Honey? do these pants make my a...... Ride'in the Dempster

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??? what I meant to say was.... "Honey, do these Rotopax make my bike look wide" ??? A KLRista buddy and I are headed up the Dempster. We are going to spend about 8 days riding out of our home base, Whitehorse Yukon. If the weather isn't to rough we will return to Whitehorse via the Robert Campbell and the South Canol. I'll try to remember to take pictures.
 

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That's a nice setup Karl what bags are they Wolfman?. Rode with mike for three days on the Colorado backcountry we were thinking of making a trip next year up your way. Have a safe trip take lots of pic.
 

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if you dont take pictures.....................it did not happen. ::008::
 

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He's such a Troll sometimes ...... Have fun, bud. We're off too, tomorrow .... in a truck. gag puke. ::010:: R
 

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wheres your white water rotopax on the outsides of the fuel ones! then youd need outriggers!
 

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::006:: Well.... 2800km and 1500km of it dirt... whew, that was a big ride. Fire and road closures kept us off the Robert Campbell and South Canol.

The Goddess of the Dempster was gentle with us but make no mistake the Dempster is not for the faint of heart. Even on the best days it is a challenging ride. Anyone that has ridden it will know exactly what I mean. Many riders have waxed poetic about the Dempster so I will refrain. The views are immense, the bugs horrific and the distances are unimaginable.

I'll post more.... this is the teaser ::26:: ::26::
 

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We started our journey about 60km south of Whitehorse, Yukon. We covered 700km the first day with about 7.5 hours of actual seat time. We rode into Dawson to top off our fuel and eat an early dinner and then headed up the Dempster under clear skies and a good forecast. Our first camp was just below North Fork Pass at the Tombstone Park campground. We woke up to a frosty morning with 1/4" of ice in our water pot and a beautiful sunny day ahead of us. The road was in excellent condition. The Goddess smiled on us and we were happy.
 

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The second day on the Dempster we rode from Tombstone to Rock River. The weather was clear and sunny. The Dempster is a tough ride, it is very unpredictable, you can come around a blind curve and find almost any condition from the road being washed out in your lane to deep pea gravel (read marbles) or ruts and deep potholes. Not to mention the possibility of large wildlife like bears or moose. I should also mention BIG TRUCKS with big clouds of vision stopping dust.

We covered 375km this day and our moving average while on the Dempster was always between 60 to 70kmph. It was a beautiful day and a demanding ride. ::26:: ::26::
 

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Enjoying the ride and pics so far.... keep them coming.... ::012::
 

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??? There were sooooo many bugs at the Rock River campground. ::005:: I wouldn't stay there again! The third day started hard in a large part due to the bugs. We rode from Rock River campground to Inuvik and 40km back south out of Inuvik to the Gwich'in campground. We covered around 320km this day. Neither one of us had any interest in Inuvik and we could see the weather was changing so we fueled up, bought beer and headed back down the Dempster. This day had the toughest road conditions of the whole trip. From the Yukon/NWT border to just short of the Peel River ferry the road was shoulder to shoulder loose pea gravel. The bike would drift and move around like it was on a sea of marbles, riding this took serious focus and a very soft hold on the bars. When we rode back through this section the next day on the way back we had side winds with big gusts that would cause the bikes to two wheel drift and it was all we could do to keep them on the road. Needless to say I didn't take many pictures through this section, which is unfortunate because the Richardson Mountains were jaw dropping beautiful.
 

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Our fourth day started at Gwich'in campground about 40km south of Inuvik. We knew the weather was changing so got up early and hit the road. There was a section of road south of Eagle Plains that was literally packed mud and we wanted to get through that before it rained. Most of the Dempster gets like snot when it rains but we knew this section would be particularly bad. we rode 505km and spent a full 8.5 hours on the seats. The rain was just starting as we got about half way into the packed mud section and was light enough that we got through without a slip or slide. We stopped for the night at Engineer Creek campground.
 

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Day five was the last day on the Dempster. The day started with rain but from here on in to the junction with the Klondike Highway the road was in very good shape. The rain was light enough that it didn't get muddy and it kept the dust down.

My riding buddy and I feel like the Dempster treated us very gently. We had good weather, we made good decisions and we rode well. The Dempster deserves respect, there are stories every year of injured riders and broken motorcycles on this road.

8) We bagged it ::26:: ::26::
 

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