My older brother and I had privilege of helping Burt do an illegal midweek test run on oreti Beach. We lived 2 miles from Beach tide was right out flat as glass. No gutters. My brother engaged truck motor with handles into star 🌟 shape recess on left side of primary case and started it. I made sure Burt's helmet was tight jacket zipped . It sounded like 2 speed way bikes. He was very satisfied with single run and it didn't break. A time in history for me. Remember it like yesterday. 👍
Really? Thats a cool story. What year was it? Do u remember? I dont think ole Burt used a starter like that until later years but i do not know as it all happened so long ago. I had a lot of trouble with my research because things have been reported incorrect. People read something online or in a book and take it as the truth when all it is, is what someone wrote! Most of my facts are from good ole Burt himself. Thanks for watching
@@motorcyclecafe around 1975 or 76 we had long twilights in summer light until 9.30 pm at was after work so probably 5.30 pm Burt called in unannounced no phone. I left NZ in march 1980. Neville Hayes would have a lot of information as some other regular helpers also would. We were just lucky living near beach . My late father knew Burt forever in SMCC.
I think it's wonderful that there is still beach racing on Oreti Beach. I've been to the Burt Munro Challenge twice and there is a day's racing on that very beach. Great experience. Love NZ!!
In the movie, Bert makes reference to a lemon tree that he got the kid from next door to pee on each day whilst he was in America. I thought this was a directors prerogative and was made up, however, it was true. My brother in law Phil Mahoney, from Invercargill, was the young lad Bert entrusted this task with. So now you know.
@@kevincotta2013 My daughter has a lemon tree growing, and also has triplet boys. Guess what? Yup, the boys pee on the tree, and think it’s a hoot, and yes, it is a prolific fruit producer.
When i worked at Tappers Motor Cycle and Cycle Shop in the 60s in Invercargill Burt would come in and use some of the machines. Like wise with other work shops round town, Try doing that in this day and age.
@@motorcyclecafe I have a buddy in Lowell Michigan who makes all the gas tanks and fenders for Indian Motorcycle, "Envision Engineering", and some stuff for other customers. That guy is a hero of mine. I like all the guys who built factories that got mankind out of poverty and gave us all opportunity, (then we gave everything we built to communism. I thought they hated profit?), and that guy still hauls the mail on a MX track at the age of 61. Best human being I know personally.
Back in 1989 I went to an antique motorcycle swap meet in Merced california, and there was a group with the bike and a sign stating they were trying to find someone interested in making a film about Bert and his speed records. The bike was pretty impressive, and had half the fairing off and set aside. I went on to the swap meet after checking it out and never thought about it again. Then hear about the movie and I thought they managed to get the story out finally! At the time Anthony Hopkins was still being cast in creep rolls and I read somewhere that he loved the story and it was one of his favorite films to work on. He did an amazing job, too. The best part is not only was the film so good, but it made people aware of Burt's achievements.
I don’t watch movies on a regular basis, though I have watched The worlds fastest Indian several times. Anthony Hopkins as always did a great job channeling his character in Burt Munro!
Excellent Video. Burt`s activities in the 60s inspired me as a young wannabe biker, I spent a lot of time modifying my BSA bantam to make it faster, great fun, but totally impractical on the road. Still riding daily at 73 still great fun. In the sadly diminished UK where the hot topic for debate seems to be gendered toilets, we are in desperate need of more men like Burt.
@@motorcyclecafe It would do just over 70, but would often bog down in traffic, and then have to be bump started with the throttle open. Fortunately not so much traffic around then.
Alan Davies I lived in Florida in my teens. I had a puch moped that I modified in metal shop in school. Jawa top end. It would run 52 mph on a flat road and go over 60 down the bridge to the beach. I was 15. It sounded like a chainsaw.
Great that people like u still around, my first ride was a 350 BSA 1938, it was my older girlfriends bike, kept at my house because her granny wouldnt put up with it, then BSA Gold star, and now at 78 still riding but Harley Bagger but my main ride is a Custom Dyna, Bar Hopper, greetings from Mexico, if you wana ride and pee free come here,
@@klausuhlig7141 Good to hear from you. I have never made it as far as America, but I have a lot of contact with Americans, as where I live in Norfolk the are several air bases nearby. Some years ago I had a glorious long weekend at Littleport celebrating the centenary of Harley, all the visitors enjoyed themselves a great deal and much alcohol was consumed, they did not enjoy our dreadful fenland roads much though and I don`t blame them. I wish you good health and clear roads.
Excellent factual tribute. Thank you for all your hard work. I met and had my picture with Burt's son a few years ago at Bonneville Speedweek when the Indian company attempted to make a 200mph run with a modern Indian bike on the 50th anniversary of Burt's record run. If I remember correctly the runs were just a few mph short of the 200mph mark. Burt's grand nephew was the rider. The Indian motorcycle company also honored the occasion by hosting a free buffet one evening prior to an open air showing of 'The World's Fastest Indian' film on the camping area on the flats. A very memorable event for me to attend.
Thanks Alan, it was difficult to find some facts. John was a huge help to me, he even sent me some photos. Even the books are contradicting. Most of my facts are from Burt himself, from his own writings or interviews.
Thanks mate! Burt was and is a wonderful piece of history in speed, and an honor to Kiwis, the world over!!! AND THE RECORD STANDS!!!! Thanks Burt, wherever you are!
What a fine job and tribute Sir. I have shown the movie many times over the years to people who didn't even like motorcycles. They always left my home smiling, and thanked me for sharing it with them. R.I.P. BURT MUNRO.
@@motorcyclecafe I enjoy a YT channel called "The whiskey throttle show". The host is an ex-racer who interviews a lot of great people of the past in Motocross. The earliest winner of MX in the USA started around 68, a guy named Gary Jones was interviewed on the show. The Jones family did a lot of the development on Yamaha and Honda dirt bikes back then, and he shared a story about Burt Munro. In the Movie, where Burt bought a car and built a trailer, that was Papa Jones's place where that really happened. Maybe you can find Gary Jones, and ask him what he knows? He loves to talk. :)
I had met the photographer of his biography book and he said to me that Anthony Hopkins did such a good job that he truely protrade Bert that was just like he was in the movie from his family. That's saying something of the man and the movie. ❤️
Burt has inspired me to attempt land speed records myself. I’ve been addicted to speed since I was a kid. All I’ve wanted is to go as fast as I can. I dunno if it’ll help or hinder, but I don’t have any legs. Haha Burt woulda loved that. I get tears thinking of this remarkable man I’ve never met. He lived his passion with no regrets. I aspire to be like Burt, I’ve lived in my shed with my bikes I’ve breathed them. Lived and worked for them. Lost my legs working to ride. I didn’t give up though, I saw it’s only fair for others so I don’t beat ‘em too badly… I love ya Burt your memory will always live on through us fans.
