The legend lives on!
Dates 2025-2026*
25HD-RT01 27.04.-15.05.2025
25HD-RT03 31.05.-18.06.2025*
25HD-RT05 01.09.-19.09.2025*
26HD-RT01 26.04.-14.05.2026
26HD-RT03 30.05.-17.06.2026*
26HD-RT05 31.08.-18.09.2026*
* Season/flight surcharge 200,- Euro per person
* Prices for 2026 are available on request approx. 1 year in advance!
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Click to enlargeOur exclusive travel programme
Day 01 - Flight to Los Angeles
Flight with a renowned scheduled airline from your selected Los Angeles (connecting flight possible). On arrival in Los Angeles, you will be transferred by shuttle to a well to a well-located mid-range hotel near the airport. The The rest of the day is at your leisure. Overnight stay in the Los Angeles/LAX area.
Day 02 - Los Angeles
Today you have the day at leisure. In the morning you have the opportunity to take part in a guided city tour with a local local guide (optional, pre-booking required). You will then be picked up from the hotel by van or bus and start your city tour to Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Downtown L.A. and Hollywood. In the afternoon the tour briefing and transfer to the hire station, where you will pick up your machines. Overnight stay in the Los Angeles/LAX area.
TIP: City Tour Los Angeles
Day 03 - Highway 1 - Topanga Canyon - San Gabriel Mountains
310 km
In the morning you leave Los Angeles to begin your tour adventure "Route 66 - the Mother Road". The luggage for the tour will be packed into the support vehicle and you will and head north along the famous coastal road, Highway 1 and 101, a little way northwards. You will pass Santa Monica again, which marks the beginning or end of Route 66, before turning off you turn off to drive through Topanga Canyon. The following following stretch through the San Gabriel Mountains leads you onto the over90km long Highway 2, which winds over mountains and through canyons. winds through canyons. This is also known as the "Angeles Crest Highway" and is one of the "Top 5 motorbike routes" in America. Afterwards then continue along Route 66 and reach Barstow, the end point of today's tour. end point of your tour today. Overnight stay in Barstow.
Day 04 - Route 66 - Roy's Cafe - Hoover Dam - Las Vegas
430 km
After breakfast, we head through the Mojave Desert back onto the old Route 66. An obligatory stop at the Bagdad Cafe, known from the film "Out of Rosenheim", and at Roy's Cafe in Amboy is a must. We continue past Essex and Goffs in the direction of towards Hoover Dam. From the Lake Mead viewpoint and the new new bridge you have an excellent view of this engineering engineering marvel. In the late afternoon you will reach the gamblers' paradise in the desert, the glittering city of Las Vegas. Visit the numerous hotel attractions in the evening, go shopping shopping or visit the viewing platform of the 350 metre high Stratosphere Tower. 350 metre high Stratosphere Tower to get an overview of the city. of the city. Overnight stay in Las Vegas.
TIP: You can round off the day with a cosy dinner together and then relax like the film stars on an optional stretch limousine tour, like the film stars on an optional stretch limousine tour along the Strip over the Strip and into the old town of Las Vegas.
Day 05 - Las Vegas - Day at leisure
Today you have the day in Las Vegas at your leisure. Your guide will be happy to help you organise show tickets, helicopter flights and all other attractions. On site you have you have the opportunity to visit the local Harley-Davidson® dealer and the neighbouring visit the neighbouring outlet shopping mall. For the riders can take a day tour, on their own, to the Valley of Fire or Mt. Charleston. Overnight stay in Las Vegas
Day 06 - Oatman - Kingman - Seligman - Williams
450 km
In the morning you leave Nevada in a southerly direction, where you soon the town of Laughlin, on the Colorado River. After a a short photo stop, you enter the state of Arizona and head towards Route 66 again. Along the route you will see small western towns along the way, such as Oatman, which is always a is always a stop-off point for many Harley riders. Real cowboys, prospectors and wild donkeys evoke memories of the Wild West. West. Sitgreaves Pass and Cool Springs are also on your route, as is the historic General Store in Hackberry. You cross the Hualapai Indian Reservation and get your first glimpse of the first glimpse of the western rim of the Grand Canyon. In the small town of Seligman, you visit Angel Delgadillo, probably the most world's most famous hairdresser, who is one of the co-founders of the Route 66 of the Route 66 Association and is considered the father of today's Route 66 today. The end point of today's stage is the small town of Williams, which still retains much of the "Good Old West" with its historic houses and the old entertainment district directly on the on the Motherroad. The overnight stay is almost directly on Route 66 and in the evening you have the opportunity to a visit to a brewery followed by dinner.
