Just left Las Vegas and are currently at Lake Havasu Arizona and will be riding a few bits of Route 66 tomorrow mate. We are on a 5 month trip from our Home in the Canadian Rockies in our Toyhauler with our Goldwing. You so need to join the club with a Toyhauler so Nat can be the support team. Thanks so much for all the TOP TIPS.
@@BrazenBrits Natalie take a Look at Alliance’s 36 V 11 Toy hauler that’s what we have because in British Columbia you can only pull an RV under 40 foot unless you go take a Commercial Vehicle License. Alliance have also just launched a tow behind toy hauler that might be of interest. We used to tour on our Yamaha FJR 1300 all over the UK and Western Canada using hotels but it got so hit and miss that we bought a toy hauler so that we have our own bedroom. Talk to Todd n Sheila about the Grand Design too. That said we were just about to order a Grand Design Toy Hauler when they did a video that featured our rig and so we bought the Alliance. $120,000 Canadian sight unseen.
Nice update. We loved following you guys on this trip. Your Bit humor shines through often, especially with Nat. She is so funny, with her responses to you. Loved seeing John and hope he has a safe trip home. Thank you for sharing your lives with us.
Thanks John, it was great fun doing the trip and filming it all to be able to watch it back whenever I want to. Made it back safely home, back to the daily grind now!! 😊
The wife and I did that exact same trip on a 99 Harley Ultra in 2019 and then Stood on a Corner in Winslow Arizona! Our Bucket List completed when I was 72 and the wife 65! We're from Ontario Canada!
I don’t mind that you cast me aside! 😂 Good info in here though, and quite surprising that it was pretty much the same cost for me on my own as for the two of you, but I suppose I did pay a lot on flights so that would bring it down for someone doing it on their own that already lived in the US… Going to miss these coming out every Sunday! Definitely going to miss our intro too! Maybe we bring it back with our next adventure? 🤔😁
Awesome info! Having had a Honda Gold Wing back in the day, I can relate to a lot of it. Not sure if I'd want to do 21 full riding days (almost). BTW, we miss Jon's ugly mug already! 🤣 🇨🇦
Informative wrap up! I have no desire to do what u guys did, maybe that’s why it was so interesting to me. 🍻 Ps…ok! nag, nag, nag, I got the hint…last time roll the intro 🙁, I’m gonna go pout now…
Will have to check the links but trip wizard looks like a must. We really enjoyed the whole series and look forward to what ever adventures you head out on. But if you ever want to go back and do it again, I know 2 people that would want to live that adventure....just saying 🙂🙂 I think I even know someone who would ride shot gun with Natalie, if there was a support vehicle...lol !!! This video was full of fantastic planning tips...thanks Continued success folks Cheers🍻
That’s a lot of gear to put on but it’s for your safety too! It looks like you guys were sweating in the gear. I don’t know how you all did it in the rain. It must have been difficult. But I think you all did great on them bikes.
Glad to to see you would do it again but not on a bike but in an Rv. A can would be great too! Hope to see you all come out here again. Love you guys! Hope you have a great and Happy Thanksgiving!🍽🦃🍁
@@BrazenBrits Oh it’s ok! Glad her parents came into visit with you over the holiday! That’s great they came for a visit. Thanksgiving is a great way to spend the holiday. Christmas too!
In Australia we can get really hot winds which dry out your eyes when riding, I use a eye spray to keep them moist. It may not have been just allergies
We loved it your trip ❤ We have done it 5 years 17 18 19 21 22 On our Goldwing 17 22 we had our trailer which was nice for having more water😀😀😀 Thanks again for memories
@@BrazenBrits We usually do it in June Keep us up If an when you go What part of Florida you In We are in Cocoa Beach 1st week in October each year Maybe we can visit😀 Thanks
I'm doing this trip in may 2024. I didn't even think about planning to be honest. I'm about 35 miles away from the start of route 66 and just gonna cruise.
