If you watched the 3-hour, “Evel Live” Special, on the History Channel (July 8, 2018) you may have seen one of the Tallahassee Automobile Museum’s historic exhibits in action.
The program showcased present day Motorcycle Daredevil Travis Pastrana replicating three of Evel Knievel’s legendary motorcycle jumps from the late 1960’s & 70’s. The main feature for Pastrana and the “Evel Live” program was the devastating jump with subsequent near death crash of Evel’s jump over the Caesar’s Palace fountains in Las Vegas, NV, (1967). The motorcycle Evel used for that jump and during 1967 & 1968 stunts was a 1967 Triumph Bonneville T120 TT, 650 cc, Twin.
The Tallahassee Automobile Museum bought the pictured 1967 Triumph at auction in 2000 identifying it as having been registered to Evel Knievel Enterprises in 1968. All though this is not the motorcycle that did the near fatal jump with Evel Knievel, that motorcycle was destroyed in the subsequent fire from the crash, it appears to be one that was owned by Evel Knievel during his Triumph motorcycle years. Evel Knievel was known to have at least three motorcycles for his performances at that time. Usually two motorcycles set up for jumping and one set up for the “wheelies” and other non-jumping stunts.
