Great Salt Lake Desert The 1846 Donner Party's difficulties in making the crossing contributed to their becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada. Howard Stansbury explored the desert in 1849. In 1956, I-80 replaced the Wendover Cut-off across the desert, including a straight east-west section for ~ between the Cedar Mountains to the east and Wendover on the Utah/Nevada border. Following a railway completed across the desert's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1910, the flats were first used as a speedway in 1914. The world records for highest land speeds are regularly broken here. The Great Salt Lake Desert experiences a desert climate with hot summers
Triumph Speed Four and other minor concessions to its streetfighter style; the frame and fully adjustable suspension are race-ready. The engine is a 599 cc inline-four-cylinder engine, as used in the TT600. The bike has a top speed of and a time of 4.5 seconds. "Motorcyclist" tested the 2002 Speed Four's time at 11.65 seconds @ and time at 3.71 seconds. The Speed Four was voted No.1 for handling and suspension in "Ride" magazine's 2008 Rider Power Survey. The Triumph Daytona 675 was second in the same category. Triumph UK After Sales has confirmed that 4,606 Speed Fours were produced from 2002 through