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Offline Raul CB750K1

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Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« on: September 21, 2005, 03:34:50 AM »
I had the chance to see the Wall of Death yesterday in a fairground. Man, that gasoline smell and engine roar put my adrenaline high!!! The guys even rode a kart around the wall!! One of the bikes was an old Indian with front leaf spring!!!! I took some pictures but it was a film camera so it will take a while to have them developed.
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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2005, 05:06:10 AM »
   From the topic line I was thinking...firing squad. :o

   Is the "Wall of Death" the spherical cage that they ride a bike around in or something else?

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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2005, 05:26:02 AM »
yea,they are cool,if you ever get the chance to see one,make sure you do.
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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2005, 01:25:42 PM »
hi raul, i have seen the wall of death a few times now  8) they had the old indian and go karts ,and they had 2 honda twins that would race each other round the wall  ;) mick.
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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2005, 05:26:09 PM »
   Okay guys the suspense is killing me. What is the "Wall of Death"?

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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2005, 05:36:08 PM »

thats what a wall of death looks like they drive round the inside

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« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2005, 05:53:57 PM »
That reminds me of this ride they used to have at the Six Flags in Dallas where I grew up called the Spindle Top.  You stand up against the wall and it starts spinning around really fast, then the floor drops out and you're left cligning to the wall.  Nothing will ever replace the memory of seeing the girl across from me vomit, only to have it splatter back on the unfortunate person next to her.  :-X 
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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2005, 06:45:57 PM »
   Thanks Merv...looks like a blast...can't wait to try it. As mentioned in my previous post I've seen a sphere shaped cage...don't know what it's called...where they ride a bike around in every direction possible. Haven't seen it since I was a kid but it used to amaze me.

   Gordon, I know that ride well...ridden it many times, although I've never had the pleasure of seeing someone lose their lunch.

Mike   

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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2005, 07:40:28 PM »
It is COOl, the aroma is void of oxygen, they have it @ the MID_OHIO vintage bike days every year. Everytime i see it I ask myself if it is the wall of death because the whole rig could collape @ anytime with 50 people standing over the pit.
this is the show @ MHVMD      http://www.wallofdeath.com/equipment.htm
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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2005, 02:21:02 AM »
I remember the spherical cage in TV, in the circus, when I was a child. This was the barrel-shape like the posted picture. People stand above and see the show.

Actually I've seen it in Germany, and the riders were german. When I saw the Indian on display I thought it was there as an ornament. How was I to know they would be riding it?????

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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2005, 01:49:37 PM »
Bump!!!! Here you have the pics. It's much different when you see it live, with the engine noise and the gasoline smell, along with the trembling of the seats and woodboards.

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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2005, 02:24:01 PM »
Not sure I'd like to risk my well being without proper equipment for the grand audience of nine people....maybe ten counting the photographer... ;D
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Re: Wall of Death. Have you seen it?
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2005, 02:54:57 PM »
That reminds me of this ride they used to have at the Six Flags in Dallas where I grew up called the Spindle Top.  You stand up against the wall and it starts spinning around really fast, then the floor drops out and you're left cligning to the wall.  Nothing will ever replace the memory of seeing the girl across from me vomit, only to have it splatter back on the unfortunate person next to her. 

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I have a better memory of that ride and a very large breasted woman in a undershirt and no bra with her arms pinned to the wall.
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« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2005, 03:04:45 PM »
I thought the same about the scarce audience, but it was last show that day and the fairground was almost empty. I repeated next day at 15:00 and though not crowded they had a sensibly bigger audience.

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