All week I thought I was departing Sunday, but on Saturday Adam reminded me I still had one more day in my 'Birfday Month' that being July 31st, so BuBu and I enjoyed one more day together Sunday and I was prepped for a Monday morning departure. I was up around 1030, leisurely packed the bike by 1130 and was ready to depart by noon. I shot this departure video with my wife, who was home on vacation, whom I miss already! The video is a little long, but I sped up...

Due to the large distances between gas stations on the James Dalton highway I knew I would need to carry additional fuel to extend my range. It was about 250 miles (400 km) from Fairbanks to the midway point; Coldfoot, Alaska. My Intruder got about 180 km per tank, at highway speeds and I knew my average speed would be way down and therefore also my fuel economy. I had strapped 2 x 25L jerry cans on the back of my bike.which would give me about 4 fill-ups. I don...