Day 07 - Grand Canyon
360 km
In the morning you start your tour day from Williams to one of the of the seven wonders of the world. The first thing you have the opportunity to do there a nearly one-hour helicopter tour over the breathtaking Grand Canyon. breathtaking Grand Canyon. Afterwards the scenic road along the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. Canyon. There are interesting stops here, such as Duck Rock, Grand View, Lipan Point and Desert View with its Indian watchtower. watchtower along the way. Your late lunch stop is at the old trading post in Cameron, in the middle of the Navajo reservation. Reservation. In the afternoon you will drive along the painted desert (coloured desert) and visit the Wutpatki & Sunset Crater National Monument. Overnight stay in Williams.
TIP: Helicopter flight into the Grand Canyon
TIP: Cameron Trading Post - highly recommended for Indian jewellery and souvenirs!
Day 08 - Winslow - Petrified Forest NP - Indian Trading Post
420 km
Today you leave Arizona in the direction of New Mexico. You pass the abandoned Twin Arrows petrol station and take a break in Winslow. Winslow. This place was made famous by the American band "the Eagles" with the song "take it easy - standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona". We continue via the Jack Rabbit Trading Post and to the Wigwam Hotel in Holbrook. In the afternoon day, the programme includes the Petrified Forest National Park and the Yellow Chief Trading Post on the programme. Overnight stay in the old railway and Indian town of Gallup.
Day 09 - Laguna - Albuquerque - Santa Fe
420 km
Today you travel through the Navajo wilderness, over wide roads and through a sea of purple and blood-red colours. You will visit the mission church in Laguna, which is over 300 years old. Next up is the balloon festival town of Albuquerque on the Rio Grande River, where you spend your lunch break in the historic plaza. Weather and time permitting, you will take the Scenic Route to the unique Sandia Crest viewpoint at an altitude of over 3200 metres. In the afternoon, you will stop in the small town of Madrid and at Maggie's Diner, which became famous thanks to the film "Wild Hogs" with John Travolta and Tim Allen. The end point of today's stage is Santa Fe, where you will spend two nights. In the evening, you will visit Oldtown and get a first overview of this historic city.
Day 10 - Rest day or day tour Taos & Rio Grande
0 - 290 km
Today you can relax a little. Santa Fe is perfect for shopping. If you feel like it, join us on a tour to the old Indian pueblo of Taos, which you reach along the Rio Grande river valley. The steel girder bridge, high above the Rio Grande Gorge, gives you a great view of the river. From here, on a clear day, you have a view of the southern, mostly snow-covered foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The return journey takes you through the desert-like, but not dry, highlands. Overnight stay in Santa Fe.
Day 11 - Tucumcari - Mid Point - Cadillac Ranch - Big Texas Steakhouse
490 km
Today you leave Santa Fe through the High Plains, the Comanche country. You head to Tucumcari, where you make a photo stop at the Blue Swallow Motel. You have now ticked off three (or four) states on your list and still have five more to go. Shortly after Glen Rio, you reach Mid Point in Adrian, which is 1139 miles from the beginning or end of Route 66. Now, having arrived in Texas, you see a Caddle Round Up, or as we jokingly say, tonight's steak. The next highlight is the Cadillac Ranch, which is reminiscent of the old days of Route 66. Situated at the same angle as the Piramides of Giza, these old cars are one of the high lights. You can prepare yourselves mentally for a Texasstyle steak tonight. The Big Texan Steakhouse will sponsor the 4 1/2-pound T-bone steak, including side dishes, for anyone who finishes it in 60 minutes! So bon appétit. Overnight stay in Amarillo.
Day 12 - Texas - Elk City - Oklahoma City
430 km
There are plenty of attractions to see today. The largest cross in the western hemisphere, the leaning water tower in Britton or the Devils Rope Museum. You'll stop at the restored U-Drop Inn, one of the original Route 66 petrol stations in the oil town of Shamrock. The journey continues through the Panhandle of Texas. At Texola you reach the state of Oklahoma and then visit the largest Route 66 museum in the USA in Elk City. In the afternoon, continue to Clinton, the heart and soul of Route 66 country, and cross the Canadian River on a pony bridge over 1000 metres long. Via El Reno, you then reach your overnight destination of Oklahoma City, or OKC for short.
