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Title: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: SCJJR65 on January 30, 2010, 08:46:22 PM

If you have 26 minutes to kill, check out this video of a guy's solo ride from New Mexico to Alaska and the Arctic Circle, round trip 10,000 miles!  Pretty cool!    [smiley=thumbsup.gif]  
Maybe someday.... (Oh, who am I kidding?)  ;D


http://www.vimeo.com/7780879

Title: Re: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: Mike V on January 30, 2010, 10:08:14 PM

What a GREAT flick!  Many thanks for that link.

Title: Re: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: JDS on January 31, 2010, 12:24:53 AM

I had a short job in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in the early 80's, I brought a suzuki ts125 with, When I arrived I asked a guy where was the Ocean. and he said it was straight down the road. I unloaded my bike and went to check it out. Rode 20+ miles down the road. decided that I must have missed something. went back an asked the same guy for directions to the ocean. He pointed down the road a few hundred yard to a marker and said that beyond that marker is ocean, its frozen an the road just goes out on it. I went out and road on it again but got introuble for not staying on the road. I ended up with a half dozen good Alaska stories. Seems like he figured out the trick to touring when he said he quite watching the miles and his schedule. up and back in one trip would be tough.

Title: Re: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: dav on January 31, 2010, 03:44:30 AM

that was awesome, that would have to be one of the best ADV ride vid ive seen. Bloody loved it!!

Title: Re: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: not-so-fast-ed on January 31, 2010, 07:32:09 AM

Wow! John.
Thanks for the link.  Hope Semper Gumby gets to see it before he heads out from Atlanta.  What a ride!

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Title: Re: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: Lucky_Lou on January 31, 2010, 05:39:24 PM

Brill going shopping for a RT only problem is at the moment its only a couple of miles to the arctic circle well feels like it anyway.
Lou

Title: Re: Cool video of solo ride to Arctic Circle....
Post by: Semper Gumby on February 12, 2010, 02:58:01 PM

Thanks guys.  Way cool.  I hear the call and it scares me.

No knobbies? I am impressed.