Hi all

Not posted much on this forum as my bike is still quite new to me but I have been an avid reader!

I have a 2008 XT-R and am going on a 3 month trip to Spain, Portugal and Morocco, then back into Europe and home to UK. The ride will be dusty and sandy of course in Morocco and I will be trying to do as many trails/off-road as possible.

I set off tomorrow and just doing very last minute mods to my bike

I am of course wanting reliability & fuel economy, but also to gain a bit more excitement for the ride. Plus I hope to get rid of the minor surging and the odd cutting out the engine does, usually when slowing down whilst down shifting gears.

The bike has a full Leo Vince exhaust, 1 tooth less on the gearbox sprocket and I've literally just put on a second hand Kev O2 mod I got from a forum member. I have changed the K&N to a DNA stage 1 filter (as it's clean, and because it supposedly gives greater air intake) and have also removed the snorkel. I also got a second hand Kev fuel mod that I have fitted today (from another forum member), but is there any harm running like this without a DNA stage 2 filter?

Or is it better to leave off the fuel mod at this stage?

I have avoided fitting a Stage 2 (although I've bought a brand new one & it's in the garage for when I get back) as will be doing some water crossings and my paranoia says that water will enter

Thanks for any help and words of wisdom people can offer.