Did I hear Evel right?
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MikeT
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Well, just shoot me! Take away all my mojo.......... Wait, that's already gone.. :) Anyway, I'm not doing 120foot jumps and I know I never will. I enjoy all the buildup and think he's a pretty good guy. His thing is jumping and spectacle... he does it well. I know he isn't the only one who can do it, and he also hasn't done it the farthest. I just don't think he is a total joke. If what he was doing was so easy we wouldn't have a Injury recovery forum. Let's not totally slam the guy.
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Last year at the IRL race at Texas Motor Speedway I saw Robbie do a jump just before the start of the race. With the man made ramps it looked real easy and he had plenty of track to get up to speed. They said the jump was 200’ and I guess I was a little impressed just by the shear speed at witch he was going when he hit the ramp, although it didn't look like it required much skill. Some of the IRL drivers and teams were on the pit lane watching but I didn't see Jeff Ward anywhere.
I couldn’t help thinking that Ward could have easily made that jump.
I couldn’t help thinking that Ward could have easily made that jump.
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Pain only keeps you from doing what you LET it keep you from doing. I have a semi-permanent hairline fracture in my hip joint at age 24... I still ride dirt, play hockey, horseback ride... etc. Does it hurt? Yep, every day... do I let it bother me? Nope. I do have somewhat of a high tolerance for pain so that may play into it, too. :confused: To support what Okie said... AGE has nothing to do with it. You keep going until you can go no more. If you quit when the 'pain' kicks in, then you're well on your way to losing the battle we call life. (Wow, that's almost poetic. I should write that down.)
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Robbie may have the ramps, the bikes etc, but he also has the balls, 200 ft jumps are no joke.
Know of anyone else who has made the las vegas fountains or grand canyon jump - not me. ?!
One thing different between Dad and son, some jumps Evel knew he would not make, but did the jump regardless, don't think Robbie would try a jump he knew he wouldn't make.
Check out this link, it is a hoot - see the mathematics of it all - the building to building jump :) http://feynman.physics.lsa.umich.edu/~myers/140/notes/Knievel2.html
Know of anyone else who has made the las vegas fountains or grand canyon jump - not me. ?!
One thing different between Dad and son, some jumps Evel knew he would not make, but did the jump regardless, don't think Robbie would try a jump he knew he wouldn't make.
Check out this link, it is a hoot - see the mathematics of it all - the building to building jump :) http://feynman.physics.lsa.umich.edu/~myers/140/notes/Knievel2.html
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- Dec 26, 1999
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Line up the big money Crapton Robbie pulled in from all the sponsers of that "Grand Canyon tributary" jump which I would guess was pretty easily $500,000 and give me a call. I can hold it WFO, overshoot the landing ramp, crash into a pile of hay with the best of them! You know if you just make it across your going to live and maybe have a few broke bones so what did he prove? He crashed because he waaaaaay overshot the landing, can't blame him there. Heck I'd fight Mike Tyson for say $750,000! Big deal, get the tar beat out of ya' then count your coin. :)
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Pat, we will have the Z50, the shark tank, and a bunch o moola for your DW02 jump-o-death ;) :)
firecracker22
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Doesn't Evel owe tons of back taxes and stuff? I think I read that somewhere. Maybe he's doing this to get them all paid off or something.
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Sure, Robbie may be no Seth, Pastrana and all those other guys. But how many on this board can say TV crews line up and air a jump you are going to do? And then get a little money for it afterwards? Anyone. Sure he may be a joke. But I bet anyone on this site would trade jobs with him any day :p
Dirtyd, like I said before, age has everything to do with it. Just like you said, you are only 24. What do you think it will feel like at 64? And Evel has had just a few more breaks and alot worse done to him. No offense to your injury, crap like that sucks. But like I said, age is everything. You can't tell me you've never yelled at a blue hair driving 20 in a 55. Because they don't have the reaction like they use to ;)
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What IS his job? Pretty much everything I've seen him do could be accomplished with a badly dressed store mannequin set on a MX bike with a stuck throttle. Come to think of it didn't Mattel have an EK Stunt Cycle that worked like that? :think: I believe Gomer has come pretty close to RK's stature, he did wear a pink tutu & flowered hat while riding monster wheelies on a bike with no seat.
MikeT
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Bla Bla Bla. Patman we love ya but you aren't doing any 220 foot jumps anytime soon and neither am I, or anyone else for that matter that we know. Robbie might dress funny to you, but he still does the jumps and people love to see him do it. Yes, I will watch his next jump whenever it is on TV.
Now if YOU get on TV to jump something, I'll rally everyone I know and we'll all watch it. Admit it, you have watched Robbie every time he has been on TV. Confess! Confess!! :) :) :)
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I got to see Evel jump back in 1976 I don`t need to see him jump again. Robbie`s problem is that everything he does will be compaired to his father. The other thing is that most all the guys doing freestyle and the extreme jumping are about half Robbies age(early 40`s). I think alot of it is he`s seen physical pain his dad went through and is smart enough to want to keep his amount of life long pain down to a minimum. I wouldn`t want to live with as much pain as Evel has if I didn`t have to.
Steve
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As a fellow Montana resident with our man Evil, I can't help but think he's hoping to die in the process. He's frail, weak, and in debt (millions). I saw him using a walker in some TV footage one time, I nearly cried. That's NOT how you see your heros.
Now, that said, I grew up with Evil as my hero like a lot of you. I hope he takes it seriously, and trains a bit and makes it worth his time financially. I don't want to see him go out in a blaze of glory. I'd rather think of my childhood hero as comfortably getting old with his family and playing with his grandkids.
A friend of mine was racing MX in Butte and Evil showed up to watch an afternoon of racin. He got his helmet autographed by Evil... How cool is that? :thumb:
Now, that said, I grew up with Evil as my hero like a lot of you. I hope he takes it seriously, and trains a bit and makes it worth his time financially. I don't want to see him go out in a blaze of glory. I'd rather think of my childhood hero as comfortably getting old with his family and playing with his grandkids.
A friend of mine was racing MX in Butte and Evil showed up to watch an afternoon of racin. He got his helmet autographed by Evil... How cool is that? :thumb:
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