As a life long biker (who does top speed events in England) I'm glad this wonderful story of an astonishing man was popularised by the film . Burt deserves every bit of the worldwide recognition. "Never give up on your dreams" Great video
"if I had this bike I'd return it to the Munro family" That part felt really special, respect. ✌️🇳🇿 The whole number 8 wire mentality of Kiwis in their sheds building stuff with what's available has always been an inspiration. Your video was awesome, thanks.
Started riding at age 11. I had not owned a motorcycle since I was 35. After watching the movie in 2005, I immediately went out and bought a motorcycle.12 years later I still ride today. Thank you Burt.
Great video, about a passionate, dedicated human being ,,Burt teaches all of us about life,, that really anything is possible,and never give up,,R.I.P.Burt Munro . .
Great mini documentary a Kiwi friend is from Invercargill. Burt was one heck of a racer, mechanic, and engineer. Much like John Britten (Christchurch, NZ) and his amazing V1000.
@@BJBDF thanks buddy, I truly appreciate you saying that. Although I do wish sometimes I could do it again now I have much more video editing skills. Cheers!
As you said Fastest Indian is definitely a must see movie. I would loved to have met him. Cannot help but wonder if he inspired John Britten to build his much sought after bike. Love to think they're both building bikes together somewhere.
The definitive piece of work on Burt and his bike, thank you. Burt truly the king of shed engineering.......that makes a movie? Oh yes one of the very best, Sir Anthony Hopkins also your finest work.
Thanks for making this! I was privileged to see (what i assume was) one of the originals displayed at Brisbane's modern art gallery last year. It's surprisingly tiny! I think my favorite part about all this is how he made most of his own parts.That's super cool.
In 2006, after some months of building 'ikara blue' with Paul Sims hand making the Chromoly Steel bike @8.9kg [GREENSPEED/ Engineering], Don Elliot creating the modified US 'Kyle Edge' fibreglass shell [ BOLWELL & REFLEX ] & Barry Cox[ Camera ], the Camera Speed Bike became Australia's first to run on Oz soil, completing 2 1/2 laps at Lang GMH Test Track early that year reaching about 80kph during the one and ONLY shakedown. Thirteen years later, the second team went about 93.7kph. My inspiration was Burt_____and the Movie: 'World's Fastest Indian' Thank Mr Munro
A beautifully presented tribute to Bert, his determination and dedication to a lifelong goal of speed. I took the step of buying a copy of that movie, "World's Fastest Indian", on DVD. I'm old myself now, I watch that just to see the portrayal of Bert, how that "old" guy and his pretty well "hand made" old Indian bike, pressed on against all odds.
Burt also ran a velocette single for speed records down under. There are photos and film of him on it but I have seen little else of his "forgotten" velo
Burt was a Genius and very Tenacious. It's too bad some Motorcycle Factory didn't hire him as an Engineer. It's also too bad he never worked on his Bike in the "The Best Dam Garage In Town" In Dayton FL .. I think Smokey Yunick would of had the recourses to make his bike even faster.. Thanks for setting some facts straight. It's very Interesting that Burt Converted the bike to a Dry Sump system. I would think synthetic Lubricants would have made the bike a touch faster too ..
You got the facts correct. I have been to Hayes Hardware and seen the bikes and bits. I was over at the museum when it was first built. I raced land speed for many years and people still tell stories about Burt Munro to this day.
Greetings from New York. Nice video. Thanks for doing this. I am a big fan of Mr. Munro and his work. I have seen the bike here a couple of years ago in Philadelphia at the Simeone foundation automotive museum. It was just sitting there. I took a lot of pictures of it. It is a beautiful machine and am glad that I had the chance to see it. It gets shown here and there and it gets started up and run. People do get to hear it. As for ownership I have no say in the matter. I'm just glad it survives and thrives.
Awesome peice of work!! In the early 70's I saw Burt run the Velocette down the Rarangi Straight in Blenhiem NZ. He would come up to Blenheim to run that bike at the Flying and Standing Quarter event that was ran a couple of times a year and stay at my Grandparents house, my Grandmother and Burt's ex wife Beril where Sisters. Ironically Rodger Donaldson had come up that particular trip and filmed Burt doing that run. A moment in time that has been etched in my mind for ever. You've done an amazing job documenting the truth about the original bike. At some point it had ended up in the rafters at an Indian Motorcycle repair shop on Johnson Drive in the City of Ventura in C.A. The bike is currently owned by an individual (Who also restored it) around that area. I did live in Camarillo C.A for many years and tried to get to see the bike after the movie release in 05, sadly the owner is very protective of the bike and VERY WEARY of New Zealanders as he just about lost the bike to a couple of Kiwi Scammers saying that they where involved with the Movie etc. Thank you again for your work in putting this together. He was my Great Uncle and I'm extremely proud of that. Though I've never personally broken any Bonneville Speed records I did help build (Approx 80% of the Fab work) the original Speed Demon Streamliner of George Poteet. Cheers 🍻
Crikey buddy thanks heaps for the positive feedback! I'm currently working on part 2. So if Burt was your great uncle, John whom I have been friends with on Facebook for a number of years must be your uncle or cousin or something? He has helped me quite a bit although he was a tad incorrect about a couple of things I found out. But who tells their son everything🤔
@@motorcyclecafe John is my mother's cousin. Sybil Martin (Beril Martin's Sister) was John's Aunty. My mother (Sybils daughter) married into the Bryant Family in Blenheim. Thats who Ole Burt would stay with when coming to Blenheim to run the Velocette at the flying and standing quarter back in the 70's. John would be my second cousin. Details can be lost over time if one was never truly around to experience events. What Burt was doing back in the 60's at Bonneville was like another universe away for Kiwi's mate. I asked my Father when he came out to visit me in L.A in 2006 why he never took any pictures of Burt, his Bikes etc when up in Blenheim and he said "We just thought he was a crazy old coot" My reply was "Yeah a crazy old coot that was the only Kiwi to ever do what he was doing at that time". My point is Kiwi's really had no clue mate!! I look forward to part two 😊👍🏻
Nothing sounds better than this bike at full song, absolutely perfect geometry in its engineering ,as perfect as possible considering what he had to work with and how he achieved it, is a powerful metaphor for what we can do when we really love what we are doing.
Well done. Since the movie came out it quickly became one of my favorites and I have done some research on Burt. Fantastic story! I was even fortunate enough to meet some guys at Bonneville that actually knew Burt and raced with him. I appreciate the video! Great job!
@@motorcyclecafe I have a channel called Rocky Mountain Peterbilts. There is a police officer in Oamaru NZ that used to contact me regarding the Peterbilt trucks I sell. He just loves Peterbilts. We spoke quite a bit and his next door neighbor was John Munro! Literally right next door! VERY small world!!!!!!
True, I had never heard of Burt Munroe before the movie. It caused me to want to go to the Salt Flats but have yet to make it. At 72, I think that I need to get with the program.
So, I was a truck driver for famous bands. On one occasion, we were playing at Concorde Pavilion, west of Oakland. There was a beautiful antique Indian in the parking lot. I was looking at it when I realised it has an Indian battery. The owner walked up and I asked him about the battery, he laughed out loud. He bent over and flipped the lid on the Indian battery casing to reveal a modern battery. What a comedian!
