INDIAN MOTORCYCLE AND BONNEVILLE
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(Above) Munro sets off on what
would ultimately be his fastest
run, with a pass of 191.28 mph on
Saturday morning. (Left) This thing
does over 220 mph. You'd have to
be stark raving mad to drive it.
in 2017, but Indian Motorcycle's
Speed Week at Bonneville last
month represented more a nod
to the past than any outright at-
tempt at superior velocity.
Piloted by Burt Munro's great
nephew, Lee, Indian Motorcycle came to Bonn-
eville 2017 with a machine dubbed the Spirit of
Munro. They were not there to break any records
per se, but to honor the achievements of Burt 50
years on with a 2017 Scout entered in the Modi-
fied Partial Streamliner 1350cc (MPS-G) catego-
Indian Motorcycle is in somewhat of a resur-
gence, getting their asses off the couch and
back into the kind of competition that made them
famous. Their dirt track team, the nostalgic Indian
Wrecking Crew with riders Bryan Smith, Brad
Baker and Jared Mees, have wiped the floor with
arch rivals Harley-Davidson in theAmerican Flat
