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In 1984 Doug Domokos did what many of us spent our childhoods dreaming of when he  travelled 145 miles on one wheel at Talladega Speedway in Alabama. Domokos entered the Guinness Book of Records that year for the longest wheelie and in the process earned himself the title ‘Wheelie King’ as well as a reputation as one of the premier motorcycle riders of his era. Doug began charging around on dirtbikes when he was 15, the beginning of a love affair with bikes that would last his whole life. Domokos found work as a mechanic in Michigan and would ‘test’ the bikes he had worked on by wheelie-ing up and down the streets. As word of his skills spread Hollywood came calling and Doug made a number of appearances on the big screen in films like Cannonball Run, On Any Sunday 2 and Megaforce. A real showman who was born to ride Doug sadly passed away in November 2000 but to his legion of fans he remains the original “Wheelie King”

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