Evel learns a little about rocket propulsion, for the Snake River Canyon jump, courtesy of NASA.

Business end of the SkyCycle, 1974

“I didn’t think I even had a 50-50 chance to make it. Everyone told me not to do it, but I was determined to keep my word, so I climbed up and got strapped in. When I punched that power button I thought, ‘God, here I come.’” ~Evel Knievel

First years with Harley Davidson and the XR750.

Viva Knievel! The Movie, 1975

SkyCycle X2 test firing.

photo by Dale Swanson - The Oregonian Sept 8, 1974.

Tuscon, Az 1972

Evel smiles after a record-setting jump of 17 trucks at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland in March of 1974.

Photo by Dale Swanson - The Oregonian, March 30, 1974.

Evel Knievel in the cockpit of his Sky-Cycle X-2 attempting to jump the Snake River canyon in September of 1974.

Photo by Dale Swanson, The Oregonian - Sept. 9, 1974

Deth Defier.