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YouTube Description: Between the years of 1926 and 1961, one man from a small town in New Zealand dreamed of setting a land speed record on a 1920 Indian Scout. In 1962 at the Bonneville Salt Flats that man's dream finally came true. To honor the past and power the future, Indian Motorcycle built the...

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Burt Munro - Sportsman. Born in New Zealand in 1899, he went to Bonneville Utah, in 1967, and rode his 1920, Indian motorcycle to fame gaining the world land speed record for a motorcycle, which still stands today. He did this in his 60s, and went back to Utah nine times in 11 years breaking various records for speed. Burt died in New Zealand in 1978 from a heart condition. Anthony Hopkins played Burt in the 2005 movie, "The Worlds Fastest Indian."

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