Burt Munro set a world speed record of 184 mph in August 1967 aboard a 47-year-old modified Indian Scout. The record for under 1,000 cc motorcycles, set during Speed Week at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, still stands. We stopped by Invercargill’s E Hayes & Sons hardware store on our way to Stewart Island to pay our respects to the hometown hero and check out his legendary Munro Special.
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