Using a modified Harley-Davidson XR1200, freestyle motorcross rider Seth Enslow will attempt to break the 157-foot long distance jump record currently held by Evel Knievel (1975) and Bubba Blackwell (1999).
The jump, which will occur in Sydney, Australia, will be broadcast live at 4:30 p.m. (CST) Monday at www.harleyworldrecordjump.com, and a post-event video will be broadcast on H-D’s YouTube channel and to Harley’s half-million Facebook fans.
“To many, Evel Knievel was the original extreme athlete – long before there were extreme sports,” said Mark-Hans Richer, Harley-Davidson Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer. “This latest generation of riders still revere Knievel – even as they attempt to smash his records. A new generation of counterculture riders are embracing Harley-Davidson motorcycles, just like the generation before them.
“The XR1200 and our new Dark Custom motorcycles, like the nearly sold out Iron 883 launched a year ago and the new Forty-Eight introduced last month, have given them an authentic way to express themselves. In fact, we now sell more bikes to this generation of young riders than to the young adult generation before them.”
