R U Going to the NWT
Just returned from a trip to Yellowknife NWT. We were on motorcycles pulling a camping trailer Because of distance between gas stations we put four 2+ gallon gas cans on top of the trailer. Didn’t hav...
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1 Did we have a good Time? Yes, I'm glad I did it, but it will not be an annual event.
2. Could we have made it without additional gas? The 1500, pulling the 500+ lb trailer needed extra gas 3 times. Tim on his Honda 1300 with no extra weight other than him had larger gas tank and better mpg would have had no problem.
A couple of times filling stations were ~ 200 miles apart. Several times there were towns that were big dots on the map with names in large print but with no services. E.g.: Edzo, on the Yellowknife Hiway, is 2 blocks long, dirt street that dead-ends...... and no gas. Not uncommon the further north you get.
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1 Did we have a good Time? Yes, I'm glad I did it, but it will not be an annual event.
2. Could we have made it without additional gas? The 1500, pulling the 500+ lb trailer needed extra gas 3 times. Tim on his Honda 1300 with no extra weight other than him had larger gas tank and better mpg would have had no problem.
A couple of times filling stations were ~ 200 miles apart. Several times there were towns that were big dots on the map with names in large print but with no services. E.g.: Edzo, on the Yellowknife Hiway, is 2 blocks long, dirt street that dead-ends...... and no gas. Not uncommon the further north you get.
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