Routes to the rally

[Framer]

With the rally just a couple of months out I figured everybody getting there routes planned out, I know I am.

So I thought I’d see how everybody getting there, what routes your taking, so if anybody want to meet up and ride in together they can.

Trip’s trailering to my house and we’re leaving Saturday morning from Piedmont OK (on the bikes). If there anybody interested in riding with us let me.

[Top Cat]

Did Trip buy a Harley :D

[Framer]

Did Trip buy a Harley :D

:lmao::lmao:

[trip]

Yep.... Trip DID buy a Harley. Now it's time to stop every 50 miles... eat and smoke a cigarette. Then talk for two more hours and then get 50 more miles down the road. 100 mile days are wonderful... :tup::lmao:

[Framer]

Well this threads on the way down

[plumber63]

I won't be joining you, as I am starting my trip to the rally on June 8th.
The plan is Home(Indiana), Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado(2 Days), New Mexico, Arizona (North Rim Grand Canyon), Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, back into Wyoming then to Custer South Dakota.

Ride home, Up to North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois then Home.

No Interstates, all back roads(small highways).

[plumber63]

With the rally just a couple of months out I figured everybody getting there routes planned out, I know I am.

So I thought I’d see how everybody getting there, what routes your taking, so if anybody want to meet up and ride in together they can.

Trip’s trailering to my house and we’re leaving Saturday morning from Piedmont OK (on the bikes). If there anybody interested in riding with us let me.

So Whats your route up? Riding the Interstates or the back roads(smaller Highways)?

[Framer]

Backroad mostly, day one leaving my house to Woodward OK, Dodge City, Garden City then North to I70 and to Burlington CO. Day two Burlington to Custer

[BudMan]

We will leave Fort Smith headed west on I-40 for about 100 miles to Okemah.
Then go through Guthrie to avoid OKC. West to Watonga then turn north.
It's 400 miles to Medicine Lodge KS. Probably stop there. If we feel like it we'll keep going.
We'll take US 281 to Great Bend then north on 183 to Ansley NE.
Then take NE hwy 2 through the sand hills to Alliance NE. Then 385 to Custer.

[Framer]

We will leave Fort Smith headed west on I-40 for about 100 miles to Okemah.
Then go through Guthrie to avoid OKC. West to Watonga then turn north.
It's 400 miles to Medicine Lodge KS. Probably stop there. If we feel like it we'll keep going.
We'll take US 281 to Great Bend then north on 183 to Ansley NE.
Then take NE hwy 2 through the sand hills to Alliance NE. Then 385 to Custer.

Are you planning on taking 62 to 177 to 105 to get to Guthrie.

[BudMan]

That’s the plan.

[schoeney]

You guys have a great rally and travel safe!

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[trip]

Well this threads on the way down

Just havin' a little fun.... :cheers::cheers:

[Sabre-t]

Day one: Marietta, GA to Benton, IL. Camping at Benton KOA
Day two: Benton to Kansas City, MO. Camping at Kansas City East/Oak Grove KOA
Day three: KC to Sioux City, SD. Camping at Sioux City North KOA
Day four: Sioux City to Custer, SD.

Days one and four will be all interstate. Too long a day if I do surface roads on those days. Depending on how I feel, how early I get started, etc. other days I will either do interstate or surface roads.

[dkdixie]

Kawhead and Sue are coming to my N GA house few days before leaving for Custer.
Planning to spend first night around Edwardsville, Ill, or somewhere East/North of St Louis which will be 500+ miles and that's about 1/3 of miles to Custer.
Probably cross Big Muddy at Hannibal, MO....from there don't have a clue right now.




spending 2nd night around Sioux City, perhaps meeting up with Coach if it fit his plans.....3rd day on to Custer

[plumber63]

