Alaska Trip Specifics?

[IronArse]

Hey folks, just a few questions I can't find answers to in other threads about Alaska.
-Where does the Highway actually turn to gravel from asphalt?? (Around which town...)
-What is the rough length of the drive from let's say maybe Banff or somewhere in that region up to Faribanks or Anchorage in kilometers/miles??
-What is the longest distance between fuel stations?? (How much extra would it be recommended to bring? I have a 22-liter V-Strom.)
-What temperature does it drop down to at night roughly in June?? (How big of a sleeping bag do I need...)
-How long would you give for the whole trip to see all that has to be seen, once on the highway north from Banff region?? I'm not in too much of a rush but just curious of a time-frame.

Also, I want to get some good tires for the road north. I'll probably buy them in the States, and send them to whatever town on the route north where it starts tuning to dirt, hence why I need to know where it starts. Does anyone recommend a good way to send a set of tires up from Vancouver/Victoria to whatever town near where the muck starts??

And if anyone else has any more tips they feel I should know it would be appreciated!

See some of ye for a or two on the road north this summer!
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