For a day or a weekend, these 12 pour on the fun. Make a splash and cool down at these top Chicago area outdoor water parks. Forget indoor pools with fluorescent lights and chlorinated air. With sunshine, high temps and long summer days, it's time to splash around at some of the Chicago area's best outdoor water parks.
Bud Ekins, 77; stuntman did famous motorcycle jump in 'The Great Escape'. October 10, 2007|Dennis McLellan | Times Staff Writer. Bud Ekins, a pioneering champion off-road motorcyclist and a veteran stuntman who doubled for Steve McQueen on the famous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape, has died.
The Suzuki GSX1300R, also known as the Hayabusa, is a hypersport motorcycle introduced by Suzuki in 1999. It has a 1299 cc inline-4 engine rated 175 bhp (129 kW), and was consistently tested as the fastest production motorcycle in the world.ith enough raw power to shock even the most seasoned adrenaline junky, the K 1200 S hurls you from a dead stop to sixty mph in just 2.8 seconds. Once youâre over the whiplash, youâll keep climbing, topping out at speeds that run neck-and-neck with the fastest production motorcycles in the world.