Burt Munro/Duncan Meikle 1936 Velocette drag bike fires up on video

Photo: Deus Ex Machina

Before Burt Munro built the world’s fastest Indian, he was an active racer in his native New Zealand. This custom Velocette was built in collaboration with fellow bike nut Duncan Meikle for the purposes of drag racing. We first showed it to you last week as part of a collection of bikes being auctioned by Webbs. Now, Neil from Webbs has been nice enough to fire the bike up and shoot video just for us.
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