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A replica of the 1920 Indian (with half the exterior removed to show detail) that Burt Munro used to set his record in 1967. Munro's Indian Scout was an early model, the 627th Scout to leave the American factory. [7] The bike had an original top speed of 55 mph (89 km/h), [2] but this did not satisfy Munro, so in 1926 he began to modify the bike.
The World's Fastest Indian is a 2005 New Zealand biographical sports drama film based on the story of New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro and his highly modified 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle. [1] Munro set numerous land speed records for motorcycles with engines less than 1,000 cc at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in the late 1950s and ...
Replica of Burt Munro's 1920 Indian Scout as modified for his record attempts in 1962. Between 1962 and 1967, New Zealander Burt Munro used a modified 1920 Indian Scout to set flying mile land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. His records were: [29] 20 August 1962: 54 cu in (880 cc) class record of 178.971 mph (288.026 km/h).
Indian Motorcycle Showcases New Engine with Custom-Built "Spirit of Munro" Streamliner One-of-a-Kind Vehicle Powered by All-New Thunder Stroke 111 Engine Pays Tribute to Burt Munro's 'Munro ...
Between 1962 and 1967, Burt Munro from New Zealand used a modified 1920s Indian Scout to set a number of land speed records, as dramatised in the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] In 2014 Indian had a similar custom streamliner built, the Spirit of Munro , to promote their new 111 cubic-inch engine and challenge speed records.
In the 2003 film The Brown Bunny, Bud Clay races his motorcycle at the speedway. In the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian, Burt Munro and his highly modified Indian Scout motorcycle sets a world record. In the 2015 series finale episode of Mad Men, Donald Draper drives a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS muscle car in the races at Bonneville ...
The son of Burt Munro, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the film "The World's Fastest Indian, resides in Waianakarua and has Burt's (now famous) motorcycle among his possessions. Pig hunting and sea and river fishing are some of the activities available in the Herbert and Waianakarua district.
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