the time is prolly early 9a, already and i finally take off from Fairbanks to head to the Arctic Circle.

this is about 700 miles into my trip,and where its at when i left for the Arctic circle in Fairbanks.



So from the end of Fairbanks, i rode the Steese highway which then turns into the Elliott highway and at the end of that , it turn into the Dalton Highway. and this is where the fun begains.
so from fairbanks to the start of the Dalton highway, it is all paved and this stretch is abou 80 miles ish.

about 20 miles into the Elliott highway,lonely quit road




During this Elliott highway, it started raining and got really foggy and misty on as i reached higher elevations. but then of course it was early morning.
After about 80 miles , you finally reach this sign, and this is where you can turn back or ride the dream of a lifetime!!!

JAMES DALTON HIGHWAY



hahaha, im was very happy and excited when i saw the Dalton highway, but i was a bit scare as well hearing all them stories about sport bike not making due to not have the right tires as a ADV bikes does.

so there i rode, swallow up and took the cbr into the dalton highway, it was early morning and the dirt was a bit slushy and wet.

YIKES . the bikes say yuck and started slippy out, but then i slow down and stable the bike a bit and there we go . First few miles i took it really slow and practice braking and turn in the dirt, and how the bike would re-act. it was pretty good. oh and guess what ?!!

the first 3 miles into the Dalton i was riding with no visibilty alt all, i mean it was like a ghost road with foogy . a bit spooking. i was also tailgating and following an RV.

here are some pics, don't be scare.


after 5 miles ish into the Dalton, we stop for construction, was about 15 minute wait, not bad. couple in the RV, came out and offer me coffee , also tourist that were heading to the Arctic circle as well.




what my tires look like at the first construction stop

 

After abotu 15 minutes in construction zone, we then had a pilot car take us thru the zone which was about 5 miles or so, this was the only construction i had on this trip on the dalton. After we got done being escort by the pilot car, i pulled over to let all the trucks and semi go thru , and also took some photos while i was at it.





yum, do not be OCD about being clean at all .lol




okay, here we go again . back on the road, so from here it was about another 40 mile i think till we reach the Yukon lodge, gas and service is available there. as i ride the dalton is now hard packed dirt and isnt that bad at all , and let me inform you that this section of the daltons also have have good stretches of paved road, so its not all gravel the way.

out of the whole ride on the Dalton, not a single wildlife that i've seen, sucks right.

there was plenty of semi hauling to and from the dalton as well. they were very friendly and slow down when they saw me, i also gave them plenty of room to pass.. REspects!

so arriving to the Yukon, you MUST fuel up here . you can also get food and rest here. rooms were available. i think gas was like $5 bucks a gal. whoosh.


Yukon Bridge

 

not your typical gas pump.




can you say DIRTY


all fuel up and ready to go, okay so from the Yukon, it is 60 to the the Arctic Circle , and from the Arctic circle, it is another 60 miles form there to Coldfoot,AK.


i then take off , and again, back on hard gravel, and at this point im already use to is and was riding about 55mph perfectly, lots of great scenery but yet no wildlife, the Alaska pipeline was within sight.
so i am going to guess here, but about 10 miles til the arctic circle the road is paved again. easy 65mph and fun.



Here i am , finally at the Arctic Circle, i cant believe i made it!!!!:cruising:

 

arrived at Arctic circle , went to use to restroom , came back out and i was surrounded by BMW GS. these guys just came back from Deadhorse and were heading to Fairbanks, they were pretty shock to see a a sport bike out here.







we chat for a bit and then they were on there way back..
awesome riders, and they also did not recommend me going all the way up to Deadhorse due to that up there, there was much more worse mud road.

i chilled here for about 30 minutes, drank, took pictures and video , and on my way to Coldfoot i went. now from here to coldfoot , it is 60 miles and it is all paved. you can turn back to Yukon , or go up more to Coldfoot, i did that .


to be continue...

 

enjoy the Arctic circle area, and now i am headed another 60 miles north to Coldfoot, Alaska.

this 60 miles stretch is all PAVED.

rode, rode thru here and again not a single wild life out here, blehh, and again no service until coldfoot. took it at a decent 65mph pace. fun fun :cruising::cruising:


arrive at Coldfoot around 4 ish in the afternoon.







I stop at this main restaurant and got lunch, nothing much to do here, but this is one of the main stop for people going up the Dalton,lots of truckers stop here too, great place and food.

place to sleep,food, gas service is available here.

oh and if your planning to keep going up north , this is the last place for all service until the next 240 miles!!!

 

yummy food




i was suppose to sleep in Coldfoot, but i dont know for some reason i just decided not to.. maybe it was cause all my gears was like in mad dirt. but anyways. i then now made a long stretch back to Fairbanks. the time was already 5pm, so i knew i was going to be late by the time i pull into Fairbanks, so i gas up and headed down the road once again.


Coldfoot story: so i ask the hot waitress why they called this place Coldfoot. the story was..long time ago. some people came here in serach for gold. but they found none and at that time winter i guess. they had coldfoot. so they then left the place and move on. then came another group of people. and they struck rich by finding gold and this place bloom back then!!! the end. lol



So i ride ride now. back on my baby and we are now on the Dalton back Fairbanks, my plan was head into Fairbanks. and go back to the campground , and sleep for the night.



rode, and by the time i got near back to the Yukon, the weather actually got really nice and sunny. i did stop and made some videos and also took pics.






again just a nice ride and very peacefull enjoying the Dalton.

by the time 9pm or so. i have exited the Dalton. whoo hoo i had a blast and felt pride.

so now it was just another 80 miles of paved road on the Elliott highway back to fairbanks. fun fun and i gun it from here, crusing a good 75mph.


pulled into the same campground i sleep in Fairbanks around 10 pm ish,.

rush to set up my tent and crash to sleep, it also started raining by then.

 

enjoy, and note to side after two week from this ride, i did it again except i didnt make the arctic circle run, and i went to the chena hot springs instead, it was a weather better turnout.