Ladies and Gentlemen, Evil Knievel has died

[Turf1600]

He's lucky he lived so long.

[E30_pilot]

i found this out last nite..and im still in shock....he was a real OG

[Fidhle007]

THANK YOU.

:stupid:

+1

[dvs909]

Aww man ! Why did this thread have to take another one of those turns...

because this is r3v.
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[Il Duce]

Just stop talking. No one thinks you're funny. And your sig is retarded.

THANK YOU.

:stupid:

[jflip2002]

Fibrosis is no joke. I knew someone who died from fibrosis (I think his was cystic (SP?)). It slow eats away at you until you cant breathe anymore. And you in turn basically die of suffocation is how they explained it to me if I remember correctly.

Im not big on watching all these jumps and what not. but I think its pretty fuckin sweet that he did this with just a regular street bike Harley or whatever, and not these super bikes guys use nowadays.

If anyone is interested in an interview with him, the Jim Rome one a few years back was epic.

[1991 318is]

I for one am seriously disappointed in how he died. I expected him to die in some kind of epic, firey explosion, or be ripped to shreds by coming up short trying to jump a pit of 3 million dull kitchen knives, or something.

Especially sad because pulmonary fibrosis (most likely cause of death) is a slow process that produces panic reactions due to low oxygen levels in the brain. For someone who is identified with risk and overcoming fear to have that battle at the end of your life seems wrong.
I saw him jump at the Kil-Kare Dragway in Xenia, Ohio in the late 1960's when he was about 30 years old. Today, a lot of people are doing what he did. One thing you can't take away from him is that he was the archetype.

[mtechnik]

only shows that he was mortal after all.

[Jand3rson]

I for one am seriously disappointed in how he died. I expected him to die in some kind of epic, firey explosion, or be ripped to shreds by coming up short trying to jump a pit of 3 million dull kitchen knives, or something.

[mudflaps]

69 aint bad for someone who broke every bone in his body at one point or another.

[george graves]

Aww man ! Why did this thread have to take another one of those turns...

ya - he was my hero when I was 5....

[Fidhle007]

Because mudflaps' special sock is in the laundry again.

[mtechnik]

Aww man ! Why did this thread have to take another one of those turns...

[Fidhle007]

seriously, because you hit it once, maybe mutiple times, doesnt mean you have to defend her. ive been in your shoes.

Who said I was defending anything/one? I'm talking about you being a moron who thinks he's a whole lot funnier than he is. This was meant to be a tribute thread to The Original Adrenalin Junkie and you have to dick it up with your bullshit.

[Ral]

Just stop talking. No one thinks you're funny. And your sig is retarded.

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