The World's Fastest Indian Page #2

- What?

- Looks like they've chickened out.

- They're here.

They're here.

Thas nice of them

to show up isn't it?

A hundred says

the Indian comes last.

Right.

Come on, Burt.

Ready, steady...

go.

Come on, give me a push.

- Come on.

- Come on, Burt.

Give me a push.

Come on, push hard.

Bugger it.

Bugger it.

Come on! Go!

Bugger!

Nice bike, granddad.

Loser.

Thanks, fellas.

- Better luck next time.

- Better luck, Burt.

There you go.

- Well, thanks, love.

- Careful, is hot.

Well, at least I gave them

a good run for their money.

On the downward leg anyway.

Burt... Whas it going to cost

to get over to America?

Sorry, love.

What did you say?

How much is it gonna cost

to get over to America?

I don't know,

about two thousand I'm told.

And how much money

have you got now?

Apart from today's disaster

and the dough from last and you know...

the pension money

I've been saving...

I'm about twelve hundred and 75 dollars,

United States dollars, I reckon.

Well, I could lend you some money.

Thas very kind of you Fran love, but no.

I couldn't do that love. No, thanks.

Well, there must be

something you can do.

Well, I haven't told anyone

else this, Fran, but...

I don't reckon I'll be gonna Bonneville.

I reckon not this year anyway and...

you know, seven hundred dollars

is a lot of money to find...

and the boat leaves in five days.

Except I would like to see

how fast she would really go...

before I fall off the perch as it were.

Before I ah, kicked the old bucket.

Hello, Lloyd.

Gidday, Burt.

Shame about the fall.

Well, I'm still

in one piece aren't I?

Good,

what are you having tonight?

Specialty of the house,

pea, pie and pud.

- Thas five bob.

- Alright.

Burt? Why don't you take out

a mortgage on your house?

- What house?

- Well, your property.

I mean is worth something.

Here you are.

Burt Munro,

look at the color of your hands.

- Whas the matter with them.

- You're gonna wash those mitts...

before you put them

anywhere near me.

There we are.

Wakee, wakee.

Time to rise...

and shine.

Burt, you're a sweetie.

Got to get out of here before

the neighbors spot me.

Burt, this tastes a bit odd.

Is metallic.

You are my sunshine

My only sunshine

Oh, crikey!

What?

I've got a pain in my chest.

He's in the shed, hurry.

Mum, Dad,

something's happened to Burt.

Burt, whas wrong with you?

I'll be alright Tommy,

don't worry about me.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

What are you all staring at?

Dirty old men need love too.

- Mr. Munro.

- Hello.

So, whas the story, Doc?

- I'm sorry, is not good news.

- Oh, yeah. Well, fire away.

You've had an attack of angina.

You have arterial sclerosis.

And whas that?

Is a narrowing

of the arteries from the heart.

Oh, dear.

Yeah, I'm afraid there's not too much

we can do for you at your age...

other than suggesting you

take it easy.

Look if you have another attack,

pop one of these under your tongue...

let it dissolve

and then swallow the saliva.

The pain should be gone

in thirty seconds.

- Yeah, what do you call these things?

- Trinitrate pills.

Um better known as nitro glycerine.

- The stuff you blow things up with.

- Yes, but in much smaller quantities.

Alright.

Will this have any affect on

me riding my bike?

Unfortunately, I think your

motorcycling days are over.

Like hell they are.

It won't be much longer.

Springfield.

Springfield.

Thas where the Indians come from.

- Indians?

- Yeah, the Indians...

from Springfield,

Massachusetts.

The worls greatest

motorcycle.

- Is that so?

- Thas right.

- You can come through now.

- Alright, thank you.

Yeah, Springfield.

The plan is for me

to drive up to Timaru and...

then me and my bike...

will catch a boat to the US of A to...

Los Angeles,

and the boat leaves on Saturday.

And I'll buy a car

in Los Angeles...

and drive up to Utah,

to the Bonneville Salt Flats.

- Is really important you do this trip?

- Sure is mate, you know.

Ever since I was a lad I've been

interested in things that go fast...

you know things

that rolls and go and...

at Bonneville things go real fast.

Is...

this giant dried up lake bed...

and it goes for miles

and miles and is dead flat...

and you can drive a vehicle just

as fast as it will go and is.

So is one of the few places

on earth...

where you can find out just what

you're machine is capable of.

In fact here I'm on the, thas me on the

front of the New Zealand Motorcyclist.

Thas the Indian there.

- Very good!

- Yeah, a few years ago.

So I'd best be off soon...

because I don't know how much longer

I've got to live you see.

Yes, I don't think

I heard that last statement.

I said I don't know

how much longer I've got to live.

I heard you the first time.

So... tell me, Burt.

What are you offering

as collateral for this loan?

Well, my tools, my bits and pieces, my

trophies and a lot of things like this.

Well, I don't think they'd be

of much interest to the bank...

I think we'd be looking for

something more substantial.

Something like the deed

of title to your property.

- Did you get the money?

- Yep, I'm off on Thursday.

Thursday? That soon?

I wish I could come too.

Oh, maybe next time.

Thomas. Is dinner time.

Come home now.

- Nearly finished, Mrs. Jackson.

- Yeah, Mum, we're almost finished.

See you after dinner, Burt.

Alright, lad.

Hey, not so fast.

I'm the record breaker.

Where are you going?

And thas the...

before I put the...

you know, the streamliner on it.

Whas that one?

Thas a girlfriend of mine

when I first bought the bike.

It was a long time ago that was.

Aren't you scared you'll kill

yourself if you crash?

No...

you...

live more in five minutes

on a bike like this...

going flat out than some people

live in a lifetime.

And...

yeah, more in five minutes.

Thas my Dad there.

And my mum.

They're all gone.

God, is gone by so fast!

You know,

danger is the spice of life...

and you've got to take a risk every now

and again haven't you, son?

You know thas

what makes life worthwhile.

And you know,

having some nice ladies around...

will you pick out my bike?

- You really don't get scared?

- No, no.

You know...

when I was a boy

about your age...

I had a little twin brother

whose name was Ernie...

and one day our Dad was out

the back cutting down a tree...

and...

suddenly it got hung up, the tree

that is, it got stuck on something and...

Ernie went to go and help.

All of a sudden the tree...

slipped and fell on him

and killed him stone dead.

I always remember that.

Anyway, since then I've always tried

never to be scared of anything.

Although I must say before...

a big bike event I do

sometimes get nervous, you know...

if the butterflies

in my stomach were cows...

I'd be able to start

a dairy farm.

Thas funny.

When they took you off in the ambulance

to the hospital. What happened?

I don't know, just a touch

of indigestion I think.

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