Deadhorse to Ushuaia - How Much Is Paved?

[ChicagoMike]

I see that Kevin and Julia Sanders, riding two-up on a R1150GS, rode 27,200 kms in 35 days from Deadhorse to Ushuaia. That's about 780 km or 480 mi each day!

Except for the most northern 500 miles, Deadhorse to San Diego is paved. How much of the San Diego to Ushuaia trip is paved?

I'm a Gold Winger with dreams. I realize that the trip can be done on any bike, however large, and I wonder how much of the trip I would fight with a heavy touring bike doing what it was not intended to do.

On pavement, the bike is sublime! On gravel, the bike is....ummm....not sublime!



[This message has been edited by ChicagoMike (edited 02 February 2006).]