Well my land cruiser story starts with the arrival of my son 16 months ago. After dozens of trips to Baja on motorcycles things
were obviously going to change, but giving up Baja would be hard. On a trip 4 months before my son arrived (jokingly referred
to as "the last moto trip ever") i stumble on the answer South of the Bay of LA. Heading North from San Francisquito a buddy of
mine and i decided to do a little exploring up San Pedro wash. The arroyo ends at Las Animas and there alone on the end of the
beach was a couple camping out of there cruiser. We rolled up and were given frosty cold bottled water out of their fridge and
kicked back to admire their camp and their rig. (turns out this was cpg, small world) On the ride back home i kept thinking about
what a great rig they had - creature comforts without giving up the ability to explore all that Baja has to offer. I was hooked. The
seed planted by that chance encounter became a full fledged obsession as i started researching cruisers. The info here on mud
helped steer me in the right direction and after many "almosts" i finally pulled the trigger in August....
one owner '97 with 97,000 miles and boxes of service records...
off comes the running boards and flares....
on goes the lift and pizza cutters...
off with the stock roofrack and on with the Slee goodies...
mods thus far,
CDL & 7 Pin Mod
255/85/16 BFG MTs on 7" steelies
2 1/2 " OME heavy front medium rear
Slee "short bus" front bumper
Hella Rallye 4000s
Slee sliders
Superwinch EPi9.0 with solenoid moved under hood
synthetic winch line
dual battery setup
African Outback roof rack
Technitop RTT
Hella worklight
Engle MT45
modded Yaesu FT 7800R
off for ten days in Baja...
just back yesterday from the 1000 so i'll add more as i catch up....
were obviously going to change, but giving up Baja would be hard. On a trip 4 months before my son arrived (jokingly referred
to as "the last moto trip ever") i stumble on the answer South of the Bay of LA. Heading North from San Francisquito a buddy of
mine and i decided to do a little exploring up San Pedro wash. The arroyo ends at Las Animas and there alone on the end of the
beach was a couple camping out of there cruiser. We rolled up and were given frosty cold bottled water out of their fridge and
kicked back to admire their camp and their rig. (turns out this was cpg, small world) On the ride back home i kept thinking about
what a great rig they had - creature comforts without giving up the ability to explore all that Baja has to offer. I was hooked. The
seed planted by that chance encounter became a full fledged obsession as i started researching cruisers. The info here on mud
helped steer me in the right direction and after many "almosts" i finally pulled the trigger in August....
one owner '97 with 97,000 miles and boxes of service records...
off comes the running boards and flares....
on goes the lift and pizza cutters...
off with the stock roofrack and on with the Slee goodies...
mods thus far,
CDL & 7 Pin Mod
255/85/16 BFG MTs on 7" steelies
2 1/2 " OME heavy front medium rear
Slee "short bus" front bumper
Hella Rallye 4000s
Slee sliders
Superwinch EPi9.0 with solenoid moved under hood
synthetic winch line
dual battery setup
African Outback roof rack
Technitop RTT
Hella worklight
Engle MT45
modded Yaesu FT 7800R
off for ten days in Baja...
just back yesterday from the 1000 so i'll add more as i catch up....
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... I hear they're rare in the states! 
lack of sleep shave 10 years off...
