old rt 66 - garmin gps maps
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A couple of good stops are Hogs & Hot Rods bar on old rt 66 just outside of Joplin MO, The Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum in Miami OK, Seligman AZ. Oatman Arizona is on old Rt 66 and a great stop
http://www.desertusa.com/oatman/du_oatman.html
http://www.desertusa.com/oatman/du_oatman.html
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I rode that section (Kingman to just past Seligman) in January. Just amazing.
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I did this ride with the HOG Route 66 Tour last September. Fabulous and I encourage you to do it.
You will find no pre-made GPS maps that work. You will need to create your own. Here's how:
1) Buy the EZ 66 Guide for Travelers by Jerry McClanahan. It has detailed maps of each segment of Route 66 and great info about the route and places to see along the way.
2) Using Harley's Ride Planner, map the route as detailed in the EZ Guide. This is a painstaking process because you have to get to a very tight level of detail to follow the old Route 66 alignment. You can then save your route and export it to your Garmin.
I made a separate file for each day of the HOG Tour.
3) You can always "bail out" and jump up on the Interstate if the weather's bad or the road is in bad shape. But, the more time you spend following the Old Route 66, the better the experience.
I would avoid AT ALL COSTS the old road from Amboy, CA to Newberry Springs, CA. If you must see the Bagdad Cafe, it's between two exits off I-40.
You will love this trip. Allow extra time, as there's a lot to see.
You will find no pre-made GPS maps that work. You will need to create your own. Here's how:
1) Buy the EZ 66 Guide for Travelers by Jerry McClanahan. It has detailed maps of each segment of Route 66 and great info about the route and places to see along the way.
2) Using Harley's Ride Planner, map the route as detailed in the EZ Guide. This is a painstaking process because you have to get to a very tight level of detail to follow the old Route 66 alignment. You can then save your route and export it to your Garmin.
I made a separate file for each day of the HOG Tour.
3) You can always "bail out" and jump up on the Interstate if the weather's bad or the road is in bad shape. But, the more time you spend following the Old Route 66, the better the experience.
I would avoid AT ALL COSTS the old road from Amboy, CA to Newberry Springs, CA. If you must see the Bagdad Cafe, it's between two exits off I-40.
You will love this trip. Allow extra time, as there's a lot to see.
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I did this ride with the HOG Route 66 Tour last September. Fabulous and I encourage you to do it.
You will find no pre-made GPS maps that work. You will need to create your own. Here's how:
1) Buy the EZ 66 Guide for Travelers by Jerry McClanahan. It has detailed maps of each segment of Route 66 and great info about the route and places to see along the way.
2) Using Harley's Ride Planner, map the route as detailed in the EZ Guide. This is a painstaking process because you have to get to a very tight level of detail to follow the old Route 66 alignment. You can then save your route and export it to your Garmin.
I made a separate file for each day of the HOG Tour.
3) You can always "bail out" and jump up on the Interstate if the weather's bad or the road is in bad shape. But, the more time you spend following the Old Route 66, the better the experience.
I would avoid AT ALL COSTS the old road from Amboy, CA to Newberry Springs, CA. If you must see the Bagdad Cafe, it's between two exits off I-40.
You will love this trip. Allow extra time, as there's a lot to see.
You will find no pre-made GPS maps that work. You will need to create your own. Here's how:
1) Buy the EZ 66 Guide for Travelers by Jerry McClanahan. It has detailed maps of each segment of Route 66 and great info about the route and places to see along the way.
2) Using Harley's Ride Planner, map the route as detailed in the EZ Guide. This is a painstaking process because you have to get to a very tight level of detail to follow the old Route 66 alignment. You can then save your route and export it to your Garmin.
I made a separate file for each day of the HOG Tour.
3) You can always "bail out" and jump up on the Interstate if the weather's bad or the road is in bad shape. But, the more time you spend following the Old Route 66, the better the experience.
I would avoid AT ALL COSTS the old road from Amboy, CA to Newberry Springs, CA. If you must see the Bagdad Cafe, it's between two exits off I-40.
You will love this trip. Allow extra time, as there's a lot to see.
Mark10 - How long are you going to be in So Cal? Are you planning on hitting some of the local bike hangs?