Day 13 - Red Barn - Blue Whale - Rainbow Bridge - Kansas
410 km
You leave OKC after a short stop at the Capitol in Oklahoma's capital. You then drive along the Mother Road, 100 miles through the Indian country of the Old West. The asphalt ribbon of Route 66 follows the land here as if it had always been here. Along the way are attractions such as the Red Barn in Arcadia and the Seaba Gas Station in Warwick. The old steel arch bridge over Rock Creek is also on the programme, as is the blue whale in Catoosa. You will visit the historic city of Miami and see the Route 66 Vintage Museum and the famous Coleman Theatre. US star Will Rogers used to perform here regularly. Then it's off to the sunflower state of Kansas. At just 20 kilometres, this is the shortest stretch of Route 66. The attractions here are the Rainbow Bridge and the small town of Galena, which is almost on the border with the state of Missouri. The next larger town is Joplin, where you will also spend the night.
Day 14 - Missouri - Fantastic Caverns - Ozark Mountains
340 km
Today you will visit the historic courthouse in Carthage and the old Sinclair petrol station in Halltown. You'll pass the lesser-known towns of Conway and Lebanon, located on Missouri's Route 66. Today you have the opportunity to visit the unique stalactite cave of Fantastic Caverns near Springfield by jeep train. You will spend your lunch break in an outdoor shopping paradise with a museum, the Bass Pro Shop, in Springfield. The afternoon takes you through the hills of the Ozark Mountains and you pay a visit to the Munger Moss Motel, well-known from many Route 66 illustrated books. The last highlight of the day is the Devil's Elbow Bridge with the biker bar of the same name, near your overnight stay in Rolla.
Day 15 - St. Louis - Mississippi River - Illinois
370 km
In the morning, the largest rocking chair in the world and the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba are on the programme. In the late morning you reach St. Louis on the Mississippi River. The city's landmark is the gigantic Arch, which can be seen from afar. After a lunch break there, you will cross the Old Men River as you leave the city and reach the state of Illinois. You may want to visit the "Chain of Rocks" bridge there. The following towns on Route 66 are too numerous to stop everywhere, but the Paris Stop Cafe in Ari- ston and the Lady of the Highway Statue in Waggoner are a must. In the early evening you reach your overnight destination of Springfield, which is also the capital of Illinois.
Day 16 - Dixie Truck Stop - Gemini Launch Pad - Chicago
320 km
Unfortunately, your tour is coming to an end today. But not before you see the last highlights of the old Route 66. The Capitol building in Springfield is the first stop, followed by the Smiley water tower and the gigantic hot dog man in Atlanta. Passing Funks Groove and endless maple forests, you head to the Dixie Truck Stop. On the way, you will visit a few old petrol stations from the 1930s before reaching the Gemini Giant & Launch Pad Drive Inn in Willmington. From here you continue along Route 66 past Country Side to Des Plaines. There you return your bikes to our hire station. Overnight accommodation for the next two days is in the Chicago/O'Hare Airport area.
Day 17 - Chicago
Today is at your leisure in Chicago, also known as the "Windy City". Experience the city on an escorted tour in a double-decker bus and visit the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), from where you have a fantastic view of the city from the Sky Deck. The Route 66 sign, Millennium Park, Navy Pier, Buckingham Fountain from the opening credits of the series "A Terribly Nice Family - Al Bundy" and the polished bean are of course also on the programme (optional, advance booking required!). This evening you will spend together in a good restaurant and review the tour. Overnight stay in the Chicago/O'Hare Airport area.
TIP: City Tour Chicago
Day 18 - Return flight to Europe
During the course of the day, the hotel shuttle transfer to the airport in Chicago takes place on your own and it's time to say goodbye. The return flight will take you to your chosen departure airport.
(transfer connection possible).
Day 19 - Arrival in Europe
Arrival at your chosen departure point and end of the journey.