Great video thanks for sharing this. Have seen the World’s fastest Indian several times now. Old Burt will always be on my list of biker legends and at 59 he really does give me a sense of hope in my future.
@@motorcyclecafe No, I did not know until after he passed. My grandmother told stories of them doing speed trials on Tram Road just out of Christchurch and that he used to come and stay with them and made her do his ironing! lol
HI Mate. Great Video. Thank You so much for taking the time to make the video and to set the record straight. But was one of a kind! A mechanical Genius!
Crikey mate, I really appreciate your comment, you have no idea, I literally spent hundreds of hours researching. Thank you. Please subscribe to my channel, it doesn't cost 1 cent.
I got 104 mph/170 kph from my 08 prius once, that's when I found out it is limited to that. I have traveled at 151 mph/260 kph on a bike in 1981 and the road focused down to a black dot and I was nearly torn off the back, I slowed down and thought "I will never do this again, after this" and did it again. That was insane then and is insane now. 180 Naah.
180 mph on a gsxr1000, compared to Burts Indian is two completely different animals ! I ride an old 1200 Sportster now but have owned and ridden several different later model sport bikes like your gsxr, I rode a 2008 (I think) R1 quite a bit, and can say that my Sportster at 100mph is comparable to the R1 at 180 ! I'd actually say the R1 was a little less frightening at 180, versus the Sportster at 100 !
Probably one of the best movies I've seen. I've also watched it many times with friends. I wish a movie would be done about Dave Barrs book Riding the Edge.
Thanks for the great documentary. The movie 'The World's Fastest Indian' is a powerfully engaging and honest movie about motorcycling. Good on you Burt. You showed many how to live a meaningful life and in that we owe you the greatest debt.
Incredible move to watch. When I did see it years ago upon it's release, my youngest child at the time (now in her 20's and no longer the youngest) was not interested in the movie when it started. But as the movie carried on, we were amazed that she was actually cheering Bert on (...well, the movie character but still!) as he struggled to accomplish his dream. It is a real "common man's" story and one anyone could relate to...like Bert. My favorite part of the movie was the lengthy interviews they showed of the real Bert after the movie ended as a bonus feature.
Thank you for compiling this research on the legend that was the man and his machine: Burt Munro and his world record setting 1920 Indian Scout. I've know about Burt and his accomplishments for many years now, having watched the movie perhaps a half dozen times or more. But thanks to you, this is the first time I learned all of the facts. I truly appreciate it, and I really enjoyed it!!! ( Book marking this video for future reference. )
@@spydeeful How many years did it take you to become this stupid. Because any record you can name set by a vehicle of any kind belongs in a certain class or another.
@@howabouthetruth2157 there were other faster bikes in the 1000cc class, the last world record for open class motorcycles on a public road was set a decade earlier in new zealand is was 1000cc streamilned just like munros bike. Can you show me any official document that shows Burt Munro set a World Record? Cause i've never seen one, there's none in any of the books done on him either
This presentation was very well put together. The fact that his record hasn't been broken is slightly different than you assumed. If I understand it correctly, the record authority wanted to make sure that his record would stand for ever, so they slightly tweaked the specifications, thus closing that particular variation.
Thank you for positive feedback buddy. Yes I wasn't sure on why his record hasn't been broken which is why I didn't elaborate. I did contact the AMA but they never got back to me and I wasn't prepared to speculate as many have done in the past. Glad you liked my doco!!!
BORN AND RAISED IN ALHAMBRA CALIFORNIA....I REMEMBER WHEN THAT PLACE WAS STILL THERE...IT IS A BODY SHOP NOW BUT WAS SEVERAL THINGS OVER THE YEARS..THEY CLOSED IT AND I LOST TRACK OF IT AFTER THAT..THAT BIKE WAS QUITE THE THING TO SEE IN PERSON...HAD NO IDEA ALL BUT MOTOR AND TRANS WAS STILL HERE..SO SAD THAT HE WAS ON IN HIS YEARS WHEN HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TO UTAH...MAKES YOU WONDER HAD HE HAD THE MEANS TO BE HERE EARLIER WHAT HE WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED..THE BAG PIPES MADE ME TEAR UP...THANKS FOR THE VIDEO..
Fabulous account, thanks. Perhaps my only claim to fame is I have met a man who once sold old Indian engine parts to Burt Munro back in the very years he was setting records.
@@robertgould7204 Well, I'm no kid now but I can attest to the veracity of that advice as ever since I saw the movie, my lemons are so healthy and sweet!
I can't help but wonder what "the reasons I won't get into" are! To cool his brass 'equipment'? Great video, always good to see something so thoroughly researched and put together!
Thankyou. Best doco on Burt and his Indian I have seen, straight to the point with no bollocks. Good to see Indian Bikes being made again, the Wellington dealership is just around the corner from me in Petone, I often see people out test riding them. Better than those Harleys.
Thanks mate! Yer I watch youtube a lot and so many of 'em are just about promoting themselves. Talking for ages before the video even starts or even worse telling you for 5 min what is going to be in the video. Part 2 was uploaded yesterday!
I've probably bought a dozen DVDs of this movie to give away. I tell people it's not just a movie about a motorcycle, it's the inspiration & perseverance of never giving up. Everyone has loved it!
I did the same, I found them in a bargain bin and bought them an gave them away. I gave one to my cousin, she text me whilst watching it and she said, I keep crying and I don’t know why 😂😂
It's an incredible film. The thing that gets me the most is when the bike gang give him money at the petrol station. I cry every time I see that. I do not know why. I've changed my email signature to 'Go well!' in honour of that. I know it's 'You go well', but that might be too much. A fantastic man. Extraordinary. What an awesome video, man. Total respect for that, too.
What a great explanation of what went on. I visit E Hayes every time I get back home (Bluff). Yes it would be great to see everything returned to Invercargill
What a lovely video, most of which I knew and greatly appreciate your clarification. I also agree with you that the original parts of Burts bike in the USA should be returned to Invercargill and to the Munro family. RIP Burt.
I started learning with the movie and it was so good. Burt was a great and humble guy who loved his homeland. With the focus to set global world records. I've wondered if it was true that he danced for people when he didn't want to say, or have the answers to their questions
@@motorcyclecafe My old friend, from whom I borrowed the movie on CD, passed away and the movie is lost to me. I plan to purchase a copy online as it’s been too long since I last viewed it. Again, your UA-cam creation was very interesting. It is always nice to learn some of the behind the scenes information. Greetings from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
A brilliant tribute to Burt Munro. The man was and still is a legend. If you have not seen the Worlds Fastest Indian you have missed out. It has humour Pathos and many more emotions. brilliantly acted by Anthony Hopkins. One of my favourite parts was Burt filling in the cracks in his tyres with boot polish. RIP, BURT I reckon you have the worlds fastest cloud up there. Keep racing.
