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« on: November 30, 2007, 23:41:38 pm »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7122258.stm
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2007, 23:45:45 pm »

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« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 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
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« Reply #5 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  Grin

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« Reply #6 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  Grin

RIP Sad

going to get my one of those out later as a mark of rememberance to one of lifes most remarkable lunatics Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2007, 16:47:29 pm »

What a sad day.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2007, 20:02:29 pm »

he sure will be missed
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« Reply #9 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  Grin

 RIP Cry

yeah they were ace, plus you could also get different bikes to use.  I'm sure i had a huge drag bike.
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« Reply #10 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.

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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2007, 23:50:10 pm »

RIP

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