Yeah, it worries me a bit. Although i am certain i will miss a lot of things on the way and back. Gonna be wild doing it solo on a 2017 forty eight lol@@BrazenBrits
You are absolutely awesome guys! Thank so much for Route 66 series🔥 Got all the answers for my 22 days H-D trip from Santa Monica to Chicago I’m going this May. Thank you 🙏 p.s. Can’t find the blog post about your gear😢
@@BrazenBrits it is fantastic! Thank you for asking 🙏 Oatman part of the road was just mind blowing 🔥 We still on the road, made a quick detour to visit Memphis and Nashville. We are going to finish our trip on June 6th. p.s. Always happy to find your stickers on the stops 😉
I did see a lot of campsites along the way for sure! Check out the safest route around Oatman though. I wouldn’t want to end up on those roads with a RV 😆
Awesome video and very informative. Thanks for taking the time to put it together and sharing it. My wife and I are planning on doing Route 66 next year (2024). Do you have any recommendations on the time of year to do it? Thanks in advance.
Would love to ride across the US. Not sure on route. Is it mostly tacky tourist or scenery? Have you ridded any other US routes? We did a little bit of R 66 from the South Rim to LA a couple of years ago but mostly on the highway. My wife won't ride with me. So I go alone. She drove our support vehicle up to the Yukon, NWT, Arctic Ocean and round Alaska. We slept in the car in rest areas a few times when there were no vacancies. Not particularly comfortable but it worked. It worked really well for me not having to pack to much on the bike.
I bet the extra luggage was nice. Was tight on the bike only. Most scenery; not touristy rubbish when on Route 66 purely. The only touristy area was Oatman. But the sidewinder road into it is 100% worth it. We haven’t done many other routes… yet. But watch this space 😃
I drove old Route 66 with a buddy and we spent no more that $5k for 3 weeks from Santa Monica to Chicago, then booked it back home for the last week. You folks must’ve been luxury lol.
hi guys love your video,i would like to be the first group to cross route 66 on quad bikes,looking for some info if we can use some parts of route 66 off road????we are group of friends from Poland and we planning to do this in april 2025
That’s fantastic! That’s a great idea. Some of the route is on a mostly un-maintained road next to a new highway. If you really want to do the original road, there are sections that would be perfect for a quad! But, I’ll be honest, this is a small percentage of the whole Route. We rode next to the really old original route for a lot of the ride, but even on a quad, there is a lot that isn’t. It’s definitely a cool idea. We used an phone app called Navigation route66, that was excellent. However, their support was non-existent.
I think it was probably worth the $12,000.00 to do all this. It sure was fun though I tell. Glad you all were able to do what was on your bucket list yo do when you reached a certain age. Do you have any other adventure on your bucket list you would love to do?
sorry but when you spoke about the fuel/gas and said 91 the good stuff isnt that the bad stuff? Here in Aus 91 is the cheap stuff and 95-98 (95 in my gsxr750) is the good stuff.
Just found your great site, full of information and good advice, so thank you both. I would appreciate your honest opinion on the following if you would be so kind. Route 66 is a bucket list item that I need to do. I am based in the UK and having just turned 70, I need to get this organised. I was planning on riding with my wife on a Harley Ultra Limited, so two up with luggage. I currently have this bike in the UK and have covered over 100K miles touring Europe, so an experienced rider. This was the Bucket List Dream. However if I am honest, I am beginning to realise that the bike is getting a little heavy as I get older. My wife thinks the trip will be too much and has some concerns. I know we could do an organised trip with a tour group, so they carry the luggage in a support vehicle, but what if the dynamics of the group don't work. Also doing a solo trip means it can be extended both in time and what you want to see. We have toured the West Coast of the USA where we hired a Mustang Convertible which was great fun, so maybe not the dream ride but an alternative option considering our ages etc. Do you think you would have enjoyed your roadtrip and experiences as much if you were not riding the Harley? Appreciate your thoughts. Many thanks 🙂
@@alankemp3145 Jons response is - I don’t think it would have been any less enjoyable, in fact I’d happily do it again in a mustang convertible! Some things would be easier with a car, which I think would balance out the not being on a bike side of things. I don’t think there’s anything that we did that wouldn’t be as good in a car, and I 100% would do my own trip again, not with a guide and large group, for exactly the reasons you list but at 48 I did find it very tiring.
@@BrazenBrits Thank you so much for your prompt and honest reply, I really do appreciate that. I will plan the trip by car, really love your channel. Thanks again. 🙂
Just left Las Vegas and are currently at Lake Havasu Arizona and will be riding a few bits of Route 66 tomorrow mate.
