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Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
by Ideal
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This memory was added on: December 31,2004
Had the female version: Debbie Lawler. Man, could she fly. My brother had this until my mother decided to give it to our nephews. My brother has yet to forgive her and still brings it up periodically.
Wendy
1969
This memory was added on: December 28,2004
One of th etoughest toys I played with. It was the TIMEX of toys. I must have jumped mine off off every height I could find and it always came back for more.
Dan
1968
danmarchetti68@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 27,2004
I had the Super Jet Cycle for Xmas 1977. Sure beat the Queens Silver Jubilee 500 Piece Jigsaw ! Cigarette lighter flints in the side mounted "rocket packs" provided the sparks. Evil's rubber over wire construction made him difficult to seat properly on the bike. The wire eventually poked out at the ankle. Put it down to a compound fracture from a stunt gone wrong. Loved the thing but no idea what happened to it.
Ian
1969
ihug@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 26,2004
One of my favorites. The fun memories. I played with it until (eventually) it broke. I remember, sometimes really cranking up the speed and when the cycle shot out, if Evel wasn't well fastened, he would fall off and the cycle would keep going by itself. Sometimes, Evel would fall off, but still be hanging on with one hand and the cycle would drag him and still jump the ramp. It was Funny. My favorite memory was when I took my little brother, little sister and a friend of their's, lined them up side by side and made the cycle jump over them....the cycle made it. The tail pipes on the cycle were a bit frail, so they broke first. Then the cycle landed hard on it's rear wheel on one of it's jumps and the inner gears were stripped. Still, for the time I had it, I had lots of fun.
Mike
1961
VMANIC1@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 23,2004
I was just sitting around with my wife and son talking about our favorite Christmas presents and this one was the first to come to mind. I loved the stunt cycle and played with it for hours at a time. Another that I wish I still had.
John
1963
john@zandermagic.com
This memory was added on: December 21,2004
The sound of the crank. Spinning faster and faster. It was as much of a race to see who could spin that thing the fastest because that meant the motorcycle would shoot off faster, with an occasional wheelie. This was my favorite toy, it lived up to the commercials! After a while we lost Evel and just raced the cycles and it seemed every kid on the block had one. We build ramps and raced them all over the driveways and where ever we found hard packed dirt. This all influenced us to get on our bikes and race. How many video games do that today?
jack
1970
jfkaffer@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 19,2004
Besides jumping him repeatedly down a 15 step flight of stairs. I cranked him up to full speed and walked up behind my mom and stuck it in her hair. She had that long 70's mom hair so you can imagine how much got tangled around that back tire. The beating I got from that stunt still haunts me to this day.
Chris
1971
This memory was added on: December 19,2004
In January of 1973, my second grade teacher told us we could each bring one toy for show and tell. I had just gotten an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle and was excited about bringing it to show off to the kids in my classmates. The day came and when it was my turn to show my Evel Knievel, I decided to do a little demonstration. I put everything on the floor and turned the crank to get Evel's motorcycle revved up to shoot across the floor. But it didn't go for some reason. I tried again, but still no success. I don't now why he chose that moment to falter. I tried a third time, still no go, so the teacher said my turn was over. It was humiliating. But that was a COOL toy and I had a lot of fun at home anyway. I made him jump off of, fly over, or roll under everything in my house.
Chris
1967
redshredder at comcast dot net
This memory was added on: December 16,2004
I LOVED IT! i used to have a contest to see how many hot wheels cars i could jump over and still land rolling. IIRC the record was ~43 side by side. I'd love to have one again to play with my 7 year old boy. I htink i still have Evil himself in an old box of stuff my mother delivered one day a few years ago. The bike and Van are long gone. I remember the bike didn't work much after i tried it as a dirt bike.....:(
Barry
1965
joust@sympatico.ca
This memory was added on: December 16,2004
We had a piano stool which the seat top came off. I would use this as his the ramp. Total fun for a 10 year old.....but I ruined the bile by forcing the back wheele to stop prematurely by holding it against the groung....striped the gears. MEMORIES.........
Patrick
1964
alviclan@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 16,2004
got this for x-mas while visiting england...from my grandma i think... played with it for hours!! still think its the coolest thing around!
Steve
1970
This memory was added on: December 15,2004
I strapped a firecracker to mine. . . . This didn't provide any performance gain whatsoever.
