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Originally Posted by tbone57  All great advice. I highly suggest taking hwy. 36 through MO and Kansas to Denver. It is great roads, easy riding and easy stops. I take this route every year. Interstate 70 and 80 are just 30 miles away if you like that type of speedway, but too much stress and not as much fun as the Pony Express Hwy. through Kansas. Once at Denver area, you will have to decide on Hwy. 70 through mountains or cutting across via Colorado Springs area on hwy. 50 through the mountains and monarch pass (breath-taking) to Montrose, CO. I've taken both, and they are both breath-taking. Be prepared for temps in the fortys at the tops and 80's - 90's in the valleys. My bike was flawless, but keep the tank topped off, as you will loose about 10mpg through the rockies. Colorado Springs and Denver are both major messes to travel through or around on a bike. |
Great post. That's the kind of info that makes this site so great. BTW, Tbone, is that a passenger footpeg below the bottom exhaust where the header and muffler connect?