we made the detour on the way to the US to Dual sport ride some of the country and then watch and assist where we could at the Bolivian salt , We being Jim Higgins, John Dobbs, a mate of Johns that joined us there Mick Essex and myself
The thin cold air definitely was worth 20mph if not more , but it also caused problems with crew health and bike setup
The salt was amazing, coarse, flat , and hard, Crystals are huge, making the track somewhat like a bitumen road with 40 grit stuck to it, if you wheelspin it chews tires
Timing was the std Bonneville setup with 100ft wide track and 15 miles prepared (runs are 2 way into the same timed mile )
the bikes were getting about 3 mile run up , and at speed pretty much just before the mile
One hell of an experiance