SYMBA Ride to Alaska: Made It To The Arctic Circle!!
June 30, 2010 by admin
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Back in Fairbanks.
Made it to the Arctic Circle yesterday around 3pm. The Dalton wasn’t as bad as everyone said. It was a very nice dirt/gravel road. The only parts that was rough was the road construction sections. Nearing the Circle it had started raining then stopped. It was surprisingly very warm there. I had to take off all my layers and still got sweaty. It rained all the way back. The dirt/gravel road got very slippery but for the most part stayed in tack. There were several spots where I almost crashed but managed. I was able to do mostly 40mph through most of it.
The Michelin Gazelle is wearing out faster then the stock tires….could be the gravel road accelerating the wear but seems like they are just softer. The rear is almost worn out after only a little over a thousand miles. Before putting them on I thought I had brought too many tires but now think I have just enough to get back home.
I’m going to Tok tonight and staying at the all/only motorcycle camping site I was told about the other day. I should be passing thru Whitehorse on the 2nd.
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PS. from Suzanne – Does anyone else find the picture of the SYMBA in front of the Alaska Pipeline kind of ironic?
Great stuff, you and the Symba seem to be holding very well to the hundreds of miles per day!
Binh, you wuss! You said that you were going to do it on a 50cc!! Just kidding.
Great job!
Now, Tierra del Fuego or just get back home safe. We’ll talk Jason into throwing a party for you.
Ciao!
Mike
Binh, you wuss! You said that you were going to do it on a 50cc!! Just kidding.
Great job!
Now, Tierra del Fuego or just get back home safe. We’ll talk Jason into throwing a party for you.
Ciao!
Mike
Congrats Binh! What an accomplishment. The picture of you in front of the pipeline really caught my eye. As a kid, I lived outside of Fort Nelson, BC; the pipeline ran right though the Army camp. There were numerous things that imaginative, television deprived kids used the pipeline for. Good times…