Matthew D Buckenham
1976
matthew@quinnandassociates.ca
This memory was added on: December 13,2004
Oh... where do I start. The Evel/stunt cycle was the best. I played with that thing everyday. I play with is so much the metal in the arms and legs came one of the rubber skin... The coolest thing was making a river in the yard and jumping it or draging a superhero figure behind it with a string. I remember the last day I played with it. The Six Million Dollar man came, they fought, and Six threw Evel in a pit of quicksand (very thick muddy water). I bet he's still there, Helmet and all. Don't ask me why I didn't save him... I was a kid... Thanks for the memory.
Mel
1966
mel4now@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 28,2004
We used to strap lizards to the stunt cycle and send them sailing.What can I say,we were bored and maybe a little sick,but none the less,it made for hours and hours of fun.
jeff
1965
This memory was added on: November 26,2004
Oh man; this site rocks. Still have him, without the windup motor base; will never forget the incredible anticpation then letdown then thankfullness of death cheated of the iconic Snake River Canyon.
Pray for the Wildcats.
jr
01/12/'63
jrfunkenstein@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 26,2004
dd (sakf@hotmail.com);
try the link to 'Screamin' Demons' under Boy Toys / Vehicles. I think this might be what you were thinking of. It's the first thing I thought of, since I had this bad boy too.
jr
01
jrfunkenstein@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 22,2004
This toy is extream, I ran it off my hotel in S. C. which was 8 stories high and it did not break.
WOW.......!
Nick
1990
Nick@yadtel.net
This memory was added on: November 19,2004
I found this site b/c I wanted to find one for sale.I had the cycle,an RV with attached ramp and the Rocket cycle. I can still taste in my head what it was like to chew on the helmet. I'm old enough now not to chew on toys!!!!!!!!
Curt
1970
This memory was added on: November 17,2004
I remember playing with my evil knievel motorcycle.It was on cristmas in 1974 or 1975 i recevied it for christmas that year.all the adults were in the kitchen talking and eating.my brother and i were setting up books for ramps in the halway.we would rev up the motorcycle on the little sand with the evil knievel doll on it then let it go,boy that was alot of fun.i think even the adults were enjoying watching us play with it.
Arcie
1965
goiuu@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 14,2004
Melissa
1970
matwood@scme.com
This memory was added on: November 14,2004
Thank You! I have been searching the web and e-bay for the "girl" version of Evel Knievel forever! This was my favorite toy as a child but I could only remember the pink motorcycle with doll and crank and some association with Evel Knievel. My husband insisted that I must have been mistaken and be thinking of Pinky Tuscadero. Rigggghhhhtt. Thank you so much for proving that I was right, there IS a girl version named Darey Daring. I will now start my quest for her. I just ordered my Husband a 1st edition Six Million Dollar man (his favorite childhood toy) from e-bay 1977 un-opened in the box for X-mas. I won't say how much it cost...but who cares anyway.... We all deserve to have our favorite toy! You can't put a price on the warm memories they bring you!!!!
Melissa
1970
matwood@scme.com
This memory was added on: November 11,2004
I remember this toy very well and my Mum & Dad bought this for me one christmas and I went look for it before the big day and found it, opened the box and put it together to play with it - had a great time but when it came to putting it back in the box I read the instructions only to find out the once you put it together you could not take it part - so I had to break it to get it back in the box - he he he
Joe
1963
joekiernan@btinternet.com
This memory was added on: November 8,2004
Mike Clinton
1970
michael_j_clinton@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 8,2004
Simply put - the greatest toy ever invented in the history of mankind. I wish I still had mine.
This memory was added on: November 8,2004
I loved this toy and recently found two of them in my basement that had never even been opened. If anyone is interested in them, please email me at william_goldsmith@comcast.net
Bill
1963
william_goldsmith@comcast.net
This memory was added on: October 28,2004
I once had a darey darey or daring. I cannot remember what the correct name is. I have tried so many variations of the name and this is the only reference on the whole web that can be found! I loved that toy more than anything. Unfortunately, during one of her many races with evel knievel her long blond hair got caught in the motorcycle wheel and Mom could not get it free. It was a sad day!!! I keep searching the web because I want to get another one. I think she was made by Mattel because of the commercial with the little girl torchering her white cat had their logo! LOL. The Evel Knievel is easy to find my 8 yr old nephew has one. Well if anyone ever come accross one please e-mail me so my quest can be over with!!!
Amy
1970
aaschenck@aol.com
This memory was added on: October 26,2004
This toy is one of the all time greats. My neighbour had one as well, and we used to do tricks together with them.
Superb toy
Ian Black
1965
This memory was added on: October 5,2004
I really enjoyed playing with this toy. I had a neighborhood buddy down the road that got one also. We were eight years old in 1973! I had to take mine back I believe three times to exchange it because of a break or malfunction. I'm not sure why, it's been so long ago.
Chris Herrington
1965
asby0@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: October 4,2004
What a toy! not like anything you can buy today, ok they make stuff similar, but not like this, i remember jumpming it out of conservatory doors, over patio and onto grass, 2 spins later, it was still going!! don't actually know what happened to mine, it dissappeared, i think the kid up the street had it, he didn't get one for christamas that year, was fantasic on ice!! COME ON ideal toys, a retro remake is needed, and not with the poxy plastics you use today, make it a limited edition made with the same materials, and the care from back in the 70's!!!!
(And of course, for adults only) lol
Was and still is my favourite toy of my childhood!!!
jut
1971
jutlis@ntlworld.com
This memory was added on: September 28,2004
i didnt ever have one - the twat next door had one tho.. rich git
This memory was added on: September 28,2004
My younger brother had an Evel Knievel and I had the girl version named Derry Daring. She wore a pink & silver bell-bottomed jumpsuit. I think they must have been some of those "equal but different" Christmas gifts siblings always seem to get. I remember playing with mine so much tha that the silver started wearing off her clothes. We would race them in our driveway and ramp them off the stairs into our basement. Ah, memories! :)
Deanna
1965
decarp1@aol.com
This memory was added on: September 27,2004
loved it more than the dog ! dog used to run for cover when i wound up the evil one !
gee
1970
gee.hell@btinternet.com
This memory was added on: September 18,2004
I still have my stunt cycle and scramble van in my collection of stuff. When i got it as a kid in th 70s it was the coolest thing in the world that s why i guese i still have it
jeff
1967
cometjeff@aol.comm
This memory was added on: September 12,2004
Kevin
1963
spock24seven@earthlink.net
This memory was added on: September 12,2004
In our town there was a place in the woods by my house that had a clif. The clif was about sixty feet high. My buddy and I built a wooden ramp for our stunt cycles and would spend hours sending Evil off this clif. At the bottom of the clif was sand so they would get a little buried ,but there wasn't a scratch on our stunt cycles. What a toy I'm shocked that ideal hasn't thought of makeing the toy again as Robby Kienevils stunt cycle.
Kevin
1963
spock24seven@earthlink.net
This memory was added on: August 19,2004
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE NAME OF A SIMILAR TOY WAS? IT WAS JUST LIKE THE EVIL CYCLE IN THAT YOU CRANKED A HANDLE ON A BASE AND IT TOOK OFF, BUT THIS WAS A MOTORCROSS BIKE WITH A RIDER PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO IT AND PROBABLY MADE IN THE 80'S OR LATE 70'S? IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND BIGGER THAN THE EVIL BIKE? HELP!!!!
dd
1/2/79
sakf@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 18,2004
GUESS I'M ADDING A MEMORY THAT LAST'S TO THIS DAY!. FOND MEMORIES OF SCHOOL 'BREAK TIME', BEING ONLY ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD, PULLING EVEL FROM MY SCHOOL BAG AND SENDING HIM ACROSS THE PLAY GROUND, WATCHED BY KEEN AND WANTING EYES OF OTHER 'WANTER'S' MY AGE. GUESS THE STUNT CYCLE WAS THE FAVOURITE OF ALL EVEL'S 'RIDES' PRODUCED.. WAS CERTAINLY MY FAVOURITE ALONG WITH THE STRATO CYCLE. I HAD BOTH AS A NIPPER, AND NOW, NEARLY 29 YEARS ON, I STILL HAV'NT LOST MY LOVE OF MY FAVOURITE'S, THOUGH THE ITEMS I OWN NOW ARE MINT AND SEALED. UNDOUBT'LY, THE FINEST TOY AND COLLECTABLE EVER PRODUCED. WISH I STILL HAD MY ORIGIONAL'S, BUT UNFORTUNATELY.. KIDS WILL BE KIDS!!..
STEVE LAMBERT
1969
steve1lambert@aol.com
This memory was added on: August 14,2004
I wanted the stunt cycle for christmas 1972. They were sold out everywere. I did finally get one for my birthday. It was one of the best toys I owned I got the scramble van, the stunt car I would love to have one today for my kids
g. w
1964
glw1016@ameritech.net
This memory was added on: August 9,2004
That toy was a fun one. I got it for Christmas in 1975. I loved the sound it made as you cranked it up. The problem was, I was not that coordinated back then and trying to hold the motorcycle on the launcher was a puzzle. I had to put my head on the handle of the launcher and hold the cycle. I had the one where you would crank it up while holding the cycle and then you simply let it go, if you did not already get that. The man when I got through with hem had a missing helmet, foot and eventually his clothes. The motorcycle is torn to shreds and is out with the trash. As an adult, I look back and I wish I had taken better care of my toys. Because you can hardly find the oness you so despairately want to have. Oh well it was a good memory. Was not even familiar with who Evel Was until I was older except my name only.
Larry G
1971
shadyarcady@aol.com
This memory was added on: August 7,2004
I have 2 younger brothers and we used to play with that Stunt Cycle all the time. I had a hot pink bicycle with a sissy bar and banana seat. I loved that bike. In the mornings before school all of the neighbor kids would be waiting for the school bus. I used to take off running with that bike and let it ramp off a neighbors railroad ties that were along their drive way. That bike would hit and flip up doing circles in the air. I wasn't brave enough to ride it ofcourse. But it sure was great entertainment at the time.
Leah
1964
dylol@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 1,2004
Anyone watch the recent made for tv movie about EK's life? The show was rather silly but it still got me excited about my childhood hero. I actualy wrote EK, thanking him for all of my childhood scars.....Never heard back from him :(
Brian
1965
This memory was added on: July 28,2004
Had not thought about Evel in years, till I saw a show on ESPN Classics this morning.I also got my but tanned for going up on the roof and making a jump just like the snake river attempt.I had the Evel Knievel van and dragster.Wish I still had them today!!! Was lucky enough to see a jump live!! My dad took me to see him jump 14 busses at Kings Island, by Cincinnati Ohio in Oct. 1975.I was 10 at the time and thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen in my life at that point and time.
Mark
1965
mwhodey@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 27,2004
One of my favorite adventure toys (didn't last long) was my Evel Knievel. I got mine in the summer of '75. And, brought him home, revved it up and away it went into some bushes where Evel got very soiled and the cycle got scuffed up. Unfortunately, I had one of those destructive little brothers who made mince meat of it.
Ron
1968
popart60_@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: July 20,2004
MARK
1966
MARKO@AOL.COM
This memory was added on: July 16,2004
Evel Knievel was the man...
I remember cranking him up and trying to launch him over my over our local "Snake River" ( a four foot creek, but when your young, everything looks huge).
Sad to say, that like the real Evel Knievel, he missed the mark. He sure did float pretty good and handled the rapids (rain spilloff) pretty good.
Gabriel Garcia
1966
cre8tivexpert@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 13,2004
Time to admit that Evel eventually went stunt riding with only a helmet and shoes!
joe
1968
imup2l8@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 2,2004
Just like its human inspiration, this toy was all about spectacular crashes. What more could a young boy ask for?
We ran him over jumps. We ran him into walls. We ran him down the stairs. We ran him into the ground.
My only compaint is that I grew up in a beach town, and the gear assembly on the rear drive wheel could fill up with sand and seize up. I know you're not *supposed* to run him in thick dirt, but dammit, how could you resist?!
Jonathan
1969
This memory was added on: June 18,2004
I was in heaven when I got this toy! but I remember too fast then the gears would strip from too much friction....
I also miss my six million dollar man and its crystal radio backpack
Inachu
1967
inachu@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 17,2004
Man, what a great toy. The 70's had some really cool toys back then. I remember wanting the Evel Knievel stunt cycle so bad when I was 9 years old. I had to have it. As always Mom came thru and got it for me. My friend and I (who had one also) must have jumped them over everything we could find, small ditches, over toy cars, you name it. Down stairs, thru the concrete drainage pipes. The stunt cycle was made really good to take all that abuse. I wish I still had that stuntcycle and Evel figure now. I miss the 70's....
Micah
1967
fusionman67@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 14,2004
Itis a pretty cool toy but it took time to find. I am nine and the moment I saw it I had to have it. I found it at a show.My dad built a ramp for him.My is Ross White.
This memory was added on: June 11,2004
This was the best toy ever! I spent many hours on the sidewalks of Grand Rapids seeing just how fast I could get the stunt cycle to go. When I remember my childhood, this is the memory that always comes to mind first. I wish I has one now!
Ginger
1971
gingerjashley@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 7,2004
This thing rocked! My cousin and I were the same age, and we both got one as Christmas presents. We beat the hell out of our Evels and he always came back for more! They don't make toys like this anymore.
Dave
1965
Cylon_98@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 11,2004
Dude! How cool was Evil Knievel?!? I had the stunt cycle with the wind up cycle ramp and I would build dirt ramps at the edge of the yard and crank it up and let it go and watch Evel hit about 6 or 7 jumps in a row, sometimes clear a jump or two and then just keep on going across the dirt and onto the driveway and zoom! I also loved it when it would pop a wheely and ride it all the way down the sidewalk or across our concrete basement floor. I remember making a cardboard ramp in the basement and we had an old couch down there, and I made Evel jump the entire couch (longways) and darned if it didnt clear the entire couch and hit the floor running like a bat outta hell! What an awesome toy! It was b/c of that toy that me and all my friends started getting crazy with our bikes and trying new things like jumping over cars and across steep creek banks and whatnot. Heck, who knows, I'd say it might even be possible that the Evel Knievel stunt cycle toy could even be responsible for starting the entire extreme sports movement! Not the Man, mind you... THE TOY! You know..... It truely was awesome to be a kid alive in the toy crazed 1970's!!!! long live generation 70's TOY KIDS!
Rob McCullah
1971
morbidious@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 9,2004
OH WHAT FUN!!! One of the greatest toys ever made, and probably one of the most durable. Fond memories of running this thing down stairwells, jumping homemade ramps. Ah, what memories...
Chris S.
1971
Tophersky@aol.com
This memory was added on: May 7,2004
i used to watch evil on television as a child. we were not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, so when my dad bought me a stunt cycle with crank i cherished it like no other object i have ever had. i took it out of the box, climbed the stairs in our house, cranked it as fast as i could, let it rip and jumped it down "snake river stairs". it broke in half and i never got to play with it again.
joe
11-17-71
joecooked@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 23,2004
Any one know how to buy one of these again? You can find the real ones for high dollars on ebay, but I had heard that the company remanufactured them a few years ago. Anyone know???? Post the info. Thanks!
Randy
1963
truebluestewcrew@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 21,2004
I recieved this toy as a hand me down from my brother. I used to put my Fonzie doll on the bike.
marla
1969
joemacfan2000
This memory was added on: April 14,2004
OMG. This was the AWESOMEST toy of all time!! Hours and hours of fun it.
Dapoo
1973
dapoodog@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 6,2004
To Carlene:
Start checking eBay. There are many Evel Knievel items for sale there, including the stunt cycle. Good luck in your search. I'm sure you'll get it from eBay :)
Brian
1965
jaxattacksgang@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 29,2004
I do not know if anybody can help me but I am trying to get hold of a Evil Knievel Cyle !. My Husband has always said how much he loved this as a child and I would love to be able to surprise him with one for our First Wedding Anniversay !.
Carlene Oliver
1973
Carlene.Oliver@KnowlesBenning.Com
This memory was added on: March 27,2004
I waited forever to get my Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle. On the day of my birthday my brother took it on the stairs leeding up to my room and crashed it to pieces Thats all I wanted and I never got my brother to replace it. To this day I hate my brother for smashing my toy. My only birthday gift.
Daniel
1963
dbkoch39@msn.com
This memory was added on: March 24,2004
had it, but was never coordinated enough to make it work. the figure was cool, though.
1967
This memory was added on: March 14,2004
Didnt the Micronauts have something like this,
Bud malone
1971
budinboat@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 2,2004
I can rememeber cranking up the cycle one time...i aimed it at tree root that was acting as our jump...the bike took off and instead of hitting the root for a jump, it rode straight up the side of the tree...it got about 6-7ft high. when it got to it's highest point and kind of peeled out on the side of the tree for a little bit then fell off backwards....sweet....you sould have seen us jump our huffy bikes after we saw what the possibilities were.
Keith
1969
This memory was added on: January 19,2004
I agree that this was one of the coolest toys out there! It would go SO freakin' fast! I somehow ended up with 3 or 4 Evel figures, 2 stuntcycles and the skycycle. Like many others, I'd scrape the hell out of my knuckles trying to crank the launcher as fast as possible. A couple of times I thought the whole thing would just explode from the pressure of cranking it as hard as we did. The main hallway in my house had black marks on the baseboards from one end to the other 'cause of all the impacts from Evel and our SSP's and Whizzers...
Kuryakin
1963
kuryakin11@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 13,2004
The Ultimate! The Best!! I loved Evil and Mom cringed! She purposely NEVER got me a bike until I was 9 because I loved the guy so much! She thought I'd kill myself jumping a ditch or something. This toy was a great inspiration for getting in trouble. I had the chopper and the stunt cycle and man, I wished I could jump like him. Great Site and a million thanks for the rush of memories. I forgot how cool it was to be a kid in the 70's!
John
1969
ortizjd87@aol.com
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