Guided USA Motorcycle Tour on a Rental Harley

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West Coast USA Motorcycle Tour to Milwaukee

This USA motorcycle tour takes you from the California Pacific coast into the vastness of the Wild West. Along Highway 1 past Big Sur and San Francisco, through the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park to Milwaukee, the birthplace...


How long?
20 days
When?
Sommer
Price
€ 11.250 / person

Guided USA Motorcycle Tour on a Rental Harley

USA motorcycle tour - this is how the great adventure across America begins: your guided West Coast USA motorcycle tour starts with a scheduled flight to Los Angeles. After picking up your bike, you ride along Highway 1 on the Pacific coast, before this California motorcycle tour takes you further inland. As a guided USA motorcycle tour with a support vehicle and experienced guide, this national parks motorcycle tour brings you to the edge of the Rocky Mountains.

Highlights

California Pacific Coast

On this California motorcycle tour you ride the legendary Highway 1 past Big Sur, Monterey and San Simeon all the way to San Francisco. Steep cliffs, elephant seals and the Golden Gate Bridge line the coastal road.

Yellowstone National Park

This Yellowstone motorcycle tour takes you through the oldest national park in the world: the Old Faithful Geyser, Firehole Canyon Road and wild buffalo herds await before you continue on to Cody, the historic western town.

Rocky Mountains Experience

Via the Heritage Highway you reach the Rocky Mountains leg of the tour: the huge Grand Teton mountain massif is reflected in clear mountain lakes as you approach the state of Wyoming and the town of Jackson.

Black Hills & Mt. Rushmore

This Black Hills motorcycle tour brings you to Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park and the Crazy Horse Memorial. Wild buffalo herds, winding pass roads and Sturgis, home of the world's largest biker gathering, await you.

Harley-Davidson Milwaukee

On this Chicago-Milwaukee motorcycle tour you visit the birthplace of Harley-Davidson from 1903, including a VIP factory tour, before the trip ends on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago at the very end.

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Itinerary

Stage 1

Day 1–21

USA

This USA motorcycle tour takes you from the California Pacific coast via the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park to Chicago.

Day 1: Flight to Los Angeles
Day 1 · USA

Day 1: Flight to Los Angeles

Your USA motorcycle tour begins with the scheduled flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles (connecting flight possible). After arrival, a shuttle transfer takes you to a well-located mid-range hotel near the airport. The rest of the day is at your leisure before the real adventure begins the next morning.

Day 2: Los Angeles
Day 2 · USA

Day 2: Los Angeles

This West Coast USA motorcycle tour starts with a free day in Los Angeles. Optionally explore Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Hollywood on a guided city tour. In the afternoon comes the tour briefing and picking up your motorcycle at the rental station.

Day 3: Highway 1 - Santa Barbara - San Simeon
Day 3 · USA

Day 3: Highway 1 - Santa Barbara - San Simeon

On this leg of the California motorcycle tour you leave Los Angeles and ride the famous Highway 1 past Malibu Beach and Santa Barbara. After a break in the Scandinavian-style town of Solvang and the surf town of Pismo Beach, you reach the small coastal town of San Simeon, right on the Pacific, in the evening.

Day 4 · USA

Day 4: Highway 1 - Big Sur - San Francisco

In the morning you visit the elephant seal colony at San Simeon, before the Pacific Coast motorcycle route continues via Ragged Point, Lucia and the wild Big Sur. Via the 17 Mile Scenic Drive near Carmel and Monterey, made famous by John Steinbeck, you reach San Francisco in the evening.

Day 5 · USA

Day 5: San Francisco - Rest Day

As part of this guided USA motorcycle tour, this day in San Francisco gives you plenty of freedom: explore Union Square, Downtown and Chinatown on foot or by Cable Car. Optionally, a boat trip past Alcatraz and a bus tour to the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park await you.

Day 6 · USA

Day 6: Napa Valley - Lake Tahoe

Via the Golden Gate Bridge and Muir Woods State Park, your rental motorcycle USA tour today leads through the Russian River Valley into Napa Valley, one of California's best-known wine regions. Passing Sacramento, you reach the High Sierras and picturesque Lake Tahoe in the afternoon.

Day 7 · USA

Day 7: Highway 50 - Ely - Nevada

Today this onroad motorcycle tour of America takes you via Carson City and Highway 50, the loneliest highway in the USA and once the route of the Pony Express. Via the gold-mining town of Eureka you reach the historic town of Ely, where you spend the night at the Hotel Nevada.

Day 8 · USA

Day 8: Great Salt Lake - Ogden

As part of this national parks motorcycle tour of the USA, you leave Ely and follow the open country to Wendover, the starting point of the famous BUB Speed Trials on the Great Salt Lake. In the afternoon you visit Salt Lake City and the Temple District, before reaching your hotel in the Ogden area.

Day 9 · USA

Day 9: Heritage Highway - Wyoming

On this leg of the Rocky Mountains motorcycle tour you follow the scenic Heritage Highway through vast ranchland reminiscent of the 19th-century wagon trails. In the afternoon you already catch sight of the huge Grand Teton mountain massif, before reaching Wyoming and Alpine/Jackson.

Day 10 · USA

Day 10: Grand Teton - Yellowstone - Cody

This Yellowstone motorcycle tour takes you through Grand Teton National Park, whose peaks are reflected in clear mountain lakes, and into Yellowstone National Park. The Old Faithful Geyser, Firehole Canyon Road and wild buffalo herds await, before you reach the old western town of Cody.

