What a ride!!!!
1,000 miles through Alaska.
Started in Anchorage in the early afternoon on Saturday, up over the Alaska Range, home of Mt. Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley), a quick stop for gas in Fairbanks then on to Delta Junction and south to Valdez via Glennallen!!! Yes....over the Alaska Range again!!! (over the Chugach Mountains as well.) Then turn around and head back to Glennallen and turn west back to Anchorage...yup, over the Chugach Mountains again, then through them sideways!! 22 hours later I arrived safely back in Anchorage!
What an awesome trip!
Bike issues...only 2. The tach started just screaming at one point, a shot of WD40 quieted it down, and the rear bearing picked up a piece of sand I think and started squeeking, I tried a couple of times to do a shot of WD40 in the bearing, and finally put it up on its stand, started the tire spinning in first and drowned the bearing in WD40 until the sand washed out.
Body issues...not much. Right knee kept aching, but I have a set of highway pegs up front so I could stretch. Got a bit cold around 3 am. But nothing an extra coat wouldn't fix. The only real irritant was the right hand and shoulder. I really enjoyed the downhill stretches, I would grab the clutch and coast along giving my right side a break.
I started a photo album, and put some photos of the trip in there if anybody wants to take a look. Sure is pretty country up here.
More:
https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/gallery/album.php?album_id=2020
Oh....yes...I did see Santa as I rode through North Pole, Alaska.
1,000 miles through Alaska.
Started in Anchorage in the early afternoon on Saturday, up over the Alaska Range, home of Mt. Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley), a quick stop for gas in Fairbanks then on to Delta Junction and south to Valdez via Glennallen!!! Yes....over the Alaska Range again!!! (over the Chugach Mountains as well.) Then turn around and head back to Glennallen and turn west back to Anchorage...yup, over the Chugach Mountains again, then through them sideways!! 22 hours later I arrived safely back in Anchorage!
What an awesome trip!
Bike issues...only 2. The tach started just screaming at one point, a shot of WD40 quieted it down, and the rear bearing picked up a piece of sand I think and started squeeking, I tried a couple of times to do a shot of WD40 in the bearing, and finally put it up on its stand, started the tire spinning in first and drowned the bearing in WD40 until the sand washed out.
Body issues...not much. Right knee kept aching, but I have a set of highway pegs up front so I could stretch. Got a bit cold around 3 am. But nothing an extra coat wouldn't fix. The only real irritant was the right hand and shoulder. I really enjoyed the downhill stretches, I would grab the clutch and coast along giving my right side a break.
I started a photo album, and put some photos of the trip in there if anybody wants to take a look. Sure is pretty country up here.
More:
https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/gallery/album.php?album_id=2020
Oh....yes...I did see Santa as I rode through North Pole, Alaska.