MOST people might have climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge on their bucket list, but for daredevil stunt-man Lawrence Ryan, it's nothing but ordinary.
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This year Mr Ryan, who performs as Lawrence Legend, will celebrate 25 years as a daredevil and pay homage to stuntman Evel Knievel by riding a Harley-Davidson over a helicopter gunship - with the blades spinning.
Mr Ryan kicked off his career as an 18-year-old in 1989 when he jumped over seven cars on a Honda CB360 motorbike.
Over the past 25 years he's had his fair share of success with 20 world records, an American television show, and plenty of broken bones.
"I want to bring back the excitement a crowd feels when they see someone making a jump that they don't get on YouTube or a video game," he said.
"The people who saw me in the first five years now have their own kids and can tell them they 'saw him when I was young, this is how a daredevil does it'."
He will attempt six jumps - one over a helicopter, a 10-seater sea-plane, two double-decker buses, a large house, a locomotive train engine and the fountains of the Monte Cristo Homestead.
Jumping over the fountains at Australia's most haunted house is a tribute to Knievel's attempt to jump the fountains at Las Vegas casino Caesar's Palace.
Mr Ryan will be riding a Harley Davidson XR750 - the same bike Evel Knievel used in several jumps during his career.
He described it as "big, heavy and not designed to fly."
"It's got more torque and gets all crossed up (in the air) ... he (Knievel) had landing room, I don't," Mr Ryan said.
The return to stunt riding will also serve as a launchpad for the Stuntman and Daredevil Hall of Fame in Junee - the first dedicated to the industry's daring entertainers.
A globe of death, a Canadian Hell Driver car, wall of death, props and memorabilia will all be part of the museum, plus a range of merchandise including children's toys and colouring books.
