LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mike Metzger broke the world record for longest motorcycle backflip Thursday, flying 125 feet over the fountains at Caesars Palace and becoming only the second person to clear the pool on two wheels. Immediately after a flawless landing over fountains that reached some 30 feet in the air, Metzger jumped off his 220-pound motorcycle and hugged his wife and three-year-old son. "It's something I've wanted to do forever," said Metzger, a 30-year-old freestyle motocross rider. "Everyone pushes the limits in Las Vegas!" he yelled as a crowd cheered and his parents, Ted and a tearful Sharon, looked on. The jump was made famous when motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel crashed on an attempt with no backflip on New Year's Eve 1967. Knievel was in a 29-day coma after the crash. Gary Wells also crashed horrifically trying the jump in 1980 but Knievel's son, Robbie, successfully landed a no-frills leap in 1989. Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg was the previous record holder for longest motorcycle backflip with a 108-foot jump at the 2005 Summer X Games.