Thanks for the tyre options, I'll check them out.

Pete hows Blenheim going? was my home for 10 years before the wife dragged me to Griffith. Miss the fishing, decent roads, mountains and good wine. Of course Griffith has its attractions too as pointed out on the tv series Underbelly.

The xt does suit the local roads my other bikes a Thruxton and while its a really nice bike its limited to the sealed roads. There's far more interesting and challenging dirt roads.