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Thanks friend! I was anxious to try it myself for a long time. Finally decided...what the heck, I've got a spare windscreen so I went for it. Some things I do, don't turn out so great. Luckily, this one did. Yeah, we need to catch up one of these days. Always appreciate you taking the time to watch my videos. Thanks Greg.

Hi Jim, I've hauled one bike on the trailer before, but in the center. In an earlier advertisement, they claimed it was safe to haul one bike on the side, but it just doesn't feel right to me. I think that physics would eventually catch up to me. But I tend to be overly cautious. I'm not sure of the actual footprint the trailer took up in the garage, but I can tell you - I have a two car garage...the trailer was stored upright in the front right corner of the garage against the side wall, my truck was parked next to it and I still had room to the left of the truck for an Africa Twin and a V Strom, with room to walk in between the truck and the bikes. I'm sure the dimensions are on their website. Keep in mind there is a steel support tube welded to the back of the trailer when it's folded that keeps you from storing it upright. But I just cut a hole in a small pallet to clear the tube and just raised the trailer upright onto the small pallet. It worked great and was very easy to raise and lower the trailer onto and off of the pallet. It was also very stable, with no chance of the trailer falling over. I recently sold the trailer...not because there was anything wrong with it, but because I figured I didn't need it anymore. If you haven't already, I highly recommend that you watch my Dempster / Dalton video - czcams.com/video/tLuMFElRWqQ/video.html . It will show you an issue I did have using the trailer on my trip up to Tuktoyaktuk...and how I fixed the problem, but it was too late, the damage had already been done. Watch the video and it may change your mind about the trailer. Thanks so much for the comment and watching. If you have any other questions, feel free to send another comment. I'd be happy to help further if I can.

Thank you very much. I appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching.

When I was at the Canadian border, they asked if I had any weapons and I told them I had a survival knife and they said no problem. So I think as long as it's not a type of weapon meant for self defense, you should be ok. No pepper spray either (unless it's actual bear spray...that's allowed).

Unfortunately, I can't answer that fairly...I've only been as far as the Arctic Circle on the Dalton (twice). I did hear that not far north of the Circle, it's spectacular. Since I have gone all the way to Tuk on the Dempster, I have to admit, it was beyond spectacular. Especially Tombstone Territorial Park. Another advantage to the Dempster is you can ride right up to the Arctic Ocean shoreline. On the Dalton, the only way to actually see the ocean is to sign up for a guided tour bus. And Prudhoe Bay is just a huge industrial oil field. And Tuk is a sleepy little Inuit village. I know it's unfair, but I lean towards the Dempster. I think the big draw for the Dalton, is it's a good excuse to ride through Alaska. Which who can blame anyone, Alaska is amazing. Thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.

You are very welcome and have fun on your trip...which will be very easy to accomplish (having fun that is). Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. It's greatly appreciated.

Hello again Mike. I hope you stick around and watch more videos. To answer your question, yes, I have encountered some mosquito issues on occasion in certain areas. The one that stands out in my mind the most was Yukon River Camp on the Dalton Highway. I did prepare for the flying critters. I brought a mosquito net to put over my head and I brought some mosquito repellant wipes, but it was never really so bad that I had to use either. Thanks so much again for watching.

Thank you. I truly appreciate it. It is a lot of work...but fun work. Thanks for watching and commenting.

You are very welcome. But thank you for watching and commenting.

Thank you. I hope some of it helped. You're going to put a lot of miles under your belt on that trip, but I'll bet you'll really enjoy it. And you'll have lots of memories to look back on. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Enjoy your trip.

You're very welcome. I enjoyed putting it together. Thanks for taking the time to watch.

I completely agree after experimenting with the Dremel also. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@donkeydiehard879. What direction would you use…up?

I left Denver on June 8th and returned to Denver on June 29th. I averaged approximately 350 miles per day. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@TilTheRoadEndsthanks.. looked at ferry from west coast or shipping bike but that. Seem pretty pricey .. $3800 to ship a bike from Denver to anchorage 😳

@@rlpatton1970 I considered shipping my bike on my Ireland trip and then my Norway trip too. The pricing is insane...and I worked for years in the shipping business and those prices were even with a discount. It was cheaper just to rent, which is what I did. But then I got yelled at by the owner of the rental company for going too fast on his bike, as he tracked me with his GPS. The only time I was speeding is when I was passing cars...but I passed a lot of cars! 😁 If you've got time to ride your bike all the way up to Alaska, do it. The ride is awesome all the way from Dawson Creek up.

