There are a few museums in towns along the way, but most (like 99%) of the funky old restaurants, diners, gas stations, and motels are dead and gone. Mainly I-55, I-44, and I-40.Īll the towns along the way have tried to keep "Route 66" alive, but it's a losing battle. Route 66 today is more of an idea and a memory than an actual thing.Īs has been mentioned, it's been replaced by interstates. The last section of "US Route 66" was decommissioned in the 1980s. For that matter, maybe you could find someone willing to rent you their bike for a couple of weeks. Or you could always arrange to buy a used V-Strom 650 or something and then resell it when you're done with it perhaps an ADV inmate in whatever city you'll be flying into would be willing to help out. You could probably actually ship your bike over here and back for less than that.
Assuming two weeks at typical rates, you're looking at something like $1500. There's no shortage of them, and this site is a great place to gain a little local knowledge and advice, or even find people willing to show you around a little.Īlso, motorcycle rental is really expensive.
My advice instead would be the same as others have already said: work out a nice loop through scenic parts of the country over roads that are great to ride. And the parts that aren't are mostly suburban arteries featuring lots of strip malls and stop-and-go traffic. and then I realised that the vast majority of these roads nowadays are just interstate highways or major state highways. I used to think about planning tours of nostalgic American roads such as Rt 66 and the Lincoln Highway.
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