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Bonneville Pilgrimage: Offerings to The God of Seating
During the Southern California Timing Association’s Bonneville Speed Week, motels nearby are expensive and fully booked. Which leaves campgrounds. And I hate carrying camping gear on a motorcycle. When I see those BMW earth-roamer types with all the gear piled up over their heads I think, “Oh, Hell no! I’m cool as an ice cube, that’s not me.” Yet here I am. Here I am piling camping junk over my head like a Starbucks-sipping, Hi-Vis wearing, mid level manager-who-mistakenly-thinks-corporate-values-his-efforts, Beemer rider.
Top 10 Vehicles At Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Ah, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, an alien terrain on earth steeped in mystique, legend and awe. It’s a bizarrely barren and flat landscape seemingly designed for wheeled vehicles to push harder and faster in the pursuit of higher and higher speeds. The odd part of the design is that the surface is sodium chloride – salt – pretty much the same stuff that’s in your kitchen cupboard.
Upcoming Motorcycle Events
Here’s our weekly guide to the upcoming motorcycle events and rides that are happening over the next several weeks.
Upcoming Motorcycle Events
Here’s our weekly guide to the upcoming motorcycle events and rides that are happening over the next several weeks.