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From: la grange, il (near chicago)
i have only 2 weeks off (wks of june 20th and 27th), so here is kinda my thinking
chicago to LA using rt 66 about 2500 miles
LA to chicago - direct - about 2000 miles
lv after work on fri jun 17. drive hopefully past st louis. about 6 hours and 300 miles. i drive between here and st louis so i don't really have to spend time on this portion of the route.
then for the next 9-10 days do an average of around 250 per day. that takes me up to the 26th or 27th.
coming home i would like to plan on only 400 miles per day, so that would be 5 days. that would be i have to leave the morn of jun 30th ( i have monday july 4th off)
so that leaves me 3 xtra days. i am thinking seriously of leaving LA on the 29th, just to give me an extra day to get home which could be used to do some xtra sight seeing or just to get home earlier or to take a more leasurely ride home.
now we are down to 2 xtra days. i could use those any which way. so they might get used up on the way out to do some side trips. or could be use in LA just to rest up. i will leave the use of those up to trip and just see what happens.
that being said, suggestions are always welcome if you know of a fun place
chicago to LA using rt 66 about 2500 miles
LA to chicago - direct - about 2000 miles
lv after work on fri jun 17. drive hopefully past st louis. about 6 hours and 300 miles. i drive between here and st louis so i don't really have to spend time on this portion of the route.
then for the next 9-10 days do an average of around 250 per day. that takes me up to the 26th or 27th.
coming home i would like to plan on only 400 miles per day, so that would be 5 days. that would be i have to leave the morn of jun 30th ( i have monday july 4th off)
so that leaves me 3 xtra days. i am thinking seriously of leaving LA on the 29th, just to give me an extra day to get home which could be used to do some xtra sight seeing or just to get home earlier or to take a more leasurely ride home.
now we are down to 2 xtra days. i could use those any which way. so they might get used up on the way out to do some side trips. or could be use in LA just to rest up. i will leave the use of those up to trip and just see what happens.
that being said, suggestions are always welcome if you know of a fun place
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From: South FL
I think they already think about our two wheels feature.
Here is the link: http://www.h-dmadmaps.com/product_in...products_id=78
If you can way until mid-July, then you can tag along with my group.
BTW: Are you gonna DRIVE a car, or RIDE a bike?
Have fun anyway.
Nick
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From: Moore, Oklahoma
Theres a good peice of it left from Joplin down to Tulsa and continuous from Tulsa to just north of Oklahoma City (Edmond). The Tulsa to OKC run is very nice and decent road. Its pretty much gone other than some short runs through the citys along I40 from Oklahoma City, OK to Seligman, AZ. I40 is very boring through there too
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From: Kingman, AZ
Almost forgot, when coming in from the east after Flagstaff you might want to get off at Bellemont, AZ. Nice medium size Grand Canyon branch dealership and a restaurant. If you are into Easy Rider the little hotel they were kicked out of is still there on that short section of 66.
We rode west of it on 66 also where there is a large Route 66 in the road as they tend to do here but it got very bad after 1.5 miles.
However if a stop there is not worth it to you as you are heading west on I-40 do not go all the way to Seligman. Just after Ash Fork, AZ there is a Crookston Rd exit. Crookston goes northeast but west it is an additional 15 mile or so stretch of Route 66 that dumps into Seligman. I can never figure out why that extra stretch is ignored but it has a nice elevation change and is well maintained. Might as well get a 170 - 175 mile continuous stretch in!
As IronAss mentioned try and get to the old 1928 original alignment just outside of Kingman to Oatman, AZ. In the 40's they realigned where I-40 is now but that twisty road with the ruins of Gold Road, AZ (mining town), Cool Springs and Oatman is a great section. Easy ride from Oatman to Needles where the CA search for 66 starts and stops again.
We rode west of it on 66 also where there is a large Route 66 in the road as they tend to do here but it got very bad after 1.5 miles.
However if a stop there is not worth it to you as you are heading west on I-40 do not go all the way to Seligman. Just after Ash Fork, AZ there is a Crookston Rd exit. Crookston goes northeast but west it is an additional 15 mile or so stretch of Route 66 that dumps into Seligman. I can never figure out why that extra stretch is ignored but it has a nice elevation change and is well maintained. Might as well get a 170 - 175 mile continuous stretch in!
As IronAss mentioned try and get to the old 1928 original alignment just outside of Kingman to Oatman, AZ. In the 40's they realigned where I-40 is now but that twisty road with the ruins of Gold Road, AZ (mining town), Cool Springs and Oatman is a great section. Easy ride from Oatman to Needles where the CA search for 66 starts and stops again.
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