Day 11 · USA

Day 11: Beartooth Highway - Sheridan

After a stop at the Hotel Irma you follow the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway and the legendary Beartooth Highway - for many the finest alternative to Highway 1 in the USA, at over 3,300 meters altitude. You take a lunch break in the quiet town of Red Lodge, before reaching Sheridan via the Bighorn Canyon.

Day 12 · USA

Day 12: Devils Tower - Sturgis - Black Hills

This stage takes you through the central plains of Wyoming into South Dakota, past the striking Devils Tower National Monument. In the afternoon you reach Main Street in Sturgis, home of the world's largest motorcycle gathering, before spending the night in the Black Hills.

Day 13 · USA

Day 13: Mt. Rushmore - Crazy Horse Memorial

This Black Hills motorcycle tour first brings you to Mt. Rushmore with its four presidents' heads. Via the winding Iron Mountain Road you reach Custer State Park with its wild buffalo herds, and finally the Crazy Horse Memorial, still being carved from the rock.

Day 14 · USA

Day 14: Badlands - Murdo - Missouri River

After a short ride you reach the historic town of Wall with its well-known drugstore, before the route continues into Badlands National Park. In the afternoon you visit the car and motorcycle museum in Murdo, before enjoying the sunset over the steel arch bridge on the Missouri River.

Day 15 · USA

Day 15: Sioux Falls - Iowa - Minnesota

Through the eastern Great Plains you reach Sioux Falls around midday, the border between South Dakota and Iowa, where you spend your break right by the city's waterfalls. In the afternoon this rental motorcycle USA tour takes you on a connecting stage to Minnesota.

Day 16 · USA

Day 16: La Crosse - Mississippi Valley

Along scenic country roads you reach the Mississippi River at La Crosse, the so-called Old Man River. In Lansing you take a lunch break and enjoy the view over the river from Mt. Hosmer, before the River Road takes you to the picturesque town of Marquette.

Day 17 · USA

Day 17: Milwaukee - Harley-Davidson

This Chicago-Milwaukee motorcycle tour takes you today to the birthplace of Harley-Davidson from 1903. On the way you visit the local Harley dealer in Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, before an optional private VIP tour of the museum in the afternoon.

Day 18 · USA

Day 18: Harley Factory - Chicago

As part of the VIP tour, you visit the Harley-Davidson engine factory in Menomonee Falls in the morning. Your USA motorcycle tour then follows the Fox River Valley to Chicago, where you return your bike to the rental station.

Day 19 · USA

Day 19: Chicago

Today is at your leisure in the Windy City of Chicago. Optionally explore the city by double-decker bus, visit the Willis Tower with its Sky Deck, Millennium Park and Navy Pier, before rounding off the evening together in a good restaurant.

Day 20 · USA

Day 20: Flight Back to Europe

During the day, the hotel shuttle transfer to the airport in Chicago takes place. It's time to say goodbye to this USA motorcycle tour before the flight back to your chosen departure point in Europe (connecting flight possible).

Day 21 · USA

Day 21: Arrival in Europe

Arrival at your chosen departure point in Europe and the end of this West Coast USA motorcycle tour, full of highlights between the Pacific coast, the Rocky Mountains and the Wild West. This USA motorcycle tour will surely stay in your memory as a great adventure for a long time.

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Services

All services of this motorcycle trip at a glance — a transparent breakdown of what is and isn't included in the tour price.

Included in the price

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  • Scheduled flight in economy class with a renowned airline from/to Frankfurt to Los Angeles (connecting connections possible)
  • All European and American flight security fees
  • Kerosene surcharges as of 09/2023
  • Aviation tax for departures ex Germany
  • 19 nights in good tourist/middle class hotels according to the itinerary
  • Mostly breakfast (mix of continental and American)
  • Motorcycle rental for the indicated period incl. free miles, liability insurance
  • TOP PROTECTION: LDW/CDW insurance (exclusion of liability for accident/theft damage) WITHOUT excess
  • TOP PROTECTION: Exclusion of liability for tire damage
  • TOP PROTECTION: 2 million euros additional liability insurance
  • 24 hour German speaking assistance
  • German-speaking tour escort from/to Los Angeles/Chicago during the motorcycle tour by an experienced motorcycle guide
  • Support vehicle with a second guide throughout the motorcycle tour
  • Luggage transfer during the tour, 1 piece of luggage at 23 kg each plus a small piece of hand luggage
  • 1 Surprise Dinner
  • Souvenir photo in DIN A3 format
  • 1 exclusive tour t-shirt/polo per travel participant
  • Guidebooks and maps

Not included

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  • Personal expenses of any kind
  • Helmet rental
  • Hotel parking fees
  • Petrol, oil
  • Motorcycle and rainwear
  • Entrance fees for attractions or parks
  • Tips for services and guides
  • Travel insurance etc.
  • Road Side Towing Assistance
  • Surcharge for touring models with topcase (Euro 320.00)
  • Everything that is not specified under services

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

This onroad motorcycle tour of America is rated medium to difficult. Daily stages range between 120 and 540 km on well-developed roads, but solid riding skills and team spirit within the group are required.

On this rental motorcycle USA tour you can choose from models such as Electra Glide, Street Glide, Heritage Softail and Road Glide, plus, depending on availability, Road King, Low Rider, Sportster and Indian motorcycles. Please state two preferred models when booking.

Yes, this Highway 1 motorcycle tour follows the California Pacific coast in the first few days via Malibu, Santa Barbara, Big Sur and Monterey, before continuing further inland.

After the Pacific Coast motorcycle route along California, the tour continues via Nevada, Utah and Wyoming into the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone National Park and on into the Black Hills, right into the heart of the Wild West.

This USA motorcycle tour requires a minimum of 12 participants. If this number is not reached, we reserve the right to cancel the trip up to four weeks before departure.
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