![]() ![]() Despite landing short and having his back wheel hit the box, Knievel was unharmed. ![]() After warming the small crowd up with a few wheelies on his 350cc Honda, Knievel proceeded to jump over a twenty-foot long box of rattlesnakes. ![]() Promoting the event himself, Knievel rented the venue, wrote the press releases, set up the show, sold the tickets and served as his own master of ceremonies. Remembering the “Joie Chitwood Thrill Show” – a touring stunt show – he had seen as a boy, Knievel decided to concoct his own modest daredevil show. In 1965 Knievel was working in a motorcycle repair shop and struggling to support his young family. Box of rattlesnakes, Moses Lake, Washington His death defying stunts didn’t always come off how he’d intended them but they were always spectacular.ġ. During his career Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel suffered more than four-hundred and thirty-three bone fractures, earning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of most bones broken in a lifetime. It’s no wonder Barry and Kenny from Barry’d Treasure are willing to hunt all over Los Angeles for one of the late, great man’s legendary leathers. Evel Knievel is legend – a fearless daredevil as famous for his striking leather jumpsuits as his motorcycle stunts. ![]()
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