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Cycle News Issue 37 September 19, 2017

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INDIAN MOTORCYCLE AND BONNEVILLE Feature P90 (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

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