Motorcycle Jump

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01 Jan 08 05:59

~~Frank Burns~~

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01 Jan 08 05:59

Did anyone catch the terrific motorcycle jump by the Australian fellow Robbie Maddison for New Years Eve?

He is a god!

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01 Jan 08 06:04

His distance was just shy of 323 feet. Sixty feet in height. My wife and I watched it and really enjoyed it. After his first jump he says "I'm going again." His second was a little shorter. But not by much. Just terrific.

Bobla45

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02 Jan 08 05:01

Originally posted by Frank Burns
His distance was just shy of 323 feet. Sixty feet in height. My wife and I watched it and really enjoyed it. After his first jump he says "I'm going again." His second was a little shorter. But not by much. Just terrific.

Caught that on the news last night. Not a big fan of this stuff, but even a non follower has to appreciate how incredible that jump was, it was like he was riding a rocket!

cashthetrash

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02 Jan 08 07:45

Here it is. Over twice Evil Knievel's record of 151 ft.

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02 Jan 08 13:49

Originally posted by Bobla45
Caught that on the news last night. Not a big fan of this stuff, but even a non follower has to appreciate how incredible that jump was, it was like he was riding a rocket!

Yeah, I'm not a big follower of motorcycle racing or motoX etc. But it was pretty cool. That dude has got nerves of steel. It was pretty fun to watch. Here it is two days later and I'm still thinking of it.

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02 Jan 08 15:18

Originally posted by cashthetrash
Here it is. Over twice Evil Knievel's record of 151 ft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqbo3cH_xA

Let's see him break 151 on a Harley Road Bike with about 2 inches of suspension.

Evel Knievel was a REAL MAN.

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03 Jan 08 14:12

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Let's see him break 151 on a Harley Road Bike with about 2 inches of suspension.

Evel Knievel was a REAL MAN.

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I was talking about that with a co-worker yesterday. Evel got his bikes right off the showroom floor probably. Just plain stock.

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03 Jan 08 15:37

Originally posted by Frank Burns
I was talking about that with a co-worker yesterday. Evel got his bikes right off the showroom floor probably. Just plain stock.

Give Evel a modern bike back when he was doing his thing strong and he'd have jumped The Mighty Mississippi!

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