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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. PXL_20240610_185519109.thumb.jpg.8a05a8491e5097645b89c3b788effe25.jpg

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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. 
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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.

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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. 
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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. 

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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watching hang gliders descend 

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afterwards, live music at the Palmer Alehouse

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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. 

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