I was born in 1966 and Evel was absolutely my hero. His motorcycle toy is still the best toy I ever had. So much fun. RIP Evel. Thanks for filming there
I pass by the signs to that museum every time I drive from Wichita to KC but have never stopped so it's cool to finally see what I've been missing. Will def take time out of one of my trips to stop now!
My Dad's side of the family is from Butte, Montana. My grandfather tells of having Evel over to play in his basement as young children. He also rode passenger on the back of Knievel's motorcycle and got dumped in the middle of Main St. As a teenager.
There have been many motorcycle jumpers since Evel but there is one big difference in Evel and the others......Evel jumped heavy motorcycles like Harleys and Triumphs which were never really intended to be jumped any distance. Through his career he broke many bones and just kept coming back for more.
Every single one of us was Evel Kenievel with our bikes back then. The girls, and our parents thought that we were insane. And we were. Today, I wonder how the hell I'm still alive. I can honestly say that it was a combination of stupidity, sheer terror, this indomitable will to stay alive, and absolute luck, that me and many others from back then are still alive. Haha! In the apartment complex that I used to live, back in the early 70's, it was hilly, and the buildings and parking lots were built on these terraces, with these long, concrete, star cases going between the buildings up and down the terraces. The parking lots also had terraces with these big, concrete curb sections that were at a pretty scary slope. I can tell you this. Us kids with our bikes in that complex were absolute experts on riding our bikes down those stairs, jumping off curbs, and going up and down those crazy sloped giant concrete things like it was NOTHING. We were doing parkour on our bikes before anyone knew what X-Treme was. As a kid in the early 70's, I think that my bike was airborne more than it was on the ground. I have no idea how I'm still alive today.
I saw Evel jump in the 70's at a small race track in the Kansas City Metro area. He was successful. Then in 1986 I saw Robbie Knievel jump in Kansas City at Arrowhead stadium during a monster truck race / competition. Evel was also there in a stretch limo in support of his son.
This is cool - didn't know this existed! I grew up in the 70s so he was the man back then... I had a few of the Evel Knievel toy motorcycles that had the little wind up stand...
Chuckles! I can't believe you never had Chuckles. They're jelly candies. They were a favorite of mine in the 70s. My Grandpa bought them for us all the time.
I live on an acre of land in the desert in the 90s and had a bunch of sweet jumps everywhere that we built out of dirt mounds. My dad would encourage us and fix our bike every time we crashed. I remember one time we had a dolly that my brother put a wooden board on it and wanted to jump over it so we pushed him down on our hill our house was on and he hit the jump but the board fell off and he hit the dolly's frame and did a complete front flip on his bike and then crashed on the ground didn't break a single bone and got up a walked away from it. It was the most awesome thing to see. Mom saw this too and we never did that again. But we still rode around the desert looking for things to jump over. Great childhood memories.
I remember watching the 14 bus jump at Kings Island; loved him, so awesome! Didn’t know how he came up with his name! My brother had his action figure and bike!
This place is super cool. I was born in the 70’s, I remember having some of his toys, but don’t remember watching him do any jumps. (Even Kings Island is my home park)
Yes. Today, Chuckles are sold by Ferrara Candy Company, the same people who make and sell Boston Baked Beans, Bob’s Candy Canes, Atomic Fireballs and other nostalgic treats. I know that my dad LOVES them when he was a kid back in the late 60's early 70's.
Love you Carpetbagger and have just donated a bit of money. Hello from Great Britain. You're channel is awesome. Get to see places I would otherwise never get the chance to see. Thank you!
HEY, JACOB WHAT'S Up.. yeah, I've been an Evel Knievel Fan for Ever when was young Back in the 70s I watched ever time he was on tv all his jumps He did and had all the Evel toys the toy Van his HD jump bike All of it so thank you for doing this one I really enjoy it take care stay safe and see you on the next adventure
Thanks for the tour! It was so cool to see all that stuff in one place. And yes as a Chuckles eating kid in the 70's, Evel both inspired me and was a bad influence on me at the same time. I loved playing with his stunt cycle toy and dreamed of growing up to be a motorcycle daredevil like him and Fonzie.
Jacob, The Kings Island bus jump in 1975 was held in the park's parking lot and temporary stands were set up for viewing. I was there when his son Robbie jumped the Coke Zero trucks on Memorial Day in 2008 and same place. Gregg
I was at the Kings Island jump. It was in the parking lot out by the highway. I have that pennant you showed, I got it signed by him a few years later. Wide world of sports covered the jump
Very cool, sad to say I drive by it all the time, and even been in the dealership since the Museum opened, but never been in it, Thanks for a glimpse of it!
