i know i spelled it wrong:doh
did you see the program about him on the history channel.
he is a huge asssss. but what a life. i wish i had that XR750 he has.
i found the show interesting.

i know i spelled it wrong:doh
did you see the program about him on the history channel.
he is a huge asssss. but what a life. i wish i had that XR750 he has.
i found the show interesting.


I will edit your posting for you because I respect Evil very much. here is the link and the correct spelling.
http://www.evelknievel.com/
Jim:tour

I respect Evil a lot myself having watched as a wide-eyed kid every time he was on TV even had the “Wheelie Bike”
I think on the documentaries he is portrayed as an ass by modern standers but I always took it as part of his showmanship, he was the best self promoter of his time.

I will edit your posting for you because I respect Evil very much. here is the link and the correct spelling.
http://www.evelknievel.com/
Jim:tour

One problem, you spell it wrong too.:rolleyes:

One problem, you spell it wrong too.:rolleyes:

try this!

http://www.evelknievel.com/
:tour

If the spelling police are out I'm gonna be in trouble.

lol, I am nto hte splling piloce i wes j0cking arund. i be teh lats parsen to kare aboot spilling.

He might be an ass, but he was a pioneer....

You can't take his balls or his accomplishments away from him...

I'm sure if I'd done what he'd done, I'd be an ass, too...

(Hell, I'm an ass NOW, and I didn't do SHEAT!)

If the spelling police are out I'm gonna be in trouble.

The spelling cops are out?/ WTF?? I know there are many ways of spelling his name and yahoo says its http://www.evelknievel.com/

For all my internet buddies? try this? I did and this is what I got?
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=evil+knievel&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-msgr&ei=UTF-8&SpellState=n-2800309412_q-sYQSXU1jfsY89MJPnk75uQABAA%40%40
I don't spell worth a darn:roflblack :roflblack
Jim:tour

Jim- i thought you had edited the title, i was just joking about that, but after re-reading your post i see that maybe you didn't get to editing it yet.

http://burfordbrothers.net/crazymotorcycle.jpg

i think this pic makes him look fat. :roflblack

http://burfordbrothers.net/crazymotorcycle.jpg

i think this pic makes him look fat. :roflblack
This IS not EVEL:roflblack :roflblack

he has a huge EGO but he is a very brave person. he stands for good things.

he has a huge EGO but he is a very brave person. he stands for good things.
greanmeany, we are the same age and we know what we grew up on, and I looked up to Evel,.
Jim:tour

greanmeany, we are the same age and we know what we grew up on, and I looked up to Evel,.
Jim:tour
I know I'm just a kid compared to you two but I think I watched all of his jumps on Wide World of Sports too.:roflblack

This IS not EVEL:roflblack :roflblack

thats not EVEL thats EVIL!

i grew up in that leav it to beaver world . i liked it that way.

Opie Taylor and Andy Griffin here, same world, the world of reality and good ole days
Jim:tour

Back then he was the Jordan of his day. No one was bigger, he is one of the few mega stars that can be called by their first name and everybody knows who you are talking about. I owe a lot to him ( alot of boken bones an stitches trying to be like him) he is the reason I rode wheelies and jumped jumps when I was young I should have payed more attention to the missed landings. But boy did I want to be Evel, just like the kids in that like Mike commercial

Back then he was the Jordan of his day. No one was bigger, he is one of the few mega stars that can be called by their first name and everybody knows who you are talking about. I owe a lot to him ( alot of boken bones an stitches trying to be like him) he is the reason I rode wheelies and jumped jumps when I was young I should have payed more attention to the missed landings. But boy did I want to be Evel, just like the kids in that like Mike commercial

One of the reasons for everyone being able to know who he is by is first name is that its not exactly a common name, how many people have you met named Evel, right now i'm at 0 and know of 1. not trying to take away from his fame or anything, but if all stars had such unique names it would be easy to identify them by their first name.

Edit-and ive seen interviews with him and he seems like a real dick... making comments like "If i had the kind of bikes these kids have, i woulda been able to do ten times what they can" which just seems like an incredible amount of disrespect for those who do now what he did when he was young.

One of the reasons for everyone being able to know who he is by is first name is that its not exactly a common name, how many people have you met named Evel, right now i'm at 0 and know of 1. not trying to take away from his fame or anything, but if all stars had such unique names it would be easy to identify them by their first name.
If you would have been around when he was in his prime you would understand.

I understand, but if someone referred to Tiger you automattically think tiger woods right? but say if someone said Michael you dont instantly think Michael jordan, because of how common the name is.

If you would have been around when he was in his prime you would understand.

AMEN....Pups gotta wonder at the man who did it alll...WANNABEES have no room In the place of Legends...

One of the reasons for everyone being able to know who he is by is first name is that its not exactly a common name, how many people have you met named Evel, right now i'm at 0 and know of 1. not trying to take away from his fame or anything, but if all stars had such unique names it would be easy to identify them by their first name.