Thanks for the doco. I remember watching this on a flight to Australia back in 2006 as the in-flight movie. You can see more of Burt if you look up NZ On Screen in the Roger Donaldson collection along with another Kiwi icon John Britten. Someone I know knew Burt back in the 60's and 70's and said he was quite a character indeed!
I agree that entire bike needs to be back with his family in New Zealand. If I were to ever be blessed with the finds to facilitate that I certainly would do so. To my understanding the record Burt owns at Bonneville can never be broken. The class was dismantled after Burt’s passing and will never be offered up for challenge. This I was told out of respect for the mans efforts. I hope that is a fact. I worked around some older fellows that I knew were racing in Bonneville when Burt was running. They hadn’t heard about the movie yet at the time so I was able to get them to watch it. They all told me that you didn’t get out there and not pay a visit to him. They all said he was very bold and very courageous. Not many willing to do what he was doing the way he was doing it. I sure hope to be able to make it to his home town on day. It sure looks to b beautiful there.
Great factual commentary, well done on your hard work to produce this. As an aside if any actor was chosen to play Burt it was defo A Hopkins. they look so similar too
Burt was a crazy genius who had big brass balls.. there’s a book about Burt called worlds fastest Indian written by Tim Hanna and it’s even better than the movie..
Fabulous video with lots of information that wasn't in the movie. I think perhaps you should reassess your definition of sponsorship though. Pierce gave him free access to storage, workshop, and, (I'm assuming), parts. If that isn't sponsorship, that deserves at least minor representation on the bike, then I don't know what is.
Hi, yes you are most probably correct. The Pierce name was on his bike. Burt did have a lot of help, no doubt about it. Still, the bike & all the innovations were his own doing. But I do not disagree with your comments at all. I mean that kind of assistance really is sponsorship.
What a wonderful story. I don't know much about the man until after he retired and came to the states, ---------------but wasn't that man a wonderful story?
Great tribute for a great man.. So glad the movie was made, without it myself and possibly thousands of other ppl would not of heard of Burt Munro.. Also I believe a petition should be put in place for a fund raiser to buy his Indian Streamline and to either offer the return of the Streamline or the money raised to buy it given to his family.
My older brother and I had privilege of helping Burt do an illegal midweek test run on oreti Beach. We lived 2 miles from Beach tide was right out flat as glass. No gutters. My brother engaged truck motor with handles into star 🌟 shape recess on left side of primary case and started it. I made sure Burt's helmet was tight jacket zipped . It sounded like 2 speed way bikes. He was very satisfied with single run and it didn't break. A time in history for me. Remember it like yesterday. 👍
The genuine engine has star recess in primary cover. I only ever saw it started by this method
Really? Thats a cool story. What year was it? Do u remember? I dont think ole Burt used a starter like that until later years but i do not know as it all happened so long ago. I had a lot of trouble with my research because things have been reported incorrect. People read something online or in a book and take it as the truth when all it is, is what someone wrote! Most of my facts are from good ole Burt himself. Thanks for watching
@@motorcyclecafe around 1975 or 76 we had long twilights in summer light until 9.30 pm at was after work so probably 5.30 pm Burt called in unannounced no phone. I left NZ in march 1980. Neville Hayes would have a lot of information as some other regular helpers also would. We were just lucky living near beach . My late father knew Burt forever in SMCC.
I think it's wonderful that there is still beach racing on Oreti Beach. I've been to the Burt Munro Challenge twice and there is a day's racing on that very beach. Great experience. Love NZ!!
@@alexbrown1995 weather permitting !!
World's fastest Indian is one of the best feel-good movies ever produced.
Yes, old school values which sadly are disappearing.
@@motorcyclecafe absolutely.
The cylinders made from cast iron pipe, hand made connecting rods and pistons, this is just amazing and inspirational to all of us
In the movie, Bert makes reference to a lemon tree that he got the kid from next door to pee on each day whilst he was in America. I thought this was a directors prerogative and was made up, however, it was true. My brother in law Phil Mahoney, from Invercargill, was the young lad Bert entrusted this task with. So now you know.
It's now a lemon pee tree !!
@@arkhsm Phil’s mum wasn’t too pleased he was doing it, so he used to sneak over to pee on it.
So I guess you could call it a “Mum no pee lemon tree”.
@@briandalrymple9986 Haha, lol !!
Ever since I saw the movie I piss on my lemon tree.
@@kevincotta2013 My daughter has a lemon tree growing, and also has triplet boys.
Guess what? Yup, the boys pee on the tree, and think it’s a hoot, and yes, it is a prolific fruit producer.
When i worked at Tappers Motor Cycle and Cycle Shop in the 60s in Invercargill Burt would come in and use some of the machines. Like wise with other work shops round town, Try doing that in this day and age.
Thats a good memory to share mate.
So glad the movie was made. Hopkins was respectful and it portrayed the spirit of Burt well. Thanks for making this video. Awesome.
No probs and thanks I enjoyed making it for the most part. Burt is one of the few people that I've ever looked up to.
Spot on 100 %
@@motorcyclecafe I have a buddy in Lowell Michigan who makes all the gas tanks and fenders for Indian Motorcycle, "Envision Engineering", and some stuff for other customers. That guy is a hero of mine. I like all the guys who built factories that got mankind out of poverty and gave us all opportunity, (then we gave everything we built to communism. I thought they hated profit?), and that guy still hauls the mail on a MX track at the age of 61. Best human being I know personally.
I am impressed, and quite pleased to see this. Honour and love of Land and neighbours....It is something this place that I am in could surely use
@@email4664 part2 was uploaded last saturday
Back in 1989 I went to an antique motorcycle swap meet in Merced california, and there was a group with the bike and a sign stating they were trying to find someone interested in making a film about Bert and his speed records. The bike was pretty impressive, and had half the fairing off and set aside. I went on to the swap meet after checking it out and never thought about it again. Then hear about the movie and I thought they managed to get the story out finally! At the time Anthony Hopkins was still being cast in creep rolls and I read somewhere that he loved the story and it was one of his favorite films to work on. He did an amazing job, too.
The best part is not only was the film so good, but it made people aware of Burt's achievements.
I don’t watch movies on a regular basis, though I have watched The worlds fastest Indian several times. Anthony Hopkins as always did a great job channeling his character in Burt Munro!
The Kiwi accent is so distinct and beautiful, it was such a pity that it was butchered by Hopkins!
You're right. That bike belongs in New Zealand.
Excellent Video. Burt`s activities in the 60s inspired me as a young wannabe biker, I spent a lot of time modifying my BSA bantam to make it faster, great fun, but totally impractical on the road. Still riding daily at 73 still great fun. In the sadly diminished UK where the hot topic for debate seems to be gendered toilets, we are in desperate need of more men like Burt.
Yes Alan, I agree times have changed for the worse, by the way how much faster did you manage to get the Bantam to go?
@@motorcyclecafe It would do just over 70, but would often bog down in traffic, and then have to be bump started with the throttle open. Fortunately not so much traffic around then.
