Ron's summary

This was by far the longest ride I have made.  What made it a great ride was doing it with a good friend.  We had only a few minor bike problems and no flat tires.  So the big question is "would you do it again?".  I would, but on a different bike.  The KLR is not as stable on the pavement as my DL1000 Vstrom.  Arguably the KLR is a better choice for the Dalton highway to Prudhoe Bay, but there were Vstroms we met that did just fine up there.  The KLR power was adequate near sea level but at the higher elevations it was difficult on long uphill pulls with a head wind.

Here are the numbers:
Trip cost, not including the bike was $1700.  Twenty percent of the trip cost was spent on the Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks, primarily on hotel.

We had four no riding days.  On the 23 riding days we averaged 334 miles.  The longest day was 427 miles, the shortest 110 (near drowning riding to Tok, AK).

Gas prices ranged from $5.00/gallon in Dease Lake, BC to $2.58 in Casper, WY.  Overall average was $3.77.  Gas in Canada was much more expensive, averaging $4.20/gallon versus the US average of $2.83/gallon.         

My gas mileage was 46 MPG with a low of 40 and high of 55.  The best mileage included a big elevation drop and a good tail wind.

We had some absolutely spectacular days of riding.  We also had the days that put the "Adventure" in Adventure Touring.