[Finny]

ASIDE: I wonder what Burt Munro and his neighbors would have thought if they knew the dramatization of his life would be spoken of with awe right next to "Passion of the Christ"? [^))

I loved "World's Fastest Indian." I come from a long line of Burt Munros. Grew up around them. What made you cry in that movie?

[HerrBlucher]

It was the whole story of that old guy so determined to live his dream and not letting anyone or anything stop him, he was fearless, determined, loving, talented, humble, and very likeable. Every part in the movie where he ran up against an obstacle and then overcame it brought a tear, and when he beat the record, after all the trouble he went through, whoa, kleenex time.

I am also a motorcyclist and could identify. I have taken my bike up to 130mph so had some idea of the courage it took for him to take that wobbly contraption to 200.

Bert Munro is one of my heroes and I will soon have a poster of him and his bike on my wall. At 56 myself I am no starry eyed kid either, I just have THAT much respect for him.