Spirit of Munro is an article written by me and published by the magazine "Kustom World" (issue n° 52 of February/March 2019). Based on my interview to Lee Munro, it is dedicated to him and to his legendary great-uncle Burt Munro. You can read both the article through the pages of the magazine by going through the following images (text in Italian language) and the original interview by going to the content below (text in English language).
DUE TO THE TIMEZONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ITALY AND NEW ZEALAND,
(WE'RE 12 HOURS APART)
LEE MUNRO AND ME WE ARRANGED A PHONE APPOINTMENT
WHICH WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR BOTH
AND FINALLY HAD OUR DISTANCE CALL OF ABOUT 50 MINUTES
THE DAY 28TH OF DECEMBER 2018 AT 8 AM/PM.
IN 1967 BURT MUNRO AT THE AGE OF 68, TRAVELLED FROM INVERCAGILL - NEW ZEALAND TO BONNEVILLE (UT) - USA, WHERE AT THE SALT FLATS SPEED WEEK HE SET THE STILL UNBROKEN LAND SPEED RECORD OF 183,59 MPH IN THE CATEGORY UNDER 1.000cc WITH HIS 1920 INDIAN SCOUT 600cc MODIFIED BY HIMSELF, CALLED THE SPIRIT OF MUNRO.
IN 2017, 50 YEARS LATER, HIS GREAT GRANDSON LEE HAS BROKEN A NEW RECORD
IN THE CATEGORY UNDER 1350cc WITH A INDIAN MPS-G (MODIFIED PARTIAL STREAMLINER-GAS), AN INDIAN SCOUT SPECIFICALLY ADAPTED, REACHING THE SPEED OF 186,681 MPH OVER THE DRY LAKE OF EL MIRAGE (CA) AND REACHED THE 191,286 MPH AT BONNEVILLE,
WHERE IN 2018 HE IMPROVED UP TO THE 192,769 MPH!
BURT AND LEE'S GRANDFATHER WERE FIRST COUSINS (THEIR DADS WERE BROTHERS)
AND LEE GREW UP CALLING BURT "GREAT UNCLE", BUT HE WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD WHEN
BURT PASSED AWAY IN 1978. AS A TEENAGER (AND WITHOUT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT
THE UNDERTAKINGS OF HIS FAMOUS FAMILY MEMBER UNTIL YEARS LATER),
LEE MUNRO FELL IN LOVE WITH MOTORCYCLES AND DISCOVERED HE HAS NOT ONLY THE DNA
BUT ALSO THE FULL "SPIRIT OF MUNRO" RUNNING THROUGH HIS VEINS.
HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING BURT'S FOOTPRINTS BY KEEPING THE LEGEND ALIVE
AND BECOMING A WORTHY HEIR OF THE GOD OF SPEED.
FOR THE ORIGINAL INTERVIEW...
...I SHALL POST THE ENTIRE TRANSCRIPTION SOON HERE!
