alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Too f'n lazy to write, so will just post up a bunch of pics from a great trip 11 years ago. (we have tentative plans to go again in 2021, if the world is still here...) starting off with an epic one from the one and only @jbean. this guy here (just had his nails done and didnt want to mess up the polish) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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XTreme Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Amazing Rick! How many miles did you do in total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just now, XTreme said: Amazing Rick! How many miles did you do in total? It was probably over 7000 miles. I ended up flying home from Montana as i had ridden Jim's bike from AK. He flew out of Anchorage, since he didnt have enough vacation to ride back. My plan was to go back to Ak later that year and ride my own bike back. True to form, once i've ridden/driven the Alaska Highway, it takes me about 2-3 years to want to do it again :). I have family in Anchorage so it was pretty easy to leave my KTM there and then have it shipped later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just now, alfalfa said: It was probably over 7000 miles. I ended up flying home from Montana as i had ridden Jim's bike from AK. He flew out of Anchorage, since he didnt have enough vacation to ride back. My plan was to go back to Ak later that year and ride my own bike back. True to form, once i've ridden/driven the Alaska Highway, it takes me about 2-3 years to want to do it again :). I have family in Anchorage so it was pretty easy to leave my KTM there and then have it shipped later. How long did it take? Were there any breakdowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just now, XTreme said: How long did it take? Were there any breakdowns? We took 3 weeks to do it. I rode from Los Angeles to Missoula, MT where we all met up. So, a week to get to Fairbanks, then a week in Alaska, and then the 3rd week to get back to MT. We didnt have any flats. I did need a new tire in Whitehorse (you forget that just getting to Alaska can wear out a tire!). My brother's KTM acted up coming back down the Alcan, after he dropped it in the wood turning around. Something about the canister filling up with gas, causing it to not want to run. Heading south from Prudhoe, my bike started dying, then running. It was pouring rain for the section from Deadhorse to Atigun. At the top of Atigun Pass, it just quit. I was carrying an extra gallon of gas and put that in. Bike started and ran the whole rest of the time. The weird part is that i used one tank getting from Coldfoot to Prudhoe (about 255 miles), and more than one heading south. Might have been fighting thru the rain and mud and running at higher rpms on the southbound leg. Kind of exciting to break down where you arent anywhere near civilization, or cell coverage (only in Prudhoe) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 The trip back was just me and my brother. The other two guys flew out of Anchorage. Our last day riding we left Edmonton, Alberta and rode straight thru back to Missoula. Probably about 630 miles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 This was our route north 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Can't get my head round that distance as I'm used to UK/EU parameters. As an example, from Malaga on the Mediterranean in the south to Le Havre on the French coast in the north is 1100 miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, XTreme said: Can't get my head round that distance as I'm used to UK/EU parameters. As an example, from Malaga on the Mediterranean in the south to Le Havre on the French coast in the north is 1100 miles! If you look at the map, the distance from Fairbanks to Prudhoe and back is 1000 miles!! The 4th guy in our group was someone from Ohio that was buying my brother's KTM 640. He decided he would go to AK with us, not understanding the mileages involved!. We were in a restaurant somewhere and i was showing that the distance we had traveled was about 1/3 to 1/4 the total distance JUST to Alaska. He almost turned around right there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Oh, from my house to my brothers was longer than the 1100 miles you referenced. its a bit of a large country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Nice pics! Let me know if you have any openings for next year's trip. haven 't been able to ride this year for shit, so I'll save up for a longer route next year. That bear in the glass case looks like the Anchorage Airport bear - have a pic somewhere of me next to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 16 hours ago, alfalfa said: The 4th guy in our group was someone from Ohio that was buying my brother's KTM 640. He decided he would go to AK with us, not understanding the mileages involved!. We were in a restaurant somewhere and i was showing that the distance we had traveled was about 1/3 to 1/4 the total distance JUST to Alaska. He almost turned around right there I was just about to ask wether the guy enjoyed a 640 on all that wide open road, but that question is now answered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 19 hours ago, Earache said: Nice pics! Let me know if you have any openings for next year's trip. haven 't been able to ride this year for shit, so I'll save up for a longer route next year. That bear in the glass case looks like the Anchorage Airport bear - have a pic somewhere of me next to it. Standby for next year Yep, that is the Anchorage airport. Last time i was ever there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Pedro said: I was just about to ask wether the guy enjoyed a 640 on all that wide open road, but that question is now answered We did hear a lot of whining from the guy. He had never done a trip that long, and that wasnt the best first bike for a trip of 10,000 miles. He was going to ride it all the way back to Ohio, after Alaska. We named that trip the "KTM Enema Relay". You can probably guess why... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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