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Alaska Touring
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Mostly for the brave. An adventure type bike is recommended for "far North" riding. There is one Spyder dealer in AK, they have shops in Eagle River/Wasilla. Hundreds of miles away. A tow and repair could cost you thousands. My RT's stay on the main highways. :thumbup:
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PrairieSpyder
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A group of us rode from various places in the lower 48 to Alaska via the Alaska Highway. But to get to the north slope, we flew. The Dalton is gravel from just north of Fairbanks, and I wouldn't want to trust the Spyder to last all that way. There's also heavy hauler traffic, and I'd be afraid they wouldn't see me!
There's lots of things to see in Alaska that are at least as close to civilization as to the bears.
There's lots of things to see in Alaska that are at least as close to civilization as to the bears.
DGoebel
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What a coincidence, another Iron Butt Spyder rider and I were just talking at Spyders in the Ozarks about whether a Spyder has ever done the Dalton Hwy (a mandatory road for a Coast to Coast, or CtoCtoC) and another requirement is that you have to use the same ride for the entire trip.
Has anyone built, upgraded, or customized any model of Spyder to Adventure Bike capabilities? Just a WAG it hasn't been done, we could imagine that very few would even attempt 800+ miles of gravel roads to make it up an back to Deadhorse. Lot's of 2 wheelers do that route, but they're purpose built Adventure bikes...
And for the doubters that it could be done, it's been done on a Goldwing, a HD Road glide, and a Kawasaki Vulcan, which are NOT Adventure (Dual Sport) bikes....
Has anyone built, upgraded, or customized any model of Spyder to Adventure Bike capabilities? Just a WAG it hasn't been done, we could imagine that very few would even attempt 800+ miles of gravel roads to make it up an back to Deadhorse. Lot's of 2 wheelers do that route, but they're purpose built Adventure bikes...
And for the doubters that it could be done, it's been done on a Goldwing, a HD Road glide, and a Kawasaki Vulcan, which are NOT Adventure (Dual Sport) bikes....
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Anyone who wants to go for it...:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
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