It cheapens the sport to have these bogus, fixed, publicity stunt, ripoff, scam style, small ramp gap, limited distance jump-offs that are nothing more than a two-man exhibition.
If two men are to jump off using one launch ramp, the ramp should be of adequate design to give them distance capability beyond their skill level, so they can go as far as they're comfortable jumping and stop there. To use a weak, flat-angle, short-height, conservatively-shaped set of ramps that will only garner heights commonly seen in the 250 Beginner class at local motocross races on tracks that are laden with tabletops and designed by insurance companies, it does the sophisticated, modern spectator a disservice. Such ramps enable a rider to hit them at the fastest speed his bike can attain, but at low height, low excitement and inefficiently short distances.
It seems unlikely that the beer budget would be tapped into in order to ante up such a fee, and I'd wager that such an inflated number would be nothing more than bluster, hucksterism and used-car-salesman style hard selling that lacks the commensurate IRS proof that the money ever changed hands, or that it was possessed in the first place.
JA
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: why not have two sets of ramps, Maddo's and
: Knievel's. both men do a series of jumps
: from each setup. its all a failed attempt
: for publicity. where would RK get three
: mill? does he even buy lottery tickets?
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: You're another one who towers above Knievel
: in
: skill. He would be foolish to take you on in
: a real jump-off, his way of doing things is
: to rig it and limit the distances.
:
: I'm sure he would like to get some of that
: Maddo publicity machine action, but it
: wouldn't be in Maddo's best interest to
: waste his time letting Knievel hold Maddo's
: distances down, arrange it in Knievel's
: favor and eliminate any advantage Maddison
: earned the hard way, making it appear that
: Knievel is right up there with Maddo in
: skill.
:
: Just as with Maddo, it is with you. It would
: undermine the hard work you've done to
: become a really good jumper to let somebody
: like him rig a jump-off so that your skills
: and other advantages were nullified, making
: it appear that he's in the same class.
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: He's not.
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: JA
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: knievels ramp set up sounds pretty similar
: to
: my ramp set up ..... tell him i would be
: happy to go head to head with him . on his
: ramp setup .. please dont take this message
: as dissrespectfull to him in any way . cos
: it would be an honour to jump against him
: ... if you jump 100ft or 500ft you will
: always have my respect ........
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: He knows better than to challenge Capes,
: hows
: that for credit Ryan
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: I agree with you JA. Shuck and Jive. I'd
: take
: on the challenge just to show that a
: "newby" could come in a put the
: captain in his place. But again, why give
: him publicity? It would most certainly come
: down to a cry-baby attempt at saying I
: loosened his chain before the jump so he
: couldn't go further, or he ate a taco from a
: taco stand that I had placed ex-lax in the
: spices. SOMETHING would surface as to WHY a
: Utah boy came out of the woodwork and blew
: by Knievel a couple hundred feet with ease.
:
: but then again, without the name, Knievel
: wouldn't stoop to think about jumping off
: with me. What would it do for his
: reputation? Oh wait...RUIN IT!
:
: Anyway..PEACE to keeping it Real!
:
:
:
: PEACE!
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: --Previous Message--
: That would lag, because in his jump-off with
: Eddie Kidd, Knievel got to build a
: transition onto his wedge ramp, and Kidd
: played by the rules and didn't get that
: advantage.
:
: Maddo wouldn't want to jump on a wedge ramp,
: and he wouldn't want to jump onto such a
: flat landing ramp.
:
: Those things aside, it's just a publicity
: stunt by Knievel. Totally out of character.
: It appears that he would wrangle the rules
: to eliminate any advantage that Maddison
: would have with superior skills, ramp shape
: and ramp size. Knievel could not and would
: not jump on Maddo's setup.
:
: Maddo shouldn't give him the time of day.
:
: That's the way the Knievels always did it.
: They didn't lift a finger to give another
: jumper any publicity.
:
: The Eddie Kidd jump-off was just the kind of
: thing where there were two riders of similar
: skill, with limiting factors and a maximum
: 150 foot ramp gap.
:
: Maddison's skills tower above Knievel's, and
: he really doesn't have to stoop to that
: level. If he does, he must really owe Robbie
: Knievel for something.
:
: The whole thing reeks of "gimmick"
: to me. Words like "staged" and
: "carnival huckster" come to mind.
:
: Maddison is the real deal, and doesn't need
: to waste his time and tarnish his reputation
: playing around with people who are known for
: con games.
:
: JA
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: On his website, he formally announced a
: challenge to Maddo (on 8/13/09) that would
: be ramp-to-ramp like his contest with Eddie
: Kidd.
:
: Best of 3, longest jump wins.
:
: I wonder if this will get any attention.
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