I will be heading down there to ride in a couple weeks, staying at the KOA campground in Coos Bay. All I have done to mine is cut out the airbox lid and covered it with pantyhoses. Think I went with Leggs black supportive, lol. As far as paddles I will be running extremes 20x10x10 8 paddles, we will see how they do. Don't know if Im going to buy front sand tires yet.