Rex Blackwell - Motorbike jumping

[@richlewis1879]

I'll always say it, older footage makes Rex look 45. He was 26 LOL

[@rylanblackwell3676]

This is my grandpa

[@genepaulk6902]

Your Grand Pa was a great jumper back in the day !!! All my hero's jump motorcycle's and your Grand Pa is my hero too !!! ✌🏻😎✌🏻 Good Luck and God Bless young man !!!

[@julieschmidt5605]

Rylan, are you in Cedar Rapids?

[@Repomam2000]

Balls of Steele.

[@Dani2wheels]

I've never seen a 46 year old 26yo before, but I have now

[@Dax893]

Exactly what I wanted to say: He ain't 26, he's a hard 40.

[@davemonday5381]

I have a Yamaha exactly the same has that one. Respect. That bike has so little suspension travel

[@donbrashsux]

A slow old TT 500

[@davemonday5381]

@@donbrashsux wow I must have had the sound turned down. I presumed it was a early YZ400. I have a xt500 and have had TT’s in the passed. They are incredibly heavy. He gets even more respect. I bumped into Jason Rennie a few weeks after he’d jumped 248 ft.world record at the time, in a football stadium. If I remember right from where he started his run he couldn’t see the the take off ramp when he hit the take off ramp he couldn’t see the landing ramp and there wasn’t much run off after the landing theses guys are nut. But he’s a Nice guy He sold me a set of tyres. Told me they where hardly used. I once rode 300 miles to watch Eddie Kidd do his world record I’ve own a few of eddies bikes. Another top guy.

[@donbrashsux]

@@davemonday5381 the YZ 400 would be the go was it a CDE or F model

[@davemonday5381]

@@donbrashsux the last motocross Yamaha I had was a mx400B 1975 is was a show bike and to nice to use. I have the DT400B and DT250mx both in new condition and the XT500 it’s very tricked up I bought it in Japan. I’ve been looking out for a good 78/ 79 YZ probably a 250. Ho I’ve just remembered there a sr400 brat conversion also from Japan that’s a fantastic little bike. I don’t know how the Japanese tuners get so much usable power out of them it pulls like a train. And looks a 1950s British scrambler. I had a quick look inside it. Trick cam high compression a fancy Japanese electronics open after market filter. I bought for my wife I didn’t realise what a little monster it was at the time. I tried some big jumps for a while. I had a close call when the ramp gave way in the middle when I hit it. It sprang and sent me upwards and slightly to the left I didn’t think I was going to make to the sand landing ramp. I was going higher rather than forwards. I slid down the left side of the sand and walked away. It was a eye opener and I decided I couldn’t afford to have time off work with broken legs. I really do have total respect for these guys.

[@bubbablackwell7201]

Before I started, this is the only motorcycle jumper I'd ever seen Live. No relation tho. Bubba

[@willybizz]

Lucky guy, really great occasion wasn't it ? I wonder is he still doing his thing ? Happy day's.

[@willybizz]

Lucky guy, really great occasion wasn't it ? I wonder is he still doing his thing ?Happy day's.

[@thelifeofbks]

That’s funny Bubba! I saw this and wondered if this was your older brother 😂😂Hope you’re doing well bro! Bryan

[@mnicrashSoren]

Crazy we hit 100ft gaps on a casual weekend how things change

[@lomasck]

I was thinking that myself.125ft in the Sand dunes on a YZ490 in 1987.

[@bigears4426]

mnicrashSoren and the bikes changed very quickly, suspension wise

[@georgefrempter596]

I LOVED TO WATCH RYAN CAPES JUMP !!! RIP The last time I Seen Him He hit 490 !!! Anyone that Goes BIG IS TOTALLY BADASS I’m Taking from BMX UP !!!! 💪💪

[@williambray3996]

I watched this on tv as a kid

[@mikelandreth]

The Jumpoff's were on CBS SPORTS SPECTACTULAR and this jump I believe was on NBC'S Weekend WWOS type show. Rex was the best and a real great guy too.

[@jeffjohnson1302]

I did this on my Trike Bike in 1973.

[@ronaldshank7589]

He hit that, just right! Great jump!

[@fictionuk]

I remember this guy. he had a jump-off with Eddie Kidd in the UK around '79.

[@matrixsurfer7048]

1977 at Longleat there's a 24sec clip on KZbin

[@DJAndyC]

Never mind the bike, what a lovely wife

[@1958indyfan]

Jumps like these seem so quaint today with guys like Robbie Madison jumping 378'. I wonder what kind of suspension travel RB had in those days? Couldn't have been much.

[@lawdog43494]

4 to 6 inches of travel.

[@benowen5792]

If a person can go 105 feet on a stock 1979 TT 500 then today’s bikes should go 700 feet plus

[@kellydittus4772]

That bike was a good choice in 79.

[@donbrashsux]

Yz 400 F Yamaha would have been a lot better

[@matrixsurfer7048]

Heavy old four stroke properly 50lb heavier than a 2stroke Mx, I used too have an xt500(basically a road legal TT) took it off 3 foot ramps alright but my rm370 was my long jump bike , xt great for wheelies

[@nixworld767]

Good woman. I hope they stayed together.

[@willybizz]

@fictionuk I agree , magic moments stand out in the memory , I am looking through my old stuff , as i am sure there is more. Thanks for watching. nice to have feedback .

[@JonathanCrocker-l2t]

nice jump rex hox do they get or have medical coverage

[@stevestarr9769]

Has ANY jump ever NOT been called a world record??????? I get marketing, but really?

[@craigm2484]

Great stuff!

[@travishaynes1180]

What was he riding!!? Is that an old RM ? My god his wife was nearly hysterical !! Poor gal , I could not do anything like that again after seeing his dear wife react the way she did. You'd have to be heartless to put her through that again !!!😢

[@fictionuk]

@willybizz I wasn't actually there (I wish I was), I saw it on World Of Sport (probably at 1:10pm before the sodding horse racing OR 3:10pm AFTER the ITV 7 (can't believe I remember all this ha ha ha) and honestly, even now i remember it as if it was yesterday. As a kid I was well into the car/bus jumping thing and still am today. . . oh and thanx for for posting this as well. Great stuff man B-)

[@joesanchezii4461]

Is this some new Jack Black project? NNNAAACCCHHHHOOOO!!!!

[@willybizz]

@mikelandreth Thats correct as I remember, as I cannot find the recordings I made of the events, I wonder do you have any footage ? great stuff is'nt it.

[@petemycek9909]

I did that when I was 10 on my bicycle. Who didn’t??

[@TheGodParticle]

Me too, plus a matchbox pick-up truck as well, I was badass

[@123limelight]

nobody was as great as evil kenevel

[@archivestereo]

Is he related to Bubba Blackwell

[@benowen5792]

I’m impressed

[@the1spen]

I didn’t know that Rick Rude jumped buses.

[@willybizz]

@fictionuk Thats right, he is not that well known in UK, count yourself lucky to have seen him at that event.

[@MrRichard57000]

Yamaha xt 500?

[@matrixsurfer7048]

TT 500 basically an xt with no lights weighs in at about 300lb 😮

[@jasonjohnson3037]

I could have made that jump with my Spider-Man big wheel when I was 3 years old in 1976

[@schmeevo1]

Ya but you didn’t did ya

[@thatmanstumototours2270]

Being f.o.s. is not really something one should advertise, but hey, you do you...

[@dmc554]

😂

[@dmc554]

😂

[@tbone67gthenderson78]

What kind of bike was that

[@timbaldwin6283]

It's a two-wheeled bike that is powered by a motor.

[@tbone67gthenderson78]

@@timbaldwin6283 no shit ass wipe

[@rodbrezinski8033]

Yamaha TT500

[@rodbrezinski8033]

76 77 78

[@donbrashsux]

Heavy slow TT500

[@jimboslice9472]

rex enbredwell

[@petej.8676]

Looks like Rick Rude

[@John-nl4lt]

I was waiting on a shark 🦈

[@mr.channel6467]

I’m watching dudes jump shit like this at the dunes every day

[@brandonthompson8411]

But not on a 76 TT500

[@neighborhoodprepped7862]

@@brandonthompson8411 exactly that’s why these younger guys don’t understand.. how Harvey was that bike and with little no suspension

[@Goodboy0953]

@@brandonthompson8411 nor a 6ft wide takeoff and landing ramp!!!

[@matrixsurfer7048]

​Just shy of 300lb and probably no more than 5 " if suspension

[@mercoid]

Elvis broke every bone in Evel Knievel’s body

[@buckmurdoch9825]

What’s more impressive is he did the jump while completely stoned!!! 😆😆😆

[@jimhamby1858]

who would have tried otherwise! not me

[@Deved89]

its a performance enhancer lol

[@davidmaguire7385]

😅....2020 ..distance record well over 300ft

[@mr.channel6467]

360 or something like that as big as a foot ball field, I should be riding with Alex harvill tomorrow he’s got a video of him jumping about 350 feet

[@jonhenry8595]

Like to see the do it on an old bike.

[@richlewis1879]

He started professionally at the age of 38. WTF he looks 50

[@cheebug]

26 year olds used to be 45 year olds.

[@crawlercrew874]

Is this Bubba's dad?

[@cristinajuan9501]

That's my husbands boss!!

[@willybizz]

Does he still race,,,,? he was so good/

[@Htiler]

He's 26......56 maybe?

[@mikemccag]

The cameraman did a pitiful job on this one

[@garydouglass9577]

Fuck the rest. Best ever jumper was Eddie Kidd until his accident. He would take them all. Evel bottled it and Eddie beat Robbie, video fact on KZbin. Nobody else wanted to try Eddie Kidd out. Fkn legend. Never forgotten Eddie we love you mate 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧✌️✌✌✌✌✌

[@MaxxDoberman]

Music is corny as hell. LOL

[@stephenmorris3696]

yea didn't suit the occasion, unless he was jumping over a shark tank.

[@clintperry799]

SNOOZE