Burt+Munro's+Indian+Motorbike

= **I ** n 1920, a 21 year old Southlander called Burt Munro bought his first motorbike. The bike was an Indian Scout and it would become the world's fastest Indian. Burt Munro was born in 1899 in Invercargill. His twin sister died at birth and the doctor had said that Burt "won't live till he's two". Fortunately the doctor was wrong and he lived until he was 78. Burt started modifying his bike in 1926. He made side covers that you could take off and put back on that helped keep him safe. He cut parts of his motorbike off made parts for his motorbike by pouring hot liquid metal into holes in the sand and waiting for them to cool. He made heaps of the parts for his motorbike. When he first got the bike could go 55 mph (88 km per hour). After all his changes to the bike he set a world record of 183.586 mph (294 km per hour). He set his world records on dried up salt lakes in America. He died in 1978. = =media type="youtube" key="kJKD_gFVjKY" height="385" width="480"=