HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE 'GLOBE OF DEATH'

H-D AND THE 'GLOBE OF DEATH'

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010

Source: H-D
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 Jones1 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 a Harley-Davidson Sportster XL883.