Allistair
Junior Member
The world's fastest Indian. I knew Burt Munro well as I grew up In Invercargill where he lived. Would quite often go out with him to Oreti beach where he would test out his bike after rebuilding the motor from his last blow up.
Burt's philosophy was that if the motor blew up before the end of the timed section, it was too hot, if it blew up just after the timed section it was just about right, and if it didn't blow up at all, it meant it could be further improved.
His feat is something that will never ever be repeated by any motor cyclist. That is, he took a motor cycle that had a top speed of around 50 m.p.h. and doubled its speed to 100 mph. He then doubled that speed again to 200 m.p.h. Try doing that on any modern motor cycle !
and he did it all without the aid of sophisticated tools or machinery. A lot of the parts he hand made himself. Like cams, pistons etc. Quite a character ! Cheers Allistair
Burt's philosophy was that if the motor blew up before the end of the timed section, it was too hot, if it blew up just after the timed section it was just about right, and if it didn't blow up at all, it meant it could be further improved.
His feat is something that will never ever be repeated by any motor cyclist. That is, he took a motor cycle that had a top speed of around 50 m.p.h. and doubled its speed to 100 mph. He then doubled that speed again to 200 m.p.h. Try doing that on any modern motor cycle !
and he did it all without the aid of sophisticated tools or machinery. A lot of the parts he hand made himself. Like cams, pistons etc. Quite a character ! Cheers Allistair
...That was one sweet sounding machine :thumbup:
