Scotland's answer to route 66

[Jazzscot]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/trave ... map=%5B%5D

Don't get too jealous of our wonderful roads!

[firestorm_al]

Some of my favorite roads there!

[Ckennedy]

Wow! I've done a few of those roads before on a push bike and it really is something else. May try to do that route this year. But it may be next year.

[Pete.L]

That looks great
Wonder if there are enough fuel stations to do it on a Storm/SP?

Pete.l

[kev64]

Done parts of it , west coast in a car, the roads are empty and good, scenery also
Gotta be done on a bike

[Big_Jim59]

I want to ride there! That looks fantastic.

I want to know what the fascination everyone has with the old Route 66 in the US? You realize that it cuts through some of the most boring and desolate parts of this land. You can literally ride for hours at a time without a curve in the road.

Last year I was on my way from Texas to Colorado, sitting on my bike outside a gas station in Vega, Texas. Vega sits at the crossroads of Interstate 40 (kinds of the old Route 66) and state highway 385 that makes it way up to Clayton New Mexico. I met a fellow traveler riding an SV650. We struck up a conversation and I found out he was coming west, for the first time, from Boston. He said "My God! I have just spent a day and a half getting across Oklahoma." He said "it doesn't make any difference how fast you go, the miles just crawl by." I had to laugh because I knew what was in store for him as he made his way into New Mexico and Arizona which was more of the same.

The US has such beautiful riding roads through, the Colorado Rockies, the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, the Main or California coasts why dream of riding the flat empty waist lands?

[chris vtr virgin]

Done parts of it on a mountain bike about 20 or so year ago
Beautiful part of Scotland with some great roads
And sometimes even the weather is good
So I'm definitely going up on the bike this year, petrol stations will need be planed into route

[VTRDark]

Colorado Rockies

Now that somewhere I would like to go. As John Denver said "Rocky mountain high"

(:-})

[lloydie]

One fuel tanker as a support vehicle me thinks


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[tattie]

Hi All,
Plenty of fuel stations to do it on the Storm and the SP.

I have a picture of the SP at the top of the view point as seen in the first picture looking down towards Kinlochewe and Loch Maree.

I will dig it out to whet your appetite.

Cheers

A.M.


Fingers crossed i might be able to post the link from here http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 14&t=20280

hope it worked

[thomas111]

Now hope the boys from Aberdeen back me up here but am I right in saying the rural fuel stations are dearer for the fuel I no the wee one past the cut off for knockhill is dearer untill you get to the services at kinross

[Pete.L]

Nicely Done Tattie!
I had missed that post first time around. I can't believe how quiet all the roads look. Especially like the "Typsey Laird" sounds like a cafe for pi$$heads ummm! Cake and beer!
one question though. How come your pics don't look as sunny as the ones from the Scottish tourist board?

Pete.l

[Z28DUNC]

Haven't done this route but done a trip round the west coast, Skye etc. Best thing is the roads are quiet.

This is half way up Applecross pass

[grumpyfrog]

Hope this does not encourage any more folks up there. Awsome as the roads are, part of the enjoyment is that there are so few folk using it.
Need to be careful whilst on the A835 past Loch Droma, theres a few small dips that send you all over the place whilst making progress.
Theres one road thats missing, the A836 from Lairg to Tounge. prob my favourite road ever, just watch out for the midgie swarms if your passing any of the Lochs late evening.
Last time I was on it we did it with only seeing one other person on the whole section.
go onto google street view and look out for the BMW picture taker..

looking forward to spending the next few years up there taking full advantage..

[countrymick]

im hoping to do this one this summer,its been on my to do list for a long time.ive got a couple of friends on the Shetland ferries so might have a round trip.