Alan Davies I lived in Florida in my teens. I had a puch moped that I modified in metal shop in school. Jawa top end. It would run 52 mph on a flat road and go over 60 down the bridge to the beach. I was 15. It sounded like a chainsaw.
Great that people like u still around, my first ride was a 350 BSA 1938, it was my older girlfriends bike, kept at my house because her granny wouldnt put up with it, then BSA Gold star, and now at 78 still riding but Harley Bagger but my main ride is a Custom Dyna, Bar Hopper, greetings from Mexico, if you wana ride and pee free come here,
@@klausuhlig7141 Good to hear from you. I have never made it as far as America, but I have a lot of contact with Americans, as where I live in Norfolk the are several air bases nearby. Some years ago I had a glorious long weekend at Littleport celebrating the centenary of Harley, all the visitors enjoyed themselves a great deal and much alcohol was consumed, they did not enjoy our dreadful fenland roads much though and I don`t blame them. I wish you good health and clear roads.
Excellent factual tribute. Thank you for all your hard work. I met and had my picture with Burt's son a few years ago at Bonneville Speedweek when the Indian company attempted to make a 200mph run with a modern Indian bike on the 50th anniversary of Burt's record run. If I remember correctly the runs were just a few mph short of the 200mph mark. Burt's grand nephew was the rider. The Indian motorcycle company also honored the occasion by hosting a free buffet one evening prior to an open air showing of 'The World's Fastest Indian' film on the camping area on the flats. A very memorable event for me to attend.
Thanks Alan, it was difficult to find some facts. John was a huge help to me, he even sent me some photos. Even the books are contradicting. Most of my facts are from Burt himself, from his own writings or interviews.
How , cool is that!
Thanks mate! Burt was and is a wonderful piece of history in speed, and an honor to Kiwis, the world over!!! AND THE RECORD STANDS!!!! Thanks Burt, wherever you are!
Was the buffet Indian food with curried sprockets and gear teeth?
Ummmm good.
GOOD ON YOU OL BURT MUNRO
factual? the first minute or so it says he broke world records, he did not, they were land speed records for that country.
What a fine job and tribute Sir. I have shown the movie many times over the years to people who didn't even like motorcycles. They always left my home smiling, and thanked me for sharing it with them.
R.I.P. BURT MUNRO.
Thank you for that comment. I too have seen the movie numerous times it's a feel good movie!
@@motorcyclecafe I enjoy a YT channel called "The whiskey throttle show". The host is an ex-racer who interviews a lot of great people of the past in Motocross. The earliest winner of MX in the USA started around 68, a guy named Gary Jones was interviewed on the show. The Jones family did a lot of the development on Yamaha and Honda dirt bikes back then, and he shared a story about Burt Munro. In the Movie, where Burt bought a car and built a trailer, that was Papa Jones's place where that really happened. Maybe you can find Gary Jones, and ask him what he knows? He loves to talk. :)
@@EarthSurferUSA thanks for the tip and for watching my Doco. I will look into what you have mentioned.
From Scotland to the Munro family love Burt Munro GB
I had met the photographer of his biography book and he said to me that Anthony Hopkins did such a good job that he truely protrade Bert that was just like he was in the movie from his family. That's saying something of the man and the movie. ❤️
RIP Burt, a true gearhead and legend .
He sure was mate!
I was touched by the fact that no one wants to break Burt's record. I have a feeling it will stand forever, a fitting tribute for a remarkable man.
Oh there's been plenty of people want and tried to break it but the "officials" keep changing the rules so no one CAN ever break it. FACT!!!
I’d say it’s more than likely nobody has the balls than an abundance of respect
@@craigdawson1749 people do 200 on street bikes all the time. It’s out of respect I’m certain
Burt has inspired me to attempt land speed records myself. I’ve been addicted to speed since I was a kid. All I’ve wanted is to go as fast as I can. I dunno if it’ll help or hinder, but I don’t have any legs. Haha Burt woulda loved that. I get tears thinking of this remarkable man I’ve never met. He lived his passion with no regrets. I aspire to be like Burt, I’ve lived in my shed with my bikes I’ve breathed them. Lived and worked for them. Lost my legs working to ride. I didn’t give up though, I saw it’s only fair for others so I don’t beat ‘em too badly… I love ya Burt your memory will always live on through us fans.
I wish you the best of luck on your journey my friend.
@@yankees29 Thankyou mate! I wish you the best of luck in life… we only have one so don’t waste it bud…. 😜
As a life long biker (who does top speed events in England) I'm glad this wonderful story of an astonishing man was popularised by the film .
Burt deserves every bit of the worldwide recognition.
"Never give up on your dreams"
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Some men have a lot of brass. Burt Munro clanged like a bell when he walked.
R.I.P. Mr. Munro
"if I had this bike I'd return it to the Munro family"
That part felt really special, respect. ✌️🇳🇿
The whole number 8 wire mentality of Kiwis in their sheds building stuff with what's available has always been an inspiration.
Your video was awesome, thanks.
Thanks for the positive feedback, muchly appreciated.
Agree totally, now someone needs to make a film about John britten.
Great job on this documentary. Burt Munro truly was the spirit of Bonneville and all LSR endeavors. You are either in the club or not. Burt was.
Thanks Danny. I've been wanting to do this video for a long time but I had so much contradicting information, until recently.
Started riding at age 11. I had not owned a motorcycle since I was 35. After watching the movie in 2005, I immediately went out and bought a motorcycle.12 years later I still ride today. Thank you Burt.
Great video, I have watched the movie a few times. He was an amazing resourceful chap. RIP Bert.
It's probably the only movie I have wanted to watch more than twice.
Great video, about a passionate, dedicated human being ,,Burt teaches all of us about life,, that really anything is possible,and never give up,,R.I.P.Burt Munro . .
So true
I had no idea,no knowledge of Mr Munro accomplishments ❤❤❤😮😮😮 I agree the bike should be returned to the family
Great mini documentary a Kiwi friend is from Invercargill. Burt was one heck of a racer, mechanic, and engineer. Much like John Britten (Christchurch, NZ) and his amazing V1000.
Thanks and yes both those blokes had lots of mechanical & engineering nouse.
Yes John Britten too.
There is an immense amount of crap on UA-cam, but this is easily in the top 5 videos I have ever watched on UA-cam.
Excellent job.
@@BJBDF thanks buddy, I truly appreciate you saying that. Although I do wish sometimes I could do it again now I have much more video editing skills. Cheers!
Thanks for Sharing... Rest in Peace. Burt
Excellent Tribute to true authentic legend, what a hero ! Thanks for sharing it. Hi from the Netherlands ❤️🙏
Thank You!
As you said Fastest Indian is definitely a must see movie. I would loved to have met him. Cannot help but wonder if he inspired John Britten to build his much sought after bike. Love to think they're both building bikes together somewhere.
Can you imagine Burt Munro, Kim Newcombe, John Britten and Dr Roger Freeth all together in the same room? What a conversation that would be.