Edit-and ive seen interviews with him and he seems like a real dick... making comments like "If i had the kind of bikes these kids have, i woulda been able to do ten times what they can" which just seems like an incredible amount of disrespect for those who do now what he did when he was young.

Boy you are talking threw your a$$ and commenting on things you know nothing about. If you were dry behind your ears you would realize that he is not being a dick, he did his jumps with pretty much the same bike you scoot around on, not the super motocross bikes they have today. Nothing like them existed back then, even the motocross bikes where heavy tanks back then, It has taken guys on the new superbikes to meet and exceed what he accomplished and as far as names go, everybody knew who Knievel was and they weren't thinking about Robbie.

Boy?

Listen old man, i'm sure all of the stunt riders of today have respect for evel, and i just think he owes them the same.

It was Man and Machine back then now days its Machine and Man with the big percent going to the machine . Try jumping with 6" suspension and hope you can still talk like a man after landing. Hats off to Evil he was by far the 1st nutcase on earth.

Boy?

Listen old man, i'm sure all of the stunt riders of today have respect for evel, and i just think he owes them the same.

At 16 boy is right response I have been riding 3 times as long as you are alive and the things I've seen, you will spend the next 30 years of your life trying to catch up.

At 16 boy is right response I have been riding 3 times as long as you are alive and the things I've seen, you will spend the next 30 years of your life trying to catch up.

30 years trying to catch up to what, an old geezer arguing with a 16 year old?

No he's arguing with a 16 yr old that thinks he knows everything.

I never claimed to know everything, i just think that the riders of today deserve at least some respect, would you do what they do?

30 years trying to catch up to what, an old geezer arguing with a 16 year old?

Right On..:smoke :tour

I never claimed to know everything, i just think that the riders of today deserve at least some respect, would you do what they do?

Watts been done?

Ever been to a FMX event? They do some pretty !!!!!ing crazy stuff, and when they go down, they get back up and get back on just as he did, theres no reason why he shouldnt show respect for these people.

I saw him jump a mess of busses at SIR (Seattle Int Raceways) back about 1970-71. They had the ramps set up at the side of the track in the dirt. He did the jump, but came down on the very edge of the landing ramp and hit the rear wheel,bending the hell out of the wheel.He had to fight to hang on and hold the bike up. He then announced he was not happy with the jump, and had everything moved onto the pavement, He redid the jump, nailing it this time.He was bareley able to walk after the misshap of his first jump, but still went ahead and redid it.He didn't have to.He could have collected his money and went home. Like him or hate him,this man has balls of steel.

Ever been to a FMX event? They do some pretty !!!!!ing crazy stuff, and when they go down, they get back up and get back on just as he did, theres no reason why he shouldnt show respect for these people.

On a sporty...?

On a sporty...?

Exactly!!!

Exactly!!!

Did you just quote yourself:roflblack :roflblack :roflblack :roflblack :roflblack

It doesnt matter, does it hurt less if you go down on a motocross bike than on a sportster? The guys who do these stunts go down in competition, and while learning to do them, and there more pain there than there ever will be from bottoming out.

Yeah..Fun Eh?...

Just like this topic...Don't be serious just BE...

I think Evel had some major balls....jumping an xr750 in the manner that he did for so many years and surviving is no small feat. I loved watching him as a kid, and used to set up garbage cans in the street to jump on my bmx bike trying to be like him. The problem is, as we grow up[or at least some of us do], we learn from interviews and reading that evel, well, evel is a class A assclown.:smoke He's an arrogant, alchoholic, wife abusing piece of crapola. Wasnt really that great to his freeloading off his name choad of a son who cant jump to save his own ass either...lol. So Ya, i have major respect for a guy who can jump a 70's era xr750...i also have massive respect for a guy who can take one look at a 200 foot plus dirt gap and just hit it clean first run...no fanfare...no faggy cape. Then on the next run maybe he'll backflip the same gap...its insane. They are both pioneers of different era's....both deserve some respect and some awe. They do amazing things for little or no money. And yet,,,,i have to watch a convict throw a ball thru a net on tv for several million a year.....lol...go figure...
l8t...:D

30 years trying to catch up to what, an old geezer arguing with a 16 year old?

I guess you're right you've seen it all, know it too. So if I were you I'd write it so I wouldn't forget it as I got older.

I guess you're right you've seen it all, know it too. So if I were you I'd write it so I wouldn't forget it as I got older.

:roflblack

I make no claims toward knowing everything, or even very much for that matter, but as i said before, and as H34TH3N said, Evel did do amazing things, BUT he shows no respect to any of the stunt riders today, and is an arrogant alchoholic asshole. And i doubt you can use that H34TH3N is 16 against him. if were gonna start having a pissing war over ages, i think your going senial:gun

:doh :doh :doh I'm going to another thread.

