Evel Knievel Raw Footage wembley stadium
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- i know this isnt a rocky mountian racing event but those who grew up in this era had a hero in evel. this footage is a rarely seen raw footage from ABC as they prepared to televise the event... pretty interestig to watch...hope you all enjoy
gifford said he had arrived with evil the day of the jump, as soon as evil saw the ramp and buses he said "hell, i cant jump that far" he knew he was gonna wipe out, did the jump anyway, balls like church bells.
He also told Gifford after he crashed “Get that broad outta my hotel room!”
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Is Impressive but that's all just for entertainment
There are some people on this planet who don’t believe in the word impossible...this man is one of them.
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I remember seeing this on ABC Wide World of Sports. Channel 7 here in NJ. It was great t.v. back in the 70s.
One true legend. No dirt bikes and guts. I wished I had the opportunity of seeing one of his jumps.
I almost can't believe. Then I watched him as a child. So grateful.
That crash was insane glad Mr knievel made a full recovery! Knievel lives forever! 👍
And what amazes me is that Evel Knievel was jumping a piece of lead. Harleys just are not built to jump. People like Ryan Capes, who jumped nearly 400 feet, jump bikes built for jumping. I wish Knievel was alive to see these guys doing backflips in midair and Robbie Maddison’s New Year’s Eve jump in Las Vegas back in 2008. Would love to hear Knievels comments about these guys.
"He is down and he is hurt" The guy hadn't even stopped rolling yet.
As kid in the 70s EVEL WAS MY HERO
I was a kid in the 70's also. He inspired me so much that I decided I would establish an unbreakable record in my neighborhood for the longest Stingray bike jump...ever. Ramp to ramp, maybe 20 feet. With the neighborhood kids watching i hauled ass up the ramp, got airborne, and completely flipped upside down, and landed flat on my back beyond the ramp. No helmet. I laid there in agony with my entire backside scraped raw from the asphalt slide. Like Evel in this video....."ladies and gentlemen, you will never see me jump again". I'm 61 now. Was true to my word.
He was every kid who ever rode a bikes hero,,👍
@@nixworld767 I'm right there with ya, pal... Only I didn't do a ramp jump... I rode my Stingray off a WALL ...The wall was only 3 feet high, but I did it w/o a helmet... Busted my head and gave myself a concussion 😖... End of story.
And me, used to jump our choppers, my dad took me to Wembley that day
And the agony of defeat. Wide world of sports. The 70's were awesome
Thanks again to the poster and the man E.K. who took us kids and showed us the jumps in the office with full respect no matter our age.
Any person that had experienced real pain, the type this man had experienced many time before.
Is a true hero.
It’s knowing in between bits of sleep you still have to wake up & that means returning to Pain, real Pain.
Real Hero ✊👑🙏
Yeah he had all the guts and when he made the jumps he got all the glory. I was glad that I got to watch him jump on ABC wide world of sports Caesars Palace what a mess but the legend lives on!
This is amazing footage. I was at Wembly Stadium as a teenager watching what turned out to be Evel's only UK appearance. Evel was cool, still is cool and demonstrates what it is to be a decent man. Thanks for sharing this footage, it brings back happy memories of me being taken to Wembly by my mum and dad to watch my hero. I will never forget that when he made the jump my mum said "I can't watch" and covered her eyes? Oh well, that was my mum. Thanks again for the happy memory.
He actually cleared the distance, but the suspension on those old Harley's he used couldn't take that kind of impact. You see him holding on to the bike so he won't be thrown from it. Only bad thing is it landed right on top of him, and it was still running. Listen to when the guy picks up the bike after he lands, it's still going. Great bike, but a bad design for that time.
True American Grit! Awesome!
Saw Evel Knievel in Detroit in 1972 at motorcycle show State Fair Coliseum. He did one of those jumps where he comes from way up un the stands down to the ground then right back up the ramp, jump the busses, down the other ramp and have to go through narrow doorway right after the ramp. THAT was the crazy part of it all.
Three day show, he did three jumps. I was there all three days with bike show in the back. When he was preparing for the jumps and bypassing the ramps getting his speed tuned in, he would go to the back and turn around. When he turned around he would always stand on the seat and ride a wheel stand on the seat back up front.
First two jumps I was in back but on last jump we went into the coliseum to watch. He made the jump okay but dumped it on the down ramp and bike slid more to the right and hit the doors. They picked him up and brought him back up to the center so he could talk to everybody some more then away he went. He was pretty busted up to begin with. He was walking with a cane before he started.
You watch others do jumps they look like they are going to fly away, he went very fast and not very high. He used a much heavier bike than anybody would use today.
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If I remember correctly, believe they announced he was jumping with an ankle in a cast.
