God bless your father. May he watch over and guide you in heaven forever.

Thats a great memory that you'll have forever.

Thanks brother Jeff for sharing that .The world misses your dad. Just those short words tell us your dad was a great man. He was also blessed with you.

I didnt need a cry today man.... ima go call me dad and tell him I love him

Sorry for your loss man

It's just kids in the comments. Just enjoy the video. Like 80% of the other viewers did.

I'm no kid and I Know Travis. He wasn't doing it to honor Evel Knievel at first. That's just something that was said later. Since he was doing the jump where Knievel did he thought it'd be cool to wear the uniform. Then it was suggested that he ride the same motor bike that Evel Knievel did in the jump. Or should I say, the same type of motorcycle with several modifications. If he was going to do something to honor Evel Knievel. He what are use the same wrap specifications which he didn't. And he wouldn't of made the modifications to his motorcycle which was the Indian that he did. It wasn't the show or honor Evel Knievel it was to show that Evel Knievel has nothing on Travis Pastrana. A comment well many comments were made to Travis. He couldn't make the jumps that Knievel did back in the day with the same set up and motorcycle as Evel Knievel. Well Travis didn't even want to try with the ramp specifications. When Travis tried a smaller jump on the Indian that wasn't modified yet. When he would hit the landing ramp or even doing just small little jumps. He was basically bouncing out of his seat on impact. So modifications were done to the front and back shocks. My father what's good friends with Robert Knievel and worked with him on the Caesar palace jump. They want to call it a recreation of the Evel Knievel jump and it wasn't a re-creation in any way. The only thing that was the same was the number of cars and the number of buses. Yes the motorcycle was the same but like I said had modifications. The ramp was totally different. It had a different degree of angle and a launch ramp was much longer. Travis was not merely just putting on a show. like I said he was getting a lot of s*** about that he couldn't do or recreate a Robert Knievel jump. Travis didn't want to do the jump as Evel Knievel get the jump back in the day. If Knievel had things that these guys and even the motorcycle his son had when he did these jumps. Robert Knievel jumps would have been a lot bigger.

@@barsaf9989 no these are not just kids making these comments. These are adults that no the risks that Robert Knievel took that are not present in modern day.

So the only way to honor evil would be to use the same bad shocks and same ramp set up and crash?? Of course not. He did a modern day version of the jump and easily could have went way further but didnt. Running the dame set up as evil would make no sense he crashed on landing half the time

@@chandlerthoma9173 oh my God you must be the smartest guy in the world to call me on a spelling error on a comment I made. I'm sure never has it happened to you that your spell check switch has a word on you. Also for your info I'm using for your info I'm using a talk-to-text feature. You get an award for being the most awesome brilliant grammar Nazi. Give me a f****** break. Do you feel smarter now? Knowing that you corrected a spelling error. Like I said I'm sure you've never never have been guilty of misspelling a word on a comment

That’s why Evel found it so hard to get insurance. I’m sure the landing ramps for Travis’ jumps are huge for insurance purposes as well as safety.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Love Travis, and it's an awesome tribute. I always wondered why Evel never tried the parabolic arc take off ramp that his son Robbie started using which is a smoother and higher launch. Also, wondered why he used the Harley Davidson street bike, rather than motocross bike with more suspension. Evel's take off approach for the Wembley bus jump was so insane down the aisle of the stadium, and the impact with the steep take off ramp bounced his back wheel off the ramp which caused him to lose traction and power at the most critical moment of acceleration up the take off ramp. All that said, Travis has done some far crazier, death defying stunts, than anyone I've ever seen.

Fun fact...earth is a level and stationary created realm...no coriolis effect...

@@live2thefullest617 Evel used a Harley XR-750 which was a flat track racing bike. My guess is he always wanted to be very pro-American and at the time there wasn’t a quality American motocross bike being made. Evel has said he knew he might be short in his landing at Wembley but he knew Harley Davidson couldn’t ship him the part’s fast enough to change the gearing (no FedEx back then) and he didn’t want to disappoint the fans. Robbie Knievel had the advantage of custom lightweight frames on his bike and knew a motocross bike was the only way to do the jumps he did and Evel readily acknowledged that

I watched this when it aired..what a joke. They could of used the exact same motercycle as Evel had ..Evel used straight takeoff ramps , Travis used curved kicker ramps . Travis is WAY more experienced at the art of cycle jumping...Just saying , they should of used the same bike ,same ramps.

Right... and if I remember right, Evel's landing ramps were narrower. Still amazing though, and a nice reminder of a childhood hero.

