Comments on: 1936 Burt Munro Velocette

By: David Gearhart

David Gearhart — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:46:52 +0000

Odd to call it a “drag racer” with the knobby tires. but Burt and Duncan often raced on dirt, though not the “drag racing” as we know it!
Zukiman

By: tim hanna

tim hanna — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:34:31 +0000

This is not Burt Munro’s bike. As you note it belonged to his mate Duncan Meikle. Burt and Duncan both had these machines and modified them in very similar ways. Burts Velo was for a while the fastest in the land and probably the world but Duncan’s ended up going faster. About 140mph.
It also set a national standing quarter mile record at thirteen and a bit seconds. If anyone really wants to know the exact time I could find out.
When I wrote my biography on Burt I was unaware of this machine’s later race history or I would have included it in my book.

By: Mark Morrison

Mark Morrison — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:15:52 +0000

Being a kiwi I loved the Burt Munro story. My father can recall his exploits when he was younger. Interestingly the bikes in the movie ‘The World’s Fastest Indian’ were actually Ducati powered as you can see here
http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/2009/05/so-the-worlds-fastest-indian-is-a-ducati/