what's going on everyone eric here from nomadic fanatic a clearing in the rain it rained all
day yesterday it's going to rain tomorrow it's even going to rain tonight this is it we have
got to go on a ride i have so been looking forward to sharing some new camera angles
potential new uh vlogging cameras and microphones for black betty yeah guys if i haven't told you
already i am really happy with where my bike is at right now oh new windshield finally came in little
five inch uh smoke windshield there we're gonna be uh testing this out today as you can see new uh
camera mount there i also have a new uh helmet cam to test out and we're going to
see how the video and audio works today you can go for a ride with me guys let's do it
all right um well i'm sitting on the bike hopefully we're getting some good audio here you
can see the helmet cam let's flip that around this will be the view from my helmet hopefully i've got
that position right so you can see some of the instrument panel but also see over the windshield
let's do the picture and picture and i will put my head down here somewhere in the corner hopefully
out of the way so you can get a good shot of what we're doing and we need to do an audio
test so let's uh fire up the bike here real quick and see how loud black betty is when i'm talking
okay um we're just gonna go for a little test ride here all right uh are we clear hang on
we are clear let's go back to our normal camera here and do a little test here
i don't know if you're going to be able to hear me over all of the engine noise coming
from black betty but man this feels great we are expecting quite a bit of wind today
wind is in the forecast it's partly sunny mostly cloudy uh i bet when it's really loud you're
probably not gonna be able to hear me when i'm when i'm really getting into the throttle
but oh my gosh what a good day for a ride right let's go down here and see what it sounds like
all right so a really good day can you still hear me you are going to be okay because the microphone
is behind the windshield obviously when i'm not ripping into the throttle you can probably hear
me fine but um i think it's a really good spot for the camera and i love ride so much fun guys
so awesome i got an idea guys first nice sunny warm day it's about 80 degrees today let's go
grab some ice cream and up towards uh edwardsville i think the uh seasonal ice cream shop is open
all right what's this place called north side dairy haven they're not too busy
let's check it out
heck yeah that is going to hit all the spots
something about vanilla ice cream simple perfect all right um
friend is gonna go on a ride and i gotta dart back over to his house real quick to meet up
all right i shed a layer it's just too warm we got uh four bikes now four bikes all right
so
well pack around boys this is illinois after all
i got the motorcycle loaded up in the trailer i kind of call it my garage these days because every
single day i've had to put my motorcycle in here for rain granted it doesn't rain all day it was
beautiful earlier but good grief you guys see why i'm like i'm trying to love my motorcycle but at
the same time it's like this is not this is not a viable future i have to bring the car with me
it's frustrating anyway that was a that's a good ride hope to do that again one day whenever oh
but uh when it when it stops raining here i do want to show you i'll be able to show you
um how i move that trailer around out there and that is with this fancy doohickey here
got this guy on amazon for about 110 bucks big 13 inch pneumatic wheels that hold air
you just see that you just kind of tilt it get it underneath pop it up raise it up and then the idea
is you can move the trailer you can't move it very well uphill i bet but i did move it from where it
was at next to miranda to where it's at right now so i'll show you this later after the rain takes
a break okay the rain has paused for a moment in my last video i asked all my viewers do you think
i should bring the car or the motorcycle in the enclosed trailer and i added up all the results
well not the last eight hours but we were at 71 percent of my viewers said i should bring the car
and my math is horrible 29 said i should bring the motorcycle so i think a lot more people are
understanding why there aren't a lot of people who do the motorcycle thing full time because
again you're at the mercy of good weather a lot of people won't ride in the rain and i'm one of them
however the idea was that i was still going to try it just try it that's why i got this
guy because i know there's going to be time where i get to a campground or an rv park
or somewhere and i'm going to have to unhook this trailer with or without the motorcycle
inside so right now with the motorcycle inside the generator everything we are close to 2 800
pounds here on this single axle trailer let me get my keys i'll uh unlock my locks here
all right
i want to demonstrate how easy this is i've done it a couple times right
well we're in a weird confined space right here but it goes like that then pop it up
this would obviously need to go back up a little more
okay then three wheels of contact and you can sometimes move the trailer it's still a heavy
trailer but you can turn it maneuver it that pivot wheel hang on come on i know we're going uphill
holy cow hey come on come on i'm gonna eat my words here eric i can't even move it
holy cow