@Paul Turner It certainly would be Paul.
he was inspired by the Steve Roberts Plastic Fantastic largely
The definitive piece of work on Burt and his bike, thank you. Burt truly the king of shed engineering.......that makes a movie? Oh yes one of the very best, Sir Anthony Hopkins also your finest work.
They say kiwis can't fly but this kiwi flew High above the rest.
Thanks for making this!
I was privileged to see (what i assume was) one of the originals displayed at Brisbane's modern art gallery last year. It's surprisingly tiny!
I think my favorite part about all this is how he made most of his own parts.That's super cool.
Thanks for watching. Yes the one that was in Brisbane was his original streamliner just not the motor in it.
In 2006, after some months of building 'ikara blue' with Paul Sims hand making the Chromoly Steel bike @8.9kg [GREENSPEED/ Engineering], Don Elliot creating the modified US 'Kyle Edge' fibreglass shell [ BOLWELL & REFLEX ] & Barry Cox[ Camera ], the Camera Speed Bike became Australia's first to run on Oz soil, completing 2 1/2 laps at Lang GMH Test Track early that year reaching about 80kph during the one and ONLY shakedown. Thirteen years later, the second team went about 93.7kph.
My inspiration was Burt_____and the Movie: 'World's Fastest Indian'
Thank Mr Munro
A beautifully presented tribute to Bert, his determination and dedication to a lifelong goal of speed. I took the step of buying a copy of that movie, "World's Fastest Indian", on DVD. I'm old myself now, I watch that just to see the portrayal of Bert, how that "old" guy and his pretty well "hand made" old Indian bike, pressed on against all odds.
Thanks mate!
The one in Christchurch, I believe, is at Britten Motorcycles. They made the replica for the movie, The Worlds Fastest Indian.
Yes buddy they did indeed. I didn't mention the blokes names who built them coz the video is about Burt. They had to build two for insurance reasons.
Just prior to the movie release I had read an article about Burt in a Hot Rod magazine, I hope to visit New Zealand sometime.
Burt also ran a velocette single for speed records down under. There are photos and film of him on it but I have seen little else of his "forgotten" velo
Yes thats true, i did mention it in the doco. That bike was also fast.
Burt was a Genius and very Tenacious. It's too bad some Motorcycle Factory didn't hire him as an Engineer.
It's also too bad he never worked on his Bike in the "The Best Dam Garage In Town" In Dayton FL .. I think Smokey Yunick would of had the recourses to make his bike even faster..
Thanks for setting some facts straight. It's very Interesting that Burt Converted the bike to a Dry Sump system. I would think synthetic Lubricants would have made the bike a touch faster too ..
Ok, I'm guessing your a glass half empty kinda guy.
You got the facts correct.
I have been to Hayes Hardware and seen the bikes and bits. I was over at the museum when it was first built.
I raced land speed for many years and people still tell stories about Burt Munro to this day.
His number, 35 is used on the NZ Reno air racer, Yak-3 Full Noise, as a homage to Burt
And it still is the worlds fastest Indian!!
Greetings from New York. Nice video. Thanks for doing this. I am a big fan of Mr. Munro and his work. I have seen the bike here a couple of years ago in Philadelphia at the Simeone foundation automotive museum. It was just sitting there. I took a lot of pictures of it. It is a beautiful machine and am glad that I had the chance to see it. It gets shown here and there and it gets started up and run. People do get to hear it. As for ownership I have no say in the matter. I'm just glad it survives and thrives.
I'm glad you got something out of watching my doco mate.
Awesome peice of work!!
In the early 70's I saw Burt run the Velocette down the Rarangi Straight in Blenhiem NZ. He would come up to Blenheim to run that bike at the Flying and Standing Quarter event that was ran a couple of times a year and stay at my Grandparents house, my Grandmother and Burt's ex wife Beril where Sisters.
Ironically Rodger Donaldson had come up that particular trip and filmed Burt doing that run.
A moment in time that has been etched in my mind for ever.
You've done an amazing job documenting the truth about the original bike. At some point it had ended up in the rafters at an Indian Motorcycle repair shop on Johnson Drive in the City of Ventura in C.A.
The bike is currently owned by an individual (Who also restored it) around that area.
I did live in Camarillo C.A for many years and tried to get to see the bike after the movie release in 05, sadly the owner is very protective of the bike and VERY WEARY of New Zealanders as he just about lost the bike to a couple of Kiwi Scammers saying that they where involved with the Movie etc.
Thank you again for your work in putting this together.
He was my Great Uncle and I'm extremely proud of that.
Though I've never personally broken any Bonneville Speed records I did help build (Approx 80% of the Fab work) the original Speed Demon Streamliner of George Poteet. Cheers 🍻
Crikey buddy thanks heaps for the positive feedback! I'm currently working on part 2. So if Burt was your great uncle, John whom I have been friends with on Facebook for a number of years must be your uncle or cousin or something? He has helped me quite a bit although he was a tad incorrect about a couple of things I found out. But who tells their son everything🤔
@@motorcyclecafe John is my mother's cousin.
Sybil Martin (Beril Martin's Sister) was John's Aunty.
My mother (Sybils daughter) married into the Bryant Family in Blenheim.
Thats who Ole Burt would stay with when coming to Blenheim to run the Velocette at the flying and standing quarter back in the 70's.
John would be my second cousin.
Details can be lost over time if one was never truly around to experience events.
What Burt was doing back in the 60's at Bonneville was like another universe away for Kiwi's mate.
I asked my Father when he came out to visit me in L.A in 2006 why he never took any pictures of Burt, his Bikes etc when up in Blenheim and he said "We just thought he was a crazy old coot"
My reply was "Yeah a crazy old coot that was the only Kiwi to ever do what he was doing at that time".
My point is Kiwi's really had no clue mate!!
I look forward to part two 😊👍🏻
Wikid
Nothing sounds better than this bike at full song, absolutely perfect geometry in its engineering ,as perfect as possible considering what he had to work with and how he achieved it, is a powerful metaphor for what we can do when we really love what we are doing.
Awesome comments mate, thanks for watching. I hope you subscribed to my channel, I do have similar docos planned. It's totally free 😉
Well done. Since the movie came out it quickly became one of my favorites and I have done some research on Burt. Fantastic story! I was even fortunate enough to meet some guys at Bonneville that actually knew Burt and raced with him. I appreciate the video! Great job!
Glad you got something out of my doco. Part 2 will be coming soon with a few very rare photos. Thanks for your nice feedback I appreciate it.
@@motorcyclecafe I have a channel called Rocky Mountain Peterbilts. There is a police officer in Oamaru NZ that used to contact me regarding the Peterbilt trucks I sell. He just loves Peterbilts. We spoke quite a bit and his next door neighbor was John Munro! Literally right next door! VERY small world!!!!!!
@@RockyMountainPeterbilts I got some of my information from John
Bonneville flying mile. Mr. Munro didn't want to go far; he just wanted to go fast.