Okay here is my preliminary route to the rally. Not the exact route because google limits you to so many way points. Plus extra days in Colorado. 10 days of riding. So as long as nothing changes I'll see you all in Custer. And We will be there on the 17th now, so you've been warned.:lol:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/791+Co+Rd+41,+Waterloo,+IN+46793,+USA/Beatrice/Gunnison,+CO/Farmington/North+Rim,+AZ/West+Yellowstone/Cooke+City-Silver+Gate/Cody/Sheridan/Best+Western+Buffalo+Ridge+Inn/@37.344259,-104.4674292,5.06z/data=!4m89!4m88!1m10!1m1!1s0x881621cfef63c89d:0xfc 6a3faa1206a87a!2m2!1d-84.9912857!2d41.5029846!3m4!1m2!1d-93.0042055!2d40.476954!3s0x87e851768d845025:0x939f c58abdeac495!1m10!1m1!1s0x879642a907fb410b:0x92e39 ab059d18d3d!2m2!1d-96.7466913!2d40.2659269!3m4!1m2!1d-105.675487!2d37.4746951!3s0x87168432db57f791:0xcab 3e99715cc8e59!1m5!1m1!1s0x873f92c3f5835b9f:0xcc769 d1045a792ec!2m2!1d-106.9253207!2d38.5458246!1m5!1m1!1s0x873b8f00ad0c7 ec7:0xc823b1b63b534e1a!2m2!1d-108.2186856!2d36.7280583!1m10!1m1!1s0x873312b1b772 9043:0xa8cb5d02c0c5c50a!2m2!1d-112.0580965!2d36.2134719!3m4!1m2!1d-109.8535735!2d42.8637921!3s0x87579152bb8c6c35:0x2a 1674a86bf46142!1m15!1m1!1s0x5351b9c07a322b03:0xdd6 39df748902010!2m2!1d-111.1041092!2d44.6621493!3m4!1m2!1d-110.914812!2d44.643797!3s0x5351c6c447096db3:0xda74 eee3352795bc!3m4!1m2!1d-110.7439746!2d44.6980469!3s0x5351dbb9ed5ee4cf:0x21 51f2d294abdba4!1m5!1m1!1s0x534e557daa946e29:0x777d e027d2c63de1!2m2!1d-109.9165534!2d45.0160445!1m5!1m1!1s0x534c1ebf215bb e5d:0xba76f4463ccdcc50!2m2!1d-109.0565308!2d44.5263422!1m5!1m1!1s0x5335fa943c6fa d65:0x293a47fe7b11d57b!2m2!1d-106.9561791!2d44.7971939!1m5!1m1!1s0x8762cdb81e292 1fb:0xfe5ea9d2cef75801!2m2!1d-103.6119682!2d43.762275!2m1!1b1!3e0

[Framer]

That’s quite a trip Troy. What day are you leaving.

[plumber63]

That’s quite a trip Troy. What day are you leaving.

Plan is to leave on the 8th. After the discussion we had and some more research, decided didn't want to be around Yellowstone that close to the holiday. So flipped the route and leaving earlier. That way we are home and off the roads before the 4th holiday.

[petenomad]

You are getting close to (and missing) one of the consistently top 10 rated motorcycle roads in the country - Beartooth Highway (pass). US 212 from Yellowstone to Red Lodge MT.
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-motorcycle-trip/
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/north-america/top-10/top-10-motorcycle-rides-in-north-america-beartooth-pass/

[plumber63]

You are getting close to (and missing) one of the consistently top 10 rated motorcycle roads in the country - Beartooth Highway (pass). US 212 from Yellowstone to Red Lodge MT.
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-motorcycle-trip/
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/north-america/top-10/top-10-motorcycle-rides-in-north-america-beartooth-pass/

Ya I know, I only have so much time and was trying to figure out how to include it. I will be on the section from Towers Junction and Cook city till it turns off at 296 to head to Cody.

296 (Crandall RD/Dead Indian Hill rd)also looks like a awesome road to ride. So I will take what I can get.

[petenomad]

296 is also known as Chief Joseph Hwy and it is a good ride - although road was full of tar snakes last time we were there (2014?). Hopefully they've done some work on it since then. We're going to be coming through Yellowstone and coming out at Cody. We'll be riding 296 and then the rest of 212 which doesn't include the short section that you'll be riding. :)

[jesse]

Beartooth is a beautiful ride. I also wanted to ride the Chief Joseph hiway, going the wrong direction at the time. Rode from Red Lodge to Cook City headed toward Yellowstone, crater lake and the redwoods.
Now that I think of it, that's why I missed Custer last time, just couldn't do both.

[plumber63]

That sounds like a good route. I am trying to catch Idaho and stay away from as much of the tourist traffic in Yellowstone as possible. As my route kinda circles around the main park.

