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: I watched the amateur YouTube footage.
: Appeared the front end got nearly vertical
: on landing but hard to tell from the angle
: shot and shakey footage. Evel jumped his
: entire professional career with heavy
: cycles, American Eagle, Triumph and then the
: standard suspension XR 750. He crashed and
: was seriously hurt on all three. I respect
: our modern day cycle jumpers but don't
: understand the desire to duplicate EK's
: jumps by simply using a Harley XR. The
: modern ramps are MUCH more sophisticated for
: both landing and take-off. Doug Danger made
: a GREAT jump last year with a original shock
: Harley and big ramps. There was only one
: Evel. He is a legend. He is gone. Again NO
: disrespect to any of the current Harley
: jumpers is meant by this post. I just don't
: get it though.Only one name could climb
: aboard a original XR 750 or ride a skycycle
: across the Snake and get national attention
: and recognition. I'm a RK fan but regardless
: of what he said at his golf cart jump, which
: WAS a big distance jump, I don't see either
: happening in the remainder of his career.
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: Lawrence Legend wipes out on landing
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