We are on a 5 month trip from our Home in the Canadian Rockies in our Toyhauler with our Goldwing. You so need to join the club with a Toyhauler so Nat can be the support team.
Thanks so much for all the TOP TIPS.
Yes!! I wanna be in a toy hauler please 👏 ~ Natalie
@@BrazenBrits
Natalie take a Look at Alliance’s 36 V 11 Toy hauler that’s what we have because in British Columbia you can only pull an RV under 40 foot unless you go take a Commercial Vehicle License. Alliance have also just launched a tow behind toy hauler that might be of interest.
We used to tour on our Yamaha FJR 1300 all over the UK and Western Canada using hotels but it got so hit and miss that we bought a
toy hauler so that we have our own bedroom.
Talk to Todd n Sheila about the Grand Design too. That said we were just about to order a Grand Design Toy Hauler when they did a video that featured our rig and so we bought the Alliance. $120,000 Canadian sight unseen.
@@andycommonsincanada will be a pipe dream for now. We are in the process of upgrading and redesigning our current rig to make it work for us for now.
@@andycommonsincanada we do like our grand designs though
Interesting. Lots to think about .
Thankyou Phil 😃
Nice update. We loved following you guys on this trip. Your Bit humor shines through often, especially with Nat. She is so funny, with her responses to you. Loved seeing John and hope he has a safe trip home. Thank you for sharing your lives with us.
Thanks John, it was great fun doing the trip and filming it all to be able to watch it back whenever I want to. Made it back safely home, back to the daily grind now!! 😊
Thankyou John! You made Natalie’s evening 😄😄
#1 yippee!
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Yay Janelle ❤️
Thank you much for the details! It sounds like a “Trip of a lifetime”! Hoping Mr. John is doing well? Looking forward to your next adventure! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻
It truly was a trip of a lifetime! I’m doing very well thank you, but I do really miss the adventure we had! Almost seems like it was a dream now!
Thankyou guys for watching and commenting 👏❤️ we truly appreciate the support
The wife and I did that exact same trip on a 99 Harley Ultra in 2019 and then Stood on a Corner in Winslow Arizona! Our Bucket List completed when I was 72 and the wife 65! We're from Ontario Canada!
Awesome 👏 🤩
Great job ... Love the series ... Look forward to your next Adventure
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Awesome! We’re planning on doing Route 66 next year.
Fun!! 😃
New subs here. Excited to go watch the actual trip vlogs. This was a phenomenal wrap up!
Welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy watching the trip :)
I don’t mind that you cast me aside! 😂 Good info in here though, and quite surprising that it was pretty much the same cost for me on my own as for the two of you, but I suppose I did pay a lot on flights so that would bring it down for someone doing it on their own that already lived in the US…
Going to miss these coming out every Sunday! Definitely going to miss our intro too! Maybe we bring it back with our next adventure? 🤔😁
Yeah we didn’t include our flights in this or the expensive hotels.. our alcohol alone probably doubles this total 🤣🤣
That’s great that the Rv trip wizard works as well with the motor cycles as well as the Rv. I think you mapped it out very well. Great job!
It’s a really good product for sure!
Thanks for the info !
Love you guys, looking forward to your RV adventures!
Thankyou Beth ❤️
Awesome info! Having had a Honda Gold Wing back in the day, I can relate to a lot of it. Not sure if I'd want to do 21 full riding days (almost). BTW, we miss Jon's ugly mug already! 🤣 🇨🇦
Lol Gary! Sure there’s a compliment in there somewhere! 😂 I’ll be back though! 😎
@@snoopyjon1 😂 😂 😂 Glad to hear!
Thanks Gary we always enjoy your comments and support ❤️
Great info guys!
It’s almost like you were there 😁😆
Informative wrap up! I have no desire to do what u guys did, maybe that’s why it was so interesting to me. 🍻
Ps…ok! nag, nag, nag, I got the hint…last time roll the intro 🙁, I’m gonna go pout now…
I said that just for you 😝👍 no seriously, we are going to miss it too! But it won’t be forever! New adventures coming soon
Awesome adventure! Great planing. Awesome video and channel. New follower here. Crow✌️
Welcome aboard!
