So sorry that you won't get to Denali😕 The West is a giant tinderbox 🔥

Alaska = Russia

Imterior AK has chronic fires in the summer.... (332 active fires in AK rt now)

That happened to us in 2022. Fire closed Denali and we never got to see it.

I live in Anchorage and my favorite trip, especially on the motorcycle is. To McCarthy and the Kennicott Copper Mine. It is in the gorgeous Wrangler St Elias National Park. It is an amazing substitute!!!👍😎

On the way back?

The frost heaves are crazy on that stretch. I remember that.

Geez...

Living in Alaska for 39+ years you forget how beautiful it is!

This is so beautiful and unique

It’s not an “age” thing…never was.

Thanks for making this video, it's one of the reasons I'm back riding after an 8 year break. I'm just a month shy of my 69th birthday. I came late to the motorcycle party, got my first bike when I was 50. Honda VTX 1300 and loved it until I sold it 8 years ago. I ran across your video, and started thinking, "instead of giving up, get a bike that's more fitting to my age, and abilities". I've been back riding for 6 weeks now, as a proud owner of a Honda Rebel 1100 DCT. No clutch to work with my arthritic hands, light enough that I can pick it up on my own. Yeah, I've already had the experience LOL. The automatic gives me less to think about, so I can focus more on what's going on around me. My skills are coming back quick, and my confidence is lagging just a bit behind that which is probably a good thing, keeps me respectful of the power of this machine. Thanks again!

It really depends on what you think touring is. My best tour was with my son on his UK legal learner bike, an MT125, limited to 12bhp, me on a Husqvarna 701. So not classic touring bikes. We rode the Scottish North Coast 500. It was magical. Around 120 miles a day in the draw droppingly beautiful Scottish Highlands. Don't overthink it, especially you American lads. You worry too much. I see Yanks taking firearms with them for a motorcycle trip. I've ridden from Arctic Finland to Saharan Morocco and never had a thing stolen (I only ever use soft luggage and I do lock my bike up) or ever felt the need for a firearm. I'm ex British military so not especially worried about firearms, but outside of the Army, guns are pretty pointless. Btw hard cases are a piece of piss to break into. With my MoskoMoto rackless 40 I can easily carry my stuff into a hotel but I've left my kit on bikes in big cities (Barcelona, Porto and Lisbon) and dozens of small towns across Europe and North Africa. With zero problems. So just do it, without thinking too hard. A chain really isn't a problem.

People in Europe usually do not have a good idea of just how big the US and more so, Canada is. You cannot "comfortably" travel the normal distances we travel. Over there, you have nice towns and villages 20 to 30 miles apart. So their idea is different than ours. I am now 70, and have been riding Gold Wings exclusively since 1975. For me, there is no other better touring motorcycle. It meets my needs. Haven't done a 750 mile day since 2015, because I am physically not wanting to do that anymore. I want the quietest bike I can get, as vibrationless as I can. Locking luggage, shaft drive, water cooled, probably one of the most reliable bikes on the market. However, if I lived in Europe, I could easily see myself wanting something different. The final thought, is each to thier own.

I live in MA - where do you ride?

I'm 67 and I ride a 98 Honda 750 ace shadow doing fine

Totally agree with you! It will soon be tourist tossing season in Sturgis.

Русская территория 😂

Oh he'll yea 🎉😂

Exactly Craig, an old acquaintance of mine was hauled off his mountain bike from behind in National park early spring off-season by an emaciated 2-year-old black bear, what they call a downer bear. He managed to fight off the downer bear, but his fore arm and bicep and pieces of his cheek were pulled off him very quickly and very lucky that he didn’t bleed out. Now a mother bear with cubs is like going up to a great white shark hip high in water off a beach to get a picture and territorial instincts of a mother bear compounds that situation by 10 and mother bear swipes heads off or rips asses out and limbs off fast. Mother bear gets hunted down destroyed and the cubs are orphaned all for a picture. Leave the wild life alone.

Spectacularly beautiful!

I am glad that you got to chat with Andy! He is a super interesting guy!

Zappa!

Stopping to take closeup pictures of any kind of wild animals with nothing between you and them as protection is just plain stupid. I have personally witnessed a number of close calls with elk in Jasper, bison in Yellowstone and bears in several BC parks where brain dead tourists came very close to being severely injured. If you want close up pics of wildlife use a telephoto lens and for God’s sake, keep your distance!

Solid bear advice!

Hey We want to see more of your face.... What's w all this beautiful scenery ?

Beautiful

Ahhhh....sweet sounds of nature

Spectacular Looking scenery! How are the roads in the Yukon Territory?

Nice review.

Outstanding scenery! What are your daytime temps on a sunny day like this?

Both Osmand and Gaia gps support android auto.

Does it ever bear fruit?... 🤣

I love the David Letterman look! My wife won't let me do it.......

I guess I left before you got to my area!

Dry bag for extra clothing storage is a great idea thank you!

Went there more than a few years back as a kid! Loved seeing all the plates from all over the world, and seeing the old equipment that they used to create the highway! Can’t wait to go back one day!

Awesome place !! We loved it there. So much to see

Sooo cool

You hadn’t popped up on KZfaq for several days. Good to see you’re in the Yukon.

70, ride a 1200 Thruxton cos the 1450cc Kawasaki zx14R I had was always too tempting to ride at very high speeds....180/200 kmh in a 110 blanket speed country . Just doing 146kmh landed a $800 fine. You ride to the bikes comfort zone not constantly monitoring.

When I'm dead? Nevermind I'm probably riding straight up to heaven.

I think I'm gonna start saving up some money to take a trip to Canada next year on my motorcycle of course. But I'm seeing your videos encouraging me to do this

Be sure to do a side trip off Cassiar Hwy to Salmon Glacier past Stewart, BC and Hyder

Glad to see the shirt still fits after washing it lol

Excellent advice. I've made most of those mistakes (except I never travel with companions so that never came up). But ALL of the others you mentioned; I have experienced and learned from them too. Anyway, you give great advice here. Regards...

Hey Craig! Good to see you.

Love following your trip. So happy for you. A bit jealous

How about less of your face and more scenery.

Enjoying your visit to my home Province of BC. Glad you're enjoying the trip thus far. Hope the Grizz make your day.