@@TilTheRoadEnds Not bad....

Nice! Thanks for watching.

It's truly a project that's not as difficult to do as it looks. Thanks so much for the comment...and watching.

Hope I helped...at least a little.

To me, it was very important to keep all of the parts organized. That was half the battle. Good luck! Thanks for watching.

I had a guy really beat me up badly in the comments saying, it's IMPOSSIBLE to ruin the seals by compressing the forks. I had to disagree with him, because I've seen it happen so many times. Then he beat me up again when he replied to that comment. I went into this trip knowing full well of the dangers of compressing the forks too much and I was very careful about that throughout the trip. But those roads between Whitehorse and Dawson City were just brutal. It was like 350 miles of giant skateboard ramps. Thanks for your input.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate that. However, I do have to give some credit to Mother Nature - The lighting was perfect, the temperature was perfect the foliage was green...and all of my equipment was working properly! But again, thank you very much for watching and taking the time to comment.

I'm very interested in the feedback you've given me in this comment. Thank you very much for that. I think the information I got from the two professionals in the motorcycle industry during this trip, who strongly suggested that I don't ride the bikes up the Dempster, didn't understand how much time, effort and work that went into getting that far into Canada in order to ride the bikes up to Tuk. I think if they did understand, they may have suggested to just take it easy and you might be ok (as you mentioned). I believe in their minds at the time, it was just me calling and asking their opinion about riding with leaking forks and them saying "just get them fixed first" without understanding the full scope of the situation. But even though they didn't say these things, they made me feel as though if I rode with the blown seals, I was gonna' crash and die or the bikes would cost me thousands to repair if I did it. Before I made the call to them, I was about 95% sure I was going to ride the Dempster with the blown seals anyway. I should've just kept the phone in my pocket I guess. It's kind of frustrating to think about it, but what are ya' gonna' do? Congratulations on the success of your Dempster / Dalton trip. It's well deserved and quite an accomplishment. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and the comment. Take care.

Thank you very much Hector. I really appreciate you staying in touch with my channel.

Hi Hector, I haven't done any trips since this one - Dempster / Dalton. I prefer not to upload any videos, just for the sake of uploading a video. My latest was the Fork seal video, which I see you have already watched (seeing your comment). I do have several videos I need to re-edit and re-upload due to copyright issues. Those are also my least watched videos too. So maybe clearing my copyright infractions will breathe new life into them. Hopefully I'll get back on the road and see what trouble I can get into again. Thanks so much for your interest.

Sorry for the late reply. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that generous comment. It really made me feel good and inspires me to continue doing my videos. Even though watching that cute chick with 2 million subscribers is a little disenchanting and kind of takes the wind out of the sails of my small channel. Many, many thanks to you. I hope to continue to earn your respect for my channel.

Sorry for the late reply. I really appreciate the invitation. I probably won't be doing any big trips this summer, but thanks for asking. I'm pretty sure you and your buddies are gonna have a great trip anyway! Enjoy. Thanks for watching and commenting too!

I've been curious to get someone's opinion on the Campbell highway. I was very curious to hear what we missed out on. Interesting to find out there was even more destruction behind us as we made our way back home! Congrats on doing all of that on a Harley too. I have a couple of friends who rode the Dalton up to the Circle on Harleys and said they'd never do that again. It beat their bikes to hell. Thanks for the information and taking the time to watch and comment.

@@TilTheRoadEnds The Campbell was easy the day I did it. Sunny and dry and the gravel was mostly well packed. So I long as I stayed in a car wheel track I was fine. Probably averaged 80-90 kph. It's 370 km between Ross River and Watson so extra fuel was needed (at least for me.) I think I saw 6 or 8 vehicles in that whole stretch. The portion of the Dalton to the Arctic Circle was no problem -- just had to slow down for some rough stuff but there wasn't a lot. I also did the Denali Highway on that trip and some parts in the middle were gnarly rough. That was the worst of any of the gravel I did that trip.

I have to admit, I felt it was very daunting myself, but I was determined to do it and found it wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. Thanks for watching and commenting...and good luck, but I don't think you'll need any luck.

