Las Vegas and Route 66 ride

[fastbikemaniac]

Currently working out in Las Vegas,
20 of us decided to hire a load or new Harleys (mine has 2 miles on the clock!)

Headed down the strip then out to the Hoover Dam, into Arizona, then onto Route 66 into some place in the middle of no-where. (approx 240 miles)

Then back onto Route 66, into some of the twistiest roads I've ridden on, with shear drops down into the canyons below!

Through a load of towns, then into one called Needles, through California and then back up to Las Vegas via the strip.

Total just over 500 miles.

Saw one Blackbird the whole time... :bow:

The Harley I rode had everything, surround sound stereo, heated grips, cruise control etc.
Also accelerated like a dog, got blown all over the place by the wind and hlandling was something you got used to, does grind well around the bends!
No matter what you did would only do 110, 6th gear didn't really do anything.

Made me wish I'd done the same journey on the Bird, but as it was Route 66 I spose your meant to do it on a Harley.

Anyone know how to work out the size of the engine, its either 103 or 105 cubic inches.....

 

[NicG]

1 cubic inch = 16.387 cubic centimetres

103 cubic inches is 1687.9 cubic centimetres

105 cubic inches is 1720.6 cubic centimetres

 

[Allan]

Stayed at The Venetian in 2007, what a hotel, during part of our 3K trip on BMW 1200 GS's hired out of San Francisco.

 

[fastbikemaniac]

Stayed at The Venetian in 2007, what a hotel, during part of our 3K trip on BMW 1200 GS's hired out of San Francisco.

been out to Vegas 7 times now, must have spent nearly 6 months there.

It does start to lose its charm after a while!

 

[king of the castle]

been out to Vegas 7 times now, must have spent nearly 6 months there.

It does start to lose its charm after a while!

cool and know what your saying, but have you gone further a field? been to seattle, Stayed a month with my sister,with my nipper that was hes a grown man now!! it was stunning, seeing the wild life and even salmon spourning and then dying and the yanks just carry on as if its normal, well it is to them,

mount raineer, again breath taking standing on the edge and looking around, its that high up there was snow all around,and folk just sking, here there and everywhere,

the needle now thats a must!! sitting there eating and the world is spining around.

down town was ace to, even found an almost british pub, with irish barmaid and boy was she lovely,.... even tried to pull me and my bro8rfl@ but knocked her back as she was a smoker urck!!

seeing yanks in there own habitate, dressed up to the nines in there sunday best,

my bro has moved to florida but hes vanished, so need to track him down to visit!!

I did want to go off on a bike but driving on the wrong side of the road and having to stop for a stop sign in the middle of the road that was a bit weird!! so we caught the bus or sister took us, and bro drive down from detroit.

keep saying ill go back beautful country just a pity its full of yanks8rfl@

 

[king of the castle]

oh and did see some stonking bikes some where like 2 litres!! and bigger massive things just sat there, and bugger as always i left the camcorder at my sisters!!!