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Hi all, Mick here from 47industries and the Can-am X Team.
The team and I thought it would be a good idea for those of you who were not able to make it up to Finke this year, to run a thread on the forum to let you all know what we are up to.
We will be adding pictures as well as text as the next week goes on, so keep checking a few times a day and we will do our best to keep you all up to date.
If you have any questions, feel free to throw them up here and we will answer them as we can.
Good travelling to all those already on the road and we will see you up there.
Mick
Smitty
Bullet
MrsBullet
Beery
Terry
Petey
Chuckles
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Smitty and Pete from X Team and Victor from Team LBR left Warrnambool this morning at around 4am. I will catch up with them as they come through Adelaide later this morning for lunch. When you see Smitty, ask him if he remembered to shut the back of the trailer? (long story). Pete say's that Smitty has just cracked into his second slab of Red Bull and is bouncing off the F250 roof.
Rick and Terry (X Team) got to Alice last night and Terry is already at the Finke sign in office, working her butt off. When any of you get to sign in, Terry will be doing all of the Quad sign ins, so make sure you tell her how nice she looks. She loves that.
If you see Smitty on the road, make sure you give him a honk. You can't miss him.......
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Best looking trailer I've seen!!!
Well done mate!!!
If you get to the states this year with Can Am make sure you let me know you have a personal escort anywhere you need to go
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C'MON Smitty now we need to step it up again.......that trailer looks SWEET !!!!, Cant see much beer in the back off the ute, 1week, u need a lot of supplies.
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Goodluck X TEAM, hope everyone has a safe trip from all around Australia
All the best Smitty,Rick and Bullet,hope we can keep up to date with goings on as it all happens. Oh and remember make sure you all stay
super hydrated espacially after the event to ensure a good recovery.
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Gees Paul you could have cleaned the cow poo off the tyres and mowed the lawns to make your trailer look a bit better. 
Good luck to all the guys, have a great time.
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2 days of driving, 2600k, 700 k of dirt road nearly getting bogged and having a roost from hell coming off the van wheels through the sand and 1 buggered tyre and we made it in to alice last night at half past eight, now just waiting for you lads to turn up so we can have some fun.
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We just got back to the Desert Palms Resort after a full day.
Sign in with the lovely Terri at Desert Edge MC this morning, then a bit of shopping (OK, I popped in and saw a customer from my real job) then it was out to our secret little location for a bit of bike testing. We got the emergency phone call from Luke Beechey, when after strict instructions from me to STAY ON THE TRACK, he got 10m down the dirt, went off the track and got bogged to the belly. You idiot. Lucky my Effie had diff locks, because I almost got stuck saving his scrawny little Polaris riding arse.
Simon brought down the Scootaround RZR for a run. "profanity removed" that thing looks like fun. Lisa's broken thumb is coming along well and she is getting the hang of the twist throttle. On to my 4th Corona now and the crowd is getting rowdy, so I will check back with you all tomorrow.
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pics to come
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Thanks Mick for the update and photo's, I'm jealous and depressed now but keep us informed, GOODLUCK to everyone riding, will catchup Outrim
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Hey Dean
wish you were here
we just got here last night  (yes I am highjacking your thread mick  )
Everyu one here is so pumped - the atmosphere is psychoo  v
And caught up with the TEAM CANAM XXXXXZXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX last night atr the golf club
I have never seen so many bikes and quads in a motel - I have never seen the heavitree gap so packed either
best go - off to sign in and catch Clive Baxster who has been helping Woody at Race moto get Finke prep organised...... I been having CB attitude withdrawal -he is great for pre race pep talks and drinks 
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good luck huskygoat and vjcrose give me a ring on the way home to let me know how you went.
Keep safe and have a great weekend
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Right, Thursday night was the annual quad riders dinner at the golf club. We had a couple of shandies, but after that was a bit of a blur.
Today (Friday) was scrutineering, so we rocked up at the show grounds at about 11am to set up the Can-am display. 47 movies were cranking all night and the display was a hit with the locals and riders alike.
Tomorrow is prologue so an early night and up at 6am to prep the bikes.
Night all.
Mick@47
P.S. What do you think of the new 47industries/Can-am X Team rig?
We take delivery in 4 weeks.
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what a week so far, thursday arvo was the firts time I've got to leave the trailer to get some time in on the quads for some proper shakedown testing and some top speed runs, so far things are shaping up pretty well as planned but some more new gear arrived late this arvo (finally some Fox Floats to keep Smitty happy, thanks Shane) so we've got a bit more tweaking to do before prolouge in the morning.
Scooter just asked me to type in how great he is to, poor fella, the lone Poolaris rider hanging out with the Can-Am crew.
bout time for bed now though, be a busy day tomorrow with prolouge and then packing the trucks and trailers up for the trip down to Finke on sunday.
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Thanks 4 update Pete, you just keep Smitty happy and his bike in one piece, goodluck to all for prologue. By look of pics everyone is having
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My Aunty who lives in Alice texted me this morning and said it has been pouring down for a few hours so have fun in the MUD. Wish i was there. 
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Yep, started raining at about 4am this morning and has not stoped yet.
Plenty of the half quads dropped it in the mud, even some of the top 20.
Can-am X Team kicked arse with no problems in prologue at all. Not only did Smitty get first and Beery get second in the quads, but they got 11th and 14th respectively. Awsome effort on the new DS450x's.
Back at the park washing everything down now, and trying to thaw out. We hear that the rain has only got as far as Deep Well so far (60km in) so let's hope it stays there.
Pizza bar for pasta dinner tonight to get the carbs into us for race day tomorrow.
Keep looking at the finke desert race site for times over the next couple of days as we will have no range to get onto the web.
Mick@47
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A couple of quick pics of today in the mud.
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Niiiiice muuuuud!, aren't you guy's meant to be doing a DESERT race.
Well done smitty & rick, good luck to everyone in the tough conditions
for the race,hope it dries up as you's get going.
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Sorry it's been so long since my last post but we've been kind of busy.
The Can am X team could'nt have asked for a better result.
Paul Smith topped the podium in first race, Rick Beer came in with another podium in third.
Bullet played with a few peoples heads and proved the Renegade is not just a farm quad with race plastic's and came in within the top 10 in 7th place.
While the final member of the team MrsBullet, completed the event and was forgiven for going over time due to riding the whole event with a freshly broken throttle thumb.
We will post some pic's in the morning as we are still on the road at the moment.
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Got back yesterday arvo thanks to Mick and the Can am X team.
Had a great time and looking forward to next year.
Well done to all that entered from the front to the back of the field.
Mrs Bullet and Arron both ledgens finishing the Finke with broken bones.
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