Riding the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse Alaska (S2:E4)

Chad teams up with some local friends to take on the infamous Dalton Highway to Deadhorse, Alaska. Battling rain, mud, and mosquitos, they encounter bee-keepers, stranded riders, broken bikes and big-rigs on a mission, in their quest to ride to the ends of the earth...
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[@rso1411]

I did this ride solo last year, it is an experience you will always cherish. Thanks for sharing.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yeah, it was a great ride. Luckily I was able to ride Anchorage to Dead Horse with Charlotte and Aaron, who I had met in Ecuador in 2019.

[@stube49]

I have ridden straight through from Fairbanks to Deadhorse in one day and back the next day but in a Honda Civic. I hope to take my V-Strom 650 there in 2023, God willing! Very nice video!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you for watching. Yeah I did the return trip in a day, around 13 hours or so. Not bad when the road is good condition!

[@cabottrailbiker]

"Tastes like shit." Haha! funniest part! Enjoyed watching your windshield get progressively opaque. Looks like an epic journey! Well done!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Mmmm... non-alcoholic Coors Edge baby!! Yeah, I certainly did my part to control the mosquito population. Had about 10,000 of them plastered across my windscreen... 😁

[@stube49]

I am surprised the Harley rider didn’t join you for the ride to Deadhorse. Safety in numbers!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

We actually talked about it, but he was on street tires and riding considerably slower than we were. Unfortunately he didn't end up making it. Right after Coldfoot he suffered electrical issues which ended his ride..

[@Dalevd]

If the weather is good the road is not to bad. 2016 I road the dalton in early June. I encountered rain, snow and very heavy gravel just poured. One of our member got hurt. Great video.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

The road is a stroll in the park when it's dry and the sun is shining (aside from the dust of course). But it's different beast once it gets a bit wet! Fresh road base certainly doesn't help either... 😒

[@darcybell3155]

I can't imagine riding for 15 hours that takes serious determination well done you guys. I rode for 5 hours on gravel last week and I was exhausted. With those mosquito's I see why you keep moving 🙂

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Exactly - riding is the only way to keep the skeeters off ya!! 🦟

[@randydriewer5847]

I road to deadhorse one day and back the next in 01 on a klr in my 50's. Wasn't that bad!! Went to Tuk and Valdez this year on another klr an 07 at age 73 but I still ride and race dirt bikes slowly now.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Good stuff!! Where do you race primarily?

[@randydriewer5847]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets all over enduro's mostly.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ahhh... the thinking man's race! 👍

[@rollyman3754]

Looks like a serious Iron Butt ride. Kudos to all of you. I just completed my first trip 5,135 miles in total starting out in Reno to Duluth MN and back over 20 days. looking forward to my next adventure. Just might be the Dalton.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

That's awesome, congratulations!! 🍻 usually takes me a few weeks to get into the right mental groove, so I prefer long-term travel. I rounded out this one at 12,500 mi in 38 days...

[@rollyman3754]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets A friend got me into adventure riding. He did a four month trip, from British Columbia and went east exiting out of Russia some 8 years ago now. I am considering Iceland or Australia in 2024. We will have to see where the world climate is then. But before that will do another adventure in the US. Would love to get my GSA extremely dirty on the Dalton.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Iceland is beautiful but shockingly expensive... we're heading back down to South America in 3 weeks, which is honestly one of my favorite places to ride on this planet. That said, there is a lot of incredible riding throughout the United States. Especially when it comes to dirt!!

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

What brought you to Duluth? I live an hour north.

[@rollyman3754]

@@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638 nothing in particular. Just wanted to see one of the great lakes. The main goal was getting to Grand Forks to visit family.

[@crowsbridge]

I didn't expect the mosquitos to be that thick, wow.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

They were worse in Canada!! 😬

[@GeistView]

Grew up on Kodiak Island and they were even worse. They can be nasty in Ketchikan as well.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

@GeistView yup... I used to fish commercially out of Ketchikan. Nasty little buggers for sure!