That is one B.M.F. much respect for this man who did crazy shit " jumps" in his time and era. " MAY YOU REST IN PEACE EVIL KNIEVEL"
The 70`s "Health & Safety ? never heard of it". Spectator's were at as much risk at event's back then, no lanyard kill switch. Man got balls of a Lion
I remember my grandma had this on the tube when I was real young- always be my hero
They Dont Make Them Like This Anymore ,Thank You For This He Was The Last Of The Gladiators Without Question Did what He Said He Would Regardless Of Outcome ,,Try Finding That Since The 70s Ended
When Keith Moon is around u know its going to be a spectacle
Keith probably thought “...bloody ‘ell I could do that without a bleedin’ bike!”
Maaan wembly was chaotic af. No one knew what to do after he crashed. Everyone freaked out ha.
Believe it or not, if FedEx had been around back then he would’ve made it. Evel has said that when he saw how far it was he knew he might be short on landing but also knew Harley-Davidson couldn’t get the parts to him fast enough to change the bike’s gearing. So he went ahead with the jump rather than disappoint 80K fans
He is a true American Bad Ass
Mit so einem Eisenschwein, trommelgebremst da rüber und die schmale Abfahrtsrampe treffen, Respekt.
I was there and he was an absolute hero for me👌
Correct me but i believe only time ever played national anthem first .Watched this with my dad and brothers when kid .Made me proud to be a American just like with trump
I was with ya, pal... Right up until that last line about Trump 🙄
The best 2 things of America are the words peace freedom and justice for all and all of the Americans that broke the envelope. This man was one of them.
He must have had one serious positive mind set 🦸🐻🤷♂️
OMW! I have tears in my eyes!
Just jumping on a heavy motiotorcycle makes him the king "
I was glued to da tube for all of his jumps including Snake River. One of these wipeouts in a stadium, the ambulance crew wanted to wheel him out on a guerney. He refused saying, "I walked in here under my own power. I'm walking back out under my own power."
Was that this jump?
39:00 for the jump.
Thanks man
ABC’s Wide World of Sports showed the jump the following Saturday (5/31/75). It’d be great if the show itself could be posted.
swami 7774 saw it! Great afternoon
So did I. In fact I have an audio recording of Frank Gifford’s coverage of the jump-including a phone interview with Knievel, still in his London hospital bed. I’d love to see that show again.
Man I wouldn’t even drive down that ramp ! Lol
Awesome behind-the-scenes stuff. Thanks for posting. I'm curious, though, about where you got the footage. I'm a singer/songwriter and am currently working on a new record that contains a song about Evel Knievel and the Wembley jump, in particular. I'd love to use a clip from this footage for a music video if I could acquire the rights to do so.
Balls of steel...
How did EVIL ever get airborne with those sit of balls he packed
Guys nowadays on there dirt bike's know nothing about jumping on Evil's xr 750 Harley!!
You wanna know what a true daredevil is here you are looking at a legend and the other is his son Robbie.
Robbie passed. this youtube application question was..... who are your greatest influences? one of four is Evel. guts. the other three are Bruce Lee, Dale Earnhardt and Ed Van Halen. all dead now. it is ironic that Robbie bought Dale's used travel camper, lol.
Damn what a Trooper
Trouper, actually. One who overcomes. Trooper is a soldier.
@@watchgoose At Least someone came back
i was there, as a young kid.
So was I...!!!
Me too,
Nine years old.
Some of what he is doing is for show but most when you take that jump, you gotta get a feel and when you do! You just hit it! No Fear At All! I know!
Can't fake those crashes.
I can clearly see that he never had enough run out space after the bike has landed. Most important that it is not the jump that's worrying it is the landing.
A Harley Davidson would have to be the worst bike to do any stunts on eg; heavy, unreliable
Yup....the XR-750 flat-track and TT Bike is a tank.... with only about 5 inches of rear suspension travel.
my hero no doubt !!!
2 minutes in and the cameraman gets bored and checks out the women instead haha.
Man something was wrong, I didn’t think he was purposely dragging it out he knew something wasn’t right!
He did all his jumps by feel. No scientific calculations for the angle of the ramps, speed of the bike etc... just by eyeball and feel. He probably knew it wasn't right and wasn't going to make it.
What a tough son of a b
Why he thought Harley was a good bike to jump with is beyond me those bikes are heavy and gommy
Def adds another level to his jumps. Didnt have some purpose built jumper, so gnarly jumping a harley. Look a rhyme! lol
I remember reading an article about his mechanic telling him that the gearbox in his Harley was not tall enough to reach the top speed he needed to clear the buses.
Evil knievel replied,
"Just look at the crowd, People have paid good money to see me jump, The show must go on"
He continued to attempt the jump, knowing he was going to crash, due to the lack of top speed.
Legend is an understatement in regards to Evil knievel.
Total respect.
R.I.P.. EK 🙏✊
25:51 (the ramp is) only 4' wide... it's a little more than 4' wide. Its more like 7 or 8' wide.
26:09 if that guy is 6' tall than the ramp has to be 7 or 8' wide!!
That isent a dirt bike like These guys use today hes on vtwin motor cycle no one even jumps real bikes besides doug danger out of mass
I was always told evil could not ride worth a shiz and no one wanted to ride with him . I never thought much of it till i watched him do his wheely show and i see what they said was true he was a showboater not a motorcycle rider .
Frank Gifford actually picked him up and carried him how that was missed in this film , ok you can see Frank on his right now ,
Actually jumps at 39.00
Not unlike the dallas Cowboys the Road Uni's are a constant fail for Evel as wellABC's wide world of Sports
As hes spreaking after the accident, You can see the pain on his face. I was entertaining as a kid to watch, now its just kinda sad to watch.
take off ramp ? . Front end will bottom out for sure soon as he hits it, Which in turn will slow him down.
Is it just me or does Evel sound like Trump up there?
We all liked him as a kid but looking back he just crashed a lot and when not badly hurt just played to the hype. I wish he had accepted Eddie kidds challenge of a jump off but evel wouldn't accept. His son Robbie did in later years and cheated by adding a piece of extra ramp halfway through but Eddie beat him anyway. All good jumpers but afraid the father and son just lived off the hype I think. Eddie Kidd was the best ever and still a fighter ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
I think you're right at least one point Knievel was more of a showman than he was a good jumper he was pretty good at wrecking and he was a showman that I think Eddie kid was a better jumper
Robbie always had the advantage because he used a much lighter weight bike than Evel did and he had access to design technology that largely didn’t exist in his Dad’s era
Muito corajoso na época com essa moto dura de suspensão sem estabilidade alguma.
No neck brace or anything just grab him and toss him in ambulance
Yeah and let him get of the gurney and walk up the ramp lol
I was there
Tha bike sounded like shit. Nice landing
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What dose a man half to do to get 90k people together they need reck motor cycles for a living .
So sad, he is falling
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Wearing wingtip shoes 👞 unreal
My Brothers buddy is doing wheelies on his bike at about 140 mph , he’s no Evel ! But just a tad touched in da head !
We haven't learned much.
Graham Hill the greatest, never even heard of him ? Cooper I heard of him , almost beat Ali , never saw any other boxer hurt Ali with a punch , not even Frazier when he decked Ali in the First fight ,
Race car driver
Poodle Canoodle liked his Prescription Drugs as well as drinking half a bottle of.Wild Turkey a day...After 5 years he "Blew all to Hell" didn't he ?
I often wonder if HE had an addiction to narcotics
He never touched narcotics. Read his book and look at his some of his old interviews like when he was on the Jhonny Carson show.
WOW! at 12:20 Evel says "Keep UK in Europe!!"
Now go watch Chris joslin.
He milked that for all it was worth.
You would probably cry if you fell of a bmx bike stop talking about he milked it haha
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39:20 is the jump 44:42 he said he will never jump again poor man
He did.
That was his last may 26 1975 wembley stadium look it up
Towards the end of his life he became a real Christian. He had a mighty transformation.
SPPD Unit A475, Knievel jumped again in Ohio over 14 buses on Oct. 25, 1975. You can watch it here - ua-cam.com/video/ratqB20diYE/v-deo.html. He hit the safety ramp covering the last bus, but managed to stay on the bike...that was his last big jump. He jumped again after that but not as far. By 1976 his popularity seem to be fading fast.
Elvis broke every bone in Evel Knievel’s body
Poodle Canoodle and his Big Chopper !! 🇺🇲🛵👑🐩
You know it seems he had more failed jumps than successful ones. I don’t think he chose a good career.
Nope many more successful and made millions.
Bad mfer!
After the crash he was supposed to have said to Frank Gifford "get that broad out of my room before my wife finds her"!
That ramp trajectory was horrible. He may have been a legend, but some of his ramps set ups were never going to yield him with results. And Wembley was one of them.
I saw an interview where he talked about the wembly jump, and I guess he had the total wrong gearing for his bike/jump, and couldnt get the right gearing from davidson in time, and decided to jump anyways ha. Total madman.
@@VashStarwind Lol... You got that right... Evel was like, "F it... I''ll do it anyway!!!" :/:/:/
1974: Watch me jump this 8 ton tank over all these big trucks. Did I mention my motorbike has 2 inches of travel.
2010: Robbie Knievel, watch me jump this 20 pound bike with 50 horsepower and 12 inches of travel.
Guess who was successful ?
Did Frank Giffert just call Evel a circus act? Funny.
E.K. : Democrat or Republican?
Really ? isnt it obvious . The man was decked out in the red ,white , and blue his entire career . Republican all the way . Filthy democrats wear red and yellow , or green .... you know those communist colors .
So what
Yep and if he was still alive he would be supporting Trump for sure!
EDDIE KIDD IS THE BEST EVER
In the movie he supposedly had it changed to 14 buses ? Why do they have to lie in movies all the time ? Pretty sure he crashes here ! And has Frank Gifford pick him up so he can walk and talk to the fans , we shall see , I’m also pretty sure he knew he wasn’t gonna make it , but did it anyway!
He did 14 after Wimbly at kings island in cincinati.