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IN THE WIND P48 LEE MUNRO BLASTS TO NEW SPEED RECORD ON INDIAN SCOUT F ifty years after Burt Munro set an Under 1000cc class speed record of 183.59 mph at Bonneville on his Indian Scout, his great nephew Lee Munro has set a new 1350cc class "Modified Partial Streamliner—Gas" class record of 186.861 mph at El Mirage in California. Using a new Indian Scout, Munro made the run as a shakedown to the official Bonneville Speed Week trials in August, where Indian Motorcycle will be hosting a large celebration to commemorate Burt's run that's gone into motorcycling folklore and immortalized in the Anthony Hopkins film, "The World's Fastest Indian." "They're not going to let any monkey on a bike twist a throttle without proving that," Lee said to 1NEWS. "You've [got] to prove your salt. The bike moves around a little bit but the Indian was pretty well planted, it didn't give me any reason to worry that it wasn't stable. The engine's so strong, the chassis is so stable—it felt like I was riding on a street on a well-built road bike—nothing scary. "Everybody's been coming up to me and they associate me with Burt and what he accomplished on his Indian, and it's quite a special feeling. I've been told, 'get used to being recognized, boy, because it's about to happen.' I'm real proud, I'm very, very proud to be able to carry the name."CN TRUMP DISMISSES $3M HARLEY- DAVIDSON FINE T he Department of Justice announced Thursday, July 20, that Harley-Davidson does not need to pay a $3 million fine to help fight air pollution. The $3 million was in addition to a $12 million fee levied on the Motor Company in an Obama- era settlement after it was determined that Harley-Davidson's Screamin' Eagle tuning kits were illegal. The $3 million that was excused by President Donald Trump was slated to fund an antipollution program in the Northwest that would reduce pollu- tion by replacing wood-fire stoves. The Trump Administration announced that Harley-Davidson is no longer required to fund the program, though the company remains on the hook for the original $12 million fee. "Certain new developments led the United States and the defendant to agree to revise the consent decree in this manner," the announcement said. "The original consent decree would have required defendants to pay a non-governmental third-party organization to carry out the mitigation project. Questions exist as to whether this mitigation project is consistent with the new policy." CN The Trump administration has dismissed a portion of the fee Harley-Davidson is to pay for their Screamin' Eagle tuning kit infraction.