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R.I.P. Evel Knievel
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Quite a character, seems like he had a lot of fun along the way.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
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 I remember him in the 70s. Had many of his chopper toys. He was like an idol to me. My real first.
He was human however, and had his demons.
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Yeah me too.
while its young, his body suffered from years of hard living and hard injuries.
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"Do you know who the hell I am?"
RIP Evel.
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When I was a kid, he was it. The coolest guy you could be. Never mind the fact that he set a bad example for us kids.
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Originally Posted by alligator 
When I was a kid, he was it. The coolest guy you could be. Never mind the fact that he set a bad example for us kids.
He was like the fonz. But he could actually ride a motorbike. He recently commented on how kids today with their superlight and nice suspension motorbikes shouldn't need a landing platform. 
You gotta admit, that was a heavy H.D. he was riding. Esp compared to the one his son Robbie used to jump.
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His son is kinda an arse. But, bye bye Evey.
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
His son is kinda an arse. But, bye bye Evey.
Well Evel had his rep too
While Knievel was healing from his latest round of injuries, the book Evel Knievel on Tour was released. Authored by Knievel's promoter for the Snake River Canyon jump, Sheldon Saltman, the book painted a less than perfect picture of Knievel's character and alleged that he abused his wife and kids and that he used drugs. Knievel, with both arms still in casts, flew to California to confront Saltman, a VP at Twentieth Century Fox. Outside the studio commissary, one of Knievel's friends grabbed Shelly and held him, while Knievel attacked him with an aluminum baseball bat, declaring, "I'm going to kill you!" According to a witness to the attack, Knievel struck repeated blows at Saltman's head, with Saltman blocking the blows with his left arm. Saltman's arm and wrist were shattered in several places before he fell to the ground unconscious. It took numerous surgeries and permanent metal plates in his arm to eventually give Saltman back the use of his arm. He had been a left-handed competitive tennis player before the attack. Sheldon Saltman's book was pulled from the shelves by the publisher after Knievel threatened to sue. Saltman later produced documents in both criminal and civil court that proved that, although Knievel claimed to have been insulted by statements in Saltman's book, he and his lawyers had actually been given editorial access to the book and had approved and signed off on every word prior to its publication. On October 14, 1977, Knievel pleaded guilty to battery and was sentenced to three years probation and six months in the county jail, during which he publicly flaunted his brief incarceration for the press as just one more publicity stunt.
He also was known to beat on women, and pretty much turned Robbie into a alcoholic. But like I said. Everyone has their demons.
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I thought he died years ago from a failed jump across the Grand Canyon. Or was that Bruce Lee? 
I had the toy version of Knievel with the bike and that red thing that shot the bike out.
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like swiz said
I listen to The Jim Rome Show on the radio and Evel has been on before and even called up once and awhile. There was an old interview he had when Jim asked him about the Snake River Canyon jump and how evel said it was about a 50/50 chance that he could die. Jim asked him....well then why did you do it?
Evel said "do you know who the hell i am?"
classic
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Last edited by nredman; Dec 1, 2007 at 11:31 AM.
Reason: missed the Swiz comment)
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Every time Rome plays that clip its great.
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Trying to find a clip of it with no avail. (Without actually paying for some "membership fees"
YouTube - Evel Knievel at Caesar's Palace
That had to hurt.
Linda Evans filmed that...
He wanted the TV station to film it and pay him so much but they refused. Told him if he filmed it and it amounted to anything they would buy it off him. They eventually ended up paying TONS more for it than they would have had they just agreed to film it.
300 jumps in all.. 276 successful. The one above had to have hurt.
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Yeah, I remember seeing that. One word ouch.
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I remember seeing this one on tv
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I was a TAD too young to miss his prime. I was born in 73. But I still was around for the after effects. I remember getting some toy of his for Christmas in the 70s. He had to have made a ton of money a lone just on merchandising.
His pinball machine was pimp. 
http://www.tilt.it/pics/flyers/bally...l_1976_f_1.jpg
Back then all popular ANYTHING had a pinball machine. KISS, Evel, Charlies Angles...
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And really.... I don't see how this bike was really all that special. Especially when you could get bikes like a Mongoose when these were out.
But I still thought they where cool.
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He is like Vader man, I swear
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Wow that's a lot of broken bones.
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he was a sick dude. peace out son.
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Sick as in mentally, or sick as in slang?
I am just glad in the end, he got rid of all his ..demons .. so to speak.
That him and his family reconciled. That things were right in the Knievel family before he passed.
Maybe that is what was keeping him alive all these years.
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Montana's most famous. Evel hailed from Butte, and my ex-employers knew him from the old days before he was famous. They had some good stories.
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Famous or not, from what I know of him, he was a cock.
Good riddance, I guess.
Don't mean to start a fight, just stating my opinion... he didn't seem like a good guy.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
300 jumps in all.. 276 successful. The one above had to have hurt.
No big deal. He probably doesn't remember any of it.
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Evel Knievel may have been a womanizing alcoholic, but so what, he was a legend on the motorcycle.
I had this toy of his when I was a kid. Along with my planet of the apes dolls, it was my favorite toy at the time, lol.
 
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Originally Posted by davesimondotcom
Montana's most famous. Evel hailed from Butte, and my ex-employers knew him from the old days before he was famous. They had some good stories.
I'd like to hear some of those stories...
Originally Posted by Cipher13
Famous or not, from what I know of him, he was a cock.
Good riddance, I guess.
Don't mean to start a fight, just stating my opinion... he didn't seem like a good guy.
Someone always has to make an statement like this with any thread of someone's death.
I was waiting for it.
In the end the guy made good. I'd post a link but I don't want to derail the thread.
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edit: nm
and no, I meant "sick" as in dope, rad.
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AH cool. Yes, he was rad. Too bad Fonzie was a generic RIP OFF!!1
Jump the skark alright...
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Originally Posted by Cipher13
Famous or not, from what I know of him, he was a cock.
Good riddance, I guess.
There's no call for that, you make him out to be like Alec Baldwin or Bill Clinton. 
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Originally Posted by davesimondotcom
Montana's most famous. Evel hailed from Butte, and my ex-employers knew him from the old days before he was famous. They had some good stories.
Butte, MT is the biggest sh-thole of a town I have ever seen (or lived in). Alot of poverty, unemployment, kids fighting, adults fighting, super fund site in uptown, corrupt cops... Evel's attitude and demeanor is typical in Butte
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
Bill Clinton.
Please lets not make this political. And Evel did have his jerk moments. But like I said, in the end he made good.
Originally Posted by TheWOAT
Butte, MT is the biggest sh-thole of a town I have ever seen (or lived in). Alot of poverty, unemployment, kids fighting, adults fighting
Sounds like about everywhere I've been to. (And I've been to different countries.)
super fund site in uptown
Whatever that means...
corrupt cops... Evel's attitude and demeanor is typical in Butte
Well even the people of the town said he stuck out. Maybe that attitude was taken soon after he became famous.
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