JasonLester
Well-known member
Ok a little off the boat topic... In a couple weeks I am heading north on my motorcycle. I have done this before and think I posted a thread about it in the hobies section...
So anyway here is the plan. In 2010 we did a similar ride but this one will include a few more roads we skipped last time.
We leave from here in Ohio and truck the bikes to my uncles house in Montana. There isn't much to do between here and there considering the time we have to make it to Fairbanks and back...So we skip this little 1700 mile section...Don't worry its still 3000 miles to Fairbanks give or take a couple hundered mile (lean to the heavy side on mileage) So plenty of riding even from Montana.
It takes a couple days even in the truck to get to Montana. So we plan to get there early in the day and then unload, pack the bikes, say our hello's and goodbyes to family and head out. Then we will head north on mostly back roads to Banff, the Icefield parkway, then Jasper and then up to Dawson City and the start of the ALCAN. Then up to Fairbanks via a few extras I will go into detail about as I go.
Then I fly home and Dad stays up at his place in Fairbanks for the summer. And six weeks later I fly back up and we ride home on a little different route to include a really big Tin....the Alaska Marine Highway...
I have never done a live or semi-live ride report so I'm gonna try it on here. Hopefully I can post a few pictures and brief descriptions as I go along. If anyone is interested. It was a blast in 2010 and should be again. I just thought I would take you all along if you want.
So anyway here is the plan. In 2010 we did a similar ride but this one will include a few more roads we skipped last time.
We leave from here in Ohio and truck the bikes to my uncles house in Montana. There isn't much to do between here and there considering the time we have to make it to Fairbanks and back...So we skip this little 1700 mile section...Don't worry its still 3000 miles to Fairbanks give or take a couple hundered mile (lean to the heavy side on mileage) So plenty of riding even from Montana.
It takes a couple days even in the truck to get to Montana. So we plan to get there early in the day and then unload, pack the bikes, say our hello's and goodbyes to family and head out. Then we will head north on mostly back roads to Banff, the Icefield parkway, then Jasper and then up to Dawson City and the start of the ALCAN. Then up to Fairbanks via a few extras I will go into detail about as I go.
Then I fly home and Dad stays up at his place in Fairbanks for the summer. And six weeks later I fly back up and we ride home on a little different route to include a really big Tin....the Alaska Marine Highway...
I have never done a live or semi-live ride report so I'm gonna try it on here. Hopefully I can post a few pictures and brief descriptions as I go along. If anyone is interested. It was a blast in 2010 and should be again. I just thought I would take you all along if you want.