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Harley-Davidson Australia breaks another world record
- conquering the Globe of Death!
The Globe of Death is a circus and carnival stunt where (normally)
three performers ride specially prepared motorcycles inside a mesh
sphere simultaneously. Generally a Harley-Davidson is the last
motorcycle you’ll see in the Globe because it’s too heavy. That is
until Harley-Davidson dealer, Gavin Walker, got hold of it!
“The great Clarry Jones came up to me after seeing that we’d back
flipped a Harley late last year and said we were mad. We got talking
and he said he owns a Globe of Death and the rest, they say, is
history,” said Walker.
Walker and his crew set-up the Globe at his Harley-Davidson dealership
in Mildura on December 27 with two riders – Clarry’s son, Victorian
Phillip Jones and Queenslander Steve Butler – vying to be the first to
tackle the Globe.
After Jones’s first attempt and subsequent crash, the bike was repaired
and Butler pulled it off without a hitch going upside down on his third
run, breaking a world record in the process.
“It was awesome; I can’t wait to do it again!!! I’ve ridden Globe
before but never on a standard bike and never on a beast like a Harley.
The rush was amazing,” said Butler.
The motorcycle used was an unmodified Harley-Davidson Sportster XL883.
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