Route 66
Jul 4th 2007, 6:07 pm
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Route 66
Anybody done it? Or know someone who has?
Jul 4th 2007, 6:41 pm
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Jul 4th 2007, 6:48 pm
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Re: Route 66
Route 66, as in Route 66 in the USA?
Unless you mean the super sized drink carton then I'm sorry to inform you that route 66, as it was, ceased to exist over 20 years ago. Some parts still exist, although usually renamed "historical route 66" and running for short stretches (often resulting in a dead-end). I drove parts of it in New Mexico and Arizona. I managed to find an old diner that had been restored to a 1960's feel on 'Historical' Route 66 and get a peak of what it may have looked like in its former glory - very nostalgic. Sadly many parts of it (at least the parts I saw i AZ and NM) are run down and neglected.
Unless you mean the super sized drink carton then I'm sorry to inform you that route 66, as it was, ceased to exist over 20 years ago. Some parts still exist, although usually renamed "historical route 66" and running for short stretches (often resulting in a dead-end). I drove parts of it in New Mexico and Arizona. I managed to find an old diner that had been restored to a 1960's feel on 'Historical' Route 66 and get a peak of what it may have looked like in its former glory - very nostalgic. Sadly many parts of it (at least the parts I saw i AZ and NM) are run down and neglected.
Jul 4th 2007, 7:04 pm
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Re: Route 66
Route 66, as in Route 66 in the USA?
Unless you mean the super sized drink carton then I'm sorry to inform you that route 66, as it was, ceased to exist over 20 years ago. Some parts still exist, although usually renamed "historical route 66" and running for short stretches (often resulting in a dead-end). I drove parts of it in New Mexico and Arizona. I managed to find an old diner that had been restored to a 1960's feel on 'Historical' Route 66 and get a peak of what it may have looked like in its former glory - very nostalgic. Sadly many parts of it (at least the parts I saw i AZ and NM) are run down and neglected.
Unless you mean the super sized drink carton then I'm sorry to inform you that route 66, as it was, ceased to exist over 20 years ago. Some parts still exist, although usually renamed "historical route 66" and running for short stretches (often resulting in a dead-end). I drove parts of it in New Mexico and Arizona. I managed to find an old diner that had been restored to a 1960's feel on 'Historical' Route 66 and get a peak of what it may have looked like in its former glory - very nostalgic. Sadly many parts of it (at least the parts I saw i AZ and NM) are run down and neglected.
Jul 4th 2007, 7:22 pm
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Jul 4th 2007, 7:27 pm
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Re: Route 66
12 days by this guy .....
http://blogs.reuters.com/category/fr...-66-revisited/
http://blogs.reuters.com/category/fr...-66-revisited/
Jul 5th 2007, 8:16 am
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Re: Route 66
Hi M E, i have but about 15 years ago, bought a bike in the usa and rode as much of the old route as we could find, sold the bike the other end(it took us nearly 4 weeks to ride, what with all the drinking and shagging in between !!)..should write a book about it one day..
Im Just about to start a dubai bikers web forum for off road and road bikers in Dubai will let you know when its up(the site that is !!)
rode back to the uk through iran etc, much more fun
i;ll keep posted.x
Jul 5th 2007, 10:27 am
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Re: Route 66
Hi M E, i have but about 15 years ago, bought a bike in the usa and rode as much of the old route as we could find, sold the bike the other end(it took us nearly 4 weeks to ride, what with all the drinking and shagging in between !!)..should write a book about it one day..
Im Just about to start a dubai bikers web forum for off road and road bikers in Dubai will let you know when its up(the site that is !!)
rode back to the uk through iran etc, much more fun
i;ll keep posted.x
Im Just about to start a dubai bikers web forum for off road and road bikers in Dubai will let you know when its up(the site that is !!)
rode back to the uk through iran etc, much more fun
i;ll keep posted.x
Watched a program on it last nite and I foolishly agreed to doing it on the back of a Harley
It has been one of his dreams for a long time. I guess if we discount the drinking and sh*gging you did, we'd do it in 2 weeks or less!! I did notice that there are lot of burger joints along the way and just worried I'd come back 2 stone heavier!
Jul 5th 2007, 10:30 am
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Re: Route 66
Sounds interesting! Please do keep me posted on the forum. Hubby would love it.
Watched a program on it last nite and I foolishly agreed to doing it on the back of a Harley It has been one of his dreams for a long time. I guess if we discount the drinking and sh*gging you did, we'd do it in 2 weeks or less!! I did notice that there are lot of burger joints along the way and just worried I'd come back 2 stone heavier!
Watched a program on it last nite and I foolishly agreed to doing it on the back of a Harley
It has been one of his dreams for a long time. I guess if we discount the drinking and sh*gging you did, we'd do it in 2 weeks or less!! I did notice that there are lot of burger joints along the way and just worried I'd come back 2 stone heavier!
