The dream was to ride across the Salar de Uyuni on a motorbike but now it has become clear to me this is not going to happen. It is possible to rent a bike in La Paz but without a rack to carry kit this would also mean travelling down to Uyuni on the bike at least a 12 hour trip with about 7 of those hours on dirt roads, with little kit. Sure easier if you take your time but with the bike costing 100 pounds a day it could start getting costly.
Since being here I have found an agency with a guy who loves bikes and they are getting bikes for rent and tours in June (When I fly back to the UK), fantastic!
So plan B, well probably plan C ! The same agency has quads (4 tracks), only one working at the moment – a 250cc automatic, the 500cc has a problem and they are waiting for a new part. The plan he suggested is one day on a quad to do the salar and the other two days in the 4×4 (Landcruiser). He did say he knows that it is not the same as two wheels but it is still fun. There are two roads to the Salar on is a dusty track the other had bumps dips and is a lot more challenging.
Well it is good to have a open mind and to try new things and this seems like the next best thing to riding on two wheels.
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toogreytogrind 
thats a real pisser re the bikes, or lack of – you obv checked them out and there’s no way of strapping your berghan to the the rear mudguard, back of seat?
The quad bike might be fun, remember not to stick your leg out if it starts to crash! Keep us posted re the trip – June not that far away now.
Trying to be philosophical about all this, if I have to do this on a quad bike, then quad bike it is. That way I still have my dream of doing it on a moto in the future.
Cheers for the heads up re leg out, one thing I learnt from MBing is stay with it, you´ve not crashed until you´ve crashed.