hey everybody eric here from nomadic fanatic hope you guys are doing well out there i am
boondocking and i am loving it this is my setup right on
the beautiful columbia river and we're going in there today
yeah thanks for joining me guys i will be uploading this video with some nomad internet
link below in the video description how i upload all of these videos uh more on the water here in
a minute it's going to be 98 degrees here in lyle washington that's oregon that's organ this right
here is washington state but i want to start this video off because in the last two videos i
have hinted that there's something else traveling with me between tater tot and frida my smart car
and my rv there's something back there and uh i'm gonna share with you right now uh before we get to
the back of the rv though i just want to remind everybody that yes i do have a harley i shipped
my harley and trailer back to my shop in illinois because i can't have that trailer and the car the
car is a wonderful tool for exploring and making videos where the motorcycle turned into more of a
a hobby or a toy almost but i didn't want to get rid of it i just wanted the car with air
conditioning and heated seats for the winter and stuff like that however there's something about
being on two wheels that if you're a rider you know you're gonna miss it when you don't have
it it's the truth and i will say that i should never have gotten rid of my little honda rebel
250 roxy the rebel i sold her and i didn't need to i had the shop i could have just left her
left her there in case i ever wanted to change but the cool thing about those bikes is that they
are a dime a dozen and available anywhere in all different sorts of conditions mileage and colors
and so i found a pearl white 2006 honda rebel cmx 250 i paid 600 dollars for roxy the rebel
three years ago as a matter of fact wait a minute i have to show you a picture literally three years
to the exact day that i bought roxy and reba the rebel welcome reba the rebel in pearl white gosh
she is gorgeous not not perfect uh but definitely a barn find she's got some rust she's got some gas
leak issues and she needs a little bit of break work but she's here she's good and let's see i got
a picture somewhere when i first got the bike had 599 miles just unbelievable you never find that
and i've put let me see what does it say 700 so i've put on 101 miles
i think i'm now comfortable with the bike and have a lot more confidence with ariba here so this way
when i need my motorcycle fix and i want to go cruise some back roads or feel some air in my face
it is really easy to unload this bike and keep the car connected or vice versa if it's too hot
if it's pouring rain cover the bike unhook the car and go take the car for the day that way i'm not
stuck with one or the other i have both uh now if you're new to my channel this might look weird
it's like eric you can't you can't tow blue ox underneath uh a carrier that also has a motorcycle
uh this is not the first time i have done this exact same setup with my other motorcycle in
the car worked great towed it over 2000 miles across the country with no issues plus i have
hauled motorcycles on the back hitch many many times before in my very first rv actually tilly
the tioga i had my red honda pcx 150 on the back of that rv and then i upgraded and i got a yamaha
tw 200 dual sport and then on yoda my other tioga i had a honda grom green color and then of course
i had roxy the rebel which looks similar to this white rebel here and now riva the rebel is on the
back of the rv show you how it all works i'm not saying this is the right way to do it or the wrong
way so don't do what i do this is not advice or anything however i'm just going to share it my
rv on the extended chassis is limited to towing 5 000 pounds behind it or 500 pounds directly
on the hitch so my car only weighs 1500 pounds a fraction of that 5 000 the bike weighs 291 pounds
the carrier weighs 89 pounds plus i'm gonna zoom in here and show you how i have this done so i got
this on amazon this is a dual hitch receiver with two points of contact on the top accessory here
this is rated for still 500 pounds direct weight here and 5 000 pounds towing on this bottom part
here and we're only towing 1500. you can also see i've got several anti-wobblers okay so i put one
on the top here i put one on the side to keep this from moving in all different directions with the
bike on there the car underneath everything is locked with locking pins even on one down there
if we come back around to this side the blue ox system is simply right below the deck ramp
of everything and it actually makes it a little more flat as we step back so that's even better
the car does extend out past the rv a little bit more how much well exactly eight inches because
this is an eight inch dual receiver adapter so and also when you turn the car i have a video
somewhere that shows this but the car will not hit any part of the ramp or the motorcycle deck
in fact i'll link a video in the video description and at the end of this showing you when i had this
same exact system with my other motorcycle and car behind miranda my class a and i put some
gopros so we could see how everything operates on the road it's it's solid guys however without
the stabilizers and anti-wobblers it was not very solid but the bike is secured on the back bumper
i've got it secured up here through with soft straps on the handlebars down here it's in a
wheel chock over there the bike moves a little bit just because of the actual suspension of the bike
itself but i'm okay with that the big thing you want to remember when doing this if you're using
the bike suspension to help the travel make sure that you get these closed loop straps these are
rhino brand rhino usa i've always liked these ones that way if there's slack here this won't come off
because it's a closed loop it's no harley it's it's it's no black betty and i'm looking
forward to riding my harley when i get back to the shop uh later this year and check in
and drop off a few collectibles and stuff but in the meantime when i want to go for a ride