- Subject to change without notice - BCT GmbH
Our inclusive services
- Scheduled flight with a renowned airline in economy class from/to Austria to Los Angeles/Chicago (connecting flight possible)
- All European and American flight safety fees
- Paraffin surcharges as of 09/2024= Air traffic tax for departures ex Germany
- 17 overnight stays in good tourist/mid-range hotels according to the travel programme
- partial breakfast (mix of continental and American) = motorbike rental (BIG TWIN) for the specified period incl. free miles, liability insurance
- TOP PROTECTIONLDW/CDW insurance (exclusion of liability for accident/theft damage) WITHOUT excess***
- TOP PROTECTION: Exclusion of liability for tyre damage***
- TOP PROTECTION2 million euros additional liability insurance
- 24-hour German-speaking hotline = German-speaking tour guide from/to Los Angeles/Chicago during the motorbike tour by an experienced motorbike guide
- Support vehicle with second guide during the entire motorbike tour
- Luggage transfer during the tour 1 piece of luggage of 23 kg each plus a small piece of hand luggage
(We would ask you to refrain from using hard-sided suitcases, as these cause problems during transport in the accompanying vehicle) - 1 surprise dinner
- Souvenir photo in DIN A3 format
- 1 exclusive tour T-shirt/polo per traveller
- Travel guide and maps
Not included:
Personal expenses, hotel parking fees, helmet hire, petrol, oil, motorbike and rain gear, entrance fees for attractions and parks, tips, travel insurance, etc.
A major credit card is required
*** EXCLUSIVE insurance with us with a real NULLEURO excess!
In the event of accident/tyre damage or theft, there is no excess on site!
INFO: Any recovery/towing costs are not covered and must be borne by the customer in all cases; we offer additional insurance for this!
Price
Conditions of travel
Special notes
Minimum number of participants: 12 persons
If the minimum number of participants is not reached, we reserve the right to cancel the trip up to four weeks before the start of the trip, or only with a guide as driver of the escort vehicle.
Important information!
The following motorbike types are available on request. Please let us know your two favourite types when booking. However, we cannot guarantee the type of motorbike. We require a copy of your driving licence and passport with your registration. All models usually come directly from Harley-Davidson® authorised rentals™ partners and are current model years in top condition.
* ELECTRA GLIDE®/ROAD GLIDE ULTRA®
Very comfortable touring machine, air-cooled Twin Cam Milwaukee Eight™ 107, 1750 cc V-twin-cylinder engine, belt drive, 6-speed gearbox, partly ABS, windscreen, 2 side cases, Topcaseaudio system. Particularly suitable for 2 people.
STREET GLIDE® - Comfortable touring machine for long journeys, air-cooled Twin Cam Milwaukee Eight™107, 1750 cc V-twin cylinder engine, belt drive, 6-speed gearbox, windscreen, 2 side windows, audio system. Well suited for 2 people.
HERITAGE SOFTAIL® - Classic touring machine for long journeys, air-cooled Twin Cam Milwaukee Eight™ 107/114, 1750/1870 cc V-twin cylinder engine, belt drive, 6-speed gearbox, ABS, windscreen, 2 side pockets. Particularly suitable for 2 people.
ROAD KING® - Comfortable touring machine for long journeys, air-cooled Twin Cam Milwaukee Eight™107, 1750 cc V-twin cylinder engine, belt drive, 6-speed gearbox, windscreen, 2 side cases. Suitable for 2 people.
ROAD GLIDE®, LOW RIDER®, Sportster®, Indian motorcycles® and various other model variants can be booked on request, subject to availability!
Entry requirements:
To enter the USA/Canada, German, Austrian and Swiss nationals require a valid machine-readable European passport. In addition, an electronic ESTA entry form must be completed at least 72 hours before travelling to the USA. You can find the link on our website. Visa-free within the framework of the "Visa Waiver Programme". (As of January 2009 - subject to change). As a non-German citizen you may need a visa to enter the USA/Canada!
A frank word among bikers
Depending on the tour, we cycle between 120 and 540 kilometres per day in charming and beautiful countryside. The approximate number of kilometres per day can be found in the daily programme. This may mean leaving early and arriving late on some days. Riding a motorbike in a unique landscape is is absolutely in the foreground, so that a certain team spirit is paramount here and a certain degree of adaptation to the group is also necessary. If you get involved, you're sure to have the adventure of a lifetime. of your life and have a lot of fun.