Bikernet contributor Paul Garson reports from the road about Evel Knievel’s Strato Cycle.
While enjoying Octoberfest in Daytona Beach several years ago, I had the unique pleasure of meeting Evel Knievel. He was bouncing back from one of his various operations…for example, in 1967 his famous/infamous crash landing after sailing 151 ft. over the fountains at Caesar’s Palace, he laid in the hospital unconscious for a month. In 1974 as the world watched his 350 mph Skycycle X-2 rocketbike fell short of the 1600 ft. and plummeted into the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. He then campaigned to jump the Grand Canyon but couldn’t get the federal permits. You could say nothing could keep Evel down…except maybe gravity. He did have more than his share of way ups and way downs, often the hard way. Continue reading.
