Burt Munro

Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 18996 January 1978) was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, 26 August 1967. This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record.