Yeah and look how many times he failed and crashed horribly lol

Love to all riders...jumping without a ramp or landing

@@TheReginold It was a different time. If the landing ramps here were as small as Evel’s ramps were, no one would insure Travis and no one would agree to air it. In fact, Evel’s fountain jump was not aired. ABC would only air it on tape delay and only if he made it due to how dangerous it was.

@@everything777 He had a good jump ratio though?

Dont forget about evals son too he jumped a part of the grand canyon

@@PlayingwithPawz Cannot forget Robbie

@@PlayingwithPawz true

The knievels are crash experts.

Never SAW a woman fly over cars or buses or slide on steel SHOES REAL MEN DO!!!!!!!!!!!

James Polucha Completely agree buddy. Travis makes it look easy and that brings out the couch warriors.

Jack strap LOL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Leave jack alone.

Travis is better, but he's had state of the art equipment to practice with, that Evel never had

What's a jack strap😂😂

they used to... way back

@Zanzibar979 Spotted the left wing wack-job.

s a m p l e t e x t We all have, but he paying homage to a legend

I used to watch Nitro Circus on mtv it was lit, and RIP to that guy who died a couple yrs ago, I forgot his name.

Yourbike Isnotalazyboy , no he isn't, dumbass. He's collecting a check from Indian. They're just using Evel's legacy to sell bikes. Open your eyes, ffs

J Bolo you don't know a single fucking thing

J Bolo you don't know Travis Pastrana if you really believe that. Travis has NEVER done this for money. He would have stayed racing if he did. He does Freestyle because he LOVES it. HE'S the reason it has become what it is now. They can make money from things like this NOW because of HIM. Evel Kineval is the author of death defying Moro stunts. Of course he's inspired by him. He's probably not even making alot of money from this. Like I said, Travis has done far bigger things in much bigger stages. This isn't a cash grab. Did you see how many people were there? It ain't Fort Knox. He did this because he WANTED to

😌

And he will never be as well known as Evel for being a true daredevil

You crazy? the man has broken his body about as much as Evel, he's a racing legend, and did the first ever double backflip on a motorcycle. He redefined motorcycle stunts on a level comparable to Evel. They are both dare devils, but from different times. Pastrana is a more precise and calculated dare devil, but he's also broken half a million bones too. Pastrana is rather modest about his abilities.

He used a pretty basic flat track bike in the spirit of evil, suspension equivalent to a modern road bike with a third the travel of a dirt bike. Pastrana could do this on any motorcycle, but it would really be kinda silly on something less suitable.

Wow you seem to really know alot about Pastrana and absolutely nothing about Evel. Thanks for unnecessarily proving my point. Cheers!

This isn't even close to the distance and level of difficulty of Evel Knievel's original jump.

Yes it's a big heavy Indian but as a matter of fact they did design it specifically to fly (make this kinda jump). Look at the shocks and suspension on that thing. Most definitely not stock. Not saying this was easy by any means but what ur saying isn't accurate and I think it woulda been way better with a replica bike that Evel used. Not to mention the type of ramps Evel had to use were totally garbage compared to what was used here. They literally wouldn't even allow Pastrana to replicate the old school ramps, thats how bad they were

Bud Man they wouldn’t allow it...but I’d bet the farm that Travis would’ve done it if they would’ve, and would’ve pulled it off. he does 1000x crazier things than this at his house, along with the rest of that crew.

Bud Man and of course it’s not stock. Why would Indian risk sending a stock bike out there and having the chance of something go wrong with it with everyone watching.

This is a custom flat track race bike from Indian, quite fancy suspension to begin with and quite light for its power. They probably just set up the already very fancy race suspension for landing jumps. Nothing on the flat track indian is really production, but it's one amazing machine. It's a shame they didn't really put any of the capability of this bike into to production replica flat tracker Indian is now making.

Agreed Rip evil

He reminds me so much of Shawn White. LoL

Austin White okay random hater sitting in your mom's basement...

Rick Frye Lebron*

Kyle Evil would be LeBron. #crash #sweep

Austin White lmao they weren't close

Gary wells didnt fare so well when he jumped the fountain and missed the landing ramp

@LindaStevensBZ But Robbie's was a longer jump to begin with, so he still jumped further than Evel or Travis.

Robbie only made it because there was a safety ramp that was there in case he came up short - which he did.

@@norms3913 a

Same here. Now I gotta dig out my Evel Knievel lunch box.

Jaytube106 remember the stunt cycle toy that you wound up and released!! They don't make cool toys like that anymore

And this guy doesn't have to spend the money on his hospital bills.

HAD ONE OF THOSE LUNCHBOXES!

Absolutely - That was soo cool. The toy got wound up on its stand and the gyroscopic action of the wheels would make it go halfway down the block, or the release button wouldn't work and it would get stuck and rip all the skin off your fingers. Good times!

