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VIDEO: Guy Martin sets out to recreate the famous JUMP from The Great Escape. And it’s on TV this Sunday.
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Guy Martin’s been out in Austria, attempting to recreate the iconic motorcycle jump from The Great Escape. And if you want to watch his latest exploits – tune in to Guy Martin’s Great Escape this Sunday at 9pm on Channel 4. Guy Martin’s back with his latest TV stunt – and this time, he’s set…
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Travis Pastrana to attempt three of Evel Knievel’s iconic jumps on an Indian Scout FTR 750
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Indian Motorcycle has announced that Travis Pastrana will be jumping an Indian Scout FTR750 in tribute to Evel Knievel, the founding father of motorcycle stunts. ‘Evel Live’, which is being run in partnership with Nitro Circus, on Sunday July 8th, will see Pastrana attempt three of Knievel’s most famed jumps on the Scout FTR750, including…
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Video: Celebrating 50 years since Evel Knievel first cleared 16 cars on his motorcycle
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50 years ago this week, legendary motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel successfully launched himself over 16 cars at the Ascot Park Speedway in Gardena, California. And to celebrate, here’s a short run down on Knievel’s most spectacular stunts from his 15-year career. The jump that kick started Evel Knievel’s remarkable career was over a box of…
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Video: Police investigating THIS motocross jump over an open motorway road
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Police in California are investigating this huge jump over a live freeway that happened at the weekend. Click the play arrow above to watch the monster jump across four lanes of open traffic. Rider Kyle Katsandris jumped Freeway 60 in Moreno Valley, California – once footage of the stunt was uploaded to Instagram the police…
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Video: Adventure rider has to leap for his life when he falls off in front of a speeding train!
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If you’re going to try and ride across a railway line, make sure you can manage it before the giant train comes along and you end up leaping for your life! Watch this! So you’re out and about with your mates when you try to ride across the V/Line railway somewhere near Melbourne, Australia. It…
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Video: RSD X Indian Hooligan does a riverbed jump
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We’ll let you make your own mind up about this – this is a video from stage diver and bike builder Roland Sands (look through our previous pages to see him ride this bike off a stage! Superstar!) that shows his Indian Sportster special Hooligan bike doing some stuff. The bike weighs nearly 220kg and…
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Video: Stuntman does it! Evel Knievel fan rides Sky Cycle over Snake River Canyon!
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It’s the ultimate fan tribute and now – for the first time ever – a so-called ‘Sky Cycle’ rocket has been fired across the Snake River canyon in Idaho, the only time the stunt has ever been completed since it was invented by Evel Knievel. Professional stuntman Eddie Braun made the jump as a tribute…
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Stuntman to attempt Evel Knievel’s Snake River rocket jump! The rocket’s built, Slash from Guns N’ Roses has recorded a song about it and: “Doing this is like touching Superman’s cape!”
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This is going to make every child of the 1970s with a passion for motorcycles sit up and take notice. That’s because this is Evel Knievel’s iconic launch, Take II. Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun, fuelled by the memory of the late daredevil, plans to strap himself into a steam-powered rocket cycle on September 17 for…
