Robbie sets new Knievel motorcycle record
The Staff of Clutch and Chrome
May 26th 2008
At the site of
a record-breaking motorcycle moment by his father some
thirty-three years earlier, Robbie Knievel jumped
twenty-four delivery trucks at Kings Island Theme park in
Cincinnati Ohio Saturday night.
Breaking his
father's record Robbie "Kaptain" Knievel, aka Evel
Knievel II carried on the family legacy exceeding
ninety-five miles per hour at take off for the 220 feet jump
which started from a three-storey tall ramp. Thirty-three
years earlier at the same venue, the original Evel Knievel
had jumped the much shorter length of 115ft over 14 buses,
in an event watched by more than half of the nation's
television viewers.
In the
trademark white overalls, a stars-and-stripes-themed helmet
and sunglasses, Robbie Knievel successfully completed the
jump, spending around two-and-a-half seconds in the air
before landing to shooting flames, booming music and wild
cheers from the crowd. After his successful landing, Knievel
Jnr, 46, gave the crowd a thumbs up, rode back and forth
giving high-fives, and conducted a celebratory wheelie.
Robbie
Knievel, the third of Evel's four children, has completed
more than 250 jumps, setting 20 world records along the way.
Although his father preferred Harley-Davidson motorcycles,
Robbie uses specially designed Honda moto-cross bikes. |