I was big time into Evel in the 70s. We had two school buses at home. I was sure I could jump from one to the other with my bike. Woke up on the ground with a bunch of bangs . Nothing broken. Well my bike was ruined. No pictures.
This is cool. Maybe I will stop here next week on my road trip to Denver. Will be stopping in Topeka anyways to get pics of the state capitol building.
The semi truck was the one that was on "Shipping Wars" Season 3 Episode 10. The semi was in rough shape in the show so to be able to see it restored and what it looked like when it was in used is really cool. Another ironic thing about that semi, the owner of the truck when it was featured in "Shipping Wars' was Jeff Lowe of "Tiger King" fame. I follow the shipper, Marc Springer, who delivered the truck on Twitter. I'm going to send him the link to this video so he can see what the truck looks like now. He was awestruck in the episode that he got to haul Evel's rig. So I'm sure he will love to see it now and maybe can get out to see it during one of his travels
There is a small speedway on my hometown. I could hear the cars every Sunday night until I went to college. The ONLY time I went to the speedway was to see Joie Chitwood Jr stunt show
I used to have several action figures, bikes, ramps, and the Mack truck. I sold them all on eBay and my wife took the money to pay one of her speeding tickets.
A lot of vintage toys out on the market for Evel motorcycles, cars , in all sizes . The toys still hold their value . Cool place , cool video . The rocket 🚀 jump over the canyon was his craziest stunt . 👍👍👍👍 Mike Espo .
I love this!! I used to work at a coffee shop there at the Harley Davidson shops. I haven’t been there since 2013 so this is so amazing to see what they have done! I’ll have to go next time I’m out that way!
Seeing a couple of the crashes reminds me of Spaceballs. "Good thing you were wearing that helmet." (Probably not the *exact* line, but you get the idea.) : )
I found the candy Chuckles today at a “Five Below” store!! I took a picture of it for ya but I can’t post it. Great video!! Keep up the good work bro!!
I remember trying to jump stuff like Evel Knievel back in the 1970s. My favorite story about Evel is the one he would tell about jumping Caesar's Fountain in Las Vegas: Before the jump was even gonna happen, he called all the radio stations in Las Vegas and asked what they knew about "Evol Kanevol" jumping Caesar's Fountain. Then he called all the newspapers and asked them what they knew about "Evil Neevil" jumping the fountain. Then he called all the TV stations and asked what they knew about "Evel Knievel" jumping the fountain. The next day, he called Caesar's Palace, and got to the head of the casino and introduced himself. The casino head purportedly said, "I don't care if your name is Evol Kanevol, Evil Neevil, or Evel Knievel, my phone's been ringing off the hook all day with people asking me about you jumping my fountain. Let's put a deal together."
Enjoyed your visit to this museum. It’s actually a very interesting story how George Hamilton met Evel Knievel to discuss his role in the movie about his life
That was a cool museum! Saw 2 of the Ideal wind up Evel Knievel bikes I had as a kid. I think Ford made a Evel Knievel F-150 a few years back also. Keep up the great videos!👍😃
In my youth Evel Knievel was some sort of mystery figure, and I was surprised to find out that he really existed and truely did those awesome stunts. A little bit confused when I saw some first footage, since he looked a bit like Elvis as well as Steve McQueen, two other heroes of mine. All three of them being truely unique American representatives. Thanks for the nice tour through Evel's museum!
That replica bike is dumb since they left the speedo and tach on it. Evel didn't use those. I got the Evel bike toy on Easter when it came out. And our neighbors and friends all huddled around our color TV to watch him jump the Snake river. I was 8 years old. I'll never forget that Sunday! We had the best TV in the neighborhood...so everybody came over LOL!
That was an evel of a vlog. Loved it. I think he was the first living guy to have a successful toy line. Before that was Walt Disney's Davy Crockett (Fess Parker). Just remembered, Roy Roger was the first successful toy line. I remember the Kings Island jump well. A few days later my friend and I were re-creating it on our bikes....
Loved EVEL, been there. done that got the cast .lol. my dad bought me my first motorcycle when I was maybe 8 or 9, massive wreck when I was 16 ended my career lol so to speak, still paying for it today. Like Evel , in his later life arthritis kept him in constant pain.
This is a great museum of evel
I remember watching several of the TV specials. Was always so enthralled by the death defying stunts.
~ Kevin
I was a 70’s !!!
It was all about sweeet Jumps
And big bumps !!! And lots of abba and kiss.
Lucky me got to see him jump in Portland Oregon when I was a kid. Thanks for the vieos.
All his bikes were rad...🤘🏼💯✔️
I was born in 1966 and Evel was absolutely my hero. His motorcycle toy is still the best toy I ever had. So much fun. RIP Evel. Thanks for filming there
I pass by the signs to that museum every time I drive from Wichita to KC but have never stopped so it's cool to finally see what I've been missing. Will def take time out of one of my trips to stop now!
Glad to see him in Topeka, Kansas in my hometown to visit the Evel Knievel museum
Kudos to the operators of the museum, that was WAY better than what I was expecting. Great displays and interactive elements
Evel was my childhood hero!!
My Dad's side of the family is from Butte, Montana. My grandfather tells of having Evel over to play in his basement as young children. He also rode passenger on the back of Knievel's motorcycle and got dumped in the middle of Main St. As a teenager.
I was watching for the toys I had of Evel. Saw the wind up motorbike. Memories. Also had my bike trying sweet jumps
My town still has the ramp from when he tried to jump the snake river canyon
Very cool any pictures ?
There have been many motorcycle jumpers since Evel but there is one big difference in Evel and the others......Evel jumped heavy motorcycles like Harleys and Triumphs which were never really intended to be jumped any distance. Through his career he broke many bones and just kept coming back for more.
I had already watched this... Haha I been watching for so long I can't remember them all.. Thanks for sharing
I was one of those crazy teens trying to be like Evel. Tried to jump a ditch on my bike. Fractured my left arm! Still loved watching Evel. Tks Bagger!
Every single one of us was Evel Kenievel with our bikes back then. The girls, and our parents thought that we were insane. And we were. Today, I wonder how the hell I'm still alive. I can honestly say that it was a combination of stupidity, sheer terror, this indomitable will to stay alive, and absolute luck, that me and many others from back then are still alive. Haha! In the apartment complex that I used to live, back in the early 70's, it was hilly, and the buildings and parking lots were built on these terraces, with these long, concrete, star cases going between the buildings up and down the terraces. The parking lots also had terraces with these big, concrete curb sections that were at a pretty scary slope. I can tell you this. Us kids with our bikes in that complex were absolute experts on riding our bikes down those stairs, jumping off curbs, and going up and down those crazy sloped giant concrete things like it was NOTHING. We were doing parkour on our bikes before anyone knew what X-Treme was. As a kid in the early 70's, I think that my bike was airborne more than it was on the ground. I have no idea how I'm still alive today.
The most badass man that was on earth
If you think abusive dicks are "badass."
Major idol for thousands of 1970s children. Jumping with heavy motorcycles than lighter modified bikes of today.
I saw Evel jump in the 70's at a small race track in the Kansas City Metro area. He was successful. Then in 1986 I saw Robbie Knievel jump in Kansas City at Arrowhead stadium during a monster truck race / competition. Evel was also there in a stretch limo in support of his son.
This is cool - didn't know this existed! I grew up in the 70s so he was the man back then... I had a few of the Evel Knievel toy motorcycles that had the little wind up stand...
Adam the Woo should have been on this tour with you. He knows all about those “sweet jumps.”
Chuckles! I can't believe you never had Chuckles. They're jelly candies. They were a favorite of mine in the 70s. My Grandpa bought them for us all the time.
I live on an acre of land in the desert in the 90s and had a bunch of sweet jumps everywhere that we built out of dirt mounds. My dad would encourage us and fix our bike every time we crashed. I remember one time we had a dolly that my brother put a wooden board on it and wanted to jump over it so we pushed him down on our hill our house was on and he hit the jump but the board fell off and he hit the dolly's frame and did a complete front flip on his bike and then crashed on the ground didn't break a single bone and got up a walked away from it. It was the most awesome thing to see. Mom saw this too and we never did that again. But we still rode around the desert looking for things to jump over. Great childhood memories.
Thanks for the laughs, on this very boring morning!
I remember watching the 14 bus jump at Kings Island; loved him, so awesome! Didn’t know how he came up with his name! My brother had his action figure and bike!
My brother had the Evel action figure and bike too and would try to jump my Barbie camper to make me mad. LOL!
This place is super cool. I was born in the 70’s, I remember having some of his toys, but don’t remember watching him do any jumps. (Even Kings Island is my home park)
Cool place! Thanks for posting this.
My brothers idol growing up, always building ramps to jump. needless to say bikes back then were not built to be jumped. Thanks for the look back.
