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Originally Posted by Malcolm  JacMac, is that red motorbike the Worlds Fastest Indian? A movie I have been told to watch as it is very good.
My uncle and his family moved to Perth in the 80's (from Yorkshire). They love it. |
Yes, was on display along with a few other bikes & pieces of them that Burt had built etc. The movie is very good & Sir Anthony Hopkins played the part of Burt very well.
I remember our local car club had invited Burt to be a guest speaker at a club evening & on the night in question the Chief Traffic Officer had also been invited to give a talk on how the 'Law' felt it might be able to work with us to the benefit of young drivers etc with a view to conducting driver training along the lines of gymkana type events where they could learn to control slides etc. Burt had advised he would be a bit late and Mr Plod was winding up his discussion when there was a screech of tyres outside- Mr Plod grinned & said 'sounds like your guest speaker has arrived, would you mind if I stay & listen to what he has got to say etc'. We couldnt see why not!!
Anyway Burt strolls in , is introduced to the members & starts straight into why he was a bit late. It went something like this-'' I was comin down the Edendale hill & pulled out to pass these two cars , was up to about 70mph when the one in front of me pulled out to pass the other fellow- ended up in the gravel and grass, spun round & gave me'self a hell of a fright, had to sit there for a couple of minutes and collect me thoughts [ and about now he spys Mr Plod ] and what the Hell are you doin here Mr Policeman?''
The whole room erupted with laughter including Mr Plod [what else could he do].
He would spend days making stuff like con rods out of old axles etc, would ask total strangers to help him push start his bikes & when they fired up just open up the throttle and drag them along if they forgot to let go. Many of the 'old hands' knew better & stood back to watch the fun.
Jac Mac