First wash down of the trip. Now the bike is ready for the ladies at the beaches here.

 

I REALLY wish I could! Too many parental duties and my wife is traveling.

You’re right about the twisties north of Pasadena. That’s Angeles Crest. There are also some beautiful roads in the Santa Monica mountains just north of Malibu.

There are a bunch more but didn’t realize you were coming up this way.

 

This is my parental duty to ride and care for my bike. Sorry you can’t get away. Today or tomorrow morning works too, before we get too far along Route 66 to Barstow Sunday night.

 

May have a little weather (light rain) chase you. Hope not. Enjoy the wide open spaces! Keep us posted!

 

Rode out of LA after stopping for a hot shave at the Bike Shed. Across the Colorado Street bridge and a quick stop at the Old Pharmacy and continued to follow Route 66 until I-15. Hit bad weather and ran hot until our motel in Barstow.

 

We watched Easy Rider (1969) and saw a place called the pine breeze inn at Bellemont Az on 66, maybe 40? just outside of flagstaff. In the movie, the 2 main charactors on bikes pull up to the small motel, neon light saying vacancy. The owner comes out, goes back in, shuts off the vacancy sign. Now a biker haven. Maybe you will pass it, a bit of history.

Pine Breeze Inn · Flagstaff, Arizona

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Broke 2000 miles since I left home. Riding hard through the desert rains again today. Who knew it can rain so much in the Mojave. Stopped by Calico Ghost town, Roy’s Cafe and Motel, and Topock hotel and trestle bridge across the Colorado.

 

A little scenic ride along the Colorado river below Lake Havasu. Got the GoPro mounted for some helmet camera shots.

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Be aware of flash floods on roads. Just sayin. Cool ride!

 

If you are riding on 40, just before flagstaff, you should pass right by the Pinebreeze...

 

Pine Breeze is now an RV park. No rooms. Had to drive on to Flagstaff for a Motel room at Hwy robbery prices as its graduation weekend at the college.

 

Cool Springs, AZ. Glad we chose to ride Oatman Hwy. What a great section of Route 66! 191 turns over 8 miles, no guard rails - Arizona Sidewinder.

 

Experiencing a power glitch while cruising around 70. Bike looses power for about 1-2secs and comes back. Not sure if I’m going to make it the rest of this trip. Any ideas what’s going wrong here? I’ll keep trying to get to LV where I’ll be for two days. Hope to figure it out.

 

Sounds like the CPS......

https://www.rswarrior.com/threads/engine-cut-out-and-the-infamous-cps-problem.170676/

 

Loose battery terminal? Weird gas? YIKES! Keep us posted! Does it miss at other speeds or RPMs? Water an issue?

 

Check and double check your grounds.

 

The ground on the bike is a short 4” wire to a bolt next to the oil cap. The other ground has a connector and I didn’t follow it to completion. So I hope it’s good. Pull the Christmas tree of relays and wires and battery out to inspect what I could. Every thing seemed ok.
Moved on to pull the Lean Angle Sensor (LAS) behind the kick stand horn. I’ve pulled this apart before due to the bike dying when put into gear on a stand. <- that was totally a kickstand being in the down position goof! I siliconed the pendulum at the pivots in a NAPA parking lot and rode it to the hotel garage. Waited an hour or so and took it out for a run down I-15 to test. Never cut out at 80+ and held 75 for a while without issues. Hopefully this fixes it!!!

 

When you leave LV, valley of fire is cool! Hope you figure out the miss!

 

Made it to LV. Seems to occur at 75mph after 2mins or for sure if I hit 80mph. Dash still has power. No extra blinking lights. So I guess that means no codes. It did rain hard last night and the bike was out in it. It’s really needs a wash. A corroded ground or other wiring due to rain would make sense.

 

Ok, TPS has a white dot, 271x17 on it. CPS wires look good from the outside. (No white dot on the gasket. I'll have to check the recall -- Edited After read the suggest threads) Likely I have fault ground or a faulty connector, LAS tripping my fuel pump. Guess work without trying anything is all shots in the dark. Hoping I can phone a friend for a space to work on it and not the parking garage of the hotel.

 

Well, SHOT ME NOW! Here I was thinking I already check this.
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I have TWO recalls not completed, or at least reported as not completed. I'll have to search each one to verify myself. I really hope my problem is not the TPS replacement recall acting up now that I'm 40,000 miles into riding this bike and 1000 miles from home.

 

Stopped into the Roadrunner Resort & Floating Dock for a quick snack after riding the twisty Parker Dam road (watch for wild Burros on the road). Cool little bar on a floating dock.

 

No issues all the way to Kingman at 75+. I’m going with this engine cut out issue was all about the LAS tripping the fuel pump. Even with a full tank of gas and 90F cruising down the road wasn’t part of the problem. Or maybe she wasn’t happy with all the highways of dirt and corrosion and need the bath before I started tinkering with anything.

 

Made it safely to Albuquerque the end of my Route 66 run. Now for a week off in a vacation adobe house for some R&R and WFH stuff. Rallying from Flagstaff to ABQ was a long stretch, but a days rest before strapping myself to a chair and keyboard is needed.

Winslow, AZ for the infamous “standing on a corner” Eagles lyric. Complete with THE flat bed Ford.

A cruise moment off the interstate through Joseph City.

Gallop, NM was much until I found the sign at the end of town (East) that told me everything I missed out on.

another Route 66 America diner for yet another hamburger and root beer float. I think I’m good on that combination for a while.

A rare find I almost blew pass in Grant, NM. Turned around for a quick photo op.

a true Route 66 place to fill the tank up.

my last shot of the fading light with the moon rising and the interstate in the background while I ride the unused open road on The Historic Route 66. Good bye it’s been fun.

 

Thank you for taking us with you so far. Great journey 👍

 

Thanks for the trip! Nice job reporting it to us, and working past the issues! We just got back from Prescott, not too far from ya! Saw a lot of riders without helmets! The freedom!

 

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