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13 Day Route 66 Self-guided Motorcycle Tour USA
Chicago, Illinois - Springfield, Illinois - Cuba, Missouri - Claremont, Oaklohama - Weatherford, Oaklohama - Amarillo, Texas - Santa Fe, New Mexico - Gallup, New Mexico - Grand Canyon, Arizona - Kingman, Arizona - Victorville, California - Los Angeles, California
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Tours USA
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California Sunriders are presenting you a time travel through nostalgic America, crossing the states of Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. You will stick to historic Route 66 for as much as possible and historic means true to the route. Lay down on a deserted stretch of 66 in the middle of nowhere, feel the road, and put your ear on the cracked asphalt to listen to a story of adventure and hope.
Key information
- Bike: rental or personal bike
- Terrain: asphalt
- Mileage: 3891 kilometers / 2429 miles
- Daily rides: 353.73 kilometers / 220.81 miles
- Meals: some breakfasts are included
Highlights
- Ride the famous route 66
- EXplore the "Windy City" of Chicago
- Starts in Chicago and ends in Los Angeles
- Visit the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park
- Harley Davidson motorcycle rental
- 12 nights accommodation
- Liability insurance
Skill level
- Beginner
11 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: German
Accommodation
You will be staying at three to four-star accommodations in prime locations throughout the tour. The hotels are biker friendly with motorcycle parking on site and also have restaurants on site or within walking distance.
Program
Follow us on the off ramp into a bygone era. Discover the 2,400 miles of Route 66 and see how America traveled in the 1920’s-60. Visit the wonderful old trading posts, filling stations, motels, diners and villages along the scenic "Mother Road".
Slow down and enjoy the scents of new mown hay and hickory smoke drifting from the pit barbeque chimneys. Stop and stroll through villages which haven't changed since they were bypassed by the interstate highway decades ago.
Pull over along a deserted stretch in the Mojave and listen to the hum of millions of wheels that have passed this way, each one on a quest to unknown fate. Stop at a Route 66 museum and get lost in their wonderful presentations about this truly amazing piece of road.
Even lay down on a deserted stretch of 66 in the middle of nowhere, feel the road and put your ear on the asphalt to listen to its story of adventure and hope.
We are presenting you a time travel through nostalgic America, crossing the states of Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. You will stick to the original Route 66 for as much as possible and original means true to the route.
You will meet remarkable people and characters who we will introduce to you along the way, people who make the true spirit of this journey. As you arrive at the pier in Santa Monica you too will be one of those who got their kicks on Route 66.
Day 1 Arrival Day
Welcome to Chicago! Please make your way to your hotel via shuttle, taxi, UBER; also the train is an option which departs for downtown Chicago right inside the O’Hare terminal.
Day 2 Chicago to Springfield (215 miles / 344 kilometers)
Say goodbye to Chicago and right away you find yourself riding down Historic Route 66. Today you'll go approximately 215 miles (345 km) from Chicago to the state capitol of Springfield.
Day 3 Springfield, Ill. to Cuba, Mo. (220 miles / 352 kilometers)
Today you ride through the picturesque scenery of small town mid-America to the beautiful rolling hills of the Ozarks. The first half of the day meanders through small farming towns and countryside until you reach the border between Illinois and Missouri.
The border is the famous Mississippi river where you stop to see the Chain of Rocks Bridge which became a part of original Route66 in 1936. After lunch you stop to see the Missouri Route 66 State Park, and then off to visit the outlaw Jesse James' hideout at Meramec Caverns. Finally you arrive in Cuba for a nice dinner and a good night's rest.
Day 4 Cuba, MO to Claremont, OK (306 miles / 490 kilometers)
After breakfast you start out on the longest day of our journey, 320 miles (515 km) to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Today you will weave your way from the rolling hills of the Ozarks through (another) Springfield, Joplin and Carthage until you reach Kansas. You stop for lunch in Kansas at the Little Brick Inn, formerly one of the banks robbed by Jesse James' gang. After less than 20 miles of Kansas you move into the beautiful scenery of eastern Oklahoma to our hotel in Claremont just East of Tulsa.
Day 5 Claremont, OK to Weatherford, OK (187 miles / 300 kilometers)
As you're leaving Tulsa you head toward western Oklahoma and its wide open spaces. Oklahoma is fortunate to have the most remaining miles of original Route 66 that are still good to ride. The majority of the day is spent riding the "Old 66" through pasture and prairie.
You will be stopping at the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Chandler, the Round Barn in Arcadia and riding the longest remaining stretch of the 1926-1935 alignment of the route. Finally you're ending up at our hotel in the ranching and college town of Weatherford.
Day 6 Weatherford, OK to Amarillo, TX (200 miles / 320 kilometers)
You start today with a brief 15 mile ride to the Route 66 museum in Clinton, where you will spend time learning more about the route and its importance in American history, and do some souvenir shopping. Then it's back on the road, passing through Great Plains, vast cattle ranches and small farming towns.
