New Zealander Burt Munro was a motorcycle land-speed record-holder of the 1960s.
One of his dreams was to run his homebuilt 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle, dubbed the Munro Special, on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
He saved for years in spite of limited means to make the trip to America. He finally came over on a shoestring budget in 1962.
Munro was 63 at the time with a bad heart, yet he still managed to overcome numerous obstacles to set world records, even as a muffler was burning the flesh on his leg.
In 1967, Munro coaxed his beloved streamlined Indian to 183.58 mph.
That set a record in the category of "streamlined motorcycles under 1,000cc." To qualify, he made a one-way run of 190.07 mph, the fastest ever officially recorded speed on an Indian.