[@baldandbiking]

Love it! Great adventure, and no small task getting up there on the bikes. Well done. You can tick that one off your bucket list!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!!

[@Jodyrides]

Makes me appreciate when the guy that rides the old Honda 90 around the world in the videos, C90adventures, Did this trip, in the winter

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ed March is hilarious! He in Moab, Utah now touring around in some kit jeep contraption... 🤣

[@bluescarver9522]

​@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets great vids you have been putting out. I'm working through them. Ed is great to watch too. Good luck on your adventures

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Awesome, thank you so much for supporting the channel. Ed is the only other KZbinr I actually tune in for. Dude to hilarious!

[@marcbrunelle7562]

What an awesome road trip. I look forward to the next video.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks for watching!!

[@highway17adv]

That was perfect, thanks for sharing your ride. I've been needing some relatively recent videos. Planning on doing a long trip with Dead Horse in the middle in June 2023. Yhis certainly helps the motivation. cheers,

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hot off the press and still covered in mud!! Glad to help stoke the fires. Thanks for watching and have a great ride! 🍻

[@rkline3644]

Were you able to ride as planned? Did we pass each other along the Dalton? I reached Deadhorse on the 23 of June and made it to Key West on the 2nd of July.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I didn't really have a plan, so I suppose so... 😁 I was in Deadhorse mid July, then Road at the Dempster up to Tuk before returning to LA.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Oh wait... you were talking to @highway17adv weren't you?? 🤣

[@owenlushadv]

Watching this series has definitely bumped Alaska/the Dalton up on my to do list!!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

The whole region is epic! Working on the videos for the Dempster Highway now!!

[@owenlushadv]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets looking forward to it!!

[@francescobrasi1804]

This video is masterpiece. Adventure, landscape, great music... I'm totally crushing on the Dalton Highway. I don't know when, because I'm Italian and it is a little bit far from here, but I'll get to Deadhorse.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you for the kind words!! Knowing that the videos help inspire people makes all the work worthwhile!! 🍻

[@Petesmotoadventure]

Looks like a great time. Glad to see some real footage of the road. Me and a friend are going up next summer.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Awesome! So much great scenery. Just be sure to try to hit it when the road is dry and run proper tires!!

[@doublex632]

One of the best video's I've seen on The Dalton, fabulous. Just wondering if you asked the Harley guy if he wanted to ride with you guys, thanks.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!! Funny thing is, Harley guy (aka Ryan T Glitch) turned to be a friend of a friend. And yes, we did offer, however he declined realizing that he would be riding much, much slower on his street tires.

[@dietmdew845]

I did the same trip a week earlier. It was great. It snowed five inches on the north side of the Brooks Range, so for that stretch it was only thirty degrees and the road was muddy. It was such a welcome surprise to find the last 60 miles into Deadhorse was paved. Our Arctic Ocean tour guide said those rolled over cars have been there for years.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yeah, they told us the same thing - such an odd place to wipe out. Apparently they just paved the last 60 miles in the last year or so. I got snowed on a bit on the pass, but certainly not 5" worth! 😬

[@rodmitchell8064]

Awesome video 👍

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!

[@WeckforsDiscovery]

Thanks for a great video. I miss your trips from Patagonia! Greetings from Sweden.😀

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks for watching and be sure to stay tuned.. we're back in Patagonia!!! 🍻

[@johnlounsbury6191]

thank you. a very informative narration for someone planning this same trip

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Awesome - hope you have a great trip. It's certainly worth the effort!! 🍻

[@ghostpepperrides4805]

Great you had local friends to ride with.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It was very cool to be able to reach the end of the road with them! Next time, Mexico!! 🇲🇽

[@castle228]

On my bucket list! I've been to Coldfoot by plane, but my goal is to ride the highway on 2 wheels, be it motorcycle or bicycle. Awesome journey!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I vote motorcycle, unless you are a true masochist, in which case a bicycle might be your preference... 😁

[@rkline3644]

I just finished my solo ride this month from Pennsylvania to Deadhorse, AK to Key West, FL back to PA. 11,978 miles in 17.5 days on my 2015 Victory Vision. I was very, very, very fortunate to have very little rain, but the mud was still an issue for such a big bike.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Damn!! You were putting down some serious miles. That's an iron button ride for sure - congrats!! 🍻

[@Lloyd-mo]

Cool video

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you.