:doh :doh :doh I'm going to another thread.

run, run away as fast as you can before you get caught in the crossfire:gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun :gun

The supercross guys do some wild things today.
But I wonder if they would have the balls to duplicate the things Evel did back in the '70's.
Give one of them an XR750 and '70's era protective equiptment and I bet they would wimp out.

The supercross guys do some wild things today.
But I wonder if they would have the balls to duplicate the things Evel did back in the '70's.
Give one of them an XR750 and '70's era protective equiptment and I bet they would wimp out.

I dont think A guy who does a backflip over the fountains at ceasars palace would "wimp" out at doing anything...;)

Its all about the fame or the money bein right...

Love them or hate them....they all have huge balls.....there are no "wimps" in the FMX arena:D

:roflblack

I make no claims toward knowing everything, or even very much for that matter, but as i said before, and as H34TH3N said, Evel did do amazing things, BUT he shows no respect to any of the stunt riders today, and is an arrogant alchoholic asshole. And i doubt you can use that H34TH3N is 16 against him. if were gonna start having a pissing war over ages, i think your going senial:gun

He may be an abusive arrogant alchoholic asshole, there are plenty in life and god knows you'll find more than your share when go to a bar where the lot is full of motorcycles. But that is the way life is, and the guys I know that have looked death in the eyes have some ruff edges so to speak. I don't ever remember him claiming to be a choirboy. He blazed a path were no one had gone before, facing death with arrogance that only a true hero could. Was he a rebel yes, was he someone you want to see you sister with, no. But he was "real" at a time when America needed someone that was real. By the time he came on the scene in the late 60s and early 70s we had figured out that John Wayne wasn't real. It was a different time that you had to live in to understand and to have a hero that faced death and spit in its eye gave great comfort to a generation. It was no accident that his leathers were the color of the flag or that he wouldn't ride an Asian bike. He did things that were never done before when you grow older you'll realize that doing things second is not nearly as hard. And because you and others can't see that does not make it untrue.

If you would have been around when he was in his prime you would understand.


Amen brother! He did more to promote not only himself of course but the sport of motorcycling in general than anyone of the era. When Harleys had the reputation of being rolling junk, and organizations like MAN motorcyclist against noise (WTF is THAT about?) were gaining face time on tv, he single handedly brought American style bravado and panache back to the sport. He made H-D all American bike again, dispite the torrent of high performing utterly reliable Japanese bikes then just starting to conquer the American market. We ,as Sportster enthusiast especially , and H-D riders in general owe him a debt of gratitude and respect. Was he a perfect human being? Who among us is?

Evel did do amazing things, BUT he shows no respect to any of the stunt riders today, and is an arrogant alchoholic asshole.


so, whats the problem? i dont think he ever got the respect he truelly deserved. he's old, let him say what he wants. he's the guy who makes harleys look cool, not the other way around.
http://goldwest.visitmt.com/Pictures/big/9250h.jpg

Evel rocks. Is he a dick. I believe he earned the right to be.. Always will be a hero to me.

Roadster Rider, been readin, here and there your snide ass, disrespectful bullshit comments. just what the f&*% do you being a 16 year old punk ass spoiled rotten kid know about it anyway.. child, Ain't your ma callin?

Evel rocks. Is he a dick. I believe he earned the right to be.. Always will be a hero to me.

Roadster Rider, been readin, here and there your snide ass, disrespectful bullshit comments. just what the f&*% do you being a 16 year old punk ass spoiled rotten kid know about it anyway.. child, Ain't your ma callin?

Spoiled rotten kid? i work my ass off for everything i !!!!!ing have you piece of shit, and no matter how many times i repeat myself no one can get it through there thick skulls, he is a dick, but he did amazing things, i sad that before and i'll say it agian. I'm not the only one who has said that, but since i'm 16 i get burned for it.

Kind of like comparing your basic fighter jet pilot to the wright Bros. I think modern day technologies have made heroes out of a lot of people , but its the pioneers that deserve all the respect for the craftsmanship and balls it took to come up with some of these crazy ideas. Evel gets my respect.

if were gonna start having a pissing war over ages, i think your going senial:gun


what a happy family we are:roflblack :roflblack :roflblack :roflblack :roflblack

Spoiled rotten kid? i work my ass off for everything i !!!!!ing have you piece of shit, and no matter how many times i repeat myself no one can get it through there thick skulls, he is a dick, but he did amazing things, i sad that before and i'll say it agian. I'm not the only one who has said that, but since i'm 16 i get burned for it.
Talk to me when you have worked your ass off for 35 years.

