75+ wild stunts, 433 broken bones and crashes at iconic locales: A new look inside the incredible world of daredevil Evel Knievel

He was the ultimate daredevil, launching himself through the air on motorcycles (and, once, a rocket), shattering records — and 433 bones, enough to earn him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.Robert “Evel” Knievel became a global icon in the 1960s and 1970s, completing more than 75 ramp-to-ramp jumps during a career that made him one of the most famous performers on the planet.Now, more than five decades after his heyday, his legacy is roaring back to life at the 20,000-square-foot Evel Knievel Experience in Las Vegas, where fans can get up close to the motorcycles, costumes, helmets, merchandise and memorabilia that made him a household name.“He was a pioneer, no doubt, and the impact he had can’t be understated,” Mike Patterson, the museum’s co-founder and CEO, told The Post.Kelly Knievel, Evel’s eldest son and a partner in the project, believes that was exactly what his father wanted.“My father always thought he should have a museum because he knew exactly what he accomplished and how it inspired so many people,” he said of his dad, who passed away in 2007 at age 69, from complications related to diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis.“He used to tell me, ‘Kelly, I’m going to be worth more dead than alive — and if you can’t make any money off it, you don’t deserve any.'”These are some of the iconic items now on display.On New Year’s Eve, 1967, Evel Knievel attempted the death-defying stunt that turned him into a global superstar: a leap over the iconic fountains outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.It ended in disaster.Charging up the ramp, his Triumph Bonneville T120 suddenly lost power.

He slammed into the landing ramp 140 feet away before being catapulted across the tarmac and into the parking lot of the nearby Dunes Hotel.The toll on Knievel’s body was horrific, with a crushed pelvis and femur, a shattered hip, a broken wrist, two fractured ankles and a severe concussion.“If it wasn’t for this helmet, there’s ...