World's Fastest Indian - articles from the day...

[Motu]

Check out this thread in ADVrider,he has scanned 1962,1963 and 1964 Cycle World magazine Bonneville reports,Burt was there every year,well respected as you can see.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124887

[oldrider]

That stuff kinda chokes me up, makes me proud to be a New Zealander!

[GR81]

very cool.

[bugjuice]

that's awesome.
with a bit of imagination, you can just see what it was like back then.. I'd love to have been there.

Also saw the comments;

Everyone hopes he will be back next year as no Bonneville is quite complete nowadays without him.

and

Bert's often-heard instructions are "Push fahster fellows, fahster!"

good on 'im

[merv]

Absolutely marvellous!!

[bladez]

very cool

[onearmedbandit]

Awesome read, good to read the article on the Norton's as well.

[avgas]

nice one buddy, i enjoyed that

[UrbanMyth]

rad

[C_A]

coolness.....

[husaberg]

Thread dredge
Berts been dead for 37 years and last year set another speed record.
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/321/18...ter-Death.aspx

[Grumph]

Thread dredge
Berts been dead for 37 years and last year set another speed record.

Probably holds the record for longest period after death to have an event named for you. I'd doubt if the Barry Sheene named events will go that long...
Only other one i can think of is the Cannonball Run - which was named for Cannonball Baker.
Anyone think of any others ?

[jellywrestler]

Probably holds the record for longest period after death to have an event named for you. I'd doubt if the Barry Sheene named events will go that long...
Only other one i can think of is the Cannonball Run - which was named for Cannonball Baker.
Anyone think of any others ?

i ran a Cannonball Run a handful of years ago, named after Rod Cannonball coleman.
the longest after death is probably the rusty nuts Sir Walter Rally i'd think in the motorcycling world.