No. Evel chose (and customized) this motorcycle, a 1972 Harley-Davidson XR-750, because it was a light, dependable racing machine. Made of steel, aluminum, and fiberglass, it weighs approximately 300 pounds.

Cool but not fooling me

Back then riders hadn't figured out that revving the engine or stopping the rear wheel alters the pitch of the bike. Serious difference. Physics. Evel went by seat of the pants, literally and painfully most of the time.

​@DAD0123 Probably closer to 400, but you make your point. Also 4" of suspension travel made it tough.

Yea he did

Old Dude Drumming, you realize that Indian was completely modded and this was nothing but a 2hour commercial for Indian, right? No Indian comes stock with a swingarm like that

Stop crying!

Impossible for me and most but likely at least 10,000 people in the states who could do this. Easy for them and certainly easy for Travis.

you can buy this exact bike, FTR750 dirt tracker for $50k US....Travis had a front brake installed and that's about the only difference.

For Travis, who was one of the most skilled guys on a Motocross/Supercross track in the world, and probably the most accomplished freestyle rider in the world,---this jump was easy for him.

Or maybe Snake River.

Both! :)

--- and bring one of those wing suites.

The Comedian with a smaller ramp

The Comedian yessss

biggg dadddy pump pastrana>evel

And what people forget most: small and flimsy ramps.

biggg dadddy pump Ya and then he broke all his bones

He jumped even when he knew it wasn't going to work, that is crazy.

@@lukesworkout2232 Yes! I'm reminded of his Jim Rome interview: "You know who the hell I am?" And the Snake River jump, about which he said that the prototype failed, they were out of money, so they just had to go with the second rocket (and hope).

the landing ramp was cushioned to, watch when the back wheel lands, sinks like two inches down into ramp.... But Travis is still awesome paying this tribute!

Do you know what was the year of this performance?

..thanks for not writing should 'of'...

@@robertallen6710 I read that with out "if" out of habit lmao

@Ricky Norton where does it say use the old ramp? Duh huh lol

Leonel Morala it was like a video game he did it so perfect that. Isn’t at X Games.

Well Mike Metzger flipped over that fountain many years ago, but on a dirtbike. Both legends, honoring a legend.

Go look up Aussie Roll then edit your comment. hehe

He triple backflips now in case anyone is wondering.

@@Alex.04928 No, he doesn't. The only triple backflip ever done on a dirtbike was landed by someone else

Shame that Travis is better.

@@souravmmishra Of course he is....just another reason.

AGREED !

If he did it on a replica of Evels bike with the fountain on then it would be something.

Dude Travis does WAY crazier shit lmao fuck You talking about 😂

Yep

I've jumped bigger mudholes on my bicycle 🚲

TJ Israelsen lmfao what happens in Vegas...

TJ Israelsen I think he was going to say *first LIVE nitro circus*

first love night lol

Vegas 😉

Sure, Category 7, retro styling would be more accurate, just that his Bell Star and four-inches of rear travel made me think retro tech, and c'mon, the whole vibe is retro so there you go. And I say that as a fan of Travis and Evel, and I got to see Evel do his thing at Ontario Motor Speedway in '71, his successful jump over 19 cars in the infield at a NASCAR race and all those long wheelies on the front straight and his cape flapping in the breeze. And my little thumbnail is sort of my homage to Evel, when I was one of those kids who wanted to fly like him on a Schwinn Sting-Ray.

Thanks, Category 7, and I am still a big fan of it all. And I'm still riding bikes at age 58, commuting to work every day on a mountain bike and sometimes wondering if my childhood friends are still riding theirs like we did back in the day when we kept scooting the ramps farther and farther apart. It was such fun to duel with them.

Robb Chastain yes. Now no one can say that its cuz he had a dirt bike like robbie did when he made the jump.

CATEGORY 7 The Indian Scout FTR750 Travis Pastrana rode is a dirt track race bike actually. it isn't fully custom, but it is modified.

we dont you dork, he just cant go around touting that he did what Elev did.... get over it, he didn't period!

And on that last jump, Evel and Robbie didn't have a run up and ramp 15 feet off of the ground. Not the same at all. Not even close. Do it on the bitumen like the Knievels did with at least a similar ramp.

Evel was a chump.

@@AwesomeBeatles Yeah right LMAO ROFL

Evels bikes were heavy and totally diff as well.

@@AwesomeBeatles He did more in his sleep then you most likely did in your lifetime.

shes pretty hot

Yes, I thought his wife was his daughter and his mom was his wife. Sorry!

