start from Richmond, sprint to Chicago, ride complete Route 66 to LA for two weeks, head east for New Orleans, hit Appalachian Mountains on way back to Richmond (4 weeks option, circle route, not presented on map below)
optional time-line: 44 days (6 weeks, one weekend), split on 2-week batches: CHI-LA, u-ride, south portion.
this ride report covers our ride from New York to L.A. and back, from August, 3 to August, 26. we’ll ride 6,500 miles in 23 days, on two consecutive coast-to-coast road trips. we’ll head from NY to Chicago, than take Route 66 to L.A., spending two days at Grand Canyon; after day-off in LA, we’ll head for New Orleans, than take route via Appalachian Mountains all the way to NY, via Washington D.C.
option: ride is from Richmond, VA to L.A. and back, via Chicago entering Route 66, than back to Richmond via New Orleans. this ride is 6,005 miles long. three riders.
BOS-LA-NY Ride (Boston to Los Angeles to New York, coast-to-coast ride) 7,000 miles in 30 days
DAILY SCHEDULE
Day 1 to Day 3 Boston, MA to Chicago, IL (983 miles)
Day 4 Chicago, IL to Springfield, IL (225 miles)
Day 5 Springfield, IL to St. Louis, MO (170 miles)
Day 6 St. Louis, MO to Springfield, MO (220 miles)
Day 7 Springfield, MO to Tulsa, OK (220 miles)
Day 8 Tulsa, OK to Clinton, OK (230 miles)
Day 9 Clinton, OK to Amarillo, TX (185 miles)
Day 10 Amarillo, TX to Albuquerque, NM (300 miles)
Day 11 Albuquerque, NM to Flagstaff, AZ (365 miles)
Day 12 to Day 13 Grand Canyon, AZ
Day 14 Flagstaff, AZ to Needles, CA (180 miles)
Day 15 Needles, CA to Los Angeles, CA (330 miles)
Day 16 Los Angeles, CA
Day 17 to Day 28 Los Angeles, CA to New York, NY (3,400 miles)
Day 29 New York, NY to Boston, MA (220 miles)
THE ROUTE
THE BIKE
Executive getaway ride – Boston to LA on full Route 66, than ride south to New Orleans, and than via Rocky Mountains to New York, and back home. Some 7,000 miles in 4 weeks, totaling 20 riding days. There are three of us on this ride: Gawain, Lancelot and Tristan.
This is coast to coast ride across USA – Boston to Los Angeles, than to New Orleans and New York, and back to Boston. 6,000+ miles, 4 full weeks (28 days, 20 riding). Time-frame: July, 7 – August, 3 (in progress). Route:
Tristan, 42, retired professional soldier, motorcycle rider, world voyager; an amateur writer and photographer with associate degree in world history; rides custom 2012 Dyna Wide Glide.
HAW is 5-year voyage around the world in several stages based on continents. Thus in stage 1 and 2 we’ll be in North and South America (Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Terra del Fuego and Buenos Aires, Argentina), stage 3 will be in Africa (Cape Town to Tangier), stage 4 in Europe (Gibraltar to Istanbul), stage 5 in central Asia (Istanbul to India), stage 6 in south Asia (India to China), stage 7 in China, stage 8 at Japan, stage 9 in Australia and stage 10 in continental USA.
B2B Seattle, WA – New Orleans, LA – 7,000 miles, 18 states, 5 weeks. More than 3,000 miles through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi – and than – additional 4,000 miles through Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington.
Redmond Hogs – Harley Owners Group, Redmond, Seattle, WA made of Frank (Tristan), riding 2010 Dyna Wide Glide CVO; Jack (Lancelot), riding 2010 Fat Boy Lo SBC; Bobby (Gawain), riding 2011 Dyna Fat Bob FXDF; and Dave (Galahad), riding 2010 Fat Boy BS.
Frank Nyman, 42, (alias Tristan), rides 2010 Dyna Wide Glide CVO.
Territory of USA has been split on two conferences, West and East. Each conference has been split on two divisions, North and South. Each division consists of its states, with each being one daimyo.
West Conference, North Division Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Alaska
West Conference, South Division California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
Tristan serves as Emerald Knight in California daimyo, filling the billet of Road Captain, EMKNOC Chapter
Tristan, 42, retired professional soldier, motorcycle rider, world voyager, amateur writer and photographer, triathlon athlete and martial artist. Joined gang in July 2011, being baptized and fully-fledged by Arthur himself. Tristan is youngest Emerald Knight by years-of-service, but is one of the most experienced and skilled warrior and biker, both, that has joined Emerald Knights since its inception.
Tristan holds Bachelor Degree in World History, from Southern California University. During his military career which spanned 22 years with U.S. Marines, Tristan has graduated from all military schools in professional NCO education pipeline, retiring as Sergeant Major; he served majority of his time in Force Recon and special operations units. Consequently, Tristan holds several black belts in martial arts of kyokoshin karate, brasilian jiu-jitsu, kung-fu and aikido. On his free time, Tristan is physical fitness geek, avid triathlon athlete and motorcycle rider with 15+ miles ridden on his Harley-Davidson.
Upon retirement in June 2011, Tristan decided to join Emerald Knights Gang as North California Knight.
Emerald Knights are motorcycle club (MC) registered in Northern California. It is one of the most secretive of any MC with almost nothing to know about it except online aliases of its members, but is also one of the most dangerous outlaw motorcycle club of all one-percent. Emerald Knights is also serving as elite mercenary hub for special forces military personnel as well as an organization whose members use their MC as conduits for criminal enterprises, drug trafficking in this case. Emerald exclusively engage those bikers (a) that are retired servicemen of US and UK armed forces, or have served at least 8 years in military, and (b) who ride Harley Davidson bikes only, and (c) who are willing to use their wits for criminal activity.
Notable Emerald Knights: Arthur, McLane, Hardy, Ross, Blades, Tool, Banks, Tristan, Brill, West, Swagger, Lancelot, Dunbar, Osborne, Percivale, Thomas, Gawain, Pram, Galahad, Hale, Locker, Geraint, Castro, Nunez, De Ganis, Pike, Smith, Kay, Gareth, Gaheris, Bedivere, Lamorak, with Merlin.
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