Spoiled rotten kid? i work my ass off for everything i !!!!!ing have you piece of shit, and no matter how many times i repeat myself no one can get it through there thick skulls, he is a dick, but he did amazing things, i sad that before and i'll say it agian. I'm not the only one who has said that, but since i'm 16 i get burned for it.
Your right. I am a piece of shit, pretty much a real prick too, and i'm not gonna get in a pissin match with a know it all CHILD. And Know what? I don care.. It don't matter. you jus think it does. bye bye now, Jamm

Keep doin what yer doin Roadster rider....you have it right in my opinion....Evel Was a pioneer....had big balls, and i respect what he has done.....but i have NO respect for a belligerent drunk asshole...which he is.And as far as some of these old crusty farts on here...you owe them NOTHING.. respect is earned...not given...dont ever pass out respect to some asshole just cause he's old and went to work for 35 years and thinks the world owes him two shits. Stick to your guns kid...And remember....you're arguing with a bunch of guys who ride antiquated, overweight, leaky slow bikes......and are proud of it... :D :D
Happy fourth Kid.....i hope you have a good one....:smoke

Happy 4th, hope you have a good one too.

As for sticking to my guns, ive never backed down and never will on anything i say.

Read this from the beginning, and you all will see that i have said the same thing that other people have said, the beginning post said he was an ass. My age seems to be the only reason for my back having a huge target on it.

And as for working 35 years, i have not worked 35 years, but i install carpet and work for a fireplace manufacturing company, ive got back and knee problems at 16 years old, if anyone wants to tell me i havent worked my ass off, well you can just go !!!!! yourself.

just read the whole thread, hats off to Roadster Rider for not just flaming away but having a good point of view...and sticking it to the geezers.lol

Keep doin what yer doin Roadster rider....you have it right in my opinion....Evel Was a pioneer....had big balls, and i respect what he has done.....but i have NO respect for a belligerent drunk asshole...which he is.And as far as some of these old crusty farts on here...you owe them NOTHING.. respect is earned...not given...dont ever pass out respect to some asshole just cause he's old and went to work for 35 years and thinks the world owes him two shits. Stick to your guns kid...And remember....you're arguing with a bunch of guys who ride antiquated, overweight, leaky slow bikes......and are proud of it... :D :D
Happy fourth Kid.....i hope you have a good one....:smoke

Don't reckon I ever remember respect being earned without first being demanded can't remember a football coach, teacher, drill sargent, or hell even the old man ever getting respect without demanding it and backing it up too. Online it easy to be disrespectful, but sitting in a room with these old crusty farts I suspect there would be alot more respect being doled out. As for the smart mouthed kid whose mommy rides to school with him, with a mouth like his I suspect he'll learn how respect is earned sooner than later. Just read the threads always a smart a$$ remark, take up for him if you want but he'll end up either learning respect or earning it the old fashion way..

May I propose a chill break?

Gettin a little hot in here...

My Father always says "What someone thinks of me is none of my business"

Interesting, no?

Evel is a drunken arrogant a**hole- correct

Evel blazed the trail for the guys in the motorcycle stunting world- also correct

If Evel doesn't respect them, that's between him and them... ;)

Don't reckon I ever remember respect being earned without first being demanded can't remember a football coach, teacher, drill sargent, or hell even the old man ever getting respect without demanding it and backing it up too. Online it easy to be disrespectful, but sitting in a room with these old crusty farts I suspect there would be alot more respect being doled out. As for the smart mouthed kid whose mommy rides to school with him, with a mouth like his I suspect he'll learn how respect is earned sooner than later. Just read the threads always a smart a$$ remark, take up for him if you want but he'll end up either learning respect or earning it the old fashion way..

I cant remember a f'n football coach , or a teacher, that ever diserved respect......demand all you want....beat on someone all you want...in the end...your still just a mouth screaming for "respect" that you cant earn...if you think "backing it up" means you can kick someones ass, and that will get you respect?...lol that's some funny shit right there....thats my take....nothing personal on anyone....but i dont respect anything or anyone that thinks i owe it to them...

Just read the threads always a smart a$$ remark, take up for him if you want but he'll end up either learning respect or earning it the old fashion way..


post 20 he called evel the way he saw him...post 24 you made an attack on RR.
scuse me but you showed first sign of disrespect to him by calling him boy and whatnot.
and yes, respect is earned. i dont think you earned his by calling him boy and saying you saw things he wishes he could.
just my observation.

i think evel is pretty cool, i had the motorcycle and zipstrip launcher.

I was a teenager when Bobby Knievel was doing his thing and I actually saw him jump at the old Ontario Speedway in SoCal. The bike he used was far removed from the bike we rode then or now for that matter and what he did with the tricked out XR750 was awesome. One thing that always got me was why he chose to use the Triumph 650tt for the jump at the palace where he got hammered. As a showman he had no equal and he did more to promote our sport than anyone of the time however, as a citizen he has some serious shortcomings. Having said this, he truly deserves to be in any motorcycle Hall of fame....

post 20 he called evel the way he saw him...post 24 you made an attack on RR.
scuse me but you showed first sign of disrespect to him by calling him boy and whatnot.
and yes, respect is earned. i dont think you earned his by calling him boy and saying you saw things he wishes he could.
just my observation.

i think evel is pretty cool, i had the motorcycle and zipstrip launcher.
You are right about post 24 but you need to reread post 20 where he was lecturing me about Evel's name and his popularity. And I stand by my statement that he was commenting on things he knows nothing about. In post 19 I made a statement about something that I observed and know to be a fact and I will not be taken to task about that statement from someone who was not alive and would not be alive for the next 20 years. When he asked me how many people I knew that was named Evel and chalked up a 0 & a 1 is where the rub came. I was alive and very aware when Evel jumped in the late 60s and 70s I know what I saw and what I knew to be the facts at that time.