Yes. Today, Chuckles are sold by Ferrara Candy Company, the same people who make and sell Boston Baked Beans, Bob’s Candy Canes, Atomic Fireballs and other nostalgic treats. I know that my dad LOVES them when he was a kid back in the late 60's early 70's.
Love you Carpetbagger and have just donated a bit of money. Hello from Great Britain. You're channel is awesome. Get to see places I would otherwise never get the chance to see. Thank you!
What a cool place love the jump maker
HEY, JACOB WHAT'S Up.. yeah, I've been an Evel Knievel Fan for Ever when was young
Back in the 70s I watched ever time he was on tv all his jumps He did and had all the Evel toys the toy Van his HD jump bike All of it so thank you for doing this one I really enjoy it take care stay safe and see you on the next adventure
I worked as a mechanic in that building when it was Shawnee County Public works maintenence shop.
Thanks for the tour! It was so cool to see all that stuff in one place. And yes as a Chuckles eating kid in the 70's, Evel both inspired me and was a bad influence on me at the same time. I loved playing with his stunt cycle toy and dreamed of growing up to be a motorcycle daredevil like him and Fonzie.
Chuckles candy was made in my hometown of Danville Illinois back in the day!!
i didnt know this place existed, till i watched yer video of it ! thank you. now, i want to add it to my list of places to go, when i travel.
Jacob, The Kings Island bus jump in 1975 was held in the park's parking lot and temporary stands were set up for viewing. I was there when his son Robbie jumped the Coke Zero trucks on Memorial Day in 2008 and same place. Gregg
I was at the Kings Island jump. It was in the parking lot out by the highway. I have that pennant you showed, I got it signed by him a few years later. Wide world of sports covered the jump
Thanks for visiting our city🤘
Very cool, sad to say I drive by it all the time, and even been in the dealership since the Museum opened, but never been in it, Thanks for a glimpse of it!
So glad you made it to the museum. Can't wait to see what else you were able to see here in eastern Kansas.
Ppl forget just how popular this man was. Evel and KISS ruled that era
I’ve been wanting to go here 😀 looks so cool 😎 thanks 👍
That was cool. Man, that guy caused himself a great deal of pain!
I was big time into Evel in the 70s. We had two school buses at home. I was sure I could jump from one to the other with my bike. Woke up on the ground with a bunch of bangs . Nothing broken. Well my bike was ruined. No pictures.
This is cool. Maybe I will stop here next week on my road trip to Denver. Will be stopping in Topeka anyways to get pics of the state capitol building.
It was actually the Sherriff of the jail that Named the two jail mates at the time, He said look what we have here.Awful kinoffel,& Evel Kinevel...
wow so cool i rember Evel Knieval ty for showing this video
The semi truck was the one that was on "Shipping Wars" Season 3 Episode 10. The semi was in rough shape in the show so to be able to see it restored and what it looked like when it was in used is really cool. Another ironic thing about that semi, the owner of the truck when it was featured in "Shipping Wars' was Jeff Lowe of "Tiger King" fame. I follow the shipper, Marc Springer, who delivered the truck on Twitter. I'm going to send him the link to this video so he can see what the truck looks like now. He was awestruck in the episode that he got to haul Evel's rig. So I'm sure he will love to see it now and maybe can get out to see it during one of his travels
He was one of a kind.
Im so happy he came to my state to see what we have to offer
There is a small speedway on my hometown. I could hear the cars every Sunday night until I went to college. The ONLY time I went to the speedway was to see Joie Chitwood Jr stunt show
I was born early 80s and had a bunch of sweet jumps all over the yard.
That's so awesome. That's only an hour away from me. I need to go check that out.
Oh how I remember evil! My bothers had a bike jump going from our driveway over the 6 foot fence and onto the top of our flat top storage shed.
I had the toy motorcycle with a ramp! Awesome!
He's still The Man 🎉 Soooo fn cool !
The Kings Island jump took place in the parking lot.
Yeah, we were jumping back then until a friend ended up in the hospital. I started doing it again and got in big trouble.
That's a brilliant museum Jacob thanks for showing us much appreciated 👍
I used to have several action figures, bikes, ramps, and the Mack truck. I sold them all on eBay and my wife took the money to pay one of her speeding tickets.
Just another awesome tour from the carpetbagger. Thanks again!
My brother had the toy of Evel Knievel. This is so cool.
How cool is that place wow
The Kings Island Jump took place at the Kings Island Parking lot
A lot of vintage toys out on the market for Evel motorcycles, cars , in all sizes .
The toys still hold their value .
Cool place , cool video .
The rocket 🚀 jump over the canyon was his craziest stunt .
👍👍👍👍
Mike Espo .