Today you leave Oklahoma and move into the second largest state, Texas. You will stop and see the beautiful U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, featured in the film "Cars" as Ramone's Body shop. Now you're off across the plains for a well deserved steak at the Big Texas Steak Ranch in Amarillo. Are you brave enough to attempt the 72-Ounce (2.02 Kilo) steak dinner challenge?
Day 7 Amarillo, TX to Santa Fe, NM (286 miles / 458 kilometers)
After breakfast you ride across town to see Cadillac Ranch; a crazy farmer who planted Cadillacs in his field, hoping to grow new ones. Then it's off to Adrian, Texas, home of the Midpoint Café and the halfway point of Historic 66. After stopping for a coffee you head off from the Great Plains into the natural splendor of the southwest. Riding through the
wide open spaces and into the Rocky Mountains, you arrive in the beautiful city of Santa Fe.
Day 8 Santa Fe, NM to Gallup, NM (210 miles / 336 kilometers)
It’s time to get back on the road. This morning you head out into the deserts of the southwest, to our first stop for lunch in Old Town Albuquerque. After lunch you head back out on the Route through the splendor of New Mexico’s natural beauty. You end the day in Gallup at the historic Route 66 El Rancho Hotel.
Day 9 Gallup, NM to Grand Canyon, AZ (280 miles / 450 kilometers)
Today you say goodbye to New Mexico and head into Arizona’s spectacular deserts. Our first stop is a visit through the Painted Desert & Petrified Forest National Park, where you take our time riding through the park stopping to take in its natural beauty.
Afterward you stop in Holbrook to see the Wigwam Motel’s teepee shaped rooms on our way to lunch. After lunch you stop to “Take it Easy” with the musical group the Eagles by “Standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona”. Then it’s off to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon.
Day 10 Grand Canyon, AZ to Kingman, CA (160 miles / 256 kilometers)
This morning you will have the opportunity to take an optional helicopter flight over Grand Canyon. Those who don’t want to fly can sleep in or have a relaxed breakfast before riding to the small town of Seligman where you’ll have time for shopping at the Route 66 shops. Afterward you make your way to Hackberry and then Kingman for the night.
Day 11 Kingman, AZ. to Victorville, CA (250 miles / 400 kilometers)
You head out to the curviest part of Route 66, the Oatman Highway to its namesake Oatman, AZ. Here you stop to see one of the few remaining old west’s gold mining towns and its curious four legged inhabitants, left behind when the miners abandoned the mines. After this little detour you are reaching the state of California and Needles, your next historic Route66 town.
Leaving Needles behind you’re riding over the Spirit Mountains into desolate and hot Mojave Desert. You stop in the old Route 66 town Amboy, located in the middle of nowhere and check out famous Roy’s Motel and Café. After a brief stop you continue on to your lunch stop in Barstow and then on to see Elmer’s Bottle Tree ranch.
After a hot day riding through the desert your hotel’s refreshing pool beckons you to take a cool dip and relax before your last day of riding tomorrow.
Day 12 Victorville, CA to Los Angeles, CA (115 miles / 185 kilometers)
Today is your last day of riding, after breakfast you head down from Victorville to the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica Pier. You ride through almost a hundred miles of the metropolis of the greater Los Angeles area to the end of Historic Route 66 at Santa Monica’s world-famous pier.
Here you take your time going to the end marker plaque, and then have a nice lunch on the pier. Afterwards you’ll have some time to look around the pier or dip your toes in the ocean before you have to say goodbye to the West Coast and return home.
Day 13 Departure Day
Today is the day to pack your bags and head home, filled with the experiences and memories of the “Mother Road”, Historic Route 66, the “Main Street of America”. Have a safe journey home and we hope to see you back for another motorcycling sunride through the United States. Bon Voyage, Auf Wiedersehen, Adios, Arrivederci and See Ya!
Skill level
Beginner
- Can ride for two to three hours
- Minimal riding experience
- Assistance required
- Comfortable with curves and leans
- Basic experience with unsurfaced roads
- Short distance ascents and descents
A valid motorcycle license is required to rent a motorcycle or ride a motorcycle on California Sunriders tours. Please note that California Sunriders can not always guarantee your first choice of Harley Davidson. Please submit a second and third choice of the requested Harley Davidson model.
Location
This tour starts in Chicago, Ilinois and ends in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Food
Some hotels offer complimentary breakfast and evening meals on this tour.
Things to do (optional)
In this tour, you will have the opportunity to explore Route 66 museums, diners, and sites along the route. You may also go on an optional Chicago sightseeing and city tours, Grand Canyon helicopter ride, and Los Angeles city tour.
What's included
- 12 nights accommodation
- Basic liability insurance
- Harley Davidson motorcycle rental
- Helmets (limited)
- One way fee
- Road book with suggested routes and tour information
- Sales tax
- Some breakfasts
- Unlimited mileage
What's not included
- Drinks
- Entrances fees
- Fuel
- Insurance
- Meals
How to get there
Arrival by taxi
Please take a taxi and arrive at the rental location as described in your travel documents from California Sunriders.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 60 days before arrival.
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