On what turns out to be his last jump using a T120 Triumph Bonneville, Evel Kneivel crashes in Carson City, Nevada.
Attempting to jump ten cars at Carson-Tahoe Speedway in Carson City, Nevada, Evel catches the roof of the last car causing him to crash on to the landing ramp. The "landing" breaks both his shoulder and his hip.
The Carson City jump will end his long relationship with the Bonneville. He switches to a Laverda 750cc American Eagle in April of 1969. Evel Kneivel will leave the Laverda (in pieces) for a Harley-Davidson XR-750 in December, 1969.
It's the XR-750 that he becomes associated with on everything from lunchboxes, die-cast and plastic models, bed sheets, T-shirts, jackets, yo-yo's, dolls, pinball machines, posters, sunglasses, board games, etc.
Viva Evel Knievel!
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