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Anyone else watching Pastrana attempt Evel's jumps tonight?


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He is using an Indian to attempt three of Evel Knievel's jumps, including the Caesars Palace fountain jump . I give him mega points for using an Indian instead of a modern dirtbike with lighter weight and better suspension. Its a live event, one jump per hour.
 
 
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Yep, I have my DVR set to record it.
 
Three hours is a long event. Lets chat live on this thread during the event. Evel used to jump on Harley's, it's hilarious that Travis chose the new Indian (modified) for these jumps.
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The show is on and man, they just said that the Indian that Travis is using only has 4 inches of suspension travel. My KTM has 13 inches of travel. Plus, the Indian is 340 lbs.
 
He better land perfectly on all three jumps.
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I just watched the replays. It looks like a kind of sketchy landing over the fountain. One foot came off the peg. Compared to the bus jump, the fountain jump looked relatively small. I wonder what makes it so difficult? Approach maybe?

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Great performance by Travis as usual. The hype and tv show was almost too much to take
 
Talking Heads: "He's doing it on an American-made bike as a tribute to Evel". Er, Evel's Caesar jump was attempted on a Triumph.
 
He also used Hondas, Nortons, and even Laverdas dressed up to not look like Laverdas, etc.
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Geez that announcer was next level annoying. Here's a minute long video with all 3 jumps. http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=24043360
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