I am glad to see such a positive response to this video. I am surprised that so many people found it worth watching. I was a big fan of Evel's in the 1970s and like a lot of kids, my brother and I build ramps to try to duplicate his feats on our bicycles. Yes, contrary to warnings, we did try that at home.
I broke two bicycle frames jumping7. The second time, that was it for my Dad. I had to use paper route money and buy the next one. STILL an EK fan. Glad to see videos like this get posted. Thanks!!!
✨ I love the 🎶 He was half twinn 🎓2019 ° Ik weet omdat ik weet weet 👖 501 was de wijste niet meer dan één groote mega leugen. 😢 Men had mij dood moeten laten en niet telkens toch mijn leven lengen voor het opsporen van grove verdiensten aan mij toekomende nalatenschappen inzake stilvernootschap. Verborgen LEVEN is a great place to be never send a message to me. Horrible for me 😢 🙏 🎓 Invisible
Ha, me and my older brother built a ramp for our Evel Knievel motorcycle toy in the 70s just like you and yours. I still have my Evel Knievel lunch box. Great memories. Thanks for sharing!
@@dannylee1987 don't get me wrong, these guys today with their triple backflips, it is absolutely amazing the things they are doing today on bikes and all other types of equipment. But this man was flying mostly stock 300 - 400 pound bikes. Bikes we're flight was not even a slight consideration when being designed LOL
There wasn’t a bigger fan that Evel than I in the 70s. I have the scars to prove it. It Was a great time to be a kid in America.🇺🇸 My mom didn’t know if I’d survive it. Lol. I’ve met him and Robbie. The best of memories. Thank you . ❤️👌
Honestly, this is almost more impressive, how he rides up that skinny ramp. Wow, and the jump, everything just had to be so perfect. And he doing it with all those people all eyes on him like he is up on stage. Awesome.
My girlfriends dad helped build Evils canyon Jump Cycle. I saw him jump in 1972 outside of Chicago. A true Sportsman and Hero Idol in my day. One in a million!
We now know how incredible Evel was. As , everything about his bike set up was wrong. It was the best for his time. The bikes today are superior. Imagine what he could have done with a KTM or Honda CR.
Big part of my childhood in the early 70s and got me jumping ramps on my bike. Between Evel and the Fonz - motorcycles were cool when you were from that generation which is probably why I have one today
These were the best of times watching wide world of sports and seeing Evel doing his thing..we'd wait all week to see the sports on Saturday..miss those days alot.
That had to be the first year Evel started jumping the XR 750. Same gas tank paint job as in the 1971 E.K. movie. By 1972 he changed gas tank paint scheme to more red white and blue. The ski jump ramp makes this a hard jump , looks like Evel nailed it perfectly. Funny to see Evel ride with out a helmet. Great video thanks for sharing
Thanks for posting. Love watching "home" footage of these type of events. Saw Evil jump at the Los Angeles Coliseum a few years after this. It was about the show. The announcer would build it up and really make you think he was going to jump and then he'd turn off and come back and do it again and again. Good times.
I think it is fantastic that you would save this and share it. It makes me wonder how much Evel really did jump and most of it it lost history. Thanks for saving this precious gold to any Evel Fan. You rock!
It was such a long jump and so so many cars, wow. You're right, he was a giant of men of all men back in the day when men were men and sheep were nervous.
No one is more legendary than EK. He was an innovator, a tough as nails type guy from the John Wayne generation. And EK was really tough on another level like willing to break every bone, suffer extreme pain or die for his cause. I will be honest and say I don't even like those qualities in a person, that personality type but I respect him as he earned it. And again... No one is more legendary than Evel Knievel
Great footage of the icon. I was in the audience that night. I remember a large man standing next to me. He farted. I was 4. It was gross. The man turned out to be my father. I never recovered.
Evel just sits on the bike and uses up 3/4 of the suspension travel on that Sportster. It is a near miracle miracle he safely landed even once on such a "primitive" set-up....Nothing "cheesy" here. Evel was many things, and not all of them good, but he earned his money on his jumps. Every time he left the ground on one of those things, he put his life at genuine risk even on one of these small "exhibition" jumps. Anyone who ever got to see him perform has a lifetime memory of a true original.
Its just a sign of the times is all .......... This was daring & risky back then & Unseen by most people. Let someone try doing what he did on a big Harley or Triumph like he did with the suspension bottoming completely out on impact and weighing way more than todays enduros & Motocross bikes that are more built for it, Plus this guy didnt take a bad spill a few times & quit, He took a literal beating, internal bleeding multil Bones broken & still get up to say a few words to the audience & was a pure hardass straight shooter tell it like it is hero back in our day.
Jim: I am curious. In the beginning the ramps looked to be painted red, with a round spot on the landing ramp, but then in the jump the ramps are the typical blue with an "X" that marks the spot. Was this filmed on two different nights or something? Thanks.
The ramps were covered with a cloth. If you look at about 40 to 42 seconds in, you can see the blue ramp and red cloth hanging on the side. Here is another video filmed the same night from the other side of the arena. In this one, you can see the red cloth lying on the floor next to the ramp. ua-cam.com/video/p1CzFLY5iXQ/v-deo.html
I regret going to see Evil Knievel at a local car dealership back in the 1990s here in Oklahoma City, I think it was Lynn Hickey dodge and they were I a van suspended several feet off the ground for a commercial promotion,I understand he was also a big fan of Elvis ( The outfit) RIP Evil and E..
i wonder if anyone could leave a comment if they were one of the ones to shake his hand at the end. The best I can tell, he shook about 12 hands very briefly, so there IS a chance that someone could come out and let us know here on this channel and here in this chat. THANKS IN ADVANCE Y'all
My Father took me. I was 3 years old. Don't remember. lol. I have a huge collection of Evel Knievel Figures and Toys Displayed in My Home all or original. Friends flip out when they see it.
Hi William ... You may have been to that event on a later date. The Evel appearance in this video was from 1971 and the Wallendas were not at the Vet until several years later.
The 1st. The "Original Superstar' at this. Most Revered Bad Ass Stunt Man on a Motorcycle....in History. Could give a shit about the new 'slew'...of MotoX Kawasaki Sand Dude Riders. Zzzzzzzzzz.... So what. This Man is LEGEND..... Because he...DID IT ALL, First. Hail to the King. Say his name with me........ Knievel. God Damn Right.
Something that cracks me up about Evel was his bullshit. He was NOT in a coma for 29 days after Caesars Palace. And his big claim that he was in the hospital for 3 or 4 total years was pure BS...track the time-line of his career, there is no way he was in the hospital anywhere close to that long.
As a stuntman Evel was legendary. Evel was my childhood hero. As a human being he was the biggest douchebag that I've ever met. I met Evel in the 90's in Sunnyvale CA where he lived at the time. Evel was known for getting drunk at local bars long before noon & walking out on his tab. Evel was addicted to painkillers, alcohol & drugs since nearly killing himself & breaking all those bones during all those stunts, testing, crashes & hundreds of surgeries. He won't be missed !!! Just honest facts.
One can judge a man many ways. I judge him by the thrills and positivity that he gave to millions upon millions around the world.. Read these comments. He touched so many and they have never,ever forgotten it. His many personal failings were his own, but he belonged to his fans and they loved him and still do. In any case, he gave much more than he ever got from his life , and he got a helluva lot.....
@@thatmanstumototours2270 so did Jim Jones, Charles Manson, & our for Father's. If you met Evel Knievel you would definitely agree he's a major douchebag. No excuses no apologies. I can judge a man after meeting them. Your reality is false.
I would have probably wrecked just by unintentionally veering off the big ramp in the stands to set up for the jump. That would have been rather embarrassing.
Kids also criticise on smartphones. Didn't have them 50 years ago . If you wanted to criticise him you had to say it to his face. Nobody did though . . .
He was a raging, abusive alcoholic who cheated non-stop with hundreds of women, abused his wife & kids, treated people around him like shit, didn't pay bills, beat people up,was a lousy father, etc......THAT'S the reality of the man. He was a hero to kids between 4:30 and 6 pm on Saturdays on Wide World of Sports......the rest of the time, he was a lousy, pompous, self-absorbed jerk. The bravest, toughest Knievel wasn't Evel, wasn't Robbie...it was Linda, who took his shit for way too long.
