Canada and Alaska
Hi and welcome. Not sure just where you are from but the distance you are talking are great. I have ridden from Prudhoe Bay down to the states. The Alaska highway is not that senic as it stays on the east and north side of the mountain range. Lots of trees and you do need to watch the gas. One good suggestion is never pass a gas station that you do not fill up. It has served me well as I have a bike without a big tank but even when I rode it on gold wing the same advice was good. Most gas stops are about 150 miles apart so why chance it. I would suggest going to Anchorage for sure and then drop down into Valdez. Not to sure just what you want to see but if you are going where you are going senery is what there is. It is big and it is beautiful but it is vast. I would also suggest taking highway 37 south from Lake Watson. It is the Casiar highway and is about 450 miles long. Only one or 2 gas stops on it so again never, never, never pass one. It has about 50 miles of gravel, 50 miles of gravel with a dust retardent sprayed on it, and about 50 miles of construction usually each year. Depending on when you get to Anchorage I got there in Sept. and drove non stop pretty much to Minnesota on this route. I was on the road 7 days and averaged 639 miles a day for all 7 days. I would not recommend this speed but I needed to get my bike back.
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Larry Davis
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