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Project Backcountry Grizz

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I bought my used 21 Grizzly XT-R last fall, and so far I love it. I plan to use it for basic trail riding in the mountains of Eastern WA and North Idaho (and a little in MT as well), but I also plan to use it for mulit-day backcountry outings. I'm fortunate to have one of the largest contiguous wilderness areas in the lower 48 nearby (not to mention almost endless national forest) and I'm planning a 400 mile loop around the Frank-Church River of No Return (hopefully I do return;)) and Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness areas.

Anyhow, I've been gearing up my Grizzly for these kind of multi-day backcountry rides and figured I post some of that here.

Although riding in remote national forest areas is the fun part, I needed the Grizz to be street legal since parts of my riding require road use when getting from one area to the next. Before I post what I've been up to, here's the Grizz in stock form (Elka Stage 4's came with it). Excuse the boxes, we recently moved:):
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Also installed a Quadlock phone mount with wireless charging. Feels pretty solid as well, but we’ll see how it does on the trails.
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Got in about 60-70 miles of riding since installing the Quad Lock phone mount. Works great and the wireless charging is nice. Seems to hold up well to rough conditions, including some off the beaten path riding.
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New truck to pull the Grizz. Hopefully the Tacoma is as reliable as the Yamaha (or should I have stated that the other way around?)! Was planning to sell the trailer, but it's just too convenient, and the Grizzly is a tight squeeze in the Tacoma.
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First new vehicle I have ever bought in 25 plus years of buying. Resale values were so high, it seemed to make sense for what I was looking for. Planning to drive both into the ground!
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