It is a trick where the front wheel or wheels come off the ground and the vehicle is balanced on the rear wheel or wheels. Perhaps the most widely known sport bike motorcycle stunt is the “wheelie”. He leapt 322 feet, 7 inches (98.34 meters) totally and ended up smashing the Guinness World Record of 277 feet, 6 inches (84.58 meters) set in 2005 by Trigger Gumm. He broke it earlier in January this year at an exhibition event sponsored by a big hotel. This record was done on a 1979 stock Kawasaki Z1R-TC, his favorite bike, at an IDBA (International Drag Bike Association) sanctioned event.ĭebbie Evans – The Queen of Trials was the first woman to successfully ride in the US Trials during the late 1970s and is generally considered as the best female rider in the history of the sport.Īustralian Robbie Maddison now holds the record for the “Longest Motorcycle Jump”. The man is untouched on the dragstrip riding backwards. He’s got an ET of 11.71 seconds and a trap speed of 122 mph.
STUNTMAN BOB DUFFEY PROFESSIONAL
Some Motorcycle Stunts & DrillTeams in the US include the South Florida Bike Crew, D-Aces Stunt Riders Motorcycle Team (Wasau, Wisconsin), TenNinety6 (Kalamazoo, MI) and the Hardly Angels (a Women’s Motorcycle Drill Team).īob Duffey, a professional Motorcycle Jumper was dubbed as “The Fastest Man on Two Wheels Backwards”. He died last year, November 30 at age 69. His attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon located at Twin Falls, Idaho back in 1974 was among the most watched (it ranks number 4) event in ABC’s Wide World of Sports up until this date. He performed numerous motorcycle jumps which are televised in the entire country. Now considered as both an icon and a legend, he started his career as an entertainer somewhere in the late 1960s. is probably the most famous American motorcycle daredevil. Stunting can trash engines, transmissions and the suspension, so beware unless you intend to use your bikes in the same way, as a stunt bike. Check for flat spots on the front tire which shows you that the bike has done some wheelies and also check for scratches which could have resulted from a crash. If you’re buying a second-hand motorcycle, check if the bike has been stunted. However, United States law prohibits “stunting” motorcycles on public roads and it can even get you in jail quickly.
Motorcycle stunt riding is a growing sport in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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