I was a teenager when Bobby Knievel was doing his thing and I actually saw him jump at the old Ontario Speedway in SoCal. The bike he used was far removed from the bike we rode then or now for that matter and what he did with the tricked out XR750 was awesome. One thing that always got me was why he chose to use the Triumph 650tt for the jump at the palace where he got hammered. As a showman he had no equal and he did more to promote our sport than anyone of the time however, as a citizen he has some serious shortcomings. Having said this, he truly deserves to be in any motorcycle Hall of fame....


I saw an interview in which Evel stated that he -preferred- the Triumph for his jumps. The Harley, he said, had 'too much torque' and a tendency to twist sideways in flight.

The reason he switched to HD? Money, of course. Harley offered him more than the ailing British company was willing to match.

Wow nothing like picking on some kid cause he thinks your idol is a washed up drunken old hack. Which in my opinion he is. Did you see Metzger do that fountain jump? He threw a back flip over the foutains and made it a snoozefest. Better equipment well sure. Did he then start talking shit about Evil and his washed up drunken ass? No of course not the whole show paid tribute to them and there attempts. Funny I don't see Arnold Palmer, or the Jack, berating what Tiger or Phil does these days simply because they have better equipment. OCNDAF your a disgrace to everything this forum is. This is by far the worst thread I've seen on here and we owe it all to you and your attacks on a 16yr old kid who works two jobs to afford the same steel we all ride every day. Sorry it took you 36yrs to get your's. But that green shade of envy you've got for this kid makes me wanna :headbang YOU my friend need to grow up.

thank you to everyone who took the time to see my point of view, and not just continuing the flaming against me.

ocndaf, i understand that you do not want to see your childhood idol as being an imperfect human. and I will hold no ill will toward you. As for the comment about me riding with my "mommy" by any chance did you ride with your father? or would you put someone down who did? i dont know my father, and never have, i have my mother to ride with, and i am happy to ride with her.

May I propose a chill break?

Gettin a little hot in here...

;)


I don't know, kinda good to see there are a couple more resident assholes here besides me.:roflblack

I don't know, kinda good to see there are a couple more resident assholes here besides me.:roflblack
:roflblack :roflblack :roflblack

I'm not an asshole.:gun











































or am i?:shhhh

Ah geez, come in from a ride and see all this.

Let's play nice from now on guys.....please.

gonna have to side with RR on this one and i'm probably older than both of ya put together. my wife is a cousin to evel and she is nuts two. what the hell is it with old people? the older they get the smarter they think they are. i'm baby siting my 89 year old FIL and he thinks he's smarter than Einstein. has an answer for everything. old people suk! and evel is an asshole! yeah, he was a hero of mine also, but that doesn't blind me to his character RR is entitled to his opinion without old ass bites coming down on him, he was not unreasonable in his views.

Let's see, RR works his ass off at 16 years old and when he had the bucks for a Gixxer, he bought a Sportster?

Different opinions are one thing,.... but this thread sucks.:frownthre

S/F
T.G.

I rated it terrible myself, use the rating system, then it warns others of what this contains.

Read this from the beginning, and you all will see that i have said the same thing that other people have said, the beginning post said he was an ass. My age seems to be the only reason for my back having a huge target on it.

Your age in some mind sets would bring people to turn a deaf ear. I have never felt this way because age is a relative factor and often overlooked when an intelligent point of view is expressed. It's not what the young individual says so much as how that individual says it. Male or female, young or old, it's the mind behind the thought that gains my attention and respect. Your thoughts are well expressed and to many, including myself, right on. Based on what I have read in this thread you have done well. However, you make a young ones mistake in being sucked into the expressions of individuals that are clearly designed to agrivate. Don't be misdirected by those expressions or move to their level and you will do fine.....

Kentucky, yes i know i have a tendency to get sucked into arguments... ive got a short fuse, and i'll be the first to admit it, i try my best to control it, maybe that does have to do with being young, but i dont really know.

