Wife and I are heading NW from Louisiana next week on our '04 R1200CLC and some (many) questions come to mind.
Main concern is, how much paved road is there?
We 've ridden from Glacier, the Icefields Pkwy, Jasper, etc. over to Prince Rupert where we caught the boat south, but that was back in '82 ('83?).
At that time my memory has most of #16 to Prince Rupert as baseball sized granite gravel and not much fun. We were on a new Honda 750, all dressed out
and loaded down, so I backed off on trying the AlCan. Everyone I saw comin' south looked like they'd been in combat.
I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Last summer to Telluride we ran into road resurfacing in New Mexico and Colorado that would have been been bad on level, much less on the grade,
so I realize there are rough sections everywhere.
It's not always clear from forum posts if a rider is talking about main highway
or unpaved secondary and my main concern is to get back without damaging my passenger or my ride.
So, any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Dan
Main concern is, how much paved road is there?
We 've ridden from Glacier, the Icefields Pkwy, Jasper, etc. over to Prince Rupert where we caught the boat south, but that was back in '82 ('83?).
At that time my memory has most of #16 to Prince Rupert as baseball sized granite gravel and not much fun. We were on a new Honda 750, all dressed out
and loaded down, so I backed off on trying the AlCan. Everyone I saw comin' south looked like they'd been in combat.
I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Last summer to Telluride we ran into road resurfacing in New Mexico and Colorado that would have been been bad on level, much less on the grade,
so I realize there are rough sections everywhere.
It's not always clear from forum posts if a rider is talking about main highway
or unpaved secondary and my main concern is to get back without damaging my passenger or my ride.
So, any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Dan