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route 66

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by boldstar, May 7, 2013.

  1. boldstar

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    a burning question my ambition would be to ride the full 2.650 miles or so from the windy city to L.A.just been to a museum near where i live.where a guy called billy connelly did route 66 on his trike.so my question is has any of you guys did part or all of the mother road??i have put a pic of his beast on my gallery incase it does not upload
     
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  2. Kilted_to_the_Max(im)

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    Route 66 is pretty rough in parts now. Maybe a trike I could see, being they are pretty much convertibles anyway.

    I expect better of Billy, wtf? Why is he not on a Bonneville with a claymore, lopping off the heads of the English? ^_^
     
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    I have done part of it. In 2009 a friend on his 2006 Venture and me on my 2000 Venture rode 11,155 miles from July 14 to August 15. That is a lot of riding in 32 days. Route 66 is not a complete route as it use to be. We were in Arizona when we rode part of route 66. Route 66 joins some interstates highways for stretches and then splits back off. Still a neat old highway. :D
     
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    When you can still find it. I've ridden bits and sections myself but it's getting harder to find any vestiges of the "old Route" any more.

    When I was a kid (in the '50s) it was THE route from Chicago to St. Louis; to this day I can remember the rhythmic thumping of the expansion joints as we rolled along in my Dad's old Pontiac convertible...
     
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