[Rollin]

Fuel stop #2 on the Dalton Highway is in Coldfoot, AK. After Coldfoot the next place to get fuel is 240 miles away in Prudhoe Bay.

 

[8_Ball_Joe]

Fuel stop #2 on the Dalton Highway is in Coldfoot, AK. After Coldfoot the next place to get fuel is 240 miles away in Prudhoe Bay.

Ok Rollin did you carry extra fuel or is the vission that great on fuel?

 

[Rollin]

Dalton Highway gas stops -
Yukon River Camp - Mile Marker 56

Coldfoot - Mile Marker 175

Prudhoe Bay - Mile Marker 414 - Price $5.51 a gallon for regular in June of 2012.
A gas station in Prudhoe Bay, AK-

 

[Rollin]

Ok Rollin did you carry extra fuel or is the vission that great on fuel?

I had two extra gallons of gas with me but the Vision did make it to Prudhoe Bay. It took 5.56 gallons to fill it.
I think I was getting good fuel mileage because of the lower speed. It took me 7.5 hours to go the 240 miles and my average moving speed was only 37 mph!!

 

[8_Ball_Joe]

Dang Rollin Milking it or sweating bullets?

 

[StillLookin]

A friend of mine was just saying he wanted to do that ride, I will show him that video first and then ask him again. Most of the people I hear of going up to Alaska do it on an endro type BMW or something similar becuase of all the gravel. How did you find doing it on something bigger and heavier like the 8Ball? Any spills? Do you think it would have been easier on something like one of the GS bikes? Nice trip for you.

 

[Rollin]

Dang Rollin Milking it or sweating bullets?

Sweating bullets!
The conditions changed quickly and if you are going too fast for the change it can end badly. I met two riders on the Dalton that later had to be air lifted to a hospital. One had broken ribs and the other had a broken shoulder and ribs. They were riding with a group so they had someone to help them. I was riding solo so I was very careful.

 

[Rollin]

A friend of mine was just saying he wanted to do that ride, I will show him that video first and then ask him again. Most of the people I hear of going up to Alaska do it on an endro type BMW or something similar becuase of all the gravel. How did you find doing it on something bigger and heavier like the 8Ball? Any spills? Do you think it would have been easier on something like one of the GS bikes? Nice trip for you.

Thank you!
No spills. The best bike for the Dalton would be a light bike with high ground clearance and knobby tires.

 

[Rollin]

A friend of mine was just saying he wanted to do that ride, I will show him that video first and then ask him again. Most of the people I hear of going up to Alaska do it on an endro type BMW or something similar becuase of all the gravel. How did you find doing it on something bigger and heavier like the 8Ball? Any spills? Do you think it would have been easier on something like one of the GS bikes? Nice trip for you.

Here's a story about how a ride can go bad - http://ronnieborr.com/blog/north-america/the-dalton-strikes-back/
(I stayed at the same place in Wiseman)

 

[Rollin]

Tirechoice is important.

 

[Rollin]

Photo op -
The start of the Alaska Highway is in Dawson Creek, BC. Mile "0"

 

[Rollin]

The North Pole. It's south of Fairbanks.

 

[Rollin]

Signs - Don't miss the Sign Post Forest -
http://www.watsonlake.ca/our-community/sign-post-forest/

 

[Rollin]

At North Pole -

 

[Rollin]

North to Alaska.
It is north to Alaska but from the lower 48 states it is also WAY west of here.
Northwest to Alaska -

 

[Rollin]

????????
I wasn't expecting this. It was 6:00 am (Alaska time), I'm riding north. And into the sun?

 

[Rollin]

What's in the Yukon? Bears!!! Lots of bears.
I lost count of the black bears and saw 6 grizzly bear in the Yukon area.
The Grizzly Bears

While riding along the Alaska Highway, in the Yukon, I had seen black bears but this was my first grizzly bear sighting.
One large grizzly and two cubs were eating along the side of the road. I wasn't sure if I would see any more so I wanted to get a picture.

I rode past the bears and did a U-turn, rode past the bears again and did another U-turn and stopped and got my camera ready.
I pulled up by the bears and kept the engine running. I took a few pictures and quickly left.
The bears did not seem to care that I was there. They never even lifted their heads to look at me. They just kept walking and eating.
There would be more grizzly bears but none this close.

 

[Rollin]

North to Alaska guide - http://www.northtoalaska.com/plannerRequest.aspx

 

[Bigfoot]

Rollin,
did you purchase the "Milepost" magazine?

http://www.milepost.com/

 

[Bigfoot]

North to Alaska guide - http://www.northtoalaska.com/plannerRequest.aspx

I ordered a copy.