@M0DEAN Evil made most of his jumps but his crashes were so horrific that they are what's mostly remembered. What's even more surprising is that our parents would let us watch knowing what could happen.. I'll never forget that crash where he crashed through those glass doors...I had nightmare for a week!

[BuffaloBillCody987]

Most people think that these people that do all the jumps that Evel did are better havent thought about it.. Evel was using a Big ol' harley... And the new guy are using the lighter dirtbikes

[SonicSupremeSGT3]

@ChuckieInMT Oops! My bad! Thanks for correcting me! (Laughs, then blushes.)

[ChuckieInMT]

My body aches, when I see Evel's landing, but not as much as when I see Gary Wells get outta shape and slide off just before he pile drives the cement! I think he got sideways off the ramp @ 1:01-1:03 and I'd guess it wasn't the best place for a cross-up. Robbie did a good job shutting it down and clearing those posts, too!!!

[SonicSupremeSGT3]

And I am friends with Robbie, so of course, I am planning to do a performance with Lynard Skynard soon in honor of him, Lynard Skynard and his father! (Laughs.)

[ChuckieInMT]

@SonicSupremeSGT3 I think it's 'Lynyrd Skynyrd'

[kenmackow]

Evel was riding a Triumph. Gary's ramp actually was moved, Robbie would have crashed if his father hadn't insisted he have a safety deck. He fell that short and Enslow and Maddison do not jump like we did. Although they jump higher and farther, their jumps look to easy. There not, but that's what they look like. Ours were thrilling, not boring.

[mghillsburg]

doesn't count, evil was trying it on a Harley, which is soooo much more intense.

[3DPeter]

yeah sure, someone moved his ramp at night. this prooves what a amature this dude is, because you should check everything 5 minutes before you try to break your neck.

[kenmackow]

Gary an amateur? How far have you jumped?

[3DPeter]

@kenmackow Dude, as a young boy i worked 5 years for a traveling stuntshow in the 70's called Bossle Helldrivers in germany , and those men did some stunts for jamesbond movies like the 2 wheel drive with the red mustang, and they had a american guy called Bob Duffy who was a champ in jumping cars in those days, so i know what i'm talking about , because i prepared stuntcars every day, and i did move several ramps back and ffw at 2 shows a day, 6 days a week, so who knows more, you or me?

[kenmackow]

@3DPeter I DO!  kenmackowdotcom

[3DPeter]

@kenmackow

Well, i did checked your site, and now i know that you are a stuntman yourself, so a point and respect for you Btw nice pics. The bikes and costumes look so familiar to me, because we did wear the same "fashion" in those days. Now i stay with my point, because when you leave a ramp over night, you should always check it again before you jump, because there are always idiots who love to see a stuntman crash, and sabotage your equipment, so that's why i call him an amateur.

[JoWo2]

maybe evel broke almost 40 bones, he reached his goal!

[rider7488]

seth enslow and robbie maddison are the real dare devils, not to bag on them but check it out if you dont believe me

[rider7488]

i dont believe he is a good motorcycle rider like his father and other long distance jumpers, my proof is in his dead sailor, any skilled rider would have tapped the brake and leaned over the front to control the gyro effect of the rear wheel causing him to lose the front of the bike before he landed, he held on, all balls no brains, just knicked it and landed by pure luck

[reverendcutterx]

01:03 "Ahh, the landing ramp's moved" : (

[Tomahawk1313]

no guts, no glory,you gotta be yourself !!!!

[ezekielwahwah]

What a dork.

[david510152025303540]

great stuff

[sandy44203]

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[lewandlo]

No brain No pain hahah

[aaronamccoy]

tough motherfucker

[jerseyjamrock]

To me he made the jump he just had a bad landing.

[danielbrown1998]

he didnt get the speed so he hit the safety ramp and was out cold for a month

[JETZcorp]

Robbie should be on a KX500, it's got more power than the Honda. Better yet, he should get himself a Maico 700 MMX, which delivers 82 horsepower, compared with the 65 or so of a CR500, but with a broader and easier-to-control powerband.

[somejackball]

never forget the night Robbie did it... we watched it on what was a beautiful spring night. and was very excited he chose Honda for the jump!

so now he's off to the Snake River Canyon.. if anyone can do it, Robbie can!

[djkaseone]

Damn look at his legs.

[Skazellino]

It was only 3 degrees off, hard to notice.

[Skazellino]

Gary Wells was the best he cleared it so easily and got the most air (besides metzger with his huge ramps) He shoulda made it. I beleive ya Gary the ramp was moved.

[FaceInTheRain]

@Skazellino

I doubt anyone one moved his ramp. He over steered then tried to correct it, causing him to miss the ramp. Had he checked the ramps before the jump he would have noticed it was out of place. Lame excuse. And why were there no hay bales in front of that wall? That could have cut down on the amount of injuries.

[DancingSpiderman]

@FaceInTheRain The concrete wall prevented the unknown wanabee biker from smashing into the building itself. He's glad the wall was there for him to plow into ! BWAAhahaha

[PlastiqueEvel]

I moved Gary Well's ramp with 13 Tonka Trucks in the middle of the night.....nobody even noticed not even Gary.

[timthewelder1]

done on a HONDA #1

[dteg32]

The later ones learned from the older ones. Wow Gary Wells was flying and no padding anywhere if he happen to miss. He had nothing but concrete all around to slam into .

[bigjimsteelrod]

yeah, i always liked ol gary Wells, do you remember Super Joe Einhorn?

[TheSqueakyHeelsKid]

Nose high landing like his father, but he stuck the landing.

[CRAIGMASON1971]

Gary didn't keep the bike straight through the jump and why he missed the landing ramp. If you look you can see he has the steering turned slightly to one side.

[crhood2166]

Yeah, sure, somebody "moved the ramp". Even if that BS was true, if the guy was too much of a dumb shit to check something like that, he deserved what he got.

[Garveergor]

Gary had balls, but it looks like "Then after Knievel failed, a local bell-hop brought his OWN motorcycle and attempted the jump again!"

[kombatzero]

moved the ramp - what arsehole did that?

[cassiusitsover]

Gary Wells is an idot

he jsut says that because he failed in trying to make the master look stupid

[crhood2166]

Moved the ramp? Yeah, right. What a worm.

[skunkface24]

@crhood2166 Like he didn't check it beforehand. Wells was always an overbearing [expletive]; he'd badmouth Knievel as if Evel had never accomplished anything. I was sadistically satisfied when Wells almost bit the wong that day.

[TigerSets72]

shit, that was intense!! I love what the reporter says when Gary crashed "My god he's not even moving" however the guy said it was hilarious! You figure they would have checked the ramps before doing the stunt.

[Jhensy2001]

Gary Wells is fucking FLYING when he hits that jump.

[abacabacaba]

well yay for him-i say its not worth it

[jackdoldseven]

You have to give Evel credit. Look at his bike compared to Robbie's XD.

[bananaTMCOP]

lol niceee jump :)

[blueslady77]

no respect! he was BORN into this family. so he would NEVER be doing it unless. copycat.

[RodThaBod]

I think I would have checked the ramp before I jumped. Also , compare the jump of Robbie and Gary , a lot more safety support there for Robbie as far as hay and padding.

[bloodgutsnglory]

Yeah, because with all that hay and stuff there's absolutely no way he could possibly get hurt. (sarcasm)

[betweenhalifax]

viva la mullet !!

[crazylacy1]

Robbie is one bad dude. He Rocks!

[crhood2166]

What a wuss....he claims someone moved the ramp?!? That's not something he thought was important enough to check before doing the jump? MAJOR BS there!

[CRAIGMASON1971]

theirs no thrill in today's jumps tbh. The bikes are so advanced that it's not so much of a challenge like back in the days when Evel jumped.

[stapler199]

pretty sure that mike metzger backflipped that

[twilightdimension]

I hope robbie makes his next big jump coming up summer 2009, I got a bad feeling on it

[dmanschaumbizzie]

wow check the landing ramp before you fucking jump your shit.

[blanksk8ter409]

ROBBIE KANTEVEL's most recent videos are on my favorites list, A NEW WORLD RECORD!!!!!

[minxlabrada]

Robbie has 16 inches on travel on his suspension! Most of Evel's wipeouts are because the suspension compressed and rebounded the bike into the air.

Too bad he didn't figure that out and modify his own swing arms back in the day.

Glad his son is WAY smarter.

Evel is an awesome American Icon though! Cool Jump Suit!

And the Evel Kneival toy! That was the best toughest toy ever!

[pajasa62]

There was nothing, NOTHING like watching an Evel Knievel jump on Wide World of Sports.

I still remember the knot in my stomach for his King's Island jump in 1975 of 14 buses, this, AFTER crashing trying 13 buses in England.

[WhiteHatBobby]

The technology of motocross bikes was different from 1967 until 1989. By the mid-1970's, technology as Supercross became the top MX brand in the States.

[drewboy2]

Gary Wells was an underrated jumper. Yes he missed badly at caesar's and his claim of sabotage is a reach. He missed it becuz he didn't take a straight line and hit his TO ramp at an angle. What shocks me is the lack of padding in Wells' landing area. Not a foam pad to be found????? Ah yes, the cockiness of Wells , right down tio his red tuxedo. LONG LIVE GARY WELLS!

[magidork]

can you post the rest of this show? thanks :)

[Thebibs]

The Mullet and Mustache were the winners on the day

[rochedoxxx]

the second one...someone moved the ramp during the night?bastards...

[oaken444]

why the hell do they show the crash in slo mo?

[briancox43]

Evil did in on a 1967 Triump motorcycle; not a Harley silly rabbit !

[dylanguitarplayer]

shut up who cares

[runningchance]

Dang Robbie, use a Harley Sportster like your old man did and stop being a sissy! Any retard can make the jump with a custom made Supercross Bike, but jumping with a Cruiser is so much cooler.

[briancox43]

Evil make the jump on a 1977 Triump street bike, not a Harley my friend.

[realcountry44]

Didn't wells claim the Knievel family moved his ramp so Robbie could be the first to make it?

[WSBT960]

Uh yeah, Wells clearly veers to his right, causing the miss of the ramp.

[WSBT960]

The only one yes, till Mike Metzeger went over it (upside down) no less

[silverfang8215]

/:]Evel Knievel, May you rest in peace. Evel Knievel and Gary Wells deserve the credit for having attempted the fountains of Caesar's Palace, despite having severely wounded the both of them, the courage to attempt the jumps and the strength to survive the jumps are very commendable. The courage alone is commendable, one other attempted the jump and that one claimed his life.

[brade4669]

I don't get it, they say that Gary Wells survive, with a broken back and other things, and then they said that Ceasar's Palace claimed another life...

[adammarcusmoore]

Well he wasn't going to do a whole bunch of anything after a broken back... etc etc. I guess... poorly written?

[bmnmtfk]

he says "antoher rival"