Burt Munro was the subject of a 2005 film, The World's Fastest Indian, based on a composite of his Bonneville speed runs. This film depicts a determined old man who, despite facing many difficulties, travels from New Zealand to the USA to test …

2016年2月3日 · Self-taught New Zealand engineer Burt Munro spent 46 years developing an Indian Scout in his shed and travelled to Bonneville Salt Flats in America to set a new world record of 183.58mph – the...

2024年2月14日 · His iconic Indian Scout, the 627th of its kind to roll out of the Indian factory, initially had an output of 18 horsepower and a top speed of 55 mph. Little did anyone know, he would spend 20...

In 1967, 68-year-old New Zealand native Burt Munro made motorcycle history by setting a new official land speed record - 184.087 mph with unofficial top speed of 205.67 mph—when he raced his heavily modified 1920 Indian Scout Streamliner across the Bonneville Salt Flats in …

2024年3月16日 · It was the 627th Scout to be built at the Indian factory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and had a top speed of 55mph. This was never going to be enough for Munro, so he set about modifying it in...

Guess Where The World’s Fastest Indian Motorcycle Is? Here are a couple of photographs of the bike as it stands today. Check out the tiny seat that Burt would have to squeeze on top of!

2024年3月13日 · Since its inception, Indian has focused on performance-oriented motorcycles - many of which are fit for the racetrack. Here are the fastest ones ever built.

2018年3月1日 · Munro’s Indian Scout was one of the earliest models that Indian put out, and was an extremely basic motorcycle. When he bought it, the bike’s top speed was 55 mph, hardly worth even attempting to race.

2017年3月24日 · Munro set a 55 cubic-inch record of 178.971 mph, as well as a new record in the SA 1000 class in 1966 at 168.066 mph. Munro ratcheted the SA 1000 class record up to 184.087 mph in 1967—a record...

2018年9月19日 · To qualify he made a one-way run of 305.89 km/h (190.07 mph), the fastest-ever officially recorded speed on an Indian. The unofficial speed record (officially timed) is 331 km/h (205.67 mph) for a flying mile. In 2006, he was inducted into the American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame.