Movie : World's Fastest Indian

[santanu]

Saw this movie "World's Fastest Indian" recently. Liked it very much. Its for those Bikers who have Biking in their Blood.


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It is the life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.


Released on 13 October 2005 (New Zealand)

More info: http://www.worldsfastestindian.com/WFI.html

http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/munro/munro.htm    (about original Burt)

[Яals Aro]

I dont know i shud agree to this fact or not, neva tried smthng like this..

[EddieChrome]

man thid movie is awesome specially the way the xpalins the aerodynamix issue using a cigar .......... watced 4-5 times have a ripped version in my c

[keeth]

again... saw da movie today on zee studio today

[EddieChrome]

even i saw for some 15 damnn xams or wud have seen it

[keeth]

no prob eddie..it kips running most of da tym

[anjan]

Yup dont miss it. great movie and inspiration 4 all bikers   

[Evan]

Burt Munro............from down under Newzealand(Invercargill)..........hey guys dont go for so much fuss..just download torrents n extract it n u ll get a dvd quality copy of this movie ...........i watched it long back..thoroughly enjoyed!!

btw it also appears in zee english...they show it again n again!!

ok hers da real deal......

Herbert (Burt) James Munro (25 March 1899–6 January 1978) was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1000cc world record, 183.586 mph (295.453 km/h), at Bonneville, 26 August 1967. This record still stands today. Burt Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year old machine when he set his last record.

Working from his home in Invercargill, he worked for 20 years to highly modify the 1920 Indian motorcycle which he had bought in 1920. Munro set his first New Zealand speed record in 1938 and later set seven more. He travelled to compete at the Bonneville Salt Flats, attempting to set world speed records. During his ten visits to the salt flats, he set three speed records, one of which still stands today. His efforts, and success, are the basis of the motion picture The World's Fastest Indian (2005), starring Anthony Hopkins, and an earlier 1971 short documentary film Burt Munro: Offerings to the God of Speed – both directed by Roger Donaldson.

Records

* In 1962 he set a world record of 288 km/h (178.97 mph) with his engine bored out to 850 cc (51 in³).
* In 1966 he set a world record of 270.476 km/h (168.066 mph).
* In 1967 his engine was bored out to 950 cc (58 in³) and he set a class record of 295.44 km/h (183.59 mph). 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 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.