True, but the helmet most likely wouldn’t do anything. At this speed his face would be crushed in the steering wheel if a crash were to happen. Good to wear one just in case tho
@@Uraqt_1337No motorcycle helmet can save you from a crash above 250kmh, but the point is that you dont want to lose an eye or two before you even reach 250kmh.
My older brother when he was around he was big in the cars and motorcycles and went very fast. He used to call it Color Me Gone. One more time Color Me Gone. Perfect thing to say when you disappear like that. Rocket on a rail. God bless you all keep them up right😂😢😮😅😊😊😊😊
La mejor película de MOTOS que he visto. Y encima hechos reales ❤❤🎉 Lo he visto más de 10 veces y volveré a verlo más adelante para no aburrir. Ese hombre se hacia los pistones con mezcla de otros pistones y lo fundía haciendo su pistón perfecto... ETC..ETC.❤ Mucha emoción y GASSSS. 1 SALUDO MOTEROS.🎉❤😂
Fantastic movie. "The *World's fastest* Indian", featuring Anthony Hopkins. Based on a true story! edit: ** accidentally omitted "World's fastest" initially. Thanks again @mtoutdoorsman! I hadn't noticed that before.
I had the honors of hearing stories of Burt from my motorcycle mechanics teacher Marty Dickerson , who was a character and contributer for the Movie. " Always think outside of the box" He was an amazing man.
Actually on old motorcycles it was very common especially the Indian to find the throttle on the left pre 1930s modern motorcycles anything built after 1933 to now all have had the throttle on the right side of the bike unless it is a custom job but all manufacturers worldwide put the throttle on the right hand side of the bike some people think it's like cars and having a left throttle on a motorcycle is a UK, Australia, or New Zealand or places like that where they drive on the opposite side of the road than they do here in the United States but actually it's not a geographical location thing for the throttle to be on the left hand side of the bike it was a manufacturer spec thing back in the day just look it up you have Google it's actually very interesting.
@@derrickpeek88 Yes...the controls have been on both sides over the years, but in the case of this movie....if you look at the lettering on helmets and badges the film appears to have been reversed which is a common way to fool the RU-vid copyright bot.
@@recoilrob324 I see what you're saying I actually didn't even notice that. It had never dawned on me to actually look at the lettering or anything like that you're absolutely right the image has been flipped. I was more thinking of the question of the throttle being on the left side being a motorcyclist enthusiast I was just answering the original question about the throttle on the left but thank you four pointing that out.
@@MrDsturmanaside from that he did a shit ton more, like cutting all tread from the tires and lowering pressures for lower resistance n friction, and lowering everything to get a low center of gravity and the least amount of drag (without the fiberglass shell)
@@jaroslawczach4845 you have no idea that the actors legally sign contracts refusing to do stunts. And by any chance an accident occurs we have to pay for everything.
Actually in the movie he doesn't win if you've never seen it. He is supposed to turn around a barrel and go back to the starting line to win as he comes around the barrel the bike fishtales and flings him off of it into the sand and the gas tank and a few other parts fly off the bike in the accident which he then takes it back to his shop and rebuilds the bike even better and that's the end of the race he didn't win. But Burt Munro did bring the bike here to America and set the fastest worlds fastest record for a motorcycle that is under 1000 cc that record still stands to this day. He set this record in 1967 at the age of 68 with a top speed of 205 mph the bike was a heavily modified 1920 Indian Scout. The motorcycle at the time of Burt Munro setting the record was 47 years old at that time. Here's a link where he tries to go around the barrel and loses the race. race.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LoG4FUXVPuE.htmlfeature=shared
i never understood the driving to a barrel and turning around and racing back thing..a race has always been from the starting line to a distance and finish line..i know indian use to have races like nascar that went in a circle and they did whatever 3-5 laps. i say indian motorcycle had the races because harley davidson wasnt allowed to race in them because harley davidson was too fast and wasnt allowed to enter the race..if you watch the documentary 3 part movie on Harley Davidson, Indian motorcycle actually stole the ckutch design and a couple other designs that engineer William Sylvester Harley designed but didn't patent because of his sick with cancer wife at the time and Indian motorcycle owner had bought a HD to have his enginerrs tear apart and steel their ideas (imaginge that) what was f-cked up they sued HD for using the clutches that Harley designed in their motorcycles because indian had it patented..I'm a firm believer in if you steel my idea because i didn't patent it and then sue me for using my idea then you'll be buried in an unmarked grave
@wrangler065 I think a lot of the point of the barrel turn is to make sure your motorcycle actually motorcycles. Anybody can put a big engine on two wheels. But you need to be able to make it cope with turns, too. If your motorcycle can't turn, it's useless. Thus the barrel you have to go around and return from. It changes what your vehicle specs need to match without actually changing any specific rules
8,9 years before i watched this movie with my Mother....she was not a movies fan but she liked, enjoyed the movie....she died in 2022...only the time of school is the real time...when your childhood is gone...all is gone
Время лечит. У меня мама тоже умерла в 2022 году. Пока мы живы не стоит впадать в депрессию, не теряйте чувства здорового оптимизма. И почаще вспоминайте о родителях, можно даже спрашивать у них советы в трудных жизненных ситуациях.
😂😂😂 I didn't even notice that till you pointed it out and I rewatched the scene just to hear that part. The "Bugger it!" just seemed to fit in given the late start. I must now watch this movie.
@@tanaybuch9181 oh it's a great movie! I'm a kiwi, and Burt is a local legend in the South island of NZ. Invercargill is also famous for having the world's best mayor for 24 years 😂 tim Shadbolt
@@mattthomson3134 that was a quick and interesting read on Tim Shadbolt and his political history. Thanks for the trivia fren 🙃 Are the "Purple line" and "The Freebie bus" widely used and appreciated in Invercargill?
@@tanaybuch9181 he is a funny bastard.. but my god he was lazy 😂. Typically what you'd expect when you vote in a devout stoner and hard lefty lol. He ended up leveling out heaps once he became mayor. Pre 1990s, he was extreme Marxism left. Nah man, tbh the free transport turned to shit.. everything about the buses is disgusting.. literal piss and shit throughout lol..
@@tanaybuch9181 the only thing keeping Invercargill going now is the overseas immigration - Invercargill became the Destination that the national government had been pushing for them to go to. It is a city of government assistance..
True story of the Worlds Fastest Indian Motorcycle! Still in the record books from Australia all the way to Bonneville Salt Flats ...and the story of what he endured to get there is fantastic.
Interesting fact, the guy with the white flag - at the start line - was (at the time of filming) the actual mayor of Invercargill, Tim Shadbolt. Burt Munro was from Invercargill.
So context: This man modifies and races his own Indian motorcycle in Australia. This race is a qualifying race to see who gets a paid trip to go to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. His indian is a bit rickety and needed a push start, everyone doubts this man, but his is in-fact the the fastest bike out there because he’s willing to sacrifice almost all comfort for top speed. He loses this qualifier because they structured it to have a turn around point which isn’t even realistic to how the actual races in Utah go, because his bike is so FAST but has VERY limited maneuverability he fails to make the turn and loses the race. He then has to pay his own way to America, a land completely foreign to him.
@@calebstover5480I mean, yes and no….I’m pretty sure if the whole electric vehicles trend is gonna last in any department….it’s bikes. I know there are Surons that can top 70mph. I don’t see it being too long before there’s a big selection of electric motorcycles around, or at the very least, hybrids. They’ll find a way to make those buggers fly, just like this man did. By the way, I don’t own a motorcycle and never have….but the Indians always interested me. I have heard they are rough rides though