And thanks for not turning a "deaf ear" to me.

im 59 my heros when i was young were ALWAYS good guys, they stood for good things. maybe in their real lives they were flawed.
that was the mentality then.
today it is dennis rodman types, gangsta rap etc. get away with something and you are cool.
in the 1960s parris hilton would just be a unknown slut.:frownthre
the world has changed and not for the better.
when i was in high school drugs [1965] were not on my radar.
sex for most of us was maybe getting a feel:banana on a date.
sports and fast cars ruled the day. i loved that life i was lucky enough to have it. i would not trade it for what the kids have today. i bet i enjoyed my feel up more than the young folks get out of a [rainbow party].

thank you to everyone who took the time to see my point of view, and not just continuing the flaming against me.

ocndaf, i understand that you do not want to see your childhood idol as being an imperfect human. and I will hold no ill will toward you. As for the comment about me riding with my "mommy" by any chance did you ride with your father? or would you put someone down who did? i dont know my father, and never have, i have my mother to ride with, and i am happy to ride with her.

It has nothing to do with my childhood idol. My first post was a statement plain and simple didn't expect anyone to agree, I really could care less if his wife and kids like him. He did what he did and no slant chanes that. Maybe the whole thing boils down to my lack of internet knowlege. My understanding is that if you quote someone you are talking directly to that person. My take is that I was being lectured about things that I know to be fact. If I am wrong or that was not your intent then I too am an imperfect human, but I am man, and I am man enough to appoligize. Things got way too personal and for that I do appoligize.

Keep doin what yer doin Roadster rider....you have it right in my opinion....Evel Was a pioneer....had big balls, and i respect what he has done.....but i have NO respect for a belligerent drunk asshole...which he is.And as far as some of these old crusty farts on here...you owe them NOTHING.. respect is earned...not given...dont ever pass out respect to some asshole just cause he's old and went to work for 35 years and thinks the world owes him two shits. Stick to your guns kid...And remember....you're arguing with a bunch of guys who ride antiquated, overweight, leaky slow bikes......and are proud of it... :D :D
Happy fourth Kid.....i hope you have a good one....:smoke

how dare you insult my bike. you mean they make faster bikes than my sporty:whisper
roadster rider you are ok in my book. i was soooooo stupid at 16, now that i am 59 i am just slightly smarter . i think you handled us old farts pretty good. hang in their.:tour

Still have my autographed Evel picture from my childhood on my current bookshelf. Back when he did what he did for the money, there were none better or any even close for that matter (most died trying). I am also old enough to remember live footage long before paid preview. He definately had the biggest balls of them all or at least of those who survived. No doubt! We never got much of the tabloid asshole coverage stuff until he beat up the author of his book. He also pulled his time and would do it again (beat the crap out of the author), right now! Ya gotta respect the way he handled his business whether ya agree with it or not. He didn't need any help. Ever see where he grew up? Definately the land of opportunity. Ya can also bad mouth Robbie, but he can ride, heck he could ride better than most when he was just a child. As for the new guys, the ones makin the money are the best, it's just already been done for the most part. The true pioneer Evel was! Makes ya want to put on your roller blades and be pulled behind one of them Hyabusa's though the 1/4 mile with nothin but a rope to hold on to! Would that be showmanship or stupidity or both? Evel sure made the money and the show always went on! Shows what a few ludes and some booze can do for saying yes to the no answer! I went 33 feet on my Raleigh 3 speed Sting Ray off a 6 ft embankment way back when (early 70's). Don't think any of the other kids even came close. Still got the bike at my parents house and the rear wheel sure stayed bent most the time. Thanks for the memories!
Dave
Ride to Live!

one of the things i respect him for is he had to know it was going to cost him his freedom and a lot of money to beat on that guy that said that stuff in the book. he did it and i respect him for it. he never made excuses in court ,just took it like a man. that is in short supply today.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEARWATER - Evel Knievel, '70s cultural icon and poster boy for fast
living and derring-do, has trouble now just walking from his Clearwater
condo to the pool.

His 67-year-old body broken by years of spectacular crashes and ravaged
by a multitude of serious ailments, the king of the daredevils can
hardly get out of bed most days, let alone straddle a Harley.

On bad days, Knievel wishes he had gone into another line of work. On
better days, he doesn't regret a minute. Lung disease sometimes makes
it hard for him to talk, but his stories still drip with swagger. He
can be kind and gracious one minute, irascible and profane the next.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition, is scarring and
hardening his lungs. He's recovering from a stroke and has diabetes.
He's broken about 40 bones, is full of plates and titanium parts and is
constantly in pain. Repeated concussions have affected his short-term
memory.

The man who survived 300 perilous motorcycle jumps and once climbed
into a rocket-powered cycle to fly over a canyon, now stays close to an
oxygen tank, ingests 50 pills a day and sucks on lollipops that deliver
fentanyl, a heavy-duty painkiller.

"People think I've been through something in my life from what they've
seen on national television, my accident at Caesar's Palace for
instance," Knievel says. "Look at what the hell I'm going through now.
How much can the human body endure?"

