RKnievel was a good friend & neighbor that lived here @ the keystone RV in Reno. RIP BROTHER💪❤👊

So you smoked a lot of pot

@@gregkeller80 Is that a statement or a question? (no punctuation at end of your sentence.) But, like I said, "occasionally."

@@ronbloomberg the ending quotation mark goes before the period. You smoked way too much pot but it’s justified because you tell yourself it isn’t a drug. Is that better?

@@gregkeller80 - What gives you the impression that I tell myself pot isn't a drug? And, just in case you're interested, the ending quotation mark goes after the period, not before....

@@ronbloomberg better a extreme sports than a alcoholic death

I had a Z50 to. It was the best Christmas present I ever got. In 1972 I love you momma.

you are correct sir

true it was a miracle

autographs?

@@MrJonswift200 oh yeah! Still have mine.

What a night! It was Lighthouse.

how cool was that just to be there? could you just feel the energy in the air?

Sure couild everyone wanted him to make it

cloudsquirrel it was I saw this jump I was 6 yrs old. This guy was my hero

+1vishious - thanks for watching buddy

goss1961 thats funny i was there to! Those were the good old days everytime I see these videos I get that little butterfly in my stomach it's nothing like it used to be

I was there as well but I thought the opening act was Lighthouse.

Ofcoarse he took pain meds, He was refering to takking narcotics for leisure, just to get high basically.

Did you see how he hoped off that bike at the end of that last jump? Lol... I need some of that if it'll knock out the pain in my L1+L2 lumbar vertebrae..hehehe

i think he took some midol and a shot of whiskey other than that...

@@MrJonswift200 He died with a morhphine pump but again... administered BY A DOCTOR. Not just to take drugs.

please explain

?? Just confirming the venue name, and the Band, which was Lighthouse. At CNE stadium the north seating was under an angled roof they called the grandstand. But actually in 1974 I was 13

good stuff

Richard Petty either ran his first or won his first race at the CNE grounds. Not to mention the annual visit of "Jack Cochrane's HELL Drivers!!" during the Exhibition. They used the demolition of the grandstand in some movie involving the band "Kiss". Now it's a soccer stadium. I've met Mike Filey (T.O. joke). Thanks for filing the correction, Dan.

me too

if you look at the beginning of the video, it says exposition. so shoot me

flashy5150 you are correct, I live about 1 1/2 away and I saw this jump in person. The band Lighthouse opened up the show and I was 6 yrs old and I do remember it

you should be rich and famous too!

dont know?

"Ridin the Wind" Michael Stanton

@@ledgrower4781 - Awesome, thanks !

"Ridin the Wind" Michael Stanton

Havent been able to find it but it’s sung by michael staton

Its on the spectacular jumps dvd of evel

"Ridin the Wind" Michael Stanton

His toys were made by ideal, not Mattel.

@Insignificant Speck Of Dust it was a aluminum bat

"Ridin the Wind" Michael Stanton

That’s what made him the King my brother in Peace ✌🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Them stock shocks were made for racing on a flat dirt track, in 1974 the dirt bikes did not have long travel suspensions. The dirt bikes were in early stages of development. To Evel's credit he Jumped the H.D. flat track racer As Far as it could go with the parts available in the day. Doug Danger jumped Evel's 1972-1974 H.D. The jump is vell documented. Doug jumped that bike slightly further with modern back shocks, not sure if the front forks were modified.

He’s definitely my hero when I was a little kid and Now 👍👍

That’s very true he was an amazing man👍👍

His technique was certainly not perfect. Having said that, he DID lotsa practice jumps when he could. The LA Coliseum was a picture perfect landing, so was Portland March 31st 1974 (often mis-dated as 1973) which I attended. Very smooth.

How can you control a bike that weighs 6 or 7 hundred pounds while it's in the air? The bikes that these kids back flip weigh a third of what he was riding.

Leonard Hudson the brakes and the throttle. Doesn't matter the weight, the back wheel is a gyroscope. Give it a little gas or hit the brake and the front will will go up or down. Evel had no idea how to do that. It was clear when you watch him jump. The front of the bike goes skyward on almost every one of his jumps. He really wasn't in control during those jumps. Watch Robbie Maddison, he's a perfect example of someone who controls the bike in the air during the jump. Also, he never has his front wheel way up in the air like Evel Knievel did.

He was a drugged out drunken asshole no doubt.

So he was right - look what alcohol, etc. apparently did to your opinion of him. (Seriously, take it easy on the guy - he meant well, and maybe he helped some folks with his messages. "He that be without sin...")

@@Johnnywhamo sounds like you asshole. Never speak ill of the dead.

Your right my friend a little closer to 900 lbs. ✌🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Where were you in 72

@@garyvon1736 I was 12 and loving life in the 70's...