If that's the seat with the sudden step, some ppl replace it with a '80 seat, which has the same fitment and lets you slide back a little better. Its step is less extremeThe big thing I find is the sock special II seat is not designed for long saddle time (I’m 6’-2” and have longish legs).
For next year, I may need to fab up some highway pegs so that I can stretch my legs.
No, it is the earlier style 79/80 one with less of a hump. it’s hard to see under all the stuff. I have learn how to pack less.If that's the seat with the sudden step, some ppl replace it with a '80 seat, which has the same fitment and lets you slide back a little better. Its step is less extreme
If you say more about it, I'll read it.Nuf said .
I understand that the Alaska H-Way is paved now. I know that it makes travel easier, but what does it mean to a real adventurer like yourself?Haha
Yeah, I guess I could expand on a few Yukon and motorcycle stories and epic long hauls
I was living up in Whitehorse for years , and being on the Alaska Hwy. I saw EVERY manner of bike come up that road ….
Lots of Ewan and Charlie guys having a “ dream ride” ( or…crisis….it was hard to tell sometimes lol)
My favorite to this day, was this kid , halfway between Dawson City and Whitehorse , California Plates , old army duffel…. On. A. Honda. Cub !
That kid was just livin it ! , all I could think of was him in Northern BC on the Alaska with those big B train Semis behind him. I’ve never met anyone before or since that was so frikken happy to be out just doing life his own way !
One of the most memorable, also,
was me at
The Arctic Circle ( had dirt tires on my Ducati)
I’m chillin, having coffee… tour group
Shows up on GS 1200s absolutely loaded with spare tires, and everything else you could imagine…. Then there’s me … backpack, soft bags … brewing up on my whisper lite stove
They actually avoided me , until one of them spotted my Yukon Plate ….” He’s a LOCAL!”
So, we all chatted about what’s the “best bike “ etc…..except the tour guide …. I’ve never before actually seen a guy white with rage ….to cap it off I politely mentioned that the road gets a bit more difficult further north …. And perhaps they want to dump some gear at Eagle Plains … too
Much weight up top… it’s going to happen very fast….when the clay gets moist …
Tour guide…. Nope . We’re fine ….
He was medevac’ed out a couple days later after an epic high side
Riding in the north is awesome … I’ve dodged bison , bears and literally heards of caribou
Short season , but long sunny days .
I miss it alot
No, it’s not my XS…. But good pose none the less
The lake…yes, it’s frozen, it’s June …( muncho lake , northern BC Rockies)
My dad drove my uncle to Alaska in the early 1960s to take my uncle to some school he'd gotten into. The uncle got homesick and got back before my dad did. I'd always thought it was a hunting trip for some reason; just recently learned the real story.Well, there’s lots of Alaska hwy stories for sure ! I think I would have wanted to run it in the 1970s when you carried spare parts and expected “ delays lol”
Now days , you are right, it’s pretty tame ( the biggest risk is the extraordinarily high gas prices ..)
Cousin by marriage of mine died the day after he retired. His first day of retirement. Hadn't been sick. Was an oil executive of some kind and obit was in business magazines.I’ll have to retire first.
We should live every day like it’s our last.Cousin by marriage of mine died the day after he retired. His first day of retirement. Hadn't been sick. Was an oil executive of some kind and obit was in business magazines.
No, it is the earlier style 79/80 one with less of a hump. it’s hard to see under all the stuff. I have learn how to pack less.