Bolivian LS trails
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:17 pm
This is a report from a friend of a friend who is getting ready to best his standing Land Speed Record in Bolivia.
My friend Rocky is in Bolivia in a place called Salidas de Uyuni getting ready to attempt to break his current record of 376 mph in a motorcycle streamliner.
They arrived a few days ago and our doing the tourist thing while they are waiting on their shipping containers to arrive.
This location is at 12,000 feet so Rocky has been spending time in Tahoe bicycling and hiking some of the 10,000 ft peaks to acclimate himself to the high altitude. He’s also doing the 10,000 push up and sit-up challenge with me and a few other friends. He’s in his early 60s.
Course is setup and from the reports I have read the course is dry, very hard and nearly 17 miles long. Plenty of real estate to lay down some big numbers. Rocky and team have data from years passed that they have exceeded the 400 mark but never set a record over 400. It’s a big number for a long duration for a two wheeled machine.
From Rocky today
Got to check out the new course today. Salt is hard and dry. Should be ideal for some great speed runs. Our equipment should be here sometime tomorrow. This evening we took a quick trip to the Uyuni Train Cemetery. Never know what you’re going to see here. Excited to start racing in 2 days. Until then we are all enjoying the ride…
Here he is, his team and rig. Some other machines as they filter in, turbo bike and a wicked snowmobile.
My friend Rocky is in Bolivia in a place called Salidas de Uyuni getting ready to attempt to break his current record of 376 mph in a motorcycle streamliner.
They arrived a few days ago and our doing the tourist thing while they are waiting on their shipping containers to arrive.
This location is at 12,000 feet so Rocky has been spending time in Tahoe bicycling and hiking some of the 10,000 ft peaks to acclimate himself to the high altitude. He’s also doing the 10,000 push up and sit-up challenge with me and a few other friends. He’s in his early 60s.
Course is setup and from the reports I have read the course is dry, very hard and nearly 17 miles long. Plenty of real estate to lay down some big numbers. Rocky and team have data from years passed that they have exceeded the 400 mark but never set a record over 400. It’s a big number for a long duration for a two wheeled machine.
From Rocky today
Got to check out the new course today. Salt is hard and dry. Should be ideal for some great speed runs. Our equipment should be here sometime tomorrow. This evening we took a quick trip to the Uyuni Train Cemetery. Never know what you’re going to see here. Excited to start racing in 2 days. Until then we are all enjoying the ride…
Here he is, his team and rig. Some other machines as they filter in, turbo bike and a wicked snowmobile.