[@chema1546]

Ok 👍👌 super

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

🍻

[@williambanzhof9739]

EXCELLENT!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! 🍻

[@Wyngs714]

You guys were fortunate. When I rode it in 2014, it rain/sleeted/snowed about 75 percent of the trip to the point of standing water. The easy Dalton you described was a full on nightmare. 2 riders were air evac while we were there, another went down coming the other way from us but was okay and the road construction-pretty much in the same place as yours was- deep mud and foot deep ruts that went on for I'm guessing about 15 miles. Dont get me wrong, it was fantastic and worth every minute. But riders need to respect it. To fail to do that is at your own risk.........

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I can only imagine!! 😵‍💫 there were a few writers that got airlifted out around the same time we were there, and it was fairly dry! I certainly got a healthy dose of the muck up on the Dempster... that calcium chloride is no joke!!

[@Wyngs714]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets Yes I just watched your dempster video. Great videos! For what it's worth, I was screaming at times too. We were in the middle of that construction zone, it was blowing about 40 with sleet and rain. The ruts were so deep my cylinder heads were catching on the edges. I looked over at my riding partner and asked WTF are we doing here. Know what he said? "Stupid should be painful"............

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

🤣 if you're not screaming in your helmet from time to time, you're doing something wrong! 😁

[@banarne71]

Great ride guys!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you - twas a blast indeed!! 🍻

[@stevekeddington4382]

Your pose at the artic circle, I do the same pose! Ala Crcodile Dundee

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

That's not an Arctic Circle, this is an Arctic Circle!! 😁

[@homeschooled5683]

Awesome

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!

[@eprohoda]

Two, Yo~ yo created epic masterpiece. catch you later~ 🤩

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!! 🍻

[@ironhorsegladiator5034]

aren't those bicyclists afraid of wolves and killer bears out there?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

And they say we're crazy! Those pedal-pushers are on another level!! 😳

[@D-Harb]

I thought Alaska would be way more forested and always have at least some snow on the ground

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

All depends on where and when you go. There is a lot of forestland in Alaska, but most of it is very thick and impenetrable. I was also there during the summer, so it was pretty warm. I have no interest in riding Alaska during the winter!! 😅

[@URBANAMERICANTAC]

I really hope the father got his bike fixed and eventually made it up to dead horse after making 99% there from Florida

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Unfortunately neither Ryan or his father ended up making it. Ryan ended up suffering electrical issues shortly after Coldfoot... 😪

[@danielliebenberg7739]

How is the Honda CB 500X doing on such an extended & rough trip ? I’m curious as to why you decided to use it instead of the Africa Twin.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

The Africa Twin is still in Patagonia, so unfortunately that wasn't an option. The CB did great overall. I enjoy riding it in a lot of conditions over the AT, truth told. I upgraded the suspension and added some body armor, which honestly you have to do on just about any bike you buy these days. Other than a faulty fuel gauge, which is a common issue, the bike was flawless!

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

Excellent video- thanks for sharing.. How did the G650 perform and what kind of range/mileage did it get?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks for watching!! Charlotte's 650 did great, although I can't comment on the range... the damn thing doesn't have a fuel gauge and the reserve light seems to turn on at a half-tank... 😂😂

[@richardvalitalo3670]

Where's the solo part? Someday plan on doing this. Chains win over belts.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

The rest of my journey was solo. I just had my friends from Anchorage join me last minute for the trek to Deadhorse... Thanks for watching!!

