It’s almost written in the stars now as a tale of lore; if you try to jump a Harley-Davidson you’re mostly going to have a bad time.
Evel Knievel was infamous for jumping and crashing Harleys. If only there was some sort of disclaimer to prevent others from attempting such stunts? “Don’t try this at home” may have worked.
The daredevil, Tyler Flight (@Flight1915 on Instagram) in the video tries to jump a 1987 Harley-Davidson FXR but overshoots by quite some distance. A lot of jump and stunt preparation involves heavy use of math/geometry/trigonometry in order to calculate the perfect speed of approach and ramp angles.
I think it’s safe to say that not too much of that was done here.
Predictably the landing wasn’t the softest as the rider gives the handlebars a Glaswegian kiss for good measure.
However he managed to walk away from the crash just like Evel managed, most of the time.
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