Caleb Botts harley used to make good American bikes... once

Caleb Botts he actually used triumphs too Not just the hardly go Davidson

Caleb Botts I hate to burst your bubble, but for the Caesar’s Palace jump in 1967, Evel was riding a Triumph Bonneville T120TT 650cc weighing 363 pounds, 63 more than the Harley XR750, and 23 more pounds than Pastrana’s CP jump bike. Know your Evel Knievel history. Evel, legend.

Caleb Botts -Didn't Evel use Triumphs and Indians at times?

Infinite Beauty ,lmmfao, i caught that shit too. I'm sure he's gonna have some questions to answer when they get home

Infinite Beauty I HAVE a first love uhhh Nitro Circus show here.

Nah he LOVES her but yeah she ain't the first. Let's not jinx their marriage just yet though 🤣🤣🤣

Infinite Beauty I caught that too dude easy on the red bull lol”

Infinite Beauty i wasnt the only one like what... lol haha Trav. be careful

Yep 2 buses😌

So by classier - you mean drunk?

Alen Hansen I hate it when people like you just spam the same reply on diffrent comments

You know his name was evel right? Not evil lol the fuck?

He probably thought about it then realized he had already broken enough bones.

dtjs1961 I mean the event was put on by Indian...so....yeah. It’s called business. I’d like to see you do it on a motocross bike....let alone the Indian Travis rode...get over it.

Tony Chavez actual he modeled that bike to be extremely similar to evils

Tony Chavez still a older model and heavy as hell

Still impressive though. Evel made a lot of money and now this guy can make a lot of money too. Plus he won't have to spend a lot of time in the hospital.

Tony Chavez would have been happy with one back flip over the fountain

Jak & Skills MVP travis's bike was over 300 pounds

Anybody smart would refuse

@@chefo.g7191 I think Evel himself would refuse his old bike and ramps if he were here now!!

indeed...like alot of these new long and super long jumps...the landing ramp is 40ft tall 60 ft wide and tapers down about as long as the jump itself...lol... They are all great no matter. (Evil would laugh a bit at it all though)

No...this bike used was as EXACT a replica as they could get to the bike Evel used

No it isn't Andre, Travis was on a modern Indian 750, Evel jumped on a Triumph Bonneville. The Triumph probably weighed 50 or more pounds more and really did only have 4 inches of rear suspension travel. The Indian has more.

Would you like one back flip or two? :)

Duke Mantee not his fault evel didn't set up the stunt properly

You are right, not that impressive because Travis has done stuff way more impressive then that already. He is only honoring his hero. A job well done!

That would be a WHOLE different story

Exactly. This is a complete different scenario. Pretty lame tbh.

Aaron Mcclure no evel didnt have the technology we have to day to set up big, high stable ramps like these

SuperPussyFinger thats an Indian flat tracker, not a stunt bike.

Raging Bull - Half weight, modified for stunts.

SuperPussyFinger not half weight, only 80 to 100lbs dropped from it.

He used a Triumph

John Lovell im going to assume your either a troll, or an extremely ignorant person, if you watched any of the beggining of the broadcast, the announcers say, he was on an Indian Scout 750.

E Nnon Why is everything a dick swinging contest? The kid has made a name for himself and he’s obviously paying tribute here.

sidefx996 And he’s an 11 time x games gold medalist, nascar pro and rally car champion

@@Lala-qj7fd IDC NO ONE CAN DO WHAT EVEL KINEVEL DID. NO ONE

​@@DrLove911 Chilllll, you got a fetish for Evel Kinevel or something?

Clearly you haven’t followed Travis Pastrana. He has done some amazing things in the action sports world. I would definitely put him up there with Evil Kinevel. The first person do double back flip on motorcycle is something in itself. All the other crazy things he has done over the years been very much up there with Evil Kinevel.

If Gary Wells had used a landing ramp that wide, he wouldn't have been turned into a human pretzel that been stepped on. I'll never understand why he used that tiny little landing ramp.

His biggest challenge was only having a 200 foot acceleration runway before leaving the ramp. The area to the left of the fountains was much more open in Evel's day and he had a much longer acceleration lane to get up to speed.

Isn't that India 750 he was riding around the same class and weight?

Same way Evel did it..look it up

Steven Kloepping you aren’t kidding. It’s wide enough to land a Boeing.

That’s WHY Evel Knievel was so much more baddass than anyone who came after. His ramps were the same size on both side, maybe 6 or 7 feet wide, shits crazy

CHOCLODITE LENSMAN could you do it? Probably not

Steven Kloepping you couldn’t do it. Just saying

@@RaceDefendImportTunerTeam can i ask if you did your research first about pastrana?

No he had pieces of plywood as a ramp

No he was on ground level