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Title: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: Martin Greaves on November 30, 2007, 23:41:38 pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7122258.stm


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: speedwell on November 30, 2007, 23:45:45 pm
rip


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: jick on December 01, 2007, 00:35:30 am
sad news......man i loved evel as a kid...remember those flywheel driven toys.......those were the days


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: John Rayburn on December 01, 2007, 03:23:48 am
Very sad! He wasn't supposed to ever die; Must be why it was such a miserable day out today.


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: Lids on December 01, 2007, 09:43:14 am
69, 40 broken bones, 1 coma, 1 liver replacement, hep c.  Jeez he lived.  I loved my Evel toy that would do a loop d loop standing on the bike with his hands out.  RIP


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: Lee on December 01, 2007, 13:11:01 pm
sad news......man i loved evel as a kid...remember those flywheel driven toys.......those were the days

This one?

http://www.hawkin.com/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=09476&CTL_CAT_CODE=2122&XPAGENO=3

These are AMAZING  ;D

 RIP :'(


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: benssp on December 01, 2007, 13:44:18 pm
sad news......man i loved evel as a kid...remember those flywheel driven toys.......those were the days

This one?

http://www.hawkin.com/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=09476&CTL_CAT_CODE=2122&XPAGENO=3

These are AMAZING  ;D

RIP :(

going to get my one of those out later as a mark of rememberance to one of lifes most remarkable lunatics :)


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: . on December 01, 2007, 16:47:29 pm
What a sad day.
 :'(


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: nicolas on December 01, 2007, 20:02:29 pm
he sure will be missed


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: Lids on December 02, 2007, 10:46:17 am
sad news......man i loved evel as a kid...remember those flywheel driven toys.......those were the days

This one?

http://www.hawkin.com/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=09476&CTL_CAT_CODE=2122&XPAGENO=3

These are AMAZING  ;D

 RIP :'(

yeah they were ace, plus you could also get different bikes to use.  I'm sure i had a huge drag bike.


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: wolfswest on December 03, 2007, 21:37:15 pm
I saw it on the news yesterday.  sad!
As a kid I saw the movie and it blew me away, dunno if it was the real Evel or an actor...  Too long ago.

Rip


Dem


Title: Re: US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Post by: Turtle001 on December 03, 2007, 23:50:10 pm
RIP

ps. the sad thing is that the marketing machine is gonna roll...