Burt Munro's Indian - Enjoy!

[SteveC#222]

Shame they 'restored' the bike so shiney though 

[mthee]

Thanks, Steve. I must get around to watching the film 

[Moto63]

Yes Matt, it’s worth the watch. I remember watching it when it first came out as I’d never (probably like many others ) heard of Burt Munro at that time. Very interesting 👍

[SteveC#222]

The speed records he set still stand!

Good film, well worth a watch.

[Moto63]

Didn’t know that Steve, just shows what a genius the fellow was. 👍

[SteveC#222]

Didn’t know that Steve, just shows what a genius the fellow was. 👍

I believe the class he competed in was under 750cc naturally aspirated (i.e.  Carburettor not fuel injection).

[johnr]

watch the documentary about him first, iirc its called 'offerings to the gods of speed' and was made for n/z tv years and years ago. apparently the guy who made the film was inspired to go into tv program making by seeing this documentary and harboured a lifelong wish to tell the story in a film. if you buy some versions of the dvd, the documentary comes as one of the extras, but watching it shows you where hopkins got a lot of his manerisms and speech patterns from. well worth viewing.

[Moto63]

Cheers for that John, not seen that. Sounds interesting,  I’ll try and hunt it down in dvd format to go with my dvd of the fastest Indian 👍🤞... cheers, Michael

[johnr]

its availabl on youtube i believe. a great watch!

[Moto63]

Thanks  John. I’ll look that one up 👍.. cheers, Michael

[JOOLZ]

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