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Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« on: December 07, 2022, 02:11:45 PM »
The question came to mind after some discussion here in this forum , a a recent article in motorcycle Mojo.
Which one is or would be more intriguing . I've a pin for both on my world Map.
recently I watch a video on You tube about 2 Germans ,form near Hamburg ,who traveled to the Nordkapp on 2 Puch Maxi Mopeds [49 cc/2 stroke] in May  :wink: .the year before on 2 NSU Quickly.  :bow:











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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2022, 03:46:47 AM »
 Me, I would to Tuk! It is only 5° further north in latitude than here! Even though I have never been to Canada Go north!
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2022, 10:22:03 AM »
Just looking at the map, I would think the fjord-hugging route to the Nordkapp would be more scenic. Plus more towns, and an underwater tunnel!

I guess "intriguing" is the operative word here. If desolation and solitude is your thing, then the Dempster has your number.

It also looks like the Nordkapp wins for most northerly place you can ride to. 71 deg. N vs 69 deg.
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2022, 12:30:07 PM »
71vs 69 ,very true . For the longest time never tought about Tuk,but like you said the Dempster .
Norway, ... well Vikings and Fjords, what more to say . :wink:
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2022, 02:19:08 PM »
depending on the time available, the nordkapp can be made into a nice round trip, going through  poland, the baltics , finland , and back throug norway.
a absolutely stunning trip.
with the lakes in the north of poland, forests of the poland and the baltics , the open landscape of lappland , and the fjords of norway.
did it both on a motorcycle and a citroen 2cv ( probably a car comparable to your posty)
recomended, I would happily do it again.

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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2022, 05:42:22 PM »
I would have to pick Nordkapp, I have ridden to Tuktoyuktuk in 2019. The Dempster highway is all gravel / crushed rock and about 900 km from pavement near Dawson City to Tuk. The lower 1/2 of the Dempster is very scenic, I found the top half just long and boring. since the road to Tuk was finished in 2019 the number of semi trailer units hauling supplies north has exploded, the traditional summer barge service up the river is now closed. Too many trucks, it used to be absolute solitude, no more. The dust trail from a couple semis results on near zero visibility at times. There is very little to see in Tuk other than dipping a wheel on the Arctic Ocean.
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2022, 05:53:59 PM »
I would have to pick Nordkapp, I have ridden to Tuktoyuktuk in 2019. The Dempster highway is all gravel / crushed rock and about 900 km from pavement near Dawson City to Tuk. The lower 1/2 of the Dempster is very scenic, I found the top half just long and boring. since the road to Tuk was finished in 2019 the number of semi trailer units hauling supplies north has exploded, the traditional summer barge service up the river is now closed. Too many trucks, it used to be absolute solitude, no more. The dust trail from a couple semis results on near zero visibility at times. There is very little to see in Tuk other than dipping a wheel on the Arctic Ocean.
The reality of what you say Jim, is as usual undeniably correct in reality.
But when you say there is nothing to see ?
I contend that sometimes although everything can often lead to nothing.
Nothingness can sometimes bring everything into clearer light…

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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2022, 06:20:20 PM »
I'm with Jim on this one. I didn't go all the way to Tuk, stopping at the edge of the Mackenzie Delta. It was the barren lands and the mountains I wanted to see, and they are spectacular.

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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2022, 02:47:31 AM »
The reality of what you say Jim, is as usual undeniably correct in reality.
But when you say there is nothing to see ?
I contend that sometimes although everything can often lead to nothing.
Nothingness can sometimes bring everything into clearer light…


Don’t get me wrong, I like the vast empty spaces, like central Wyoming, southern Saskatchewan, New Mexico etc. Watching a thunderstorm roll in across the prairies is spectacular and seeind a road stretch out in front of you as far as the eye can see does it for me. On the  Dempster after the big ferry crossing of the McKenzie River it just gets very monotonous for me. Flat gravel, scrub bush, and the relentless dust from the semi trailer transports.
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2022, 10:29:19 AM »

Don’t get me wrong, I like the vast empty spaces, like central Wyoming, southern Saskatchewan, New Mexico etc. Watching a thunderstorm roll in across the prairies is spectacular and seeind a road stretch out in front of you as far as the eye can see does it for me. On the  Dempster after the big ferry crossing of the McKenzie River it just gets very monotonous for me. Flat gravel, scrub bush, and the relentless dust from the semi trailer transports.
Having spend half my lifetime and most of our Riding [the Wife and I ] here in Canada /the Praerie, I'm still 'intrigued' by Wilderness and wide open Spaces. I would combine a ride toTuk with a journey to Alaska.
The Kapp ,to me ,again experiencing the Fjords also 'a very much Want'
Question would also be ,what Bike to use ,here we currently have 2 Choices, 1400 Cali or just me on the V7.
Over there,mostlikly a Rental, like Tiumph or KTM out of Hamburg.
Flying a Bike has now become to expensive, shipping by Sea ,likewise ,...transport from here to next Seaport , to much coin.
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2022, 07:52:24 PM »
The question came to mind after some discussion here in this forum , a a recent article in motorcycle Mojo.
Which one is or would be more intriguing . I've a pin for both on my world Map.
recently I watch a video on You tube about 2 Germans ,form near Hamburg ,who traveled to the Nordkapp on 2 Puch Maxi Mopeds [49 cc/2 stroke] in May  :wink: .the year before on 2 NSU Quickly.  :bow:








It depends are you talking more of s challenge or more scenic?
I think travelling to Nordcapp on a 50cc NSU quickly would be easy, sealed most of the way I believe, I doubt it would handle the Dempster Highway however800 smiles of rough road
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Re: Tuktoyaktuk or Nordkapp
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2022, 12:44:28 AM »
The reality of what you say Jim, is as usual undeniably correct in reality.
But when you say there is nothing to see ?
I contend that sometimes although everything can often lead to nothing.
Nothingness can sometimes bring everything into clearer light…
I never made it to Tuk on my Griso only to Eagle plains Arctic circle monument. but the time i spent riding alone up the Dempster was unreal.
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