A group of 21 riders from Wichita Rode to Historic Route 66 in Warwick, OK. 300 miles round trip. I won't bore anyone with the route there. 90% of the roads in Kansas and Oklahoma are straight, no mountains and the curves are all at 90 degrees. :sarcastic:
First stop was in Newkirk, Ok.
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A few needed to top off with fuel and we headed on into Stillwater, OK and Eskimo Joe's for lunch.
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After getting our fill in the Shadow of The Oklahoma State University football stadium, we continued heading south towards Route 66 and the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum.
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Number 864 of 2000 Henderson Excelsior's built during the 2 years that Henderson motorcycles was resurrected.
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A view of Route 66 and The Seaba Station.
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Next on the stops was a really interesting soda shop called Pops in Arcadia, OK, also on Route 66.
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10 days after the Silver Bullet was rear ended, the 300+ miles was handled without issue. A pillion rider was even added. A new tail light from RPM was installed and quite a few hours with a hand torch, a Ford wrench, elbow grease and a garage full of spare parts has the Silver Bullet about in shape for the Central Rally. This ride was kind of a shake down test for the 360 mile ride the Arkansas.
Fred
Looks awesome... I have a dream of riding route 66 some day.
Cheers.. :good2:
Nice Fred, that's a large group with quite the diverse collection of bikes.
Excellent photos Fred. I'll share this with a friend from work who is heading over to the US in August to do the Route 66 ride in a tour group. :good2:
Yep im with ROVER, route 66 would be a special ride for any rider in Oz . My brother and I plan to do this trip for real before we get to old.
Thanks for the pics