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Get all the books you can find on traveling the Road. Michael Wallis has a good one out.
Plan on no more tha about 200 to 250 miles per day if you reall intend to see the road. A lot of it is hard to find and requires some backtracking. You might go 20 miles just to ride on 3 miles of the road, and then go that 20 miles back. There are also a lot of things to see if you seek thm out, and that will take a lot of time.
It is a great experience if you don't rush it and miss a lot of things.
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