Seth Enslow breaks world record for longest jump on a Harley

American freestyle legend Seth Enslow has made history by setting a new world record for a long-distance jump on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

The Crusty Demons star broke Bubba Blackwell's record set in Las Vegas 1999 by 18 feet (5.4m) with a jump of 183.7 feet (56m) at Sydney's Barangaroo.

The death-defying stunt was seen as recreating an unforgettable Harley-Davidson benchmark set by Evel Knievel in 1975.

Enslow had to take the jump twice, after the viewing media missed the first jump.

The star was scheduled to make his record jump at 9.30am (AEDT) but he took the jump at 8.45am with only a third of the press there. He broke the record with that jump but was forced to take it again when he realised the press had missed it.

Luckily for him, he lengthened his lead by a further 8.7 feet (2.65m) on his second attempt.

The daredevil has a reputation for trying to break world records. He attempted the overall distance record back in 1999, riding a custom Honda bike.

In that attempt, he overshot his landing ramp and smashed his head against the handlebars of his bike, crushing his eye socket.

He has since made more record breaking attempts as part of the Crusty Demons Night of Records in 2008.

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• Davidson
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• new
• world
• record
• long
• distance
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• breaking
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[MrBricktacular]

The sound when he landed wasn't the sound of ghe bike hitting the landing ramp... It was his balls of steel hitting the bike O.o

[tonypybus]

Until he jumps a stock framed XR750, no.

[VinneSoulTrain]

great balls of fire(and steel)

[VinneSoulTrain]

@Channel58

xr1200 or xr1200x

not sure. modified with offroad tires and new suspension, new fenders

[Channel58]

What model Harley is that? The rear fender looks like something off of a Jap bike and the tires look awfully small for the bike.

[TheJakeLethal]

Best victory speech ever

[caballoalizeero]

my favorite part is at 0:00

[DecaPierce]

what size rear tire?

[channygirl4eva]

seth enslow is a wildman,i loved watching him on the krusty demons of dirt video series.....

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