Historic Route 66 Question

[jrd]

Anyone here ever do the Historic Route 66 run from Chicago to California? If so, what were your impressions? I am thinking about making the run later in the year, or maybe next year.

Thanks!
John

I'll meet ya in L.A..... I'm sure Blowndodge and the whole Calif. crew will too!

[jrd]

I'll meet ya in L.A..... I'm sure Blowndodge and the whole Calif. crew will too!

All right, I'll let ya know when I plan to make the trip. ;)

John

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[trip]

I'e been thinking about doing the same thing, jrd....only planning a Route 66 ride from Texas up through Missouri.

Trip

[Top Cat]

There is a write up on that trip in the May issue of Motorcycle Cruiser mag. The guy took a solo trip on a Harley. It's kind of a different type write up but you can get some info from it.

[ou365]

Let me know when you guys come through Oklahoma...i got the first round!

[tomk]

I'll meet ya in L.A..... I'm sure Blowndodge and the whole Calif. crew will too!

Absolutely!

[rickyboy]

JRD,
If you're planning it for next year and it's not an invitation only ....keep me posted. Or {"invite me"}I'd love to do a trip like that with a bunch of like minded people. I'm going to ride down from Vancouver to the Grand Canyon area this summer but I only have 2 wks. so I'll have time to see a bit of it. Keep me posted and on the list if you want to set this up. Where would it be starting from?
Rickyboy

[jrd]

JRD,
If you're planning it for next year and it's not an invitation only ....keep me posted. Or {"invite me"}I'd love to do a trip like that with a bunch of like minded people. I'm going to ride down from Vancouver to the Grand Canyon area this summer but I only have 2 wks. so I'll have time to see a bit of it. Keep me posted and on the list if you want to set this up. Where would it be starting from?
Rickyboy

I would be leaving from Racine, WI. Which is just south of Milwaukee, get on Route 66 in Chicago, and follow it all the way out to California. I think I will have to do it in 09, I don't think I can pool the resources to do that and the run to Washington that I will be making in June both in the same year. I'll keep ya posted.

John

Mac rode part of old 66. I'm surprised he didn't chime in here yet.

As I recall, it didn't impress him all that much.

[jrd]

Mac rode part of old 66. I'm surprised he didn't chime in here yet.

As I recall, it didn't impress him all that much.

That's what I was wondering, is it really worth the effort to travel the entire route? Is there enough left on the road to make it worth the trip? If not, I would take an alternate route, but, I am planning a trip out to California next year. Got to fill in the Southern States you know

Thanks,
John

[flightdoc]

jrd,

If you do this in 2009. I would be very interested in going along. I read the article that TC mentioned and am very intrigued.

vin

[macmac]

I am new here and haven't been in every room.
I rode Rt 66 in parts, and found some parts can't be ridden at all unless you like the idea of riding on baked to stone loaves of bread spaced about 2 loaves distance from each other, like riding on railroad ties, only the spaces are deeper.

That was between Barstow and Needles and I wasted no time getting on boring I 40. In Az it is bits and pieces too some dirt, some not bad at all like in Williams.

Many things are gone, or were not seemingly open much if ever anymore. There was a tee pee like motel with lots of old cars, one at each tee pee. These were motel rooms once decked out top look like a tee pee, made of anything but canvass or buffaelo hides...

Some where there was one big arrow of 2 sticking in the ground...

So you can ride parts of old 66, and then you might find you just rode down a long dead end, only to be forced unless you are nuts and want to play dirt biker on a nomad. I got fed up in NM, and got off, went down to Carls Bad caverns.

I don't know east of that other than in Indiania I saw a sign saying I crossed on my way west.

I did like Williams, but for more reasons than Rt 66 as i am a buck skinner aka mountain man circa 1805-1840.

One caution is don't get near it if there will be rain.. I didn't see the rain because I missed it by maybe 15 minutes, but it washed big rocks an lots of sand into what was once a road.

So as long as you have gas, water to drink more than you need, don't mind turning back, all I can say is don't ride more in than you mind turning back.

Ain't nobody comin to get you either, so don't get hurt. I tinkered around in "Bagdad" Az playing with little lizards, and took a old sun beaten RT 66 logo pic in the road, smoked a bunch, and peed in the middle of that road and nuthin but buzzards took note.

[dogdoc]

be sure and take your k-y with you if your riding all the way to CA guys,,,,,