Route 66

[Vantage man]

Fancy doing the US next year and has to be route 66 on a Harley anyone on here done it ? If so what is it like

[Newbey]

There is not that much of it left is there?

I drove the longest stretch (i think) and that wasn't that long - about an hours drive.

[SwanJack]

There was program about this on the Travel Channel

http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/series-info.asp?ser...

DVD available it seems.

[Spudler]

Its about 90% drivable now. Along I40 you'll be on and off Route66 quite a bit as the road sometimes just comes to a dead-end and your stareing onto a field. Make sure you do your homework as there's a couple of ghost towns along the way.

[TomOSmith]

It's a great drive, though a lot of it is disappearing. Not that easy to navigate (and I'm one of those types who likes maps) and lots of it disappointingly runs alongside the freeway (so you go slowly and have all the visual monotony). We did Pittsburgh to San Diego, with "small" detours to Austin and the Grand Canyon in three weeks (some people take upwards of a year!), that was quite a lot of driving with about two touristy type stops and lunch per day (though we weren't spritely in the morning). The best bits are definitely the small towns who make the most of their Route 66 history (Baxter Springs in Kansas and Las Vegas in New Mexico pulling out all the stops). On a bike I imagine you're going to want to time it right weather wise as Arizona was pretty hot at the end of September and after November Illinois is going to be cold. If you like driving holidays with lots of driving it's a good one.

[RDMcG]

Lots of it quite junky but there are numerous books and driving articles available..here are a few:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=sea...

a couple of old shots I took:

[Vantage man]

Great thanks for the advice. Never been to the US before and I think this is the trip to do. Either that or the four corners

[Newbey]

Also consider a tour of the West Coast.
Starting in San Diego and heading up to San Fran, then through Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas, Grand Canyon and little bit of route 66.

Awesome trip.

[shoebag]

I drove from L.A to Chicago 2 years ago in 10 days aiming to do most of Route 66. I had to miss chunks of it out because of time. Sometimes it disappears completely and at other times it can run parallel to the interstate. Although I only had 10 days I managed to make stops and on occasions slight detours to the Grand Canyon, the observatory at Flagstaff which is open at night and I got to see Jupiter, the Cadillac graveyard and to go up to the top of the St Louis Arch in a tiny cage.

[drive2tractors]

We did a small stretch last week on our way from Las Vegas to Sedona, I think we were lucky that the bits we did were interesting:









All helped by having a 6.2 L V8 Camaro!
d2t

[Vantage man]

Looks fantastic !!!

[joe20vt]

A few from the New Mexico and Texas part.
its a good challange some of it is not paved and some bridges are non existant in the south. i did some when going from new mexico to Florida.
now that a lot of it has gone there are probably better drives like CA, NV, AZ.

[drive2tractors]

A few more:









Heads up display:



Fire Engine!!

Edited by drive2tractors on Saturday 4th December 18:44

[JulesV]

Seven of us (eight including an inflatable alien) did a fantastic road trip a couple of years ago from Phoenix to New York, taking in much of Route 66. Amazing empty roads, ghost towns, some stunning architecture and scenery.