Comments on: Burt Munro Indian Motorcycle Ad

By: Baz

Baz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:39:15 +0000

An amazing film, i loved everyminuite of it. Burt you were one hell of a guy, salt of the earth, the best. Anthonys skills made Burt come to life. This is one film i will watch again and again. Thanks Burt and Anthony.

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:17:22 +0000

Watched this movie tonight and absolutely loved it! I’d like to read the book now.

By: mar

mar — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:47:06 +0000

i loved this movie it really opened my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Garry Sprott

Garry Sprott — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:05:05 +0000

What a guy!
I caught this film in midstream on BBC at Xmas (funny time spot though!) and stayed with it because I like Anthony Hopkins. What a film. I was hooked.

By: Indian Chiefs 4 Sale

Indian Chiefs 4 Sale — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:27:20 +0000

Burt Munro`s motto was ‘fix it and try again’. In 50 years, he had some 250 motor blow-ups, usually because the con-rods or cylinder sleeves couldn’t take the pace.

With basic equipment and astonishing ingenuity, he’d rebuild the engine ready for the next try. He made cylinder linings out of cast-iron drain pipes and fabricated con-rods from steel Ford-motorcar axles. To make a flywheel he cut a coin-sized slice from a hydraulic ram, and used a steam-driven hammer to flatten it out to about 180mm diameter.

He cast motorbike pistons using melted-down car pistons plus his own additives, and made high-speed tyres by carving the treads off factory-made racing tyres.