There is a huge market for Evel collectibles all these years later. The man made an imprint on all of those youngsters that’s for sure.
O yea , I think I still have the motorcycle that you wind up and it goes . ?
He broke 433 bones in his body. As close as you could come to a real life super hero. I was borderline obsessed with him as a kid.
Hey man just wanted to let you know your videos are so chill love your content man stay safe
The Hutchison salt Museum and Cosmosphere are musts!
Cool place! Had toy motorcycles of Evel, as a kid in the 70s!
Hi carpetbagger I remember him I watched him amazing video
So cool you was in my hometown
As of 2021 Farley's & Sathers Candy Company owns the Chuckles Jelly Candy Brand offering two sizes original and mini.
I love this!! I used to work at a coffee shop there at the Harley Davidson shops. I haven’t been there since 2013 so this is so amazing to see what they have done! I’ll have to go next time I’m out that way!
This has to be one of the coolest channels I’ve been directed to in a long time. Keep it up !
Seeing a couple of the crashes reminds me of Spaceballs. "Good thing you were wearing that helmet." (Probably not the *exact* line, but you get the idea.) : )
On my road trip list. Thanks.
Chuckles candy are just big rectangular gumdrops. They still make them.
Loved it. Thanks for taking us along 💌
I found the candy Chuckles today at a “Five Below” store!! I took a picture of it for ya but I can’t post it. Great video!! Keep up the good work bro!!
I remember trying to jump stuff like Evel Knievel back in the 1970s. My favorite story about Evel is the one he would tell about jumping Caesar's Fountain in Las Vegas: Before the jump was even gonna happen, he called all the radio stations in Las Vegas and asked what they knew about "Evol Kanevol" jumping Caesar's Fountain. Then he called all the newspapers and asked them what they knew about "Evil Neevil" jumping the fountain. Then he called all the TV stations and asked what they knew about "Evel Knievel" jumping the fountain. The next day, he called Caesar's Palace, and got to the head of the casino and introduced himself. The casino head purportedly said, "I don't care if your name is Evol Kanevol, Evil Neevil, or Evel Knievel, my phone's been ringing off the hook all day with people asking me about you jumping my fountain. Let's put a deal together."
Enjoyed your visit to this museum. It’s actually a very interesting story how George Hamilton met Evel Knievel to discuss his role in the movie about his life
The man was a straight gangster. Willing to die to get what he wanted out of life. Love it!! Pure American
It's a great place my wife and I were just there a few days ago you should have done the VR jump.
That was a cool museum! Saw 2 of the Ideal wind up Evel Knievel bikes I had as a kid. I think Ford made a Evel Knievel F-150 a few years back also. Keep up the great videos!👍😃
In my youth Evel Knievel was some sort of mystery figure, and I was surprised to find out that he really existed and truely did those awesome stunts. A little bit confused when I saw some first footage, since he looked a bit like Elvis as well as Steve McQueen, two other heroes of mine. All three of them being truely unique American representatives.
Thanks for the nice tour through Evel's museum!
That replica bike is dumb since they left the speedo and tach on it. Evel didn't use those.
I got the Evel bike toy on Easter when it came out.
And our neighbors and friends all huddled around our color TV to watch him jump the Snake river. I was 8 years old. I'll never forget that Sunday!
We had the best TV in the neighborhood...so everybody came over LOL!
That was an evel of a vlog. Loved it. I think he was the first living guy to have a successful toy line. Before that was Walt Disney's Davy Crockett (Fess Parker). Just remembered, Roy Roger was the first successful toy line. I remember the Kings Island jump well. A few days later my friend and I were re-creating it on our bikes....
My bro had a lunch box with thermos plus that Halloween costume
I used to love that guy I had all his toys the wind up
Motorcycle lol
Wish i would of known you were here'!
Amazing museum! Thanks for sharing. Hope to go one day.
Loved EVEL, been there. done that got the cast .lol. my dad bought me my first motorcycle when I was maybe 8 or 9, massive wreck when I was 16 ended my career lol so to speak, still paying for it today. Like Evel , in his later life arthritis kept him in constant pain.
Man I wish I would have saved the Evel bike I got for Christmas in 1978 or 79.Not even for value also because it's awesome looking.Haha
the jump at kings island was in the parking lot. there is no stadium there as far as i know.
There's a great documentary about finding and the restoration of Evels Travel trucks and trailers....
Things that make you ask why?? Thanks for the video he was quite the rage when I was younger.
Evel the showman.
Come to Wichita and visit the cow town museum
You're in my town! Wish I would have known sooner. Love your channel man!