This colourful guide lists all the road routes in Alaska with recommended dirt road excursions past mines, mountains and streams. The book includes ideal itineraries, the most interesting side roads, and great places to sleep, eat, and get off your bike to sightsee.

In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three, Elspeth Beard left behind her family and friends in London and set off on a 35,000-mile solo adventure around the world on her motorbike. This is the story of a unique and life-changing adventure.

"How to" motorcycle to Alaska. Motorcycle preparation, route choices, tires, sleeping, eating, border crossings, document requirements, check-lists for packing, facts about bears, costs, road conditions, resources. Over 50 photographs and maps. This is "the handbook" for a motocyclist thinking about riding or taking the ferry boat to or from Alaska or Prudhoe Bay for the "Lower 48".

This exciting book is an essential guide to more than 30 of the world’s best journeys for the adventure motorcyclist. The coverage for each route includes a first-hand account from someone who has made the trip together with comprehensive information on what to expect in terms of riding conditions, the best time to travel, choice of motorcycle, the history of the route, sights along the way, climate information and all kinds of other practical advice, all accompanied by top-class photography and detailed maps. This latest book in Haynes’ adventure motorcycling series will both inspire and inform.

Provides an insider's view of long-distance riding, explains what draws people to the challenges and solitude of the pastime, and highlights a middle-aged diabetic man who loves riding impossible distances.