good morning everyone eric here from nomadic fanatic hope you guys are doing well
did any of you catch my little teaser pictures over on instagram yesterday
today i'm going to show you what's already inside this 5x8 cargo trailer you ready
hