Daredevil Alex Harvill dies while practicing for record-setting motorcycle jump

[Gman]

Daredevil Alex Harvill dies while practicing for record-setting motorcycle jump

"Come watch me hit this ramp June 17th," he said in a June 6 post.

Video appeared to show Harvill landing short of a ramp, hitting the edge of a dirt berm and being thrown from his bike.

[BPTactical]

Well, he won’t do that again.

[Gman]

I had never heard of him before. Might have popped up on my radar since it was out here in WA.

[arbol]

Looks like he fell short of the landing area, for those that are curious.

[Duman]

Were his last words, "Hey, hold my beer!"

[theGinsue]

Were his last words, "Hey, hold my beer!"

I was thinking the same thing when I read the OP yesterday. Had he made it, he or someone else would have then pushed to break the record again (wash, rinse, repeat) until someone died. Looks like they met the threshold for that. The next guy might think a little longer before attempting.

[Gman]

I'm pretty sure that "thinking" isn't real high on the priority list for daredevils.

[Irving]

So far this thread just oozes class.

[Squeeze]

Looks like he fell short of the landing area, for those that are curious.

Yep. I saw the video. Hit the dirt landing mound very hard.

[FoxtArt]

I wonder if he broke the record.

Notice that nobody says "at least he died doing what he loved".

Nobody ever says "at least he died doing what he loved" if someone goes out from auto-erotic asphyxiation either.

But if you have a heart attack while fishing and die from a lack of EMS, everyone acts like having a fishing pole nearby made your heart attack nicer.