Author Topic: 8000 mile ride planned (Read 13864 times)

dcardo021 · « **Reply #90 on:** March 12, 2018, 08:52:32 PM »

That last pic is not happening lol! Ride a wheely to Alaska! Lol

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dcardo021 · « **Reply #91 on:** March 13, 2018, 07:45:34 PM »

Power outlet added...ram mount as well+

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davevv · « **Reply #92 on:** March 13, 2018, 08:11:12 PM »

Not on a Guzzi at the time, but this is how I toured Alaska and Canada back on '07. Shipped my gear to the dealer in Anchorage and picked the bike up there on June 18. Put on a little over 5300 miles in 24 days getting back to Dallas. Camped about half the time.

rodekyll · « **Reply #93 on:** March 14, 2018, 12:37:39 AM »

Quote from: davevv on March 13, 2018, 08:11:12 PM

Not on a Guzzi at the time, but this is how I toured Alaska and Canada back on '07. Shipped my gear to the dealer in Anchorage and picked the bike up there on June 18. Put on a little over 5300 miles in 24 days getting back to Dallas. Camped about half the time.

Isn't the bike supposed to point the other way in that picture? And your arrowhead is all wrong.

But the load look good!

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #93 on:** March 14, 2018, 12:37:39 AM »

Lee Davis · « **Reply #94 on:** March 14, 2018, 04:34:12 AM »

Wow! What a bunch of weenies. Heading anywhere is a nice start to an adventure, but it should certainly not be the "trip of a lifetime". You can get a ferry from anywhere to anyplace in Alaska/BC/Washington... by playing the schedule game. I prefer the Cassiar highway to the Alaska. You should think of Alaska as Kansas, plus a lot more riding, then, you will do well. Planning? Hooey. Just go. I did the Alaska Highway in early December one time and it remains my most memorable and fun trip. Lee

rodekyll · « **Reply #95 on:** March 14, 2018, 04:43:03 AM »

Quote from: Lee Davis on March 14, 2018, 04:34:12 AM

Wow! What a bunch of weenies. Heading anywhere is a nice start to an adventure, but it should certainly not be the "trip of a lifetime". You can get a ferry from anywhere to anyplace in Alaska/BC/Washington... by playing the schedule game. I prefer the Cassiar highway to the Alaska. You should think of Alaska as Kansas, plus a lot more riding, then, you will do well. Planning? Hooey. Just go. I did the Alaska Highway in early December one time and it remains my most memorable and fun trip. Lee

I'd like to take your weenie ferry from Yakima to Tok via Watson Lake. Can you show me that on your "anywhere to anyplace" schedule?

Matteo · « **Reply #96 on:** March 14, 2018, 10:33:46 AM »

When you reach Alaska you�ll know your not in Kansas! Or anywhere else in North America.
The ferry to Alaska lands you in Alaska for a few miles then your in Canada for the worst roads (Yukon Frost heaves) to Alaska for half a day.

dcardo021 · « **Reply #97 on:** March 15, 2018, 05:30:02 PM »

Quote from: Lee Davis on March 14, 2018, 04:34:12 AM

Wow! What a bunch of weenies. Heading anywhere is a nice start to an adventure, but it should certainly not be the "trip of a lifetime". You can get a ferry from anywhere to anyplace in Alaska/BC/Washington... by playing the schedule game. I prefer the Cassiar highway to the Alaska. You should think of Alaska as Kansas, plus a lot more riding, then, you will do well. Planning? Hooey. Just go. I did the Alaska Highway in early December one time and it remains my most memorable and fun trip. Lee

Weenie! Ha! Ha! We will be hitting 14 states by the time we get back. Lee still mad you got that Stelvio before I did in EP. Now you call me a Weenie, lol.

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Lannis · « **Reply #98 on:** July 28, 2020, 04:31:31 PM »

Quote from: Lee Davis on March 14, 2018, 05:34:12 AM

Wow! What a bunch of weenies. Heading anywhere is a nice start to an adventure, but it should certainly not be the "trip of a lifetime". You can get a ferry from anywhere to anyplace in Alaska/BC/Washington... by playing the schedule game. I prefer the Cassiar highway to the Alaska. You should think of Alaska as Kansas, plus a lot more riding, then, you will do well. Planning? Hooey. Just go. I did the Alaska Highway in early December one time and it remains my most memorable and fun trip. Lee

Quote from: dcardo021 on March 15, 2018, 05:30:02 PM

Weenie! Ha! Ha! We will be hitting 14 states by the time we get back. Lee still mad you got that Stelvio before I did in EP. Now you call me a Weenie, lol.

Went looking for Lee Davis in New Mexico, he last posted on this thread in 2018 about dcardo021's upcoming Deadhorse Alaska trip on a Griso ...

... By the bye, as long as someone brought it up, did the Alaska trip ever come off? Lots of good prep advice on there, Rodekyll almost came across the table about it ....

Lannis

nick949 · « **Reply #99 on:** July 28, 2020, 05:24:45 PM »

If people are heading north from the US, don't count on the border being open any time soon. It would be a shame to ride a decent distance only to be turned back.

Nick

Lannis · « **Reply #100 on:** July 28, 2020, 06:23:32 PM »

Quote from: nick949 on July 28, 2020, 05:24:45 PM

If people are heading north from the US, don't count on the border being open any time soon. It would be a shame to ride a decent distance only to be turned back.

Nick

Well, the thread that I resurrected was an old one from 2018, just trying to see what the followup might have been.

Fay and I had planned a Canadian trip on the bike August 31 - September 10, but that's off now ... we'll head South instead. I've ridden for 50 years and haven't seen all of the interesting stuff in the state of Virginia yet; I could ride 500 years and never see all the interesting stuff in the United States.

So when you look at it that way, no need to cross a border, or get on boat or plane to see a lifetime of interesting stuff from the seat of a bike ....

Lannis

Bulldog9 · « **Reply #101 on:** July 29, 2020, 11:38:17 AM »

I'll be watching this, planning an Alaska to Argentina trip in 2022-23.

PJPR01 · « **Reply #102 on:** July 29, 2020, 01:29:35 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog9 on July 29, 2020, 11:38:17 AM

I'll be watching this, planning an Alaska to Argentina trip in 2022-23.

Excellent...lots of great Youtube videos of folks who have done the same, always entertaining to see their adventures.

Which bike are you planning to take on the trip?

Bulldog9 · « **Reply #103 on:** July 29, 2020, 02:56:52 PM »

Quote from: PJPR01 on July 29, 2020, 01:29:35 PM

Excellent...lots of great Youtube videos of folks who have done the same, always entertaining to see their adventures.

Which bike are you planning to take on the trip?

Likely the Stornello

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