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Old 08-15-2011, 11:41 AM   #81
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Back in the US. Enroute to Seattle after dinner in Vancouver. Today was the first day we have seen sunshine in a week. Rain all week wore me out.
Thats because canada is a country full of socialist pigs
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Old 08-15-2011, 03:11 PM   #82
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Back in the US. Enroute to Seattle after dinner in Vancouver. Today was the first day we have seen sunshine in a week. Rain all week wore me out.
Spot still shows you in Vancouver as of this post.
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Old 08-18-2011, 01:52 AM   #83
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We are in Jackson Hole, Wyoming tonight. 69 degrees and feels great this evening. Spending the day here tomorrow too, and back on the road Friday.

I'll be home Sunday afternoon. I'm sure ready, but has it really been 3 weeks already? LOL
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Old 08-18-2011, 02:05 AM   #84
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We are in Jackson Hole, Wyoming tonight. 69 degrees and feels great this evening. Spending the day here tomorrow too, and back on the road Friday.

I'll be home Sunday afternoon. I'm sure ready, but has it really been 3 weeks already? LOL
I was starting to wonder.
Seemed like it took you four days to get to Alaska and two weeks to get back.
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Old 08-18-2011, 02:38 AM   #85
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I was starting to wonder.
Seemed like it took you four days to get to Alaska and two weeks to get back.
Would you be in a rush to return to Oklahoma?
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Old 08-18-2011, 06:32 AM   #86
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Would you be in a rush to return to Oklahoma?
Fair point
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Would you be in a rush to return to Oklahoma?
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Old 08-20-2011, 03:47 PM   #88
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wow, what a trip man.


hope to see more pix
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Old 08-21-2011, 05:54 PM   #89
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Looks like you made it back, congrats on staying safe and having one hell of a trip.
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Old 08-21-2011, 10:58 PM   #90
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Thanks goof.

I did make it home safe and sound this afternoon, but not without my share of difficulties to handle on the road, a few of which have been mentioned here already.

Here's the official incident tally in order:

1) Flat front tire in Prudhoe Bay the morning we woke up there. (I think it was sabotaged, more on that later)
2) Got 2 gallons of water at $5.10 a gallon out of the fuel pump in Prudhoe Bay getting ready to leave. (This caused the bike to die 40 miles north of Coldfood in a 5" muddy muck, while in a heavy rain. Took an hour to sort out.)
3) Lost the headlight high beam coming off the Dalton on the way to Fairbanks.
4) Rear tire belts split and popped the tube. Had to get a new tire. (This one was my fault.)
5) Lost the headlight low beam 100 miles from Missoula, Montana as it was getting dark. (Had to ride 5' off my buddy and ride by his headlight. I don't recommend this. Ever. It sucked. Alot.)
6) Speedometer quit leaving Missoula, Montana the next morning.

And the grand finale....

7) The clip on the chain master link ditched out on me somewhere between Omaha, Nebraska and Topeka, Kansas this morning. The ONE thing I didn't have a spare of. Dammit. Ended up having to get a U-Haul, loading the KLR up, and doing the last 300 miles that way, but at least I got home in one piece.

It was a hell of a trip, and I'll try to start writing up the ride report in a day or three.

Official day/mileage tally is 25 days and 9,845 miles.
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