Will have to check the links but trip wizard looks like a must.
We really enjoyed the whole series and look forward to what ever adventures you head out on.
But if you ever want to go back and do it again, I know 2 people that would want to live that adventure....just saying 🙂🙂
I think I even know someone who would ride shot gun with Natalie, if there was a support vehicle...lol !!!
This video was full of fantastic planning tips...thanks
Continued success folks
Cheers🍻
Good to know and yes we will cover RV trip wizard in another video as it’s a good range of apps now. But the trip part is the best by far
That’s a lot of gear to put on but it’s for your safety too! It looks like you guys were sweating in the gear. I don’t know how you all did it in the rain. It must have been difficult. But I think you all did great on them bikes.
Thanks for following along on this adventure Sherri! Hopefully see you again soon
@@BrazenBrits
I would love to meet up with you both again. You are great people.
Glad to to see you would do it again but not on a bike but in an Rv. A can would be great too! Hope to see you all come out here again. Love you guys! Hope you have a great and Happy Thanksgiving!🍽🦃🍁
Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving, Natalie’s parents flew in last Wednesday so we’ve been slacking on comments!
@@BrazenBrits
Oh it’s ok! Glad her parents came into visit with you over the holiday! That’s great they came for a visit. Thanksgiving is a great way to spend the holiday. Christmas too!
In Australia we can get really hot winds which dry out your eyes when riding, I use a eye spray to keep them moist. It may not have been just allergies
Great point !
We loved it your trip ❤
We have done it 5 years 17 18 19 21 22
On our Goldwing
17 22 we had our trailer which was nice for having more water😀😀😀
Thanks again for memories
Awesome! We can’t wait to do it again. Thanks Harris
@@BrazenBrits We usually do it in June
Keep us up If an when you go
What part of Florida you In
We are in Cocoa Beach 1st week in October each year
Maybe we can visit😀
Thanks
@@harriswaller7002 we are over by Ocala! So yes we are here over the winter. Heading out May next year if plans don’t get messed up again.
@@BrazenBrits Great we come thru Chiefland and East to Ocala then Florida 40 across to Daytona then To Cocoa
Maybe see ya
We are in Indiana Snow here We have timeshare each October I will email you
Thanks
I'm doing this trip in may 2024. I didn't even think about planning to be honest. I'm about 35 miles away from the start of route 66 and just gonna cruise.
I did this before in my built out van, about 7,400 miles total. Was fun but nothing like on a motorcycle.
Wingin it is the best way 😄
Yeah, it worries me a bit. Although i am certain i will miss a lot of things on the way and back. Gonna be wild doing it solo on a 2017 forty eight lol@@BrazenBrits
you jump into some beautiful water at the start of this video, where is it?! i wanna jump in too! :D
It was awesome. Santa Rosa. Check out somewhere around 10 mins here: th-cam.com/video/v5TShREP62U/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pKslKQ7Rsz7x-X9F
You are absolutely awesome guys! Thank so much for Route 66 series🔥
Got all the answers for my 22 days H-D trip from Santa Monica to Chicago I’m going this May. Thank you 🙏
p.s. Can’t find the blog post about your gear😢
Fantastic! We’re so jealous! We’d do it again in a heartbeat! Good luck on your trip, keep us updated!
I’ll check with Natalie about the blogpost 👍
How was your trip??
@@BrazenBrits it is fantastic! Thank you for asking 🙏 Oatman part of the road was just mind blowing 🔥
We still on the road, made a quick detour to visit Memphis and Nashville. We are going to finish our trip on June 6th.
p.s. Always happy to find your stickers on the stops 😉
It's been fun to watch this series. I'm into moto camping, how good is Route 66 for campgrounds?
I did see a lot of campsites along the way for sure! Check out the safest route around Oatman though. I wouldn’t want to end up on those roads with a RV 😆
Awesome video and very informative. Thanks for taking the time to put it together and sharing it. My wife and I are planning on doing Route 66 next year (2024). Do you have any recommendations on the time of year to do it? Thanks in advance.
Thankyou 😃 We did it in May and the weather was pretty good all round! We’ve heard October is pretty mild also.
