Roden's Ruckus Ride

Day 1, July 31 Noblesvilles IN to Danville IL 95 miles Got off to a great start after morning coffee and setting the house up for us to be gone for a while.   Had to fight with the bags for a while and that was not as easy as I had hoped it would be.   The problem is the side bags that hide the seat release after I figured out how to open it became easy.   We had no bag problems for the day and everything seems to be stable on the bikes.   Left the house and started down rural roads had no traffic whatsoever it was easy riding but a lot of stops and starts.   Then got onto HWY 47 just 17 miles from Thornton IN.   That road was busy.   Lots of cars passing all the time.   No problems until we reached I65 then some jerk beeped his horn at us as left Hwy 47 on the ramp for I65 south.   We continued on Hwy 47 with much less traffic and it was easy riding.   Once we hit Crawfordsville   IN it was fast choice to stop for gas.   I dec...

Starting the Plan for This Trip July 17 post. We are preparing the plan for the trip on Route 66.   The most common question what roads will you be on.   We are planning to follow the Route 66 Adventure Cycling map they provide a turn by turn direction for the trip.   In addition we have a book of Route site to stop at and will use both of these guides. The second most common question is really on scooters.   Well yes and the answer to why scooters is I really wanted to do bicycles but Dianne said she was not sure she could handle all that peddling up the mountains.   So we looked into E-Bikes and they were great but lacked the range we needed to ensure we make it to the hotels and then the loading with the batteries gear would be could become excessive.   So next was the scooters and seem to fit the bill for easy to use and for sure would handle the distance.   We choice a Ruckus for the water cooled engine that would put out power even when hot and d...