Maggie’s Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

[sirhrmechanic]

For some reason, someone decided that this would be a great place to put one of the worlds Northernmost roads. And I decided I had to visit it by motorcycle.

Not sure if this counts as the northern-most post ever made to SH... but unless we have some members at the North Pole... it has to be close. This is about 400 miles north of the arctic circle. Five layers of clothes and an electric vest to ward off the chill.

Oh and to keep it snipery, I made sure my scarf is in the bike picture and, for the record, Norwegian Spin-D is pear-flavored.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Alaskaman11]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Further north then Barrow Alaska?

 

[Finris]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Nice BMW bike you have their.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Alaskaman 11</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Further north then Barrow Alaska?</div></div>

You are right! By 13 degrees. Guess I have to ride there next. Alaska highway is on my list.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Alaskaman11]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Look me up when you come through, and according to my gps, the airport sits at 71,17.... But to your defense, barrow you have to fly into it. But there is roads!

 

[The Mall Ninja]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

It's Funny you should mention North Pole....because i live about 15 min away from it.

 

[Dirty D]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

BMW does a 650 right, I used to ride an XR650L and while fun wasn't the bike you Dakar is.

 

[macthknife]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Great pics! Love it! Have some fun for Me Brother!

 

[Red_SC]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Nice- at that temp I prefer a cage around me!

 

[kd185]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

hope you dont mind that i reported your initial post on my motorcycle forum
a ride like this would be interesting to many people

 

[Runamuk]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Your an animal

+1...its all about the journey

 

[Jpuckett]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Beast

 

[KYpatriot]

Re: Greetings from Lat N. 71 10' 21"

Crazy, but cool. Really cool I'd guess.