And as long as Evel fans (fanatics) try to push the myth that this was a halfway decent human being, I'll push back with the truth. The man was a WRECK.
@@stevestarr9769 If you have any new information, please share it. You seem to think people are not aware,after 60 years of books,movies,interviews and articles that Evel was an extremely flawed human being. But that is not why we are here commenting. Lots of shitheels in the world, but few if any made people feel what EK did. And that is what we choose to remember. I can wlk down on the corner and see an abusive,pill popping drunk. I can't walk down there and see Evel Kneivel.
As a kid I absolutely idolised him . As an adult I realised the truth . His life , his rules. There is often a "hidden story" behind many celebrities who came from obscurity & suddenly had it all. He was no different.
Ahh! To be a kid in the seventies and have REAL HEROES that inspired the best in us. Too bad those days are gone. 👍🏼MISS YOU EVEL!🇺🇸
Amen to that
Thank you! This is a silent tribute to what he did over and over again, more challenging as time went on.
I am glad to see such a positive response to this video. I am surprised that so many people found it worth watching. I was a big fan of Evel's in the 1970s and like a lot of kids, my brother and I build ramps to try to duplicate his feats on our bicycles. Yes, contrary to warnings, we did try that at home.
I broke two bicycle frames jumping7. The second time, that was it for my Dad. I had to use paper route money and buy the next one.
STILL an EK fan. Glad to see videos like this get posted. Thanks!!!
✨ I love the 🎶
He was half twinn 🎓2019 °
Ik weet omdat ik weet weet 👖 501 was de wijste niet meer dan één groote mega leugen.
😢 Men had mij dood moeten laten
en niet telkens toch mijn leven lengen voor het opsporen van grove verdiensten aan mij toekomende nalatenschappen inzake stilvernootschap.
Verborgen LEVEN is a great place to be never send a message to me.
Horrible for me
😢 🙏 🎓 Invisible
My man! Same here! Picnic tables 😉
Ha, me and my older brother built a ramp for our Evel Knievel motorcycle toy in the 70s just like you and yours. I still have my Evel Knievel lunch box. Great memories. Thanks for sharing!
I saw Evel jump in Worcester, Mass in 1976. A true showman.
52 years ago! EK was a big influence on me as a kid, I did a lot of crazy bicycle jumps throughout the 70's!
Wow! So cool to see a Knievel jump I've never seen before.
Thanks, Evel started it all! The jumpers today just dont have his flare!
What this man did in his time with that equipment was absolutely amazing. Thank you for uploading this
Agree ! 🏍
@@dannylee1987 don't get me wrong, these guys today with their triple backflips, it is absolutely amazing the things they are doing today on bikes and all other types of equipment. But this man was flying mostly stock 300 - 400 pound bikes. Bikes we're flight was not even a slight consideration when being designed LOL
@@richdiscoveries again I agree with you but Evel did all this with style and panache! There will never be another Evel ...
Harleys are very heavy bikes and to do what he did is simply amazing!
Jim thanks for preserving this part of history . . I lived through it and it was definately better than anything from the 90s to present 👍
good quality footage esp. for 1971 home movie, glad your parents took you and filmed it. thanx for sharing.
There wasn’t a bigger fan that Evel than I in the 70s. I have the scars to prove it. It Was a great time to be a kid in America.🇺🇸 My mom didn’t know if I’d survive it. Lol. I’ve met him and Robbie. The best of memories. Thank you . ❤️👌
Jim, not cheesy at all! When you look at how narrow those ramps are, how heavy that bike is, and how far EK jumped, it is still a thrill.
Honestly, this is almost more impressive, how he rides up that skinny ramp. Wow, and the jump, everything just had to be so perfect. And he doing it with all those people all eyes on him like he is up on stage. Awesome.
Agree. I was more impressed with him riding up that starting ramp after the practice runs. LOL
Yeah that was sketchy
Not cheesy in the least. Excellent footage of a special time. Thanks for the trip back.
I was a kid in 71 just 11yrs old and I loved it great times thank you jesus
Did jesus build the bike ?
Probably evel's mate but I've not heard of him
My girlfriends dad helped build Evils canyon Jump Cycle. I saw him jump in 1972 outside of Chicago. A true Sportsman and Hero Idol in my day. One in a million!