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i can't even get it back to where it was eric all right um holy cow
um it would be lighter without the motorcycle
so if i got somewhere i could take out 760 pounds of motorcycle
crud well that's not even my only problem this jack only goes up so high
that i'm i was bottoming it out when i
i was bottoming out a lot so i was gonna buy one of those swivel jacks like they use on boats
it's like stored right here and then it can swivel and then be tucked away um but
dang ding
let's go inside and chat because there's a couple other things to consider here
really um first of all if you're thinking that it's too much weight it's not
this rv just like yoda on the extended chassis we can tow up to 3 500 pounds
and 350 pounds directly on the back hitch right there on the actual tongue same exact
limits as yoda my chevy tioga version of this four four or five years ago
however this rv even though it's the same year as yoda a 2001 the ford chassis um in the back here
disc brakes disc brakes front and back so the the rear dualies the 16 inch rear dualies back there
we have disc brakes which are not going to heat up like an enclosed drum and cause problems on
the road this is actually a huge reason why shortly after 2001 2002 chevy pretty much
lost all rv manufacturing business the only people that wanted chevy are people who special
ordered these rvs to go on a chevy instead and up until about 2011 chevy was only producing
only getting seven percent of these fleetwood rvs the other 93 were all going to ford with the v10
and disc brake arrangement like this so i don't think i'm going to have a
problem towing no matter what i choose but it is important to note that with the trailer and
only having one axle and then still having a considerable amount of weight towing on the
hitch but still we're towing 2 800 pounds across the country and up and down mountains when we go
back west as opposed to the smart car flat toe all four wheels on the ground simply being towed
zero weight on the back hitch tongue zero except the weight of the blue walk system
that's plugged into it so 30 30 25 pounds maybe and that whole setup is only 1550 pounds
2800 1550 in order to get an enclosed trailer that fits both the car and the motorcycle
at the same time it would need to be a 16 foot length trailer and those are only sold
with two axles at least i'm sure there's three axles actually but you can't get a single axle
16 foot enclosed trailer and the dry weight of the lightest weight 16 foot trailer is 2 900 pounds
do the math i can only put another 600 pounds in the trailer to stay under my 3 500 pound
full towing limits of this rv which means i can't even just put the motorcycle in that
trailer that would fit both the car and the bike and i certainly can't put the car
in there let alone put both the car and the motorcycle in that's where i'm at right now
if i had a huge ridiculous class a diesel pusher that had a thousand pound towing limit
things would be different i'd probably have a 20-foot enclosed trailer and bring my car
my harley i'd probably have a little dirt bike or something in there a couple e-bikes and
stuff like that what's up tara oh when are we moving near the new rv oh we are just actually
a little bit away and then we're gonna be moving into the new rv opie is that pretty
exciting are you excited about the new rv i know tara can't wait to sit in that dinette with dad
all right uh gonna close this video out guys and um looking forward to some exciting videos to come
i did want to get you all caught up here and at least to all the people saying i'm just spending
money like crazy like i'm laughing i'm laughing when i read those comments because it's like
people think they know me or that they know what's going on how can you just buy i've been saving for
a new rv guys so frida and plus i drove halfway across the country for the right rv at the right
price you know but with that said i just wanted to mention that um things inside the arcade here
have slowly started to uh go away i still have my camel collection but playboy pinball claw machine
uh my bowling game and my 18 wheeler game it's looking a little bare in here right now um
and my road blasters game screen currently doesn't work right now so i basically only have one
arcade that works and um i'm not upset about it because i i am investing what i got a lot of joy
throughout covid and at base camp and stuff like that i'm putting that back into this so the
solar system for instance that's going in uh the motorcycle trailer which was a necessity there's
no other way to travel with a motorcycle even if i don't bring it with me on this next trip and stuff
so i'm changing things up and rearranging my financial situation so that i can be more free
and definitely debt-free that's the way i just i need a couple months to get caught back up
and uh arcades are hard to keep running and working um i actually sold the playboy pinball
machine in non-working condition didn't even tell you guys that i didn't even get all my
money back out of that one but the other games i got pretty much everything i put into them
so it's just sad seeing this room so bare but anyways going to a good cause guys
i want to wish you a good week i am going to be rolling frida outside to get her prepared
for the tater tot for a little mini trip gotta test out tater tot we tested out the motorcycle
all right stick around for my next video guys opie and tara and i will see in the next one bye bye
you