Bonneville motorcycle speed trials, you either get it or you don't.

78jotadave

78jotadave

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So BMCST is coming up towards the end of summer, it can still be miserable hot up there (4000 ft) in August but it is a very unique amazing event. Swarms of Hyabusas trying to crack 200mph and an equal number of big Kwakas with Turbos (hint, hint Paul), apologies to the metric minded but Bonneville only prints results in MPH, hey this is America, still.
You can see a triple-engined Kawasaki (9cylinder 2 stroke scream across the salt) doubled-engined turbo Harleys shatter your ears, how about an AJS single hitting 190+MPH, or the true masochist in all his horrible (but well-earned) glory on a double-engined Ducati, double the pleasure double the fun at 190MPH as close to the salt as you can get without falling off. Home-built 'E-bikes are going insanely fast, very quietly, shhh don't wake those Harley dudes.

No prize money, all amateurs (no factory teams), 2 wheeled gear heads pushing the limits of their machines and their own abilities for a cheap trophy, and mostly not even that, just the satisfaction of you went faster than you did last year, and bragging rights at the bar in Wendover.

Scott Potter who is known to many on the Forum was part of a team that took a single-cylinder Laverda to the flats and broke a record not too many years ago , probably the only Laverda to ever leave a tire print on the salt, definitely the only one to set a record.

Anyone going? This will be my 4th time out there in 'BLM' country yeah 'BLM', Burea of Land Management opens up the flats to racers it's Utah what else
See you there, bring shade and water n' beer.
Dave. The Ducati footage gave me chills.

 
Mark Bjorklund, 191mph. "and it was fishtailing and spinning all the way down the course, so I was really scared on yesterday's run, ... I mean you're in the middle of it happening and it was at full throttle and it's all over the place and you don't, er, shut it down... This was built to go 200mph and that's my goal".

Loco! What's not to like!
 
In its official announcement, the SCTA Bonneville Speed week for 2022 is canceled due to flooding of the flats. it would have been the 100th anniversary of Speed Week. It is expected that once the water subsides it may be several weeks before the salt flats dry out and become driveable and will require extensive grading before speed runs will be possible.
As of this time, the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials are still on pending condition of the salt flats, the trials are scheduled to begin on August 27 and thru Sep 1st.
www.thedrive.com

2022 Speed Week Canceled, Bonneville Salt Flats Flooded by Heavy Rain

The 2022 Speed Week, at the iconic Bonneville Salt Flats, has been cancelled due to intense flooding from heavy rain.
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One of the Foxtel car shows was there last week, no idea what time delay that had but it was a LAKE. The same happened with Lake Gardiner in South Oz, Australia's version of Bonnievile a couple of months back. Take your pick, it's either 40c plus or under a mitre of water.
 
I remember a few years back when Lake Ayre (another salt lake used for dry lakebed speed trials) got full of water after a deluge of rain. The thing that amazed me was that in seemingly no time at all it had seagulls and other sea birds eating fish out of it. Where the hell did the salt water fish come from? (the lake water being quite salty). And how did the coastal sea birds know that there were fish in a lake that's 500-km from the nearest coastline? Nature is full of surprises.
 
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