Robbie Maddison breaks Evel Knievel's World Motorcycle Jump Record [Archive]

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TexanFan4Life

01-01-2008, 12:50 AM

They televised it on ESPN. He jumped 322 feet. The previous record, held by Knievel, was 310 feet. Pretty cool what all goes into the preparation for a jump like that. A lot of physics involved.

It was a great jump!

gatordaze

01-01-2008, 07:29 AM

It was't Evil"s record, maybe his sons. The previous record was modern and not in a 500 lb Harley.

Emerson1

01-01-2008, 11:06 AM

Ryan Capes had the previous record at 310-4

crzyjournalist03

01-02-2008, 12:21 PM

I thought it was funny that he got all pumped and decided to do a second jump because he knew he could top it, but apparently didn't because they never mentioned the distance of his second jump.

1st and goal

01-02-2008, 12:38 PM

Absolutely, insanely, wicked!

waterboy

01-02-2008, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
I thought it was funny that he got all pumped and decided to do a second jump because he knew he could top it, but apparently didn't because they never mentioned the distance of his second jump.
Yeah. It looked like he came up a few feet short on that second jump. What amazed me is how easy he made the jumps look, and to make a second jump...........the young man has a pair............I'll give him that!