CR, if you can make the trip, I guarantee you will NOT regret it. Moab is insanely beautiful and meeting up with the VX homies is an awesome experience.
I would love to go again this year but at this point serious Japan plans are in the works so I just don't know if it is in the cards.
My VX also needs work. I need a new exhaust and my tranny is leaking and I still have coolant coming from somewhere.
Bart