My 2009 Inspiration

"You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime."

"If you don't follow your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable"

"If you don't go when you want to go, when you do go, you'll find you've gone."

Herbert (Burt) James Munro (25 March 1899–6 January 1978) was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1000cc world record, 183.586 mph (295.453 km/h), at Bonneville, 26 August 1967[1]. This record still stands today. Burt Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year old machine when he set his last record.[2]

Records
In 1962 he set a world record of 288 km/h (178.97 mph) with his engine bored out to 850 cc (51 in³).
In 1966 he set a world record of 168.066 mph.[1]
In 1967 his engine was bored out to 950 cc (58 in³) and he set a class record of 295.44 km/h (183.59 mph). To qualify he made a one-way run of 305.89 km/h (190.07 mph), the fastest-ever officially-recorded speed on an Indian. The unofficial speed record (officially timed) is 331 km/h (205.67 mph) for a flying mile.[5]
In 2006 he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.