it's great it actually um does not block the rv lights so if we take a step back like this
i mean even the car doesn't block those turn signals and brakes but when the car is connected
the brake lights and turn signals work here however somehow magically i'm still going to get
500 billion comments below and people telling me that i'm doing everything wrong and i should do it
their way uh all right all right whatever you get a cookie i am gonna at least show you how easy it
is to get this bike off i have to do undo this strap here those two straps there the bike will
lean against the spare tire while i unscrew this ramp the ramp comes off hooks into these holes
ramp goes here walk the bike down and so i'll show you that right now and i still stop on the
road and check the straps periodically i aimed that camera down so that i can see everything
the motorcycle is doing while i'm driving sitting in the driver's seat but these straps won't last
forever so you just gotta you gotta stay on top of it and make sure that there's no rips or cuts like
every morning when i leave okay once i loosen that one the bike leans against the spare tire
also the bike is in gear so it acts as a like a natural stop so it won't slide anywhere
under the last strap and i just put a hand on it to make sure nothing bad happens
there's two bolts holding the ramp together
ramp comes off clicks in place
and then i'll just feather the brake as i walk it down
easy peasy just like that
putting her back on the ramp is the same exact process just in reverse except uh with this bike
i turn it on and i put it into gear and i feather the clutch and the gas and i have one finger on
the actual front brake there so i'm feathering the gas the clutch i have plenty of video showing how
i get it back on the ramp it's really just the same exact process and it's no biggie so yeah
now you've met reba the rebel uh the seat the passenger seat back here does have some black
tape on it so i mean like i said she ain't perfect but it she's complete and uh man only 700 miles
you want to hear her purr here let me get the keys all right you ready for this here we go oh listen
to her rumble she's so loud okay i didn't actually start it up but it is quiet it's a quiet bike
turn the gas on
that's it guys she's running now
not warm but runny
she sounds so mean so mean she's like a rebel and the other cool thing about a rebel is it's
not like the whole harley thing where you have to wear all this massive equipment
and leather chaps and all this crap a honda rebel is a shorts and t-shirt kind of bike
squeaky brakes
but yeah you should wear a helmet also if you're gonna go out onto the road blah blah blah don't
do what i do you know i mentioned that i only paid six hundred dollars for roxy the rebel
i paid less for reba people are giving away these honda rebels because these are the
bikes that a lot of people learn to ride on and then they're ready to upgrade the rv community
loves small bikes like these that don't weigh very much because they can go on at the back of the rv
all right i got ac on in the rv running off solar maintaining 100 there but i do want to
go dip in this so let me go get some swimming trunks and some sunscreen and cool off in the
columbia all right so the water itself is really clear the water is but the rocks are sharp jagged
and covered in moss very very slippery sharp rocks and uh not exactly the best way to enter
a river but i'm trying it and no matter how far i go out it just continues to stay shallow okay
i guess i'm up to my knees now finally as i just very carefully tread through here because i don't
want to twist an ankle it's not not cold it's not cold water it reminds me a little bit of like
shasta lake in california where it's like so warm outside and then you want to go dunk or something
so you get out there and then it's like wait a minute is this a hot tub is this a is this entire
lake this is a river and it's still warm the water is warm all right actually this does feel good now
it just it's really shallow but is it refreshing when it's this warm no it's definitely the water
is cooler than the outside air this all right hey everybody the sun hasn't officially set but it is
set for us because it is set on the other side of the mountains over there uh so i went ahead
and brought the flag down and the temperatures are starting to drop a little bit um and uh yeah
i really like this place i really really like this free campground stay here for uh seven nights if
you want did get a couple other truck campers joined us over here met them both nice guys
and yeah i'm just gonna chill out here and uh probably watch some tv got some really good
wi-fi out here terrible bear say hi honey are you stressed i got the ac on for you you shouldn't
be stressed yeah i got the air i got the blind clothes to keep the ac in here hey opie dopeys
hems goods yeah you guys are goods all right i love you too buddy
i remember this place however trains don't really bother me and the only reason he's
blowing his horn is because there's that road that you come in on up there um but yeah
that might be why there's not a whole lot of people here uh
i know personally a lot of rv boondocking friends who cannot deal with trains
even without the horn just the vibration that you can faintly hear out out there
of them driving by out there can drive people crazy i i guess i'm just used to it i mean i'm
on my 11th year of rv life and trains don't bother me that much it would never be something i would
move for this bothers me a lot a lot less than say your neighbor rv are pulling up right here
and bringing out their open frame construction generator and not only running it all day but
running it all night and then running their quad and jumping behind sierra and going with it there
are much more unpleasant things that that can happen while you're boondocking and trains
trains don't bother me too much i will still be i will still be able to sleep tonight just fine
yeah but i am going to go ahead and close this video out guys i want to do some editing and hang
out with the kitties thanks for watching guys i will see you in a few days please consider
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