Spare fuel
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I've used the GL fuel bladder before, it's great. It's got lots of loops that you can strap the bag down securely on your bike with straps or bungie cords so it doesn't move around when all that liquid inside sloshes around.
That TT bladder might be cheap, but it looks kinda hard to strap down when filled up. It just has a handle.
My recommendation is to spend the extra $$$ if you can.
If you're looking for cheap, a $20 jerry can from Crappy Tire is easier to secure on a bike than that TT bag since it's solid and won't be like strapping a big pile of jell-o to your moto. It will hold its shape whether it's empty or full. It's just bulky, is the only drawback. Especially when empty, it's dead volume and can't collapse or fold up like a bladder.
That TT bladder might be cheap, but it looks kinda hard to strap down when filled up. It just has a handle.
My recommendation is to spend the extra $$$ if you can.
If you're looking for cheap, a $20 jerry can from Crappy Tire is easier to secure on a bike than that TT bag since it's solid and won't be like strapping a big pile of jell-o to your moto. It will hold its shape whether it's empty or full. It's just bulky, is the only drawback. Especially when empty, it's dead volume and can't collapse or fold up like a bladder.
Mad Mike
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I don’t like bladders - they are messy and harder for use than hard tanks.
The longest stretch of the Dempster hwy is 370km, so most bikes need some insurance fuel. I like the rotopax types, easy to mount on your bike, easy to fill and dump, rugged and not terribly expensive. You can get them in 5l, 10l and 20l sizes.
What bike are you planning to take?
The longest stretch of the Dempster hwy is 370km, so most bikes need some insurance fuel. I like the rotopax types, easy to mount on your bike, easy to fill and dump, rugged and not terribly expensive. You can get them in 5l, 10l and 20l sizes.
What bike are you planning to take?
What time of year are you going?
We went up the Alcan -> Dalton Hwy to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and through northern BC and Yukon, then down the Cassiar Hwy on the return trip. We were dawdling a bit too much and found ourselves bumping up against the winter season (late Sept).
At that time, the facilities (gas stations, restaurants and motels/campsites) run at reduced capacity in the far north with a lot of closures, so range anxiety on smaller tanked vehicles like motorcycles becomes a big issue. If this is the case for you, stop at *every* single gas station, even if it's just 75 kms since your last fill-up. We have roughly 400 kms range on our bikes and still had to tap into our jerry cans a couple of times.
Nice thing about riding through the snow and ice is no blackflies...
We went up the Alcan -> Dalton Hwy to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and through northern BC and Yukon, then down the Cassiar Hwy on the return trip. We were dawdling a bit too much and found ourselves bumping up against the winter season (late Sept).
At that time, the facilities (gas stations, restaurants and motels/campsites) run at reduced capacity in the far north with a lot of closures, so range anxiety on smaller tanked vehicles like motorcycles becomes a big issue. If this is the case for you, stop at *every* single gas station, even if it's just 75 kms since your last fill-up. We have roughly 400 kms range on our bikes and still had to tap into our jerry cans a couple of times.
Nice thing about riding through the snow and ice is no blackflies...
I'm taking my KTM 1090 Adventure R. I can easily get over 400km/tank, just looking for some extra capacity in case of a little off road jaunt or a tip over.
Planning on the last week of July and first couple of weeks of August.What time of year are you going?
We went up the Alcan -> Dalton Hwy to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and through northern BC and Yukon, then down the Cassiar Hwy on the return trip. We were dawdling a bit too much and found ourselves bumping up against the winter season (late Sept).
At that time, the facilities (gas stations, restaurants and motels/campsites) run at reduced capacity in the far north with a lot of closures, so range anxiety on smaller tanked vehicles like motorcycles becomes a big issue. If this is the case for you, stop at *every* single gas station, even if it's just 75 kms since your last fill-up. We have roughly 400 kms range on our bikes and still had to tap into our jerry cans a couple of times.
Nice thing about riding through the snow and ice is no blackflies...
Mad Mike
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You won’t get that on the Dempster - lots of rough gravel and mud. I’d make a fuel plan based on 300-320 range,, I’d bring an additional 10l to be sure.
Agreed. gravel will eat into your mileage.
That was my experience with my 1090 on loose surface as well.
I'd get a gas can to strap on as opposed to an expensive option. Then you can leave it behind when you're heading home.
Give it to another traveler headed up that way.
The road is full of good people looking out for one another.
We've been the recipients of so much kindness and grace while out there in the world, it is only right to keep passing it forward.
Even if it is in the form of a little red plastic jug.
The more I think about it, the more a simple Jerry can makes sense, and as per Lightcycles post, pass it on to another rider
Choosing the rain riding mode will also reduce your fuel consumption now that I think about it.
That makes sense as the power is dropped to 100hp and the throttle control is "softer"
OP is going to Tuktoyaktuk. There are fairly regular gas stations from Toronto until you hit the Dempster Highway. The longest stretch without gas is the turnoff from the base of the Dempster at Glenboyle to Eagle Plains, which is about 370 kms.
Typical distance in the remote north of the Yukon between gas stations to the base of the Dempster is around 150-200 kms, which is doable for most motorcycles. But once you head north of Glenboyle, it's advisable to carry supplemental gas to get to Eagle Plains. North of that, you're back to 140-180 kms till you reach Tuk.
OP can carry his little red jug up and down the Dempster, but on the return trip south of Glenboyle, it's unlikely he'll need it again on the way back home. My suggestion was to give it away to another motorcyclist that he sees traveling north if they are ill-prepared and don't have a jerry can. No use carrying an empty jerry can all the way back to the GTA from the Yukon if you don't want or need to.
Note to OP: Buy a jerry can at the gas station in Glenboyle or any CT along the way closer to the Yukon, so you're not lugging an empty jug all the way there.
