NATURAL BORN WORLD SHAKERS

$Legend has it that on the morning of the epic jump, Evel Knievel popped into the Caesars Palace casino and lost his last 100 dollars at the blackjack table, had a shot of Wild Turkey at the bar, then headed outside to the jump site where he was joined by two showgirls. He went through the motions for the pre-jump show, and took a few routine warm-up approaches. According to Knievel, on the actual approach the motorcycle unexpectedly decelerated when he hit the takeoff ramp. The sudden loss of speed caused Knievel to come up short of the projected 141 feet, and he landed on the safety ramp supported by a van. The bad news was– the resulting crash left Knievel in a coma for a month, a crushed pelvis and femur, as well as fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles. The doctors flatly told him he may never even walk on his own again. Read more…$

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Evel Knievel’s ’67 Triumph Bonneville 650 T120 TT Special jump bike– love the ”Color Me Lucky” paint job.
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1967, Cool Hand Luke.
“Stay down. You’re beat.”
“You’re gonna have to kill me…”

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“Be curious, not judgemental.”
~Walt Whitman

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“HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, AND SPEAK NO EVIL.”
1958 - Chimpanzees at the Frankfurt, Germany zoo.

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1966 - French/Italian sex symbol Claudia Cardinale on a Triumph for an Esquire magazine photo shoot. She made the December cover (albeit a slightly different shot). Hubba.

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James Hammarhead and the Hammarhead Industries’ ‘Ninety-Two’ custom Triumph Bonneville.

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From the superb short film, “Long Live The Kings featuring Blitz Motorcycles.

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Nice Woody.

-Photograph by © LeRoy Grannis. All rights reserved.

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1969, California culture photographer LeRoy Grannis surfing Hermosa Beach with his Calypso amphibious camera, invented by another aquatic legend– Jacques Cousteau. Photo by John Grannis. –Photograph © LeRoy Grannis. All rights reserved.

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Steve McQueen (ala Triumph Bonneville) on the set of The Sand Pebbles.

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From the superb short film, “Long Live The Kings”.

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