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Avon Tyres Featured on Restored Evel Knievel Motorcycle

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
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The famous stunt performers refurbished motorcycle was unveiled Nov. 6 at the Evel Knievel Museum in Topeka, Kansas.

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  • The famous stunt performers refurbished motorcycle was unveiled Nov. 6 at the Evel Knievel Museum in Topeka, Kansas.
  • Restoration of the motorcycle began when Louis Rocket Re, a friend of the late Evel Knievel, and a stunt rider himself, tracked down the original Laverda several years ago.
  • Dominic Clifford, Global Manager Avon Motorcycle, said, We are pleased to be involved in a restoration project that involves such an iconic motorcycle.
  • Robert Craig Knievel, known professionally as Evel Knievel, was an American stunt performer whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Evel Knievel Brand Sues Disney

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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Evel Knievel garnered worldwide fame and recognition starting in the late 1960s when performing death-defying motorcycle jumps.

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  • Evel Knievel garnered worldwide fame and recognition starting in the late 1960s when performing death-defying motorcycle jumps.
  • Ideal Toys released the iconic Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle in 1973, featuring a doll of Evel in his signature red, white, and blue jumpsuit and matching helmet and motorcycle.
  • The complaint alleges the Disney character is an unlawful knockoff of the classic and newly re-released Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.
  • Kelly Knievel, son of the world-renowned performer and the spokesperson for K&K Promotions, said, Evel Knievel did not thrill millions around the world, break his bones and spill his blood just so Disney could make a bunch of money.