Have you done long trips before? What bike are you taking?
Whatever average mileage per day you're calculating, that last 900km stretch of gravel on the Dempster is going to significantly lower it. One silver lining is that you'll never run out of daylight in the evenings...
Also, pray for no rain for that whole week before and during your attempt. Otherwise you'll be dealing with a lot of mud! :shock:
Bring a bug shirt (and hat) and lots of mozzie repellent.
Best of luck! Take lots of pictures and post them up on here!
This would be my longest trip. I ride a CBR 250R. Years ago I rode across Canada and also to North Carolina. I did a 1000 mile ride in two days on my CBR 125 this summer, and I find the 250 much more capable and comfortable. I have ridden a bicycle across Canada, so I think I've got an idea of what long hours and days in the saddle will entail. I'd imagine I'll need to go hard the first week in order to have the time to ride the gravel safely. It would be nice to ride casually the entire trip, but better to ride what I can when I can rather than waiting for an ideal situation that may never come.
As for riding vs trucking. I don't really care about bragging rights, but for me it's about the journey at least as much as the destination. I think everyone should transverse the prairies overland one way or another at least once in their lifetime. I didn't really find the prairies boring; I'm fascinated with the openness and the 'big sky country'. Coming to the mountains after days of prairie riding is an experience that's hard to describe. It's like you've passed a test in order to be admitted to the views and splendor of the mountains.
Weather will be what it will be. Riding west against the prevailing winds may be rough, but it beats staying home.
Blackfin; the picture you posted kind of sums up exactly why I want to do this. I know flying there would be interesting, but riding there will be an experience of a lifetime.
Shanekingsley; yeah, I know what you mean about the gas prices, and they seem to go up in the summer. Just thinking out loud here and making broad assumptions in order to make some comparisons. I agree Tofino would be better than the Baja in July. What I was getting at is if I'm riding 14000 km's, I can go almost anywhere in North America and there's lots of amazing places to see that are much closer. Even so, I'm thinking that if I don't do it this year when I have the time and money, then things can happen and maybe it will never happen. I've seen too many people recently with grand plans for their retirement who find when the time comes that they are either too sick or too dead to live out their dreams.