THE WORLD’S FASTEST Indian
THERE is little doubt that Burt Munro has sold more than a few Indians since the famous marque was relaunched by Polaris Industries in 2013, so good on the factory for returning the shout. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Burt’s world record on his highly-modified 1000cc 1920 Indian Scout — as immortalised in that movie — Indian Motorcycle set out to build their own record-setting salt racer from a brand-new 2017 Scout, then hired Burt’s grandnephew Lee Munro to ride it.
From the outset, it was always intended that the new bike, the Spirit of Munro, would race in a different class — MPS-G1350 — so as not to surpass Burt’s record of 184mph set in
