Wow, the last 2 days were simply amazing. We waited all day yesterday, with no sign of motorcycle parts as of 7pm. The visitors center in Dawson City closes at 8pm. We hadn't heard from Adrian yet either. Derek and I were starting to make plans for today, and weren't too thrilled with out options. I decided to go to the grocery store at about 7pm, and I was going to get some food before they closed. I planned to check at the visitors center one last time right before they closed. While I'm browsing around the grocery store, Derek comes [View Full Entry]

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And now the moment you've all been waiting for... My chain and sprockets came in, and I think that is the only good news of the day. I headed to NAPA, bought the socket I needed to take off my front sprocket. NAPA was nice enough to loan me a breaker bar I needed for the job. As soon as I took off the nut, I knew it would give me problems. It had some rust on the splines. I took the channel-locks to the sprocket with hopes it would do the job. No luck. So I see 2 threaded holes [View Full Entry]

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I broke the news to Adrian and Derek when they returned home from the Dempster last night. They took it well, but I'm sure it was still disappointing. So we developed a plan, and it goes something like this... I called the Kawasaki dealer in Fairbanks, about 375 miles away if I recall correctly. They had my part in stock. I paid for it over the phone, and told them Adrian would be by either later today or tomorrow to pick it up. Adrian was going over that way today anyways, so it worked out well. Once Adrian gets the part, [View Full Entry]

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I apologize if I keep repeating myself on certain things, it is not intentional. Last night I slept for about 12 hours, you know...nothing out of the ordinary. I didn't really have a whole lot to do so I just slept. I've been trying to do the video blog regularly, so far I have done pretty well. It is very awkward to just talk to the camera, but I'm trying to get past that. I'll review all the footage when I get home and decide if it is worth to show to my friends, family, and general public. If anything it [View Full Entry]

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The parts didn't come in today. Bummer. Derek and Adrian are up on the Dempster, and I'm hanging back waiting for my parts to come in. I inspected our radios today; we've been having issues with them and they are non-functional. I think I figured out what was wrong, and will have to test them again when Derek returns. I also made some repairs on my tank bag, since my zippers were giving me major problems. I did some sewing, and I think it should hold up the remainder of the trip (fingers crossed). Hopefully the parts will be in tomorrow, [View Full Entry]

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Quick update. Very quick update. Internet access is very limited, but I will update when I can. We are stuck in Dawson City for a few days, since I am having mechanical problems with my bike. My chain is shot, and I am lucky to have made it this far. My sprockets are shot as well. I checked these before I left, and they looked ok back then. But I can't change that now. The new chain and sprockets are being shipped from Whitehorse, and should arrive here in a day or 2. I can do the installation myself, I just [View Full Entry]

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Here is the quick update. We left Oregon on time (Sunday morning) and made it to Cultus Lake, BC the first night. Pretty boring drive for the most part, but we just wanted to put on some miles. We were very fortunate to have a host family the first night; we had a lot of fun with Brian, Jewell, and Jenae (I apologize if I spelled that wrong)! The next night we camped near 100 Mile House, with a little 50 mile 'detour' that got us nowhere. Lesson learned: camp where it is most convenient. Tonight we are with hosts in [View Full Entry]

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The departure date for Alaska is coming very soon! Sunday to be exact, at least that is what we are hoping for. Derek is on his way out right now; he should be here tomorrow. Saturday will be spent doing final preparations on our bikes. We will put new tires on Derek's bike, and make any final adjustments necessary. I am not sure how much I will be able to update this blog while we are gone, but I will do what I can. Derek is bringing a small laptop computer with him, but I'd rather not spend all my free [View Full Entry]

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Last night we ended up driving to Fallon, Nevada to spend the night. When I said motel on the last blog, I really meant sleeping in the campers. It was pretty nice though, things fold out nicely inside to give padded sleeping areas. I drove the pickup for the first time yesterday. This is not just any old pickup to me because it is pulling a trailer. I have never driven any vehicle with a trailer, so it made me a little nervous at first. But I sort of got used to it after a while. We drove through some construction [View Full Entry]

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Today we finally hit the road! We got up bright and early at 6am, and hit the road at about 7:30. Nothing too exciting has happened today, just mostly cruising on the open road. Tonight the plan is to stay in a motel in Reno, so that puts us at about 500 miles we have to drive today. We have 5 of us traveling together in a total of 4 vehicles. So that gives us an extra driver if someone is tired. The traveling crew includes Jerry Roth, Kyle Mast, Donny Roth, Kendal Eigsti, and of course myself. It was crazy [View Full Entry]

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