True, I had never heard of Burt Munroe before the movie. It caused me to want to go to the Salt Flats but have yet to make it. At 72, I think that I need to get with the program.
Better late than never mate 😉
Absolutely one of my favorite movies, thanks for adding more information.
You're welcome mate. I'm glad you got something out of it.
So, I was a truck driver for famous bands. On one occasion, we were playing at Concorde Pavilion, west of Oakland. There was a beautiful antique Indian in the parking lot. I was looking at it when I realised it has an Indian battery. The owner walked up and I asked him about the battery, he laughed out loud. He bent over and flipped the lid on the Indian battery casing to reveal a modern battery. What a comedian!
Classic😉
Great video thanks for sharing this. Have seen the World’s fastest Indian several times now. Old Burt will always be on my list of biker legends and at 59 he really does give me a sense of hope in my future.
Same here buddy, he must have been very determined
Thanks for the great documentary. My grandfather (Victor Rush) was a good friend of Burt's and used to ride with him!
I happy that you liked it and thanks for the nice comment. I uploaded Part 2 a few days ago! Did your Grandfather ever tell you any stories?
@@motorcyclecafe No, I did not know until after he passed. My grandmother told stories of them doing speed trials on Tram Road just out of Christchurch and that he used to come and stay with them and made her do his ironing! lol
@@ajrae of course he did 😉
Very interesting.
The "World's Fastest Indian" move was great.
Thank you and yes it is a great feel good movie!
A great film , and I leaned a great deal from this video thank you 🙏
You are most welcome!
Right on! I love history and Mr Munro is a part of it. The ingenuity of humankind is awesome.
I have the DVD. Sometimes when I'm feeling (a little bit) down; I watch it. Everything's cool. You get my drift?
HI Mate. Great Video. Thank You so much for taking the time to make the video and to set the record straight. But was one of a kind! A mechanical Genius!
You're welcome mate I'm glad you appreciated my efforts. Very much appreciated comment.
Thank you. What a superb piece, the film is on my watch list for the weekend
Ha, i reckon i watch it 2 or 3 times a year lol
It belongs with the family in New Zealand but shared with the world thank you for all you did
Crikey mate, I really appreciate your comment, you have no idea, I literally spent hundreds of hours researching. Thank you. Please subscribe to my channel, it doesn't cost 1 cent.
180mph plus from a 1920 Indian baffles my mind. I had a 2010 gsxr 1000 that was good for 180mph, and that is very, very fast, make no mistake.
I got 104 mph/170 kph from my 08 prius once, that's when I found out it is limited to that. I have traveled at 151 mph/260 kph on a bike in 1981 and the road focused down to a black dot and I was nearly torn off the back, I slowed down and thought "I will never do this again, after this" and did it again. That was insane then and is insane now. 180 Naah.
... and don't forget, thats 180mph on salt with reduced traction and the bike wriggling underneath you. Truly awe inspiring feat!
180 mph on a gsxr1000, compared to Burts Indian is two completely different animals !
I ride an old 1200 Sportster now but have owned and ridden several different later model sport bikes like your gsxr, I rode a 2008 (I think) R1 quite a bit, and can say that my Sportster at 100mph is comparable to the R1 at 180 !
I'd actually say the R1 was a little less frightening at 180, versus the Sportster at 100 !
Probably one of the best movies I've seen. I've also watched it many times with friends.
I wish a movie would be done about Dave Barrs book Riding the Edge.
One of the best films I've ever seen and what a iconic actor who played Burt monro
Yeah totally agree 'old git' (love that name by the way) Anthony Hopkins himself regards it as one of his best roles & I agree with him.
Thanks for the great documentary. The movie 'The World's Fastest Indian' is a powerfully engaging and honest movie about motorcycling. Good on you Burt. You showed many how to live a meaningful life and in that we owe you the greatest debt.
Thanks Lindsay, yes it is a fantastic movie about nothing but good things. Which is rare these days.
Excellent video. The man is a true legend.
RIP Burt. I think of you all the time as I get older and crazier 💕💕
Great post bud! Love the history. glad to hear Hollywood didn't totally f things up
Incredible move to watch. When I did see it years ago upon it's release, my youngest child at the time (now in her 20's and no longer the youngest) was not interested in the movie when it started. But as the movie carried on, we were amazed that she was actually cheering Bert on (...well, the movie character but still!) as he struggled to accomplish his dream. It is a real "common man's" story and one anyone could relate to...like Bert. My favorite part of the movie was the lengthy interviews they showed of the real Bert after the movie ended as a bonus feature.
Yes the movie was more about human kindness and not judging people thanks for watching
Thank you for compiling this research on the legend that was the man and his machine: Burt Munro and his world record setting 1920 Indian Scout. I've know about Burt and his accomplishments for many years now, having watched the movie perhaps a half dozen times or more. But thanks to you, this is the first time I learned all of the facts. I truly appreciate it, and I really enjoyed it!!! ( Book marking this video for future reference. )
Awesome mate, thank you for those positive words.
he didn't set any world records, what he set were bonneville class records.
@@spydeeful How many years did it take you to become this stupid. Because any record you can name set by a vehicle of any kind belongs in a certain class or another.
@@howabouthetruth2157 there were other faster bikes in the 1000cc class, the last world record for open class motorcycles on a public road was set a decade earlier in new zealand is was 1000cc streamilned just like munros bike. Can you show me any official document that shows Burt Munro set a World Record? Cause i've never seen one, there's none in any of the books done on him either
Great Video! I Love Learning About Motorcycle History & Did Not Know About The Movie. Thank You.
Thank you!!!
This presentation was very well put together. The fact that his record hasn't been broken is slightly different than you assumed. If I understand it correctly, the record authority wanted to make sure that his record would stand for ever, so they slightly tweaked the specifications, thus closing that particular variation.
Thank you for positive feedback buddy. Yes I wasn't sure on why his record hasn't been broken which is why I didn't elaborate. I did contact the AMA but they never got back to me and I wasn't prepared to speculate as many have done in the past. Glad you liked my doco!!!
BORN AND RAISED IN ALHAMBRA CALIFORNIA....I REMEMBER WHEN THAT PLACE WAS STILL THERE...IT IS A BODY SHOP NOW BUT WAS SEVERAL THINGS OVER THE YEARS..THEY CLOSED IT AND I LOST TRACK OF IT AFTER THAT..THAT BIKE WAS QUITE THE THING TO SEE IN PERSON...HAD NO IDEA ALL BUT MOTOR AND TRANS WAS STILL HERE..SO SAD THAT HE WAS ON IN HIS YEARS WHEN HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TO UTAH...MAKES YOU WONDER HAD HE HAD THE MEANS TO BE HERE EARLIER WHAT HE WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED..THE BAG PIPES MADE ME TEAR UP...THANKS FOR THE VIDEO..
and thank you for taking the time to watch my doco. Part 2 is also uploaded now
Fabulous account, thanks. Perhaps my only claim to fame is I have met a man who once sold old Indian engine parts to Burt Munro back in the very years he was setting records.