Thanks for not slowing it down. Real time is always better.
what a showman....easy jump but can work it up for the crowd. Wish i was there. RIP Evel
We now know how incredible Evel was. As , everything about his bike set up was wrong. It was the best for his time. The bikes today are superior. Imagine what he could have done with a KTM or Honda CR.
Big part of my childhood in the early 70s and got me jumping ramps on my bike. Between Evel and the Fonz - motorcycles were cool when you were from that generation which is probably why I have one today
These were the best of times watching wide world of sports and seeing Evel doing his thing..we'd wait all week to see the sports on Saturday..miss those days alot.
Absolutely, the 70s were alsome, my teenage years.
Wide World of Sports, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
That had to be the first year Evel started jumping the XR 750. Same gas tank paint job as in the 1971 E.K. movie. By 1972 he changed gas tank paint scheme to more red white and blue. The ski jump ramp makes this a hard jump , looks like Evel nailed it perfectly. Funny to see Evel ride with out a helmet. Great video thanks for sharing
My Dad took me to see this too !!!!
Does look silly compared to what they're doing now ...
Thanks for posting !!
Thanks for posting. Love these rare videos folks post. Saw Evel jump in Toronto in 1974.
Great video Jim, Thanks for sharing such a great memory of a true daredevil.
bigger then life...one of my heros
Jumping in a Hockey Rink!!
He a Reflection of The early 1970s.He put his Life on the line to make us Happy.
Thanks for posting. Love watching "home" footage of these type of events. Saw Evil jump at the Los Angeles Coliseum a few years after this. It was about the show. The announcer would build it up and really make you think he was going to jump and then he'd turn off and come back and do it again and again. Good times.
Classic Evel
Thanks for sharing.
We need a hero like Evel now days.
I think it is fantastic that you would save this and share it. It makes me wonder how much Evel really did jump and most of it it lost history. Thanks for saving this precious gold to any Evel Fan. You rock!
300 jumps i believe
After watching Evel on Wide World of Sports, time to set up my ramps and jump over the garage cans!!
Small Jump for such a Giant of a Man!
It was such a long jump and so so many cars, wow. You're right, he was a giant of men of all men back in the day when men were men and sheep were nervous.
That was AWESOME!!!! Thank you for posting it.
it was a lot of cars he jumped.
Not cheesy. All that steel on that bike and the landing ramp so skinny. No margin for error.
Awesome man !!!! A place and time we will never get back.
David....I just looked at your video. I was in the first row of the second level at the Spectrum. It was a fun night.
Thanks for putting this up!! How I wanted to be here but my father couldn’t take time off from work.
Thank you for sharing Jim!
Cool rare footage. Some of his jumps could be inelegant, but this was just about perfect
My Hero!.. I had the whole kit!..
This was great. Thanks for posting this.
There's nothing cheesy about Evel Knievel jumping a motorbike over cars.. Only the digital music was cheesy...
I was at this event also and just posted my video. You were directly across the arena from me. A memorable night.
No one is more legendary than EK. He was an innovator, a tough as nails type guy from the John Wayne generation. And EK was really tough on another level like willing to break every bone, suffer extreme pain or die for his cause.
I will be honest and say I don't even like those qualities in a person, that personality type but I respect him as he earned it.
And again...
No one is more legendary than Evel Knievel
Great footage of the icon. I was in the audience that night. I remember a large man standing next to me. He farted. I was 4. It was gross. The man turned out to be my father. I never recovered.
Great footage!
Love Evel and Robbie !💪
Evel just sits on the bike and uses up 3/4 of the suspension travel on that Sportster. It is a near miracle miracle he safely landed even once on such a "primitive" set-up....Nothing "cheesy" here. Evel was many things, and not all of them good, but he earned his money on his jumps. Every time he left the ground on one of those things, he put his life at genuine risk even on one of these small "exhibition" jumps. Anyone who ever got to see him perform has a lifetime memory of a true original.
I'm watching this because I'm now reading, "Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend".
Pure gold..
Its just a sign of the times is all .......... This was daring & risky back then & Unseen by most people. Let someone try doing what he did on a big Harley or Triumph like he did with the suspension bottoming completely out on impact and weighing way more than todays enduros & Motocross bikes that are more built for it, Plus this guy didnt take a bad spill a few times & quit, He took a literal beating, internal bleeding multil Bones broken & still get up to say a few words to the audience & was a pure hardass straight shooter tell it like it is hero back in our day.