[plumber63]

So Glenn you're doing something like this. Pinedale would be my starting point.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Pinedale,+WY+82941/Red+Lodge,+MT/@44.1194465,-111.0068673,217867m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m32!4m31!1m20!1m1!1s0x8757941e97cd8 1b3:0xca86f855bcb38e49!2m2!1d-109.8633501!2d42.8678809!3m4!1m2!1d-110.2023099!2d44.4983324!3s0x534e0f6d34af675b:0x3a 610b733c05d57a!3m4!1m2!1d-109.1348228!2d44.6067286!3s0x534ea05f0b5a01a5:0xff da776d0bad313b!3m4!1m2!1d-109.673192!2d44.9005225!3s0x534ef1a0ea16bce1:0xa7f 418f1b897f67b!1m5!1m1!1s0x534f2a19f746fcf5:0xb58a3 5f67520d70b!2m2!1d-109.2468211!2d45.1857782!2m2!7e2!8j1529184000!3e0

[petenomad]

Yes. We are touring Grand Teton and Yellowstone the week before Custer. So, we'll spend the night in Cody and ride 296 and Beartooth to Red Lodge. Don't have a stop planned after that, but won't do the whole 500 miles to Custer that day. That wouldn't give us enough time to stop and enjoy the sites.

[coacha]

I'll be heading north, then north-west till I get there...lol. Greta will give me some noise in my headset and I shall follow her.

[Framer]

1 month from today Trip and I will leave from my house and head to Custer. I’m READY!!!!!

[trip]

Me too! Framer and I will leave his house Saturday morning, ride to Burlington, CO. for that night, then make it into Custer Sunday afternoon.

On our way back, plans are to ride through the Sandhills in Nebraska. Nothing like cutting through the heartland of America! Hope to see some takonka!

http://www.rehilliard.net/custer2009/custer012.jpg

[MarkG]

To get past the Google Map waypoint limits use this site. https://mapped.me/ A Google map will be created with all the waypoints.

Saturday - Chandler AZ to Scottsbluff NE for a SaddleSore 1000.
Sunday - Eventually Custer while I wander around.

[Kawhead]

I'll be heading north, then north-west till I get there...lol. Greta will give me some noise in my headset and I shall follow her.She's gonna invite you to her house for a beer. Don't go. By the third beer you gonna find out she's ain't no girl.

Don't ask me how I know. http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/facepalm-smiley-emoticon.gif (http://www.sherv.net/)

[wanderer]

With the rally just a couple of months out I figured everybody getting there routes planned out, I know I am.

So I thought I’d see how everybody getting there, what routes your taking, so if anybody want to meet up and ride in together they can.

Trip’s trailering to my house and we’re leaving Saturday morning from Piedmont OK (on the bikes). If there anybody interested in riding with us let me.

What time are you starting out?

[Framer]

What time are you starting out?

Trip want to leave early, I’d like it to be light enough to see deer moving. I’m sure it will be around 7am

[wanderer]

Give me a place to meet and Kathryn and I will join you.

[Framer]

I have your # I think I’ll text you my address

[BudMan]

Gene, be sure Framer sends you the gate code. Access to those type of neighborhoods is controlled. :tup:

[Framer]

Prison is not a gated community. Well maybe it is:hmm:

[Cajunrider]

We will be heading up I-49 to I-20 to US-287 to I-70 to Wyoming then to Custer. Same route as we took going up in 2009. Anybody going that route from Texas or Oklahoma?

[BudMan]

We won’t be going that far west. We are going to Framers house on Friday afternoon. Leaving Saturday morning heading north through Kansas then northwest across Nebraska.

[Framer]

We will be heading up I-49 to I-20 to US-287 to I-70 to Wyoming then to Custer. Same route as we took going up in 2009. Anybody going that route from Texas or Oklahoma?

We’ll be leaving Piedmont OK Saturday morning and riding to Burlington CO. Then Sunday, Burlington to Custer.
What day are you leaving.

[Cajunrider]

14th is our plan

[trip]

Ah Mitch.... going through Raton? Brings back memories.

[Framer]

14th is our plan

I’m sure you already have your route planned but it’d be cool if you could meet us in Burlington CO and ride in with us.

[Cajunrider]

We won’t be going that far west. We are going to Framers house on Friday afternoon. Leaving Saturday morning heading north through Kansas then northwest across Nebraska.

I will do the same David. We will stop in Antlers the first night and head north through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.

[plumber63]

Looks like you will have quite the Group heading up. The Wild KawaNows.:lol: