| There are probably thousands of
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| | making all of his special performance
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| self-taught backyard mechanics just like
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| | parts, building his engine, he certainly
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| the late Burt Munro, who maybe work for
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| | did things differently. For instance, it
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| years on inventions and projects that end
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| | has been said that he used an old spoke
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| up being unsuccessful and yield little in
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| | for a micrometer to measure things, he
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| the way of financial reward, but does
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| | sand-cast parts in old tins, one American
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| that really matter, some may argue that
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| | report tells about how he cast some
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| without financial reward you cannot move
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| | pistons in the sand at the local beach!
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| forward.Sometimes the personal reward &
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| | He even built his own overhead four-cam
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| self-satisfaction gained through
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| | cylinder head design to replace the
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| painstaking project success is a far
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| | standard two-cam system and converted the
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| greater reward than any financial
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| | engine to overhead valves. What a
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| gain. Financial reward is often not the
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| | practical
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| panacea of success that so many people
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| | designer & innovator he was.But do you
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| are conditioned to accept today.Think
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| | want to know what the best part of all of
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| about the weeks, perhaps months of work
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| | this? It is still possible to do all of
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| that Burt Munro would
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| | this, just like Burt Munro did all those
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| have spent making his own engine
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| | years ago, as long as you have the
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| barrels, flywheels, pistons, cams and
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| | skills. The technology is more readily
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| followers and pressure lubrication
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| | available today than ever before,
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| systems, he also virtually hand-carved
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| | allowing the home hobby/mechanic to
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| his own con-rods from a section of
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| | manufacture high quality special parts
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| Caterpillar tractor axle. He honed,
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| | for old cars - motorcycles
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| refined and perfected his old Indian
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| | and special custom projects.With very
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| motorcycle to an inch of its life in
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| | basic workshop equipment Burt Munro was
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| preparation for the speed attempts, such
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| | able to cast and produce pistons -
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| was his focus & determination.His quest
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| | conrods - cylinder barrels- alloy cooling
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| and passion was to highly modify and
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| | fins - flywheels - oil pumps. An amazing
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| improve his treasured
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| | talent from an amazing legend of a man.
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| 1920 Indian Scout Motorcycle to set land
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| | Would you like to learn about the special
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| speed records...and his major
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| | metal craft skills, and learn to make
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| aim, to eventually see how fast it would
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| | things similar to what Burt Munro did?
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| go at the Utah Bonneville Salt
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| | Then you should visit our web site now.
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| Flats during the annual speed week event
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| | The place to learn about metal casting
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| in the USA. This was no mean
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| feat for a humble bloke who lived way
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| | the hot metal ezine. Feel free to
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| down in South New Zealand in a
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| | reproduce this article as long as it is
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| small place called Invercargill.Can you
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| | not changed and the web site link is
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| imagine the fun he must have had working
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| | maintained.
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| night & day in his little Workshop,
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