Route 66 trip

[Tom in NM]

What have I done!?

. . . . did I just invite everyone on the forum to stay at my house next year?! :yikes:
Tom

How big is your house Tom? We have a tent, how big is your yard? LOL

How big is your tent? If it is Brian-size, no way!

Party @ Toms!:clap:

Well it is true, your new Avatar fits. Sorry, no ABBA played here.

Tom

 

[Trickie Dick]

My first big trip with my Spyder was route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago. Since the Spyder was my first motor cycle ever, this made it my first motorcycle trip of any great length. Good fun. It would be better coming from Chicago to Santa Monica as it just gets weirder as you go west.

Get a set of "Here It Is" maps from Ghost Town Press. Route 66 is not real easy to follow. Better yet get a GPS down load of the route, or you will spend a lot of time navigating.

If you can only do a part of Route 66 then go from Oklahoma City to Santa Monica. East of Oklahoma City it is pretty much just a road (no offense intended to those who are in love with that part of it. It is a nice road)

Stay in a Wigwam Motel. They are pretty cheap and way better than you would think.

Be prepared to meet a lot of European bikers. It must be a thing with them to rent Harleys in Chicago and ride to California. If only they could do it on a Spyder.....Nice bunch of people.

On this trip I sent e mails to friends to let them know what I was doing. At the end I sent the entire thing to BRP as part of their "My favorite rides' contest. They gave me a serious piece of change for my story. Well it was serious to me as I have no money. I don't know if you can still find it on their website.

Good luck with your trip. Keep us all informed. I plan to go to Alaska next year but if that falls through I may just join up and get my kicks once again.

I read that trip report and thought it was great. Made me want to make the trip. I highly recommend to anyone planning route 66 trip. :2thumbs:
Dick

 

[Desert Spyder]

Bob Naquin, sorry, I don't know his handle here, wrote a great article last year on his trip on the Mother Road.

http://spyder.brp.com/en-US/Share/C...l?TripId=5ac80ce4-d7b0-4bdd-9fd2-8617b6388704

I always looked forward to reading his next post with great pictures. I met him at the Universal Studios parking lot at the owners rally. Nice guy!

He and I have the same barber.