For some reason, this was one of the best toys ever. It consisted of a replica Evel Knievel with his bike and a red box with a handle. The rear wheel of the bike plugged into the box and turning the handle spun a flywheel inside the box which made both very cool revving sounds and spun the rear wheel of Mr. Knievel's bike.
Once you'd got the screaming revving noise of the thing as high pitched as you possibly could you pressed and button and the World's greatest stunt cyclist was unleashed! In the adverts he did wheelies, zoomed across the floor and sped up ramps to jump over a line of toy buses.
In your bedroom, however, he turned a quick half circle before falling over, ran straight into the wardrobe or fell over immediately and lay there wiggling about as the rear wheel spent its momentum and whirred to a stop. I'm not sure why but the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle is still very, very cool and one of the best toys I ever owned.
I remember the cool girls at school having the toy of Evil Knievel's sister, Derry Daring, which came with a pink motorbike and helmet and also did stunt - but obviously no where near as dangerous as Evel Knievel!
Do You Remember Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle?
Do You Remember Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle?
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Anonymous
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Was out shopping yesterday and went into a toy shop called "The Entertainer" They had the Evel Kneivel Stunt Cycle in there. Must have brought it out again.
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One of the few things my estranged father managed to give to me (that my mum let me have). By far, the best toy ever. That whirrrrrrr while you turned the handle as fast as you could. I remember nearly fainting tryna get it to the highest pitch possible before releasing it. That feeling when Evel actually didin't fall over! and flew all the way accross the floor and into the wall YEAH!!!!! I loved it. www.brandonwebb.co.uk
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The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle omg!!!!!! I remember this especially forever in the kitchen whilst my mum was puttin plaster on my GRAZED KNUCKLES from reving him up ahhhhhhhh happy days lol.
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making ramps and trying to get it to jump my little brother toy cars,hours of fun.
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I had the bike the first year they came out it was so cool. I used to rig my GI Joes on the bike, make him jump actual fireworks.I also had the Snake River Canyen rocket.The bike was better and faster. I broke the snake river rocket when i was jumping it of the roof of my house.It was a great ending to a great toy!!
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Believe it or not, you can buy these once again. They are back in production and retail for ?29.99 at www.hawkin.co.uk. The product code is 09476. Alternatively, pop into your nearest brach of Hawkin's Bazaar, and you should be able to buy one!
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Anonymous
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I actually found mine in the closet, put it together and played with it, put it back in the package, and opened it Christmas day...
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the time my mom didnt want me to jump kids on my bike but it was fun and she forced me to stop so i started to jumpbig objects
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I had an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle for xma 1 yearm I loved it ......except the only thing I noticed that was wrong with the figure was that he had breasts and was wearing PINK!!, aparently the original figure was missing so someone had the bright idea to use an old doll, and just replace its head and costume, in hopes that I wouldnt notice ....needless to say, I DID!!, I think they called him Derry Daring. Im surprised I wasn't damaged for life. ROFL!!
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Too cool, I also had some SSP Racers which I used to race against EK's bike !
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