Knievel is preparing for his annual summer trip to his hometown of
Butte, Mont., which celebrates his legend every July with the Evel
Knievel Days festival. The event gets larger every year, but for him
the journey gets more difficult.

"Over time his legend has kind of snowballed," says Knievel biographer
Steve Mandich. Other daredevils, including son Robbie, have made longer
jumps, but Knievel was the original article, a brash showman in his
signature red, white-and-blue leathers. Oddly enough, the horrific
crashes, many captured by ABC's "Wide World of Sports" cameras, made
him even more popular.

"He kept jumping longer and longer, and he kept crashing harder and
harder, and he kept getting up and doing more stunts," Mandich says.

Once a carouser of legendary proportions, Knievel slowed down after a
near-fatal bout with Hepatitis C and a 1999 liver transplant. He lives
with his longtime partner, Krystal Kennedy-Knievel, 36, who looks after
him and helps with his business affairs. (They divorced in 2002 but
remain together.)

good article, thanks SG

"I went to Idaho and bought a canyon. It's mine, and I'm going to jump it. The only thing that will get me out of the air is an anti-aircraft gun." Gotta go.... Robert Craig (Evel) Knieval

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I understand, but if someone referred to Tiger you automattically think tiger woods right? but say if someone said Michael you dont instantly think Michael jordan, because of how common the name is.

WTF? what does it matter if a name is unusual or not? What does that have to do with the original post??? And I DO think Michael Jordan when I hear a reference to a basketball star called Michael... and I think Judy Garland when I hear Judy... and yes Cher is an unusual name, but I think after years of what she has contributed to the music of my generation, I would know who "they" were talking about if her name had been Susie, or Sandy or WHATEVER...

Young or old, some posters simply like to stir the sh*t and it's getting to be a drag and it's also pantywaisted when so many others whitewash the crappers...

How about some moderating going on here....

I agree...how about some moderating....anyone with a big twin shouldnt be here stirrin up shit....:smoke :D

Wow nothing like picking on some kid cause he thinks your idol is a washed up drunken old hack. Which in my opinion he is. Did you see Metzger do that fountain jump? He threw a back flip over the foutains and made it a snoozefest. Better equipment well sure. Did he then start talking shit about Evil and his washed up drunken ass? No of course not the whole show paid tribute to them and there attempts. Funny I don't see Arnold Palmer, or the Jack, berating what Tiger or Phil does these days simply because they have better equipment. OCNDAF your a disgrace to everything this forum is. This is by far the worst thread I've seen on here and we owe it all to you and your attacks on a 16yr old kid who works two jobs to afford the same steel we all ride every day. Sorry it took you 36yrs to get your's. But that green shade of envy you've got for this kid makes me wanna :headbang YOU my friend need to grow up.
I am going to say this for you to understand This is not about Evel being or not being an idol. My original post was a statement plain and simple I do not care one way or another if anybody agrees with it... when he followed that post with a quote of my post chalked up a 0 & a 1 and said how many do you know that was not a post to the forum but was directed towards me. At the time I took it as a smart a$$ remark directed at me and responded accordingly. I could careless what he rides or how he got it and nobody said that I waited 36 years to get a bike I had a ride as a matter of fact 2 when I got this one. I have since extended my apology and he has read and posted here and not acknowleged it so I guess my first instincts where right. And if anybody fails to see this I am sorry you had to endure it.

How about some moderating going on here....


Post #70


Ah geez, come in from a ride and see all this.

Let's play nice from now on guys.....please."

Has more moderation been needed since post #70? Am I missing something here?

I am getting old and do miss things from time to time....

Some are a little slow on the draw. Things seem to have worked themselves out. Like they usually tend to do. Can't believe all this rucus over Evil of all things. What ever happened to dino vs. synth, tassels super cool or suck ass, and the such? Think I'll go check out the drag pipe thread NOW there's something to argue about.:smoke

I agree...how about some moderating....anyone with a big twin shouldnt be here stirrin up shit....:smoke :D

:roflblack :roflblack okay.... I'm lettin' my 883L do the talkin'....

It has nothing to do with my childhood idol. My first post was a statement plain and simple didn't expect anyone to agree, I really could care less if his wife and kids like him. He did what he did and no slant chanes that. Maybe the whole thing boils down to my lack of internet knowlege. My understanding is that if you quote someone you are talking directly to that person. My take is that I was being lectured about things that I know to be fact. If I am wrong or that was not your intent then I too am an imperfect human, but I am man, and I am man enough to appoligize. Things got way too personal and for that I do appoligize.

sorry, i hadnt read this ocndaf, if you look at the topic ive been a little busy with a bent front rim... sorry we had to go through this, and i never meant it to be a smart ass remark, just an observation. my apologies.

Can we just let this thread die, or lock it?

EVEL ROCKS PERIOD............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................. any Questions? :)

BTW: With all Respect To MrJimi..You Rock Too!! How Many Riders and Fourm Members Have You Helped??....Can't Count that many...

