| There are probably thousands of self-taught | | | | feat for a humble bloke who lived way down |
| backyard mechanics just like the late Burt | | | | in South New Zealand in a |
| Munro, who maybe work for years on inventions | | | | |
| and projects that end up being unsuccessful | | | | small place called Invercargill.Can you |
| and yield little in the way of financial | | | | imagine the fun he must have had working |
| reward, but does that really matter, some may | | | | night & day in his little Workshop, making |
| argue that without financial reward you | | | | all of his special performance parts, |
| cannot move forward.Sometimes the personal | | | | building his engine, he certainly did things |
| reward & self-satisfaction gained through | | | | differently. For instance, it has been said |
| | | | that he used an old spoke for a micrometer to |
| painstaking project success is a far greater | | | | measure things, he sand-cast parts in old |
| reward than any financial | | | | tins, one American report tells about how he |
| | | | cast some pistons in the sand at the local |
| gain. Financial reward is often not the | | | | beach! He even built his own overhead |
| panacea of success that so many people are | | | | four-cam cylinder head design to replace the |
| conditioned to accept today.Think about the | | | | standard two-cam system and converted the |
| weeks, perhaps months of work that Burt Munro | | | | engine to overhead valves. What a practical |
| would | | | | |
| | | | designer & innovator he was.But do you want |
| have spent making his own engine barrels, | | | | to know what the best part of all of this? It |
| flywheels, pistons, cams and | | | | is still possible to do all of this, just |
| | | | like Burt Munro did all those years ago, as |
| followers and pressure lubrication systems, | | | | long as you have the skills. The technology |
| he also virtually hand-carved | | | | is more readily available today than ever |
| | | | before, allowing the home hobby/mechanic to |
| his own con-rods from a section of | | | | manufacture high quality special parts for |
| Caterpillar tractor axle. He honed, | | | | old cars - motorcycles |
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| refined and perfected his old Indian | | | | and special custom projects.With very basic |
| motorcycle to an inch of its life in | | | | workshop equipment Burt Munro was able to |
| | | | cast and produce pistons - conrods - cylinder |
| preparation for the speed attempts, such was | | | | barrels- alloy cooling fins - flywheels - oil |
| his focus & determination.His quest and | | | | pumps. An amazing talent from an amazing |
| passion was to highly modify and improve his | | | | legend of a man. Would you like to learn |
| treasured | | | | about the special metal craft skills, and |
| | | | learn to make things similar to what Burt |
| 1920 Indian Scout Motorcycle to set land | | | | Munro did? |
| speed records...and his major | | | | |
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| Flats during the annual speed week event in | | | | article as long as it is not changed and the |
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