Talk:Robert Duffy
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Bob Duffey American Daredevil
[edit]Bob Duffey should have a Wikipedia page! He holds the record for doing a wheelie in the 1/4 mile while riding BACKWARDS! He holds many motorcycle stunt records
Sadly, he passed away this week. 2600:1700:23D1:C60:ECC4:2800:2333:EE61 (talk) 21:28, 3 March 2023
Bob began his stunt performing in 1972. In 1977, he won the "CBS Sports Spectacular World Championship Motorcycle Jumping Competition". Bob was the first in the world to jump over a running helicopter on June 14, 1974 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The pilot maintained the rotor rpm of 30,000!
Bob held a long list of impressive accomplishments; dozen different kinds of wheelies, quarter mile time of 11.71 seconds, at 122 mph — riding backwards. In 1980, he rode his 1980 XR 500 Honda backwards with a 60-mph average speed on a 1/2 mile paved oval track with a time 29:84. Bob also jumped over 50 people, breaking the Guinness World Record!
Bob accomplished over 1200 jumps with only 3 crashes — a record of perfection. Bob's life was built around people, motorcycles and safety. One of his favorite sayings was "No Helmet = No Brains".