Hello from a GTRV in San Jose, CA

[racer_rr]

Long-time reader, first time poster.
After camper vanning around New Zealand south island for a month we decided a van was for us in our current state of life. We found a nice used 2006 GTRV from Mike at GTRV in Sebastopol , CA a few years back and have been loving the van life. Dispersed camping in the western states and stealth camping along the California beaches.
The rig is setup nicely with everything an RV has, plus 100w of solar, two house batteries, and a 19" LCD TV. Best bang-for-buck investment so far has been in a steering dampener! (but we've done a lot of upgrades)

It would be cool to meetup camping somewhere in the future with a group of camper vans and share a beer!

Mike and Carly
#DINKNDG

 

[BeeDub-ClassB]

Nice! Welcome!

 

[simplesez]

Nice Beta! What size?

 

[regis101-SMB]

I always liked GTRV's T-Top.

 

[86Scotty]

Very cool. Welcome!

 

[marret]

Very nice and welcome.

Check out this thread about a CA meetup:
http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/f17/may-sf-bay-meetup-23771.html#post250319

 

[YoTerryh-SMB]

I'm a longtime GTRV owner and have logged well over 500 nights in mine since buying it new in 2001. Still loving it and looking forward to my first camping trip for 2019 next weekend.

I also manage a Yahoo group for GTRV owners and wannabees if you are interested. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/gtrvwesty/info

 

[racer_rr]

Nice Beta! What size?

Beta 2014 400RS. Great bike. Husky 250TE for the gf goes on front van rail. Funny looking rig on the highway doing 75mph. We just mounted remote taillights and headlights on the racks to feel legit....and to see at night!
Fully loaded to the gills we're just below GVW.

 

[Cyrull]

Nice Rig! Welcome!

 

[arctictraveller]

Nice, we GTRV owners are a rare breed around here. How has your rear A/C unit held up. I do a lot of off roading, and have killed two different units by the second trip, but I'm going to try again this summer.

 

[toomanyhobbies]

Nice Rig! Looks a lot like mine. GTRV Westys are the best poptops made.
Be careful with the bike on the front. Almost burned my F250 to ground overheating the transmission with a Sunlite slide in and Husaberg 450 on the front. Did fine with smaller bikes but the big girl blocked the airflow to cooler.

Cheers,
Josh

 

[racer_rr]

How has your rear A/C unit held up.

Someone mounted with simple shelf brackets outside and attached around perimeter in door frame. It survived at least three years with us offroad. I'm surprised as well however we're never anywhere we can plug it in! I figure if it dies I'll get a new door and delete it...or get it repaired for big bucks.

 

[racer_rr]

Be careful with the bike on the front. Almost burned my F250 to ground overheating the transmission

Thanks for the note. Ya, our E250 has a trans cooler but with the bikes and camping gear we're running close to max GVW. Maybe I'll run a trans temp gage to be safe...and review where the trans cooler is compared to bike chassis.

 

[simplesez]

I've got a 'Berg also. FE390

Just picked up this 2018 350 XCF for racing though. Stoked