[@kwik2008]

😊👍

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks!

[@plotholedetective4166]

Belt drives are problematic at the best of times I would never take a belter on a dirt road much less the Dalton.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Agreed! Which makes it even more confounding that the Ducati Desert X utilizes an internal belt drive. An adventure bike with a primary drive that can only be serviced or replaced at a dealer... nowhere near where Adventure bikes are meant to be ridden... 🤔

[@theworldsbonkers]

Like to see your Isle of Man sticker

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

We were at the TT Races in 2018!! Hell of a good time...

[@MikeJonesadventuretravel]

My sticker is there

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I would hope so!!

[@artmchugh5644]

We heard your bike first !!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 no shit !! In a land of silence that thing stands out like dogs balls !!!🏍🏍🏍🍺

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

😅

[@ConciseDharmata]

Which month did you decide to take the trek to deadhorse?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I was there in July.

[@ConciseDharmata]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets hey thanks for the reply! I ask because I’m planning a trip similar to yours and was thinking July would probably be the best time to go. Have a nice upcoming weekend:)

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

No worries. Just be aware, that July is when just about all of Canada takes its summer vacation, so campgrounds and accommodations can be booked and/or close to capacity, which can make spontaneous travel a bit difficult at times... 🍻

[@Jeremybaland]

Do you still have the 500X? How many miles did you put on it total? I have one and im wondering when im going to start having trouble with it.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It's a 2015 model and had 15k miles on it when I got it in 2022. I managed to put another 20k on it in just under a years time. The issue I had with it was losing the fuel gauge, which apparently is a fairly common problem that is easily remedied...

[@fatazz3177]

I just shot a goose that was banded there...had to see where he came from...I’m 4300 miles away...amazing

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Whoa?? Seriously?? That's some seriois frequent flyer miles!!

[@fatazz3177]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets same as you.....many miles...enjoyed the clip!

[@wolftrainservicesltd6418]

Have you seen itchy boots

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I've run into her on the road a couple times. This trip in particular I ran into her in Dawson City after finishing the Dempster.

[@navkolosvity6873]

Did you slept in the tents? How about bears? Was they friendly?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I camped I think 30 out of 38 days... no issues with bears luckily, although I did have bear spray with me for the majority of the trip...

[@SimonBrisbane]

Charlotte or Rose?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Charlotte is riding and Rose is narrating...

[@rickvann3489]

Lol...the lame Harley, if the riders of the Harleys would have done their home work they would have known about rocks possibly getting between belt and rear sprocket and would had carried a couple spares

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Insult on top of injury, the Harley dealer in Fairbanks refused to touch the bike since it was older than 10 years old... 🙄

[@paulduncan3214]

A car wash would make a fortune

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

There's a few in Fairbanks... but nada on the Dalton. 🤔

[@motorcycleadventure3720]

Alaska doesn't like harleys

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Apparently, neither does the Harley dealer in Fairbanks... 🤔

[@thenoshow]

This is just a normal road in India these westerners are Intentionally Popularise their thing for money😅😅😅😅

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Whoa! You have a road in India that goes to the Arctic Ocean?? I did not realize that!!! 😁

[@thenoshow]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets it's comparison 😂😂not location 😂😂there are many roads like Dalton in India lonely and dangerous

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

But location is exactly why the Dalton is special. Lonely and dangerous are realities of remote roads the world over. But this Road represents the furthest northernmost point you can ride in the United States - the end of the road!! That's precisely what makes it special! 🍻

[@hauntedmoodylady]

Great video, great scenery, such skilled, resilient riders. Hearing Prudhoe Bay, and hearing Key West, FL brought to mind a fine fellow I met at at couple of BMW rally's most consider him a legend. I encourage everyone to look him up, there were once some videos which others had put up of him on U Tube. His name is John Ryan, again I encourage you to look him up..

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you - I'll check it out!