Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

[AAFO_WSagar]

THIS ought to be pretty darn good!

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

I've seen the commercials and am looking forward to seeing it. I don't go to theaters much anymore though, so I'll have to wait for it to come to DVD.

[Leo]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Looking forward to it!

[T. Adams]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Looks like a good movie, but hardly true. Autoweek pointed out in this weeks issue that the land speed racers are not happy with this movie. I do not know how the movie plays out, but offiically, this man never set any records.

[First time Juke]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

I read about it during the weekend. Should be awesome.

[Red]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Man the closest theater to me showing it is 40 miles away

Red

[WARPT]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Looks like a good movie, but hardly true. Autoweek pointed out in this weeks issue that the land speed racers are not happy with this movie. I do not know how the movie plays out, but offiically, this man never set any records.

I just saw this movie.......I was sceptical about the quality of the movie before going. It was GREAT!!!

Also, here's a link to some good history of the man and machine. If this is fact, he indeed set some records.

http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/munro/munro.htm

[T. Adams]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

He may have set "Indian" records, but not the worlds fastest motorcycle. Here is the link to the Autoweek info.

http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060213/FREE/60206023/1001/THISWEEKSISSUE

[jbell]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Hence the movie title: "The World's Fastest Indian"....JB

[WARPT]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Hence the movie title: "The World's Fastest Indian"....JB

Yup.
He may not have set any "World Speed Records", but he set other records, and that's a record in my book.

It is truly amazing what he accomplished with that Indian Scout. The crude methods that he used making his own engine internal parts as well as cylinders. And starting out with a stock Indian Scout that would probably top out around 80 mph and getting that antique machine to go over 200 mph!

Very simular situation to what the Unlimited Air Racers are accomplishing today.

[WARPT]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

[QUOTE=WARPT]Yup.
He may not have set any "World Speed Records", but he set other records, and that's a record in my book.[QUOTE=WARPT]

After posting I thought about what I had typed and figured I would correct myself. Burt Munro did set a world speed record....(for an Indian motorcycle).

Ok, I will stop being so anal, go to my corner and be quiet. :c{P>

[First time Juke]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

I saw recently this movie. One has to respect the dedication of Burt Munro to his dream.

I liked Athony Hopkins' way to pronounce motorcycle...sounded almost like swedish. ( swedes are our neigbours here ).

I rate it with ***** five stars.

[Unregistered]

Re: Not "Air" Racing but looks darn interesting!

Yes Burt Munro is a kiwi legend, no one took him seriously when he said that he was going to build the fastest indian, so he set out to prove everyone wrong. There was a bike builder here in NZ in the early 1990s that had much the same attitude as Burt Munro, although unlike burt, this bike was completely scratch built, the builer was the late John Britten, and the bike was the britten. This bike was amazing, it had a sound that was unique and it was fast. to find out more check out:

http://www.britten.co.nz/history/johnbritten.html

This is a beautiful bike that is no longer built as the designer/builder passed away in 1995 after completing only 10 bikes.