Well over this past summer my dad and I went up to to prudhoe bay Alaska from Texas and on the trip back made our way through california then east back to home. For a total distance of 10500 miles. Prudhoe bay for those that dont know stops at the beaufort sea which is on the artic ocean, and is the most northern place you can go by road on the north american continent. We had to travel the James Dalton highway to get there, very rough and only two gas stations and tons of semis, the rode is basically all dirt and constintly rains, making it hard to ride fast, some sections we hit 80+ to make up to time but other we were slipping the clutch in 1st gear. Took us 13 hours to travel 500 miles. Rode it all with street tires. But I am going to make a slideshow or something like that, documenting the trip we made, we did it all in 16 days. Here is a pic, look at the sign in the back ground.
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/Bens_haircut/benspictures388.jpg) Notice that mr. bmw is running knobbies. Ok ok, if we would of had the money to buy them and time to install we would have too. Oh ya also notice the blue sign in the back, next services 240 miles. :thumb:
:o I'd have to carry 3 gallons besides a full tank to make it 240 miles, dang.
Looks like fun. I am hoping to take a long road trip this summer. How did the knobbies handle the road compared to your street tires?
Quote from: Jarrett on December 01, 2006, 01:22:57 PM
Looks like fun. I am hoping to take a long road trip this summer. How did the knobbies handle the road compared to your street tires?
The guy on the bmw wasnt with us, he was just getting gas from where we were at and talked to us. I am not quite sure how the knobbies would have done but I would say alot better than street tires. Street tires follow the grooves in the mud, and there was 6 inches of it in some places, but with the knobbies I would imagine you wouldnt have to worry about them follow ruts and grooves.
The gas was def. an issue. My vstrom probably would have made the distance but my dads busa would have not, he ran out of gas and we used the gas we were carrying (5 gallons) to get the rest of the way.
There was a guy on a bmw that got offended and walked off when we told him we liked riding through rain and street tires on the busa were fun, he rode a bmw with knobbies and spent the night because he though it was too rough of a ride. We saw him on the way back 13 hours later...He was one of the rich guys that buys the bmw with every accesory and is a poser, we met some real cool guys on bmws that actually pushed there bikes and used them. So they are all not rich guys who like to look cool.
240 miles? I wouldn't have made it half way even. I'd be screwed. I guess I better get a R1200S, huh?
Awesome! More pics !!! :thumb:
Quote from: scottpA_GS on December 01, 2006, 03:38:26 PM
Awesome! More pics !!! :thumb:
+1! :thumb: Glad you made it! :thumb:
Quote from: scratch on December 01, 2006, 05:10:32 PM
Quote from: scottpA_GS on December 01, 2006, 03:38:26 PM
Awesome! More pics !!! :thumb:
+1! :thumb: Glad you made it! :thumb:
Well I dont want to spoil the slide show so yall wont get to see all the good ones, but Ill post up acouple. :kiss3:
The first is my picture from my v-stom I was riding, there was a twisty section, and then, thats how we change tires without a stand, use a peice of wood underneath and lean it on a tree. :laugh: I know these arent quite the pictures yall want but Ill get better ones as I put them on here, dont want yall to see the good ones too soon. :thumb:(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/Bens_haircut/57.jpg) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/Bens_haircut/benspictures149.jpg)
sorry about the past picture, when you get that far north in canada it starts going sideways...
Here is a picture about 60 miles from fairbanks, AK. This is at the beginning of the James Dalton Highway. The landscape changed totally when riding through, from small hills, to large mountains, then open flat land. It was crazy, and when you hear the mosquito is the state bird, its true they are everywhere, and they are huge!
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/Bens_haircut/benspictures283.jpg)
This is the tool set that we took. Luckily we didnt need anything other than to change tires. In the picture you can see our mascots we took, mine was the iguana, iggie-wanna, and my dads is the armadillo, arnie-dillo. They were fighting before the trip even started... :laugh:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/Bens_haircut/DSC00568.jpg)
your my hero. :icon_razz:
-ash
Quote from: ashman on December 02, 2006, 05:57:04 PM
your my hero. :icon_razz:
-ash
The feeling is mutual! haha thanks though! :thumb:
of all the important things in your giant pile of tools the JB weld i would rank in the top 5 of importance. maybe even above tire plugs, I'd bet you could widle down a stick to the size of yur hole and put some jb weld around the hole and POOF insta tire plug.
-ash