Motorcycle speed record: Indian takes over the track at Munro and Bonneville

In 2017, Indian celebrated the 50th anniversary of Burt Munro’s speed record on Bonneville Salt Lake, along with his great-nephew Lee. This year, the American manufacturer and the New Zealand driver are once again participating in Speed ​​Week to top 200 mph.

Kawasaki and the Team38 Ninja H2R will not be the only ones aiming for new records during the Bonneville Speed ​​Week 2018 (Utah, USA) which opens next Monday! Indian also goes there with his competitive Scout and a certain Lee Munro…

Frustrated at having capped last summer on the surface of the famous American salt lake below 192 miles per hour (308 km / h all the same!), The New Zealander is setting out again in the hunt for 200 mph on his motorcycle "streamliner" n ° (2) 35, race number which continues to pay homage to his illustrious great-uncle, Burt Munro of course !

• Bonneville Speed ​​Week 2017 :
• [Video] Motorcycle speed record :

Bad news for the Medina company (Minnesota, USA) and its persevering pilot: the very last "miles per hour" are always the hardest to get. Frighteningly more than the first … But the duo wants to win a little more than eight !

Good news, however: yesterday after their inspection of the track, the organizers of the Speed ​​Week did not hide their joy: "we still think that this is the best salt we have seen in a while! "

Statements

Gary Gray, Vice President Indian Motorcycle:
“Indian Motorcycle was honored to partner with the Munro family last year and pay tribute to Burt’s incredible accomplishments and the land speed record set in 1967. We look forward to returning to Salt Lake with Lee and the ‘Sprit of Munro.’ Our engineering team led by Wayne Kolden and Dan Gervais have spent long hours developing a motorcycle capable of reaching the 200 miles per hour mark and we are excited to see Lee continue this I would also like to thank our sponsors Cargill Station Ltd, Garry Robertson from Ocean Ridge Kaikoura New Zealand and Jerry Stinchfield from Roof Systems from Dallas (Texas, USA) ".

Lee Munro:
“My great-uncle Burt is a huge inspiration to my own racing career, and his appetite for speed is clearly part of my DNA. I know that by aligning with the exceptional Indian Motorcycle team , we can realize our dream of reaching 200 mph ".

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