Thanks for the nice feedback buddy!
i met the kid that burt told to pee on his lemon tree when he can to his daughters wedding here in canada
@@robertgould7204 Well, I'm no kid now but I can attest to the veracity of that advice as ever since I saw the movie, my lemons are so healthy and sweet!
I can't help but wonder what "the reasons I won't get into" are! To cool his brass 'equipment'?
Great video, always good to see something so thoroughly researched and put together!
Thanks Doc much appreciated.
Thankyou. Best doco on Burt and his Indian I have seen, straight to the point with no bollocks. Good to see Indian Bikes being made again, the Wellington dealership is just around the corner from me in Petone, I often see people out test riding them. Better than those Harleys.
Thanks mate! Yer I watch youtube a lot and so many of 'em are just about promoting themselves. Talking for ages before the video even starts or even worse telling you for 5 min what is going to be in the video. Part 2 was uploaded yesterday!
I've probably bought a dozen DVDs of this movie to give away. I tell people it's not just a movie about a motorcycle, it's the inspiration & perseverance of never giving up. Everyone has loved it!
Yes so true, it is a feel good movie about people helping people out! Thanks for watching my Doco!
I did the same, I found them in a bargain bin and bought them an gave them away. I gave one to my cousin, she text me whilst watching it and she said, I keep crying and I don’t know why 😂😂
It's an incredible film. The thing that gets me the most is when the bike gang give him money at the petrol station. I cry every time I see that. I do not know why. I've changed my email signature to 'Go well!' in honour of that. I know it's 'You go well', but that might be too much. A fantastic man. Extraordinary. What an awesome video, man. Total respect for that, too.
Ha that is my favourite part of the movie as well.
What a great explanation of what went on. I visit E Hayes every time I get back home (Bluff). Yes it would be great to see everything returned to Invercargill
Thank you Harold. Yes E Hayes has lots of Burts stuff I will get there one day.
Superb documentary video. So nice to find out more about the real Burt Munro.
What a lovely video, most of which I knew and greatly appreciate your clarification.
I also agree with you that the original parts of Burts bike in the USA should be
returned to Invercargill and to the Munro family.
RIP Burt.
@@richardt.4224 thanks mate i wish i could do this video over again now that i have more video editing skills but the content is solid. Cheers
Wonderful video- thanks for putting this together.
You are very welcome, I am glad you enjoyed it. Cheers
I started learning with the movie and it was so good. Burt was a great and humble guy who loved his homeland. With the focus to set global world records. I've wondered if it was true that he danced for people when he didn't want to say, or have the answers to their questions
The Worlds Indian!
Great view and now this!!!
Thanks for watching buddy
We’ll done. I also love the film “ The Worlds Fastest Indian” and have watched the CD about a dozen times.
Thanks mate but I reckon I've watched the movie more than a dozen times 😁
@@motorcyclecafe My old friend, from whom I borrowed the movie on CD, passed away and the movie is lost to me. I plan to purchase a copy online as it’s been too long since I last viewed it. Again, your UA-cam creation was very interesting. It is always nice to learn some of the behind the scenes information. Greetings from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
A brilliant tribute to Burt Munro. The man was and still is a legend. If you have not seen the Worlds Fastest Indian you have missed out. It has humour Pathos and many more emotions. brilliantly acted by Anthony Hopkins.
One of my favourite parts was Burt filling in the cracks in his tyres with boot polish.
RIP, BURT I reckon you have the worlds fastest cloud up there. Keep racing.
A truly great movie, and not a made up screenplay, but based on facts that are in the record books, which make it even better!
Thanks for the doco. I remember watching this on a flight to Australia back in 2006 as the in-flight movie. You can see more of Burt if you look up NZ On Screen in the Roger Donaldson collection along with another Kiwi icon John Britten. Someone I know knew Burt back in the 60's and 70's and said he was quite a character indeed!
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
A great tribute to a truly extraordinary man. Thank you.
And thank you for appreciating my doc on Burt.
I agree that entire bike needs to be back with his family in New Zealand. If I were to ever be blessed with the finds to facilitate that I certainly would do so.
To my understanding the record Burt owns at Bonneville can never be broken. The class was dismantled after Burt’s passing and will never be offered up for challenge. This I was told out of respect for the mans efforts. I hope that is a fact.
I worked around some older fellows that I knew were racing in Bonneville when Burt was running. They hadn’t heard about the movie yet at the time so I was able to get them to watch it.
They all told me that you didn’t get out there and not pay a visit to him. They all said he was very bold and very courageous. Not many willing to do what he was doing the way he was doing it.
I sure hope to be able to make it to his home town on day. It sure looks to b beautiful there.
thanks for watching !
Very informative. Thank you for this.
You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it.
@@motorcyclecafe He it seems to me he sacrificed his life for his passion. He is legend.
Great factual commentary, well done on your hard work to produce this. As an aside if any actor was chosen to play Burt it was defo A Hopkins. they look so similar too
Thanks & Yes I agree with you about Anthony Hopkins
Burt was a crazy genius who had big brass balls.. there’s a book about Burt called worlds fastest Indian written by Tim Hanna and it’s even better than the movie..
A lot of the books have incorrect details which is why I made these 2 docos.
Fabulous video with lots of information that wasn't in the movie.
I think perhaps you should reassess your definition of sponsorship though.
Pierce gave him free access to storage, workshop, and, (I'm assuming), parts.
If that isn't sponsorship, that deserves at least minor representation on the bike, then I don't know what is.
Hi, yes you are most probably correct. The Pierce name was on his bike. Burt did have a lot of help, no doubt about it. Still, the bike & all the innovations were his own doing. But I do not disagree with your comments at all. I mean that kind of assistance really is sponsorship.
AWESOME VIDEO,EXCELLENT MOVIE-Have watched it several times & still enjoy it.👍👍👍
Good on you for that comment Charlie, i appreciate it a lot and yes i agree with you about the movie. Part 2 coming soon
Great tribute to Burt and his speedy life . We have the DVD and enjoy watching it often. Thanks for more details !
Thanks Marvin, part 2 is uploaded now too, cheers thanks for watching
Amazing man! Thanks for the video. I must try find the movie again!
Thanks for that and yer do it, I watch it every few months.
GREAT TALE !!!! I learned a lot from it !!
What a wonderful story. I don't know much about the man until after he retired and came to the states, ---------------but wasn't that man a wonderful story?
Really enjoyed that.. an inspiration.
What an amazing person. Loved the movie. That's why I'm watching this video. Great job
Thanks for watching Henry.
Great tribute for a great man.. So glad the movie was made, without it myself and possibly thousands of other ppl would not of heard of Burt Munro..
Also I believe a petition should be put in place for a fund raiser to buy his Indian Streamline and to either offer the return of the Streamline or the money raised to buy it given to his family.
I don't think the bikes is for sale Gerrard. Thanks for watching
Very interesting, thank you. I spent a couple of great days in lnvercargil(l) including a visit to Hayes store. Great man, thanks again.
I am glad you enjoyed it.