To: Tulsa Ramjet
I had one of these!!!!
13 posted on
11/30/2007 1:20:00 PM PST by
redrunner
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To: redrunner
16 posted on
11/30/2007 1:21:20 PM PST by
Toddsterpatriot
(What came first, the bad math or the goldbuggery?)
To: redrunner
LOL!!! I remember one night before Christmas some time ago ... I was awakened by this annoying sound of something revving up and then crashing into stuff. Turns out it was my dad playing with my Evel Knievel toy as he and mom were stashing gifts under the tree.
24 posted on
11/30/2007 1:23:19 PM PST by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: redrunner
My brothers and I would send the Evel stunt cycle off a ramp at the top of a flight of stairs. It was pretty cool watching it go down like a ski jumper.
25 posted on
11/30/2007 1:24:01 PM PST by
Mach5
To: redrunner
26 posted on
11/30/2007 1:24:49 PM PST by
dit_xi
(Duncan Hunter: No nose holding necessary come election day. Right on every issue, right every time)
To: redrunner
Me too!
And when I got old enough, my friends and I used to jump ditches and creeks on our bicycles, then dirt bikes when we got older.
R.I.P., Evel.
27 posted on
11/30/2007 1:25:00 PM PST by
Constitution Day
(Everything was fine until membership lost its privileges)
To: redrunner
I did too and wish I still did. At 43 I would still play with it and let my grandkids play too.
30 posted on
11/30/2007 1:25:28 PM PST by
rfreedom4u
(My Freedom of speech trumps your feelings!)
To: redrunner
me too. I used to love setting up a ramp and jumping the motorcycle into the closed garage door.
I was absolutely obssessed with the Snake River jump. I still have the scars on my elbows and knees from setting up ramps and jumping them on my bike. I loved Evel when I was a little kid.
RIP Evel
32 posted on
11/30/2007 1:26:18 PM PST by
Big Red Clay
(Greetings from the Big Red State)
To: redrunner
me too.
I met Mr. Knievel in the early/mid 70s... at a dragstrip in Enis, TX... he had his outfit (white leathers and I think he had a cape too) on and did wheelies on his Harley-Davidson (I'll never forget how loud it was). At the meet and greet afterwards... the room had renderings of his future attempt at "jumping" the Snake River.
R.I.P. Mr. Knievel... you'll always be the man.
38 posted on
11/30/2007 1:28:24 PM PST by
Trajan88
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To: redrunner; monkapotamus; tomkow6; Jet Jaguar; All
OMG I remember that toy
I remember how my brother and his little friends put that poor toy through ringer LOL!
49 posted on
11/30/2007 1:34:06 PM PST by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: redrunner
I loved that toy! My knuckles, however, felt differently. Evel was truly one of a kind. RIP Evel.
To: redrunner
That toy is really cool when we are being nostalgic, but it’s got nothing on the Fly Wheels of today. My son has those and they freakin’ go! They're only about $5 to boot!
76 posted on
11/30/2007 1:46:59 PM PST by
T.Smith
To: redrunner
83 posted on
11/30/2007 1:49:41 PM PST by
stratman1969
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To: redrunner
89 posted on
11/30/2007 1:51:46 PM PST by
JZelle
To: redrunner
101 posted on
11/30/2007 1:56:39 PM PST by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
To: redrunner
My brother and I both had one of those Evel Knievel motorcycle toys.
Those were awesome.
106 posted on
11/30/2007 1:59:24 PM PST by
Chewbacca
(Vote Ron Paul for President in 2008!!!!!! The best man for the job!)
To: redrunner
I had one too, played with it more than anything!
111 posted on
11/30/2007 2:04:25 PM PST by
ropin71
(God Bless our Troops!)
To: redrunner
I also had one around that time. I actually saw one of these, new in the box (as in, they’re actually making them again) at a Menards store in Wisconsin. This was last month! Weird timing, eh?
To: redrunner
To: redrunner
I bought one for my son, but I don’t think he ever got the chance to play with it. Dad wouldn’t give it up. LOL
123 posted on
11/30/2007 2:34:58 PM PST by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Officially Fredbacker1 but don't know how to change my name)
To: redrunner
I wish I didn’t sell mine in a yard sale many years ago. :(
RIP Evel, you were a hero to me growing up. I have the scars to prove it!
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