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Oct 22, 2007 | 10:11 PM

bodes

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YUKON TRIP

THINKING ABOUT TAKING A TRIP ON DEMPSTER HIGHWAY IN YUKON/NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. GOING ON A ROAD KING, ANYBODY ELSE DONE IT, WONDERING WHAT TO EXPECT

Oct 22, 2007 | 10:37 PM

Big Cholla

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bodes:A guy named 'Mike' did it a few years ago on a stock H-D Sportster. He has a nice write up with lots of pictures on the Internet. Google in 'Sportster to Alaska'. The first link that comes up is his. He is a good sized guy. He did it without bags, luggage rack or windshield. He had surprisingly few mechanical or tire problems along the way. Also, amazing to me, he did it with the smaller Sportster peanut gas tank. ............ BC

Oct 22, 2007 | 10:56 PM

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There is a member of the V-Twin forum who lives in Alaska and has done that trip a few times. Unfortunately, his name escapes me. I see quite a few people here that also belong to VTF that might know.

Oct 23, 2007 | 07:59 AM

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I'm hoping to do a trip up to Alaska in Summer 2008 and have already started my research. Here are some "moto-journals" of motorcycle trips people have taken from the lower-48 up to Alaska. Many of them have great pictures:
http://www.danielcohen.org/2alaska/r...report0104.htm
http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthr...ghlight=alaska
http://motoalaska.blogspot.com/
http://explorenorth.com/journals-ak.html
http://www.bluepoof.com/motorcycles/trips/alaska/
http://arcticride.talkspot.com/aspx/...px/msgid/16262
http://www.balsamfir.com/MotoJournal/moto/moto-0707.htm
http://clarkejohn.com/
http://drcstang.blogspot.com/
http://www.niia.net/%7Eleduc_mike/myarc000.html(Mikey on a Sportster)
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/rid...ska/index.html
http://members.tripod.com/ezrider1/northtoalaska.htm
http://www.pashnit.com/30days/30-13.htm
http://6bikers.blogspot.com/http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/thadalaska/

Oct 23, 2007 | 08:11 AM

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Check the trips section in the forum too. Don't stop to take photos of the bears. You're a corndog to them.

Oct 23, 2007 | 10:38 AM

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Another invaluable source of info is the Milepost. Highly recommended you buy a copy.

Oct 23, 2007 | 12:21 PM

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Ditto milepost.

Your bike will be beat. Lots of chips, things coming loose. Check the nuts and bolts as you go. One of the bikes lost the retainer on the front wheel axle. Compensator nut came loose, parts like pegs dropped off.

Is a trip every biker should take ONCE. Look at taking the Ferry back from Alaska.

Next trip will be on a BMW GS or a Buell Uly.