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Dabz
30-08-12, 04:56 PM
Just wondering if anyone has done route66 on a bike before and if so, who did you use for the tour operator/guide/etc?

Want to do this in a few years so starting to get costs etc

House
30-08-12, 06:54 PM
Good question, one i'd like to know too. Always wanted to do it on an old chop or in a 59 Cadillac.

Geordie Stu
30-08-12, 07:20 PM
I watched the Billy Connolly series where he did Route 66 on his Trike. was a good series. Although the roads looked straight ::)

Dabz
30-08-12, 07:23 PM
I don't think it'd be a "ride the bends" type trip or you'd be exhausted after 14. Days of solid throttle-pinned riding! It's more side back, enjoy the scenery and experience America :D

We watched the Billy Connely series too, looked brilliant!

Geordie Stu
30-08-12, 07:44 PM
It would be a cruiser type holiday.

http://www.completenorthamerica.com/route-66-usa-fly-drive?gclid=CJPzr_GAkLICFcEOfAodi3wAJQ

Dabz
30-08-12, 07:51 PM
Yup, Harley or nothing for me :)

Swanny
30-08-12, 07:54 PM
You might get to meet Cletus and Brandine
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100514235151/simpsons/images/thumb/d/dd/Cletus.png/250px-Cletus.pnghttp://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120516142929/simpsons/images/thumb/0/02/Brandine_spuckler.jpg/129px-Brandine_spuckler.jpg

8-)

Dabz
30-08-12, 07:59 PM
I used to live in America so have met plenty like them :p

Beamer
30-08-12, 08:08 PM
That link mainly says about unguided tours Stu.

There are guided tours available too, I read somewhere ??

:)

Dabz
30-08-12, 08:12 PM
http://authorizedtours.harley-davidson.co.uk/tours/tour/tourId/200

:)

flick
30-08-12, 09:17 PM
Yup, Harley or nothing for me :)

with a stars and stripes bandana,dark shades and singing Steppenwolf's Born to be wild.eh Dabz ;D ;D ;D

Dabz
30-08-12, 09:18 PM
Yup, Harley or nothing for me :)

with a stars and stripes bandana,dark shades and singing Steppenwolf's Born to be wild.eh Dabz ;D ;D ;D

And the tassels and cowboy boots ;)

cerruti
30-08-12, 09:20 PM
Dabz I can lend you my Harley gear if youre going ;)

Geordie Stu
31-08-12, 08:35 AM
Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper. 8-) Easy Rider comes to mind

DaytonaDog
31-08-12, 12:35 PM
This type of trip is on my bucket list. Have a retirement plan to buy a camper van, attach a trailer, put a bike on it and go touring.

big_gaz
01-09-12, 09:30 PM
Something I would love to do

BB
04-09-12, 01:45 PM
Did bits of it by car quite a few years ago. Was also talking to someone recently who has done it on a bike tour... just need to remember who I was talking to and who they went with... :-?

BB

Snowy
04-09-12, 02:18 PM
I have been on a couple of sections, like BB in a car. I don't think the actual riding would be particularly involving - it would be the places you visit that hold all the interest. Gotta do it on a Harley though - no question!

The other, and more interesting ride I have always wanted to do in the US is Highway 1 on the west coast. I have done that section (by car) from Monterey up through Grass Valley and to Lake Tahoe. It would be spectacular on a bike both in terms of the ride itself and the scenery.

Senna(Dan)
04-09-12, 11:50 PM
Dabz,
Get on an international forum and see where that takes you, the guys on the MV forum are really helpful because it is on my bucketlist to do it and due to some of their locations would join me and Caz on the journey.

Swanny
05-09-12, 08:04 AM
Have a look at Oct bike mag, someone rides from New York to LA



Why are mags always a month early? :-/

Dabz
05-09-12, 08:53 AM
Excellent thanks for the heads up Swanny

Swanny
05-09-12, 11:02 AM
You're welcome :)