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          Burt Munro

          New Zealand motorcycle racer

          Burt Munro

          Born

          Herbert James Munro [1]


          (1899-03-25)25 March 1899

          Invercargill, New Zealand

          Died6 January 1978(1978-01-06) (aged 78)

          Invercargill, New Zealand

          Resting placeEastern Cemetery, Invercargill, New Zealand
          Occupation(s)Carpenter
          New Zealand Home Guard
          Speedway rider
          Motorcycle salesman
          Mechanic
          Known forLand Speed record holder
          Spouse(s)Florence Beryl Martyn
          (m.

          1927; div. 1947)

          Children4

          Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, on 26 August 1967.[2] This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record.[3]

          Working from his home in Invercargill, he spent 20 years highly modifying his 1920 Indian motorcycle that he had bought that same y