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Yeah, you're right, '05 was the first year. Posting photos and editing text on my iPad has been kicking my butt that I've been distracted.

They're a North Face duffel bag made out of a Hypalon-like material. I'm not normally a big fan of TNF but these bags have earned solid reviews and they've proven to be well designed and manufactured. They have a pretty slick shoulder strap system for muling stuff around airports and up and...

We had fun at OE '13 and my wife especially appreciated the courses to help fast-forward her skill sets (which took me years to develop). If the timing works out right, we'd like to return next year. However, the road trip from Tampa, Florida where we live to Arizona might prove to be a...

After meeting Marc, Toni and the XP team and receiving an orientation to the XP, my family and I headed to OE '13 for my wife to take some classes. The first real test of the truck was taking place on the drive from Grass Valley, CA to Mormon Lake, AZ and that was urban and highway driving...

Here's Marc Wassmann's team at XP. Marc has assembled a great team which I enjoyed meeting and talking with. They all take pride in their part of building an XP. Marc's expanding his factory footprint in Grass Valley by leaps and bounds. He's limiting his outsourcing to ensure better...

For background, long story short, we've owned a fully-restored Westy, a Technitop RTT on a Can-Back (on an '02 Taco) and an FWC Fleet (same Taco). All fell short of our criteria (which grew / matured over time) so we surrendered to moving on to a larger (yet agile and drivable), more...

Adam's rear boxes with departure angle have been AWESOME on Colorado's switchback 4WD trails. All the difference in driving experience. Slider steps have been PERFECT. Full-size truck with long bed entirely capable for shelf roads and switchbacks. Lot of credit to my wife for her excellent...

Photos of all our "test results" coming soon as soon as we can get a decent wifi connection. Having trouble uploading from our iPads to Photobucket (both with their app and on their web page).

There's a loaded Fleet (mine) coming up for sale in Florida....I've got a PM'er who rightfully has dibs.

Thank you very much...I did a lot of homework.

Slow connection here at the Avalanche Brewing Company in Silverton, Colorado otherwise would post a coupla more shots. Yesterday on the back side of Durango Mountain Resort (I still call it Purgatory) coming down from a snow-blocked Bolam Pass (FS 578).

Credit for the spare tire location goes to Chris from U-Joint Offroad. Icon Vehicle Dynamics 4.5" lift + Deaver leaf pack. 35" Toyo Open Country AT II (AWESOME shoes). Air bags (for levelling) with Daystar's new universal cradle (prevents stretching during wheel droop) are up next. Rear ARB...

F350 + XPCamper are everything we wanted. Huge gains over our itty-bitty Tacoma + FWC Fleet camper without a disproportionate increase in dimensions (negligible, really). Handling on paved and unpaved curvy mountain roads = excellent tracking, no body sway, no feedback from XP. Fully...

I have a KTM 950 and a Husqvarna TE610 (carbs). I have free air fare to Turkey and am considering shipping a bike there for a trip north to Armenia, east to Azerbaijan and then over to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan (likely only the tamer northern...

Tuk-tuk?

The XPCamper Crew gathered for a photo on the day of delivery. The small banner Marc is holding is a fabric map of Germany which I brought from Leipzig as a token gesture in celebration of Germany's great reputation for engineering. While that might sound like a really over-the-top personal...

Nothing sexy...just a nine mile dirt road which leads to Stoneman Lake (S of Mormon Lake) and was a nice shortcut over to I-17. However, the washboards on the road provided nice confirmation that my bought-sight-unseen full-size truck with suspension upgrades and XPCamper combo handle just like...

Dirt road baptism in Arizona

That's a good impulse...I'd follow it.

Yep, that's my early retirement gift. If you're at the OE, come on by and I'll feed you beer and we can talk bikes.