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thanks for the tips - i'm about to head that direction from texas in 2 days and though i've read a ton about traveling up the dempster, it seems that the more prepared, the better.
glad you made it through okay!
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thanks for the tips - i'm about to head that direction from texas in 2 days and though i've read a ton about traveling up the dempster, it seems that the more prepared, the better.
glad you made it through okay!
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Being on a Ural, have you considered swapping tyres to Heidenau K37s?
They are the right size and weight rating for the Ural and, having seen them in the flesh, do give you loads more grip in loose conditions, whilst being entirely road legal. They also last longer on the pusher (I get about 3000 miles from my Russian tyre):
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Being on a Ural, have you considered swapping tyres to Heidenau K37s?
They are the right size and weight rating for the Ural and, having seen them in the flesh, do give you loads more grip in loose conditions, whilst being entirely road legal. They also last longer on the pusher (I get about 3000 miles from my Russian tyre):
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funny you should mention that - i just got off the phone with a dealer who is going to send me one (just for my pusher) to coincide when i get to whitehorse... good advice!
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funny you should mention that - i just got off the phone with a dealer who is going to send me one (just for my pusher) to coincide when i get to whitehorse... good advice!
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I'll be interested to see what you think as these are tyres I would ultimately like to get. However, although one is cheap, 3 is less so, so I like first hand accounts!!
Sorry to N.B-F for my initial thread hijack!
Back to Dempster, Folks, and let not one of my posts stand in your way!! 
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I've done this ride twice, the last time this summer with my wife 2 up. It rained but its all about the tires and paying attention. Every problem I have seen people have is a direct result of not having knobbies or going too fast. It's a fantastic ride.
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Two-up, Luggage & in the Rain...what a trooper!
I agree that knobblies are required...I had new TKCs front and back.
Met a young guy heading north on my way north, at the circle actually, and he was on a DR with mildly aggressive street tires. He made it to Inuvik the same night I did but the weather was spectacular that day. It was the next day that the rain set in and he hadn't come back down.
...he had a puncture kit but no air pump of any kind...funny realization being at the Arctic Circle and all.
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