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| The Deadly 720+ in action |
With an audience of 4,000 and the Top Gear trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond - as well as stunt legend Ken Block - watching from the sidelines, stuntman Gary Hoptrough completed the audacious stunt on a KTM 250 SX-F.
They called the stunt the Deadly 720+ which is a pretty apt name given the danger involved in looping twice inside the 8 metre tall steel hoops.
Top Gear Live Creative Director, Rowland French said: “Having now done the Deadly 720 on four and two wheels I have no idea what we’ll dream up next – but you can trust us to come up with something even more astonishing.”
Jeremy Clarkson, not normally one to have anything to do with motorcycles, said: “We started Top Gear in its current incarnation ten years ago as a pokey little motoring show and never dreamt of setting World Records. To be fair, all James, Richard and I did was to stand on stage and introduce a stunt man mad enough to want to turn him self upside down twice on a bike. But it was pretty nerve wracking and spectacular!”
You can see a video of the Deadly 720+ below.
Speedmonkey will be at Top Gear Live on Saturday. We'll be sure to report back on all the action.
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| Clarkson was impressed by the Deadly 720+, apparently |