A couples journey on 2 wheels

Monthly Archives: July 2017

We left our tires with Jim and Jeanine and went off to explore the Kenai Peninsula famous for its fjords, glaciers and small fishing towns. To get there we had to face the Anchorage traffic which by world standards is probably nothing to complain about but after about 6 weeks […]

Day 113-118 Kenai Peninsula

July 29, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

It took a day to get sorted again after our short trip to Europe. We picked up the bikes from Jerry’s house, put the touring windshields back on and shipped the stock shields to California, repack, find room for the extra tires etc… We left Fairbanks on the morning of […]

Day 108-112 Fairbanks, Denali, Talkeetna, Wasilla

July 24, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

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Well, we made it to a Prudhoe Bay and back to Fairbanks and still have time to head to Europe in time for my Grand Mothers 95th Birthday. It would be rude not to attend! So, we packed up the bikes and stored them at Jerrys, our friendly mechanic in […]

13/07 – 21/07 short trip to Europe.

July 16, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

Today is post Dalton maintenance. We only did the basic maintenance before heading up and we still have a few outstanding jobs to take care of. Lucky we have Jerry, our friendly mechanic friend who allows us to work in his shop and we spent the day taking both bikes […]

Day 107, Fairbanks maintenance

July 15, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

It rained hard last night just as the forecast predicted and we woke up to a damp misty morning. Our Italian friends must have arrived late last night as their bike was hiding under a tarpaulin. They set up camp in an abandonned prefab building to shelter from the heavy […]

Day 106, Coldfoot – Fairbanks, 417kms, 11/7/17

July 14, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

We slept in until around 10, I got up and made some breakfast/drinks while Tanguy got to work fixing the loose screws between my reserve tank and pannier racks. Yesterday we noticed my rear mud guard / chain guard had finally given up and completely snapped, (probably when I dropped […]

Day 105 – Coldfoot and Wiseman, Rest Day 10/07/17

July 14, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

The alarm went off uncomfortably early, as this morning we had booked an Arctic Ocean Shuttle bus tour. After our buffet breakfast we headed to Deadhorse Camp to meet the shuttle bus. Lior, Dana and Andrew joined us on the trip. As we were driving past the sprawled out pre-fab […]

Day 104 Deadhorse to Coldfoot

July 14, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

We woke up to a beautiful sunshine all emerging from our tents around the same time. While having breakfast at the Coldfoot truck stop our Israeli friends showed up. They had spent the night at a campsite up the road a little ways and came in for fuel. We had […]

Day 103, Coldfoot – Deadhorse, 389Kms – 8/7/17

July 14, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

Today we set off for the last stretch of our diagonal crossing of the North America. Packing up was quick some most of our stuff stayed with Jerry (our friendly motorcycle mechanic). We got up leasurely at 08:30, had breakfast at the hotel and were ready to hit the road […]

Day 102, Fairbanks AK – Coldfoot, 417kms

July 13, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

Today we get the bikes ready for the 1600 kms – 1000 miles return trip up to Prudhoe Bay. After breakfast at the hotel we headed up to the “Thunder Road” workshop. The bumble bee went in first, oil change, final drive oil change, new tires, shaft greased… Jerry and […]

Day 101, Fairbanks AK, maintenance day

July 7, 2017 in Uncategorized by 2advriders

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