Burt Munro, known as the fastest man from New Zealand, became internationally known for the records he broke at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in the 1960s. He spent years modifying a 1920 Indian motorcycle before setting his first New Zealand speed record (120.8mph - 194.4km) in 1940. Partly the result of rulebook changes, partly the result of Burt Munro's sheer determination and resourcesfulness, and maybe partly the result of the respect he commanded, Munro's much-heralded land-speed record establishing his motorcycle as the world's fastest Indian remains unbroken nearly 50 years after Munro set it. In eleven record attempting trips to the National Speed Week, the Kiwi broke three world records on his Indian motorcycle – one of which still stands today. Herbert James 'Burt' Munro was born in Edendale, a town near Invercargill on 25 March 1899. And yet, here we are, in the year 2014, and a new record has appeared in the most recent tally at Bonneville, showing one Burt Munro holding the AMA Land Speed Record … There’s a new world’s fastest Indian. To celebrate this feat, Munro was inducted into the Motorcycling New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2016 and two replicas of Burt’s bike now stand pride of … If their is no difference and also it is contrary to many of the other records that still stand, it is the same sick joke they are trying to play on you. Burt Munro's Records (Note: LANDRACING.COM donations are not tax deductible) This is a public forum. Motorcycle racer Lee Munro is the great nephew of Burt Munro, whom you may know as the man portrayed … Munro had set his first New Zealand speed record in 1938, eventually setting seven more such records. On his trip to Bonneville in 1967, Munro set a land speed record of 183.58mph in his Indian streamliner– a record that still stands to this day. Burt Munro holds the 850cc record (178.97) set in 1962, and the 950cc record (190.07) set in 1967. [2] This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. Herbert James "Burt" Munro was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, 26 August 1967. He had traveled to the Bonneville Salt Flats 10 times, competing nine times and setting three records, one of which still remains unbroken. Munro was 63 when he managed to overcome several obstacles to set world records. Five years later – and with the Scout now bored out to 1000cc – Munro set a new world record in the 1000cc class of 183.58mph. The record still stands today.