@@BrazenBrits thanks for reply. Be safe.
Would love to ride across the US. Not sure on route. Is it mostly tacky tourist or scenery? Have you ridded any other US routes? We did a little bit of R 66 from the South Rim to LA a couple of years ago but mostly on the highway.
My wife won't ride with me. So I go alone. She drove our support vehicle up to the Yukon, NWT, Arctic Ocean and round Alaska. We slept in the car in rest areas a few times when there were no vacancies. Not particularly comfortable but it worked.
It worked really well for me not having to pack to much on the bike.
I bet the extra luggage was nice. Was tight on the bike only. Most scenery; not touristy rubbish when on Route 66 purely. The only touristy area was Oatman. But the sidewinder road into it is 100% worth it. We haven’t done many other routes… yet. But watch this space 😃
any recomendation
Great series enjoyed it. Some great info !!
Thanks Dave ☺️
I drove old Route 66 with a buddy and we spent no more that $5k for 3 weeks from Santa Monica to Chicago, then booked it back home for the last week.
You folks must’ve been luxury lol.
Nice! our bike rental alone was $6k. I believe it is cheaper to do it backwards also (SM to Chicago)
@@BrazenBrits That’s good for folks to know! Either way, luxury or not ;-P a road-trip to do. Thanks for the reply!
hi guys love your video,i would like to be the first group to cross route 66 on quad bikes,looking for some info if we can use some parts of route 66 off road????we are group of friends from Poland and we planning to do this in april 2025
That’s fantastic! That’s a great idea. Some of the route is on a mostly un-maintained road next to a new highway. If you really want to do the original road, there are sections that would be perfect for a quad! But, I’ll be honest, this is a small percentage of the whole Route. We rode next to the really old original route for a lot of the ride, but even on a quad, there is a lot that isn’t.
It’s definitely a cool idea. We used an phone app called Navigation route66, that was excellent. However, their support was non-existent.
I think it was probably worth the $12,000.00 to do all this. It sure was fun though I tell. Glad you all were able to do what was on your bucket list yo do when you reached a certain age. Do you have any other adventure on your bucket list you would love to do?
Natalie has seeing the seven wonders on hers. But definitely not cheap vacations 🤣
sorry but when you spoke about the fuel/gas and said 91 the good stuff isnt that the bad stuff? Here in Aus 91 is the cheap stuff and 95-98 (95 in my gsxr750) is the good stuff.
Yup. Same in the UK, but 91 is the good stuff in the US. I think there is 93, but not many places along Rt66 will have it.
C4YT
As always, Thankyou Kevin 👏
Good night~thaat's unusual channel,farewell.
Just found your great site, full of information and good advice, so thank you both. I would appreciate your honest opinion on the following if you would be so kind. Route 66 is a bucket list item that I need to do. I am based in the UK and having just turned 70, I need to get this organised.
I was planning on riding with my wife on a Harley Ultra Limited, so two up with luggage. I currently have this bike in the UK and have covered over 100K miles touring Europe, so an experienced rider. This was the Bucket List Dream.
However if I am honest, I am beginning to realise that the bike is getting a little heavy as I get older. My wife thinks the trip will be too much and has some concerns. I know we could do an organised trip with a tour group, so they carry the luggage in a support vehicle, but what if the dynamics of the group don't work. Also doing a solo trip means it can be extended both in time and what you want to see. We have toured the West Coast of the USA where we hired a Mustang Convertible which was great fun, so maybe not the dream ride but an alternative option considering our ages etc.
Do you think you would have enjoyed your roadtrip and experiences as much if you were not riding the Harley? Appreciate your thoughts. Many thanks 🙂
@@alankemp3145 Jons response is - I don’t think it would have been any less enjoyable, in fact I’d happily do it again in a mustang convertible! Some things would be easier with a car, which I think would balance out the not being on a bike side of things. I don’t think there’s anything that we did that wouldn’t be as good in a car, and I 100% would do my own trip again, not with a guide and large group, for exactly the reasons you list but at 48 I did find it very tiring.
@@BrazenBrits Thank you so much for your prompt and honest reply, I really do appreciate that. I will plan the trip by car, really love your channel. Thanks again. 🙂