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Grokked Posted June 12 Report Share Posted June 12 Replace oil cooler that ate a stone, oil & oil filter change, air filter change, replace spark plugs, check/top-up transmission and final drive fluids. Should now be ready for another few 1500+ mile trips. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 I’m in Dawson City Yukon, at the entrance of the Dempster Highway. Tomorrow morning I’ll depart in an attempt at making Tuktoyaktuk NWT in three days at the Arctic Ocean and then returning. There are hundreds of Moto-travelers here attending the Dust to Dawson rally. I won’t be alone in my attempt, which is good. The Dempster took another motorcycle rider’s life yesterday in a head on with a gravel truck. He was trying to change “slots” in the deep gravel as he saw the oncoming truck. He lost control while trying to go through the deep stuff. Aside from trepidation and fear, I’m having a great time meeting people I’ve known online and making new friends. I took a flight above the Yukon River and filmed the famous ferry taking vehicles to Alaska 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonrottes Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Wasn't today... But Thursday I washed my bike and got it started for the first time since 2018. New battery and drained the old fuel and.... just had to make sure it still worked after letting it warm up. still needs new tires, brakes, oil change and new plugs and it should be ready to go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaDoc Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 20 hours ago, Danimal said: I’m in Dawson City Yukon, at the entrance of the Dempster Highway. Tomorrow morning I’ll depart in an attempt at making Tuktoyaktuk NWT in three days at the Arctic Ocean and then returning. There are hundreds of Moto-travelers here attending the Dust to Dawson rally. I won’t be alone in my attempt, which is good. The Dempster took another motorcycle rider’s life yesterday in a head on with a gravel truck. He was trying to change “slots” in the deep gravel as he saw the oncoming truck. He lost control while trying to go through the deep stuff. Aside from trepidation and fear, I’m having a great time meeting people I’ve known online and making new friends. I took a flight above the Yukon River and filmed the famous ferry taking vehicles to Alaska Dan, wish I knew you were right there in Dawson. Would have tried to at least stop one night. I was passing through Tok and saw ton of adv riders heading to the rally, they mentioned it's one of the biggest get together in the area and to join it. Unfortunately was running out of time and couldn't make it. Good luck to you and ride safe. I did the dalton to prudhoe and can only imagine how crazy tough the dumpster might be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 New tire day... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudDaytonRat Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 New front tire on my 2001 Triumph Bonneville. Bridgestone BT46. I haven't used Bridgestone's since 2016. Been running with Avon's. Put a BT46 on the rear tire last year. I liked the way it handled. So, I'm back with the Stones. The tire not the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 I made it into the Arctic Circle!! I’m riding with a couple of Johns on big Beemers that I met at the D2D Rally. We have conquered multiple sections of the infamous Dempster Highway together already. Dawson City to Eagle Plains. Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson. There to Inuvik where I am. Two of the locations were out of fuel. Many bikes stranded. And the fuel truck carrying two tanks nearly took me out when he passed going the other way! And it indeed deserves its horrid reputation. Two motorcycle deaths in the past week I rode past the remains of one of the BMWs laying in the ditch. The Police tape wrapped on its remains caught my attention. I’ve had several close calls with Semis coming the opposite direction. Thank God for the new knobby tires. Seriously. I don’t care how long they last. They’re worth their weight in gold. Now we are stopped in Inuvik where we got gas and are waiting for John 1 to catch up. We were separated at the McKenzie River ferry. There were two ferry crossings today. Nothing like wet steel ramps and fresh dug dirt hills to start your grand exit. We may get rooms here and attempt to ride to Tuktoyaktuk and back to here again tomorrow. Or we may regroup and ride to Tuktoyaktuk tonight. We’ll see. It doesn’t get dark at all anymore. RIP GS pilot 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Correction: the second crash (the one I photographed the remains of) was as a rider from Michigan who survived and in critical condition in Whitehorse Yukon https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2024/second-motorcycle-collision-week-the-dempster-highway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Danimal Posted June 24 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 24 On 6/22/2024 at 4:21 PM, NinjaDoc said: Dan, wish I knew you were right there in Dawson. Would have tried to at least stop one night. I was passing through Tok and saw ton of adv riders heading to the rally, they mentioned it's one of the biggest get together in the area and to join it. Unfortunately was running out of time and couldn't make it. Good luck to you and ride safe. I did the dalton to prudhoe and can only imagine how crazy tough the dumpster might be. I’ll be heading back to Dawson and then taking the ferry over to Alaska. I’ll do the Dalton then, so I’ll be through Tok. Too bad you didn’t have time. It would have been a trip to run into you Nevin. And thanks. This has been a crazy road. Still not sure I want to do this last stretch to Tuk tomorrow. My leg still makes it hard to even walk. One fuck up and it could be bad. It’s probably stupid for me to be doing this shit still. It’s all I know now, and one of the few things that make me truly happy. 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Danimal Posted June 25 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 25 I made it to Tuktoyaktuk NWT today. It was by far the most difficult road I’ve ridden to date. Now I’ve been as far north and south as you can ride in the Americas! 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phreon Posted June 27 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 27 (edited) Well, I can't say I did it today, but after years lovingly wrenching on my older bikes, chucking money aside for the better part of a decade, I bit the bullet on a machine I can trust to not leave me stranded, hammer my spine on bumps or be hopeless when gravel appears. I just completed installing the major farkles I wanted on this bike and so far, I love it to death. Claims it's boring are vastly wrong. Also, hey, I haven't been on this board in a long time. The last few years have been kind of...weird. Edited June 27 by Phreon Clarity 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Danimal Posted July 5 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 5 I’ve been off grid for a while, riding the Denali Highway and camping. This is something you folks should make a bucket list item. It’s doable on a road bike if careful. Stunning scenery everywhere you look. Camp sites as far as the eye can see. I have lots of pics and video to download. Here is a cell phone photo from my tent last night Before hotels and motels Alaska had “Roadhouses”. There are some still around. Tonight I’ve got a room at Meier’s Lake Roadhouse near Paxon Alaska at the end of Rt. 8, the Denali Highway its raining hard. Relaxing and wondering what’s to come. Tomorrow it’s into Palmer Alaska and reuniting with a girlfriend I haven’t seen since 1989 !!! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 Made it to Seward Alaska and the best crab I’ve ever had! 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Danimal said: Made it to Seward Alaska and the best crab I’ve ever had! Portsmouth NH, not crab but lobster. They have their own fishing fleet. Basically it goes from the boat to your table. Very reasonable prices. Captain Newicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 (edited) Yesterday I took Mystery for a ride up Hatcher Pass not far from their home in Palmer where I’ve been staying while resolving issues on the bike. With all systems go now, it’s time to explore a bit. As we ascended and descended the pass, I handed the Nikon to Mystery and she was the trip photographer. Summit Lake at the top of Hatcher Pass AK watching hang gliders descend afterwards, live music at the Palmer Alehouse Edited July 29 by Danimal 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlboro man Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 Got New rubbers at wheelers 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 Yuinz have a good ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tonik Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 I don't understand why those are not on every bike from the factory. I have to put one on each time I buy one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 Factory on the last 3 bikes I've bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted August 6 Report Share Posted August 6 15 hours ago, Pauly said: Factory on the last 3 bikes I've bought. Clearly you are buying the wrong bikes then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 Got word while in Alaska that my Dad was hospitalized with congestive heart failure issues. He’s now home but the prognosis isn’t good so I’m making a beeline back to his home in Ohio, now slugging out long miles across Alberta. Fun time is over for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 Sorry to hear that man...Safe travels and hoping the best for your father! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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