As for RR. Chilll Boy..Ya will learn lottsa good stuff by being quiet and just listening....

kevin R.

Spoiled rotten kid? i work my ass off for everything i !!!!!ing have you piece of shit, and no matter how many times i repeat myself no one can get it through there thick skulls, he is a dick, but he did amazing things, i sad that before and i'll say it agian. I'm not the only one who has said that, but since i'm 16 i get burned for it.

this was moderated???

All in favor of locking 'er down, say 'aye', if no, say 'naye'.

I wearing one of those powdered wigs too.

aye(need ten)

K got my powdered wig and ONLY my powdered wig on. I say AYE! Shut her down. :p

Lotts to learn bout things ...Respect...
Kev

this was moderated???

A lot of that went on during the 4th of July when many of the mods were out.


Since Bert will not raise my mod pay to 175K per year, I deemed it my right to take off and ride my bike all day during the 4th. Screw the forum.





















Seriously, it has since cooled down and most parties are cooling by the pool with each other now.

Can I take your drink orders now? I'll be your pool waitress.....




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PS I was way fat then. I look much better now......;)

Naye..if its buggin ya's don look..

LMAO! Ya's tender hearts..:)

Naye..if its buggin ya's don look..

I'm lookin now:D

Cool man ...He wasn't the greatest in your books.. But a force that moved your generation to go all out?? Right?

talkin to ya RR...

sorry, i'm on a desperate search for a 21" rim right now, not really checkin the forum much.

Yes, he did pave the way for anyone who has the balls to follow in his footsteps.

Thanks MrJimi and Pops. Evel Is great Man, And will be a hero of mine forever.. Robbie is commin up....slowly.... Now close It or Whatever...

Your OK RR.. Time factor really sucks..

Thanks MrJimi and Pops. Evel Is great Man, And will be a hero of mine forever.. Robbie is commin up....slowly.... Now close It or Whatever...

Im sorry..beg to differ on that one...Robbie is a lame bloated mullet that sucked off of his dads name.....rides a modern bike and cant even begin to be compared to what is goin on in stunts today...Evel was the real thing....robbie needs to go away.....:smoke Ok ..now close it...:D

Ya only partly wrong..Robbie is a pos ...sure but the Man has Problems that he will overcome Not unlike us all...

Post # 60....request to chill...

I'm not a Super Mod, but I AM a mod......

sorry, i hadnt read this ocndaf, if you look at the topic ive been a little busy with a bent front rim... sorry we had to go through this, and i never meant it to be a smart ass remark, just an observation. my apologies.

Can we just let this thread die, or lock it?

Again my apologies also.

hehehe..Close it then..Chuck...Meaning no Disrespect to you but I was talking to RR..the X button is there if your upset?...

Really If I'm the problem for my opinion ...close this thread...I didn't know that so many were hav'in cow's bout Evel and Robbie...sorry...for your hurt feelins..;)

Said All I wanna...Using OPTION X NOW...hehehe..Bye!

A lot of that went on during the 4th of July when many of the mods were out.


Since Bert will not raise my mod pay to 175K per year, I deemed it my right to take off and ride my bike all day during the 4th. Screw the forum.





















Seriously, it has since cooled down and most parties are cooling by the pool with each other now.

Can I take your drink orders now? I'll be your pool waitress.....




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PS I was way fat then. I look much better now......;)
i have never seen a post sooo coooooool be Ignored I'll take a southern and seven Please:clap

i have never seen a post sooo coooooool be Ignored I'll take a southern and seven Please:clap


Thank you Mr Wrench, Southern/7 coming right up. I guess all these others aren't too thirsty tonite....

Makes me hungrier than thirsty.

I'll have a Jack and Coke, may it please ya.... :)

saw him when I was a kid in the late 60's, always admired him, took balls to do what he did

i have never seen a post sooo coooooool be Ignored I'll take a southern and seven Please:clap



the left arm looks very hairy:frownthre like mine...

the left arm looks very hairy:frownthre like mine...


Dang dude, it IS hairy! You notice everything, funny noses, hairy arms. Guess I should take more time when I look for a chic pic. :roflblack

She had arms? Guess I wasn't paying attention.

lets see you break that many bones in your body and deal with the pain he does on a daily basis and NOT BE A DICK....think about it....self confidence and arrogance does not make ya a dick...giving the competition cudos benefits Evil how???? screw em...his allegiance is to his son and rightfully so...wasnt always like that.....and I too agree that todays stunt riders along with better equipment and technology have HUGE brass balls...but EVIL set the stage for ALL OF EM....without EVIL doing his thing decades ago..there woldnt be any FMX....PERIOD..and he did it on a HARLEY& a triumph...let em try that ....bet those big brass balls would turn into peas in a pod...the Kneivels RULE period....they set the bar the others try to reach

arms? what arms?

WoW!! this is a good thread, lots of good memories here
:tour