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Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, on 26 August 1967. [2] This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. [3]
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The Munro portrayed in the film recalls the death of a twin brother named Ernie, who died when a tree fell on him. The real Munro had an older brother who was killed when a tree fell on him. [9] [10] Munro also had a stillborn twin sister. The real Munro had set numerous speed records in New Zealand during the late 1930s through the early 1970s.
New Zealand's Burt Munro (of the film The World's Fastest Indian), set a speed record at Bonneville in 1967 of 183 mph (295 km/h) for a motorcycle with an engine under 1000cc. A record which still stands. The record stands as at 2024. [citation needed]
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Those records still stand today. “Any time you see a great horse, you compare him to Secretariat,” said Mike Battaglia, who has done the Kentucky Derby morning line for almost 50 years.
Burt Munro's grandson, Rob Henderson, unveiled the Project '64 Mini at a fundraising event on September 10, 2011. [1] Munro, also from New Zealand , broke the land speed record with a 47-year-old Scout Indian motorcycle in 1967.
The movie is confusing on this aspect. The movie purports to show a record being set but it also shows him only making a single direction pass that seems like it would not have satisfied the requirements for a record. As has been noted he does still hold an official land speed record.