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This is Jon's bike in NY all shiny before the trip.

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Bike prep in New York.

Nick from Rockwell Cycles giving Jon's bike a once over.

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Bike prep. They always look like Robocop at this stage.

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Bike prep - suspension tuning.

Jon's preload adjustment kit. Jon reset the suspension to factory defaults.

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Bike prep - fitting the Safari tank.

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Bike prep - stencil removal.

Time to remove that Safari stencil from the side of the new Safari gas tank.

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Bike prep - stencil removal.

Removing the Safari tank logo. It might have stayed if it didn't have a '.com' website on it.

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Bike prep - done.

New handguards, tank, bashplate… and very clean!

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Jon giving his bike a last test ride before shipping to NZ.

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Shipping. Dan Lawson carting off the bike.

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Planning. Time to spend hours and hours with Garmin Basecamp.

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Planning. Transferring the maps to the tiny Netbook.

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Planning. Hmm - which route?

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Packing day. Everything present and correct.

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Packing day. All that somehow in two bags and a tankbag.

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Packing day. Weighing in at 20 kilos. Not bad.

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Packing day. Making a power harness for accessories.

Power for GPS, USB, camera, …

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Arriving at Dunedin.

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NZ Border customs checks.

Coming into NZ, Jon's bags were checked for contaminating substances. None were found.

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The Fuel Pump saga.

Rats. The new large Safari tank leaks fuel onto the hot engine. Not good..