In one of the advertising videos, a person claims that the chocks will hold the bike up before you strap it in. However, I never tried it. It was easy enough to just put the kickstand down and quickly connect the straps. Sorry, I know that doesn't help with your question.

You have a very keen eye. The tires were supposed to be install in the 100% dirt direction on both bikes, but the shop messed up and forgot on one of the bikes. I didn't realize it until after I got home about a week after installation, so I just left it. They are great tires. Thanks for watching and commenting too.

I kinda feel the same tried both directions actually. I have the tire 50/50 installed and churned all the way up to Tuk from Orange 🍊 County. I'm glad I used fork sleeves after reviewing common issues of that road. Good video thanks Terry.

@@woodburymoto5267 I'm glad to hear you had a successful trip up there. That was one of...if not THE dustiest roads I think I've ever been on. There were times when I couldn't see anything in front of me. Fork sleeves...a great idea. Again, thank you very much.

It's a GPS tracker with SOS. I can set it up so select people can also keep track of me in real time if I want. It can even be set up for the public to track me also. But that might be a little strange! It can also send prewritten messages to people I select. I'm really happy with it. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.

You're very welcome. As I've mentioned in prior videos. you still feel a great satisfaction when you get home after a "failed" trip and realize it was still a lot of fun. Thanks for the comment and for taking the time to watch. It's greatly appreciated.

Heavy taping the edge when sanding will help prevent abrasions on the viewing service too.

Excellent idea. Thanks for your input.

@@SheppC42 Thanks for adding that idea.

You are very welcome. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch!

Thank you so much. That is so true! I really appreciate you sticking with the channel.

Stevie did a good job making everything clear...step by step. If you and I can get through it...anyone can! 😉

Small world! Stevie made it clear and simple. Thanks so much for watching.

Your video truly simplified the process and took the guessing out of replacing the fork seal. Thanks so much for recording the clips in this video. Maybe we can do this again in the future. I was able to get past all of my blunders on these road trips. But, I must admit, I brought that brand new iPad to Norway with me strictly for flying my drone. It made things much more difficult as far as that went. Talk to you soon Stevie.

I am really happy and honored to hear that...maybe a slight feeling of guilt too! 😁 I also know you are about to experience some fun times. Many, many thanks for watching and for the great comment.. I really appreciate that. Ride safe and careful.

I've been to Toronto several times (great city and huge) and I've been to Dawson City twice....what a contrast! I think you're going to have a great trip. Watch out for the frost heaves between Whitehorse and Dawson City. Good luck and have fun. Thanks so much for watching.

This trip was during the first two weeks of June.

Interesting solution. I will seriously consider it if I ever trailer the bikes again. Thanks very much for the suggestion.

I have to admit, the trailer did basically do well. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

Thank you. So happy you enjoyed it.

We were aware of the Lofoten Islands but we were way short on time. That would be another one to add to the growing list of reasons to go back! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

@@TilTheRoadEnds I enjoyed a few years ago almost 4 weeks of sunshine and hardly any rain on trip from France to Nordkapp. The weather was perfect in the Lofoten Islands, brilliant sunshine and 28C, hope you enjoy the same weather on your next trip. You must have been in shock with the cost of living, although America is no longer good value and the tipping culture is way, way out of control.

I really appreciate you hanging in there and sticking with the videos (not switching me off). I am aware that people do click away from videos when they start hearing music, but I have a hard time leaving constant wind noise or other irritating sounds in my videos. I also try to go a little easy with the music too. But again, thanks for sticking with it. I think you're going to be very happy with your Africa Twin. I have a couple other videos that are focused just on the AT on my channel too, that you might be interested in. Here is a link to one of them - czcams.com/video/N2iQEf69vWs/video.html I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Good luck with your AT!

Thank you. We arrived at the Dempster on June 8th. Appreciate you taking the time to watch.

@@TilTheRoadEnds that explains the snow I guess 😃

@@RealRonTV We had read that the two ferries on the Dempster are rarely still closed any later than June 10th. Apparently, this was one of those rare years! Figures 🙄

@@TilTheRoadEnds I’m heading that way, hitting Whitehorse on the 25th so hopefully I’ll be good to go.

@@RealRonTV My guess is you'll be fine. Good luck to you.