Kool!
Philly boy here!
Wow, at the old Philly Spectrum stadium. Wish I was there.
The old Spectrum had only been one four years at the time of this event.
@@JimSamuel267 Wow
Every the time that I was on the floor at The Spectrum, I thought to my self - How the hell did he get stopped in that tunnel 🤔
The greatest American hero ever! Ride on Eviel! RIP🏍
Man your Dad is a very good camera operator
Great bit for film footage
I was there with a high school friend. Wasn't Tony Orlando and Dawn the lead-in act?
Yes they were. I actually had about five seconds of them on the Super 8 film but I cut it out to post this here. No sound, so it was pointless.
was this his only jump at the spectrum ? I went to one at the Spectrum, but I would think it was later in his career....
yes
VIVA KNIEVEL
that
is good stuff man
Jim: I am curious. In the beginning the ramps looked to be painted red, with a round spot on the landing ramp, but then in the jump the ramps are the typical blue with an "X" that marks the spot. Was this filmed on two different nights or something? Thanks.
The ramps were covered with a cloth. If you look at about 40 to 42 seconds in, you can see the blue ramp and red cloth hanging on the side.
Here is another video filmed the same night from the other side of the arena. In this one, you can see the red cloth lying on the floor next to the ramp.
ua-cam.com/video/p1CzFLY5iXQ/v-deo.html
Thank you. Many of us on the FB page "Anything Evel" was looking at this video and wondering about the red ramps.
Why were the ramps covered? Roof leaks? Dirt?
That was a great little video. Thank you.
Evel loved America. 👊🏼🇺🇸
Ive never seen this. Thanks for sharing. Evel had quite a limp that night. Wonder if he had crashed not too long before this jump?
it was from his crash at Caesars Palace, has one leg shorter than the other due to steel plates and screws.
This is courage!!! We have traveled far,but have gone nowhere.. please folks ,pray for our nation,1 nation under God!!!
I regret going to see Evil Knievel at a local car dealership back in the 1990s here in Oklahoma City, I think it was Lynn Hickey dodge and they were I a van suspended several feet off the ground for a commercial promotion,I understand he was also a big fan of Elvis ( The outfit) RIP Evil and E..
Real Coool Thanks for Posting.
i wonder if anyone could leave a comment if they were one of the ones to shake his hand at the end. The best I can tell, he shook about 12 hands very briefly, so there IS a chance that someone could come out and let us know here on this channel and here in this chat. THANKS IN ADVANCE Y'all
Great footage man!, Evel was the best! Could've done without that funeral music though.
The spectrum, brings back memories
Nothing cheesy about the badassery of Evel Knievel. Was that Kelly and Robbie at the beginning?
Not Cheesy, this is still cool today!
my man. evel,
That night was a real thrill for me. I was 14 at the time.
My Father took me. I was 3 years old. Don't remember. lol. I have a huge collection of Evel Knievel Figures and Toys Displayed in My Home all or original. Friends flip out when they see it.
I’ll bet him and Elvis really hit it off.
I'll bet they hit it off too. I've always considered Evel, Elvis and Muhammad Ali the 3 most famous superstars in the world of the 1970's!
Hi Jim, my dad took me also too see Evil at the Vet and Willendas high wire act the same day. Was that the day you saw Evil?
Hi William ... You may have been to that event on a later date. The Evel appearance in this video was from 1971 and the Wallendas were not at the Vet until several years later.
Fluffy music and Evel Knievel don't mix. Great video but what's with the music?
Cool!
The 1st. The "Original Superstar' at this. Most Revered Bad Ass Stunt Man on a Motorcycle....in History. Could give a shit about the new 'slew'...of MotoX Kawasaki Sand Dude Riders. Zzzzzzzzzz.... So what. This Man is LEGEND..... Because he...DID IT ALL, First. Hail to the King. Say his name with me........ Knievel. God Damn Right.
that was good stuff.. there is only one Evel.... they could make that jump on a skate board today...
are these chevy Vegas????????
Something that cracks me up about Evel was his bullshit. He was NOT in a coma for 29 days after Caesars Palace. And his big claim that he was in the hospital for 3 or 4 total years was pure BS...track the time-line of his career, there is no way he was in the hospital anywhere close to that long.
And your point is...?
He was known to wildly exaggerate the truth .
All part of the act .
It put bums on seats & paid the bills
As a stuntman Evel was legendary.
Evel was my childhood hero.
As a human being he was the biggest douchebag that I've ever met.
I met Evel in the 90's in Sunnyvale CA
where he lived at the time. Evel was known for getting drunk at local bars
long before noon & walking out on his tab. Evel was addicted to painkillers, alcohol & drugs since nearly killing himself & breaking all those bones during all those stunts, testing, crashes & hundreds of surgeries. He won't be missed !!! Just honest facts.
One can judge a man many ways. I judge him by the thrills and positivity that he gave to millions upon millions around the world.. Read these comments. He touched so many and they have never,ever forgotten it. His many personal failings were his own, but he belonged to his fans and they loved him and still do. In any case, he gave much more than he ever got from his life , and he got a helluva lot.....
@@thatmanstumototours2270 so did Jim Jones, Charles Manson, & our for Father's.
If you met Evel Knievel you would definitely agree he's a major douchebag. No excuses no apologies.
I can judge a man after meeting them.
Your reality is false.
👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎🏍️
I would have probably wrecked just by unintentionally veering off the big ramp in the stands to set up for the jump. That would have been rather embarrassing.
One of the very rare times he made it lol
i believe he made more than not............
300 jumps. 50 crashes
@@babayaga1767
Nonsense.
75 jumps & 25 crashes .
75 jumps & 25 crashes .
Started on a little honda scrambler & ended with the harley.
Most success was on a triumph twin cos lighter & faster
Foi muito louco este cara
We were young stupid kids back then. We worshiped a guy who in fact was a lousy human being.
Yes. Totally true.
We were told about “worshiping” people. That was prob your problem and why the bitter attitude when your “hero” turns out to be human.
A celebrity with an attitude, why you just don't hear of that happening ever. Lol.
Speak for yourself. I didn't watch him for moral guidance. I watched him to see Evel Kneivel. And that is what I saw.
Kids jump twice that far on bicycles now.
On bicycles that have 5 times the suspension travel as those old Sportsters(and his early Triumphs)....your point is?
Kids also criticise on smartphones.
Didn't have them 50 years ago .
If you wanted to criticise him you had to say it to his face.
Nobody did though . . .
evel.
1:31 jump
Theres nothing cheesy about this. Just need better music
He was a raging, abusive alcoholic who cheated non-stop with hundreds of women, abused his wife & kids, treated people around him like shit, didn't pay bills, beat people up,was a lousy father, etc......THAT'S the reality of the man. He was a hero to kids between 4:30 and 6 pm on Saturdays on Wide World of Sports......the rest of the time, he was a lousy, pompous, self-absorbed jerk. The bravest, toughest Knievel wasn't Evel, wasn't Robbie...it was Linda, who took his shit for way too long.
Steve Starr your comments are getting boring now!!
And as long as Evel fans (fanatics) try to push the myth that this was a halfway decent human being, I'll push back with the truth. The man was a WRECK.
@@stevestarr9769 If you have any new information, please share it. You seem to think people are not aware,after 60 years of books,movies,interviews and articles that Evel was an extremely flawed human being. But that is not why we are here commenting. Lots of shitheels in the world, but few if any made people feel what EK did. And that is what we choose to remember. I can wlk down on the corner and see an abusive,pill popping drunk. I can't walk down there and see Evel Kneivel.
As a kid I absolutely idolised him .
As an adult I realised the truth .
His life , his rules.
There is often a "hidden story" behind many celebrities who came from obscurity & suddenly had it all.
He was no different.
Im 55 i had evils toys lived tgem he was a real gutsy true american unluke todays babies who cry over a pronoun
poor choice of motorcycle
Just an trying to make a living....by endangering his life!
Stuntmen still exist
Music stinks
Choice of music 👎
Don't you think the music captures Evel's essence?
@@JimSamuel267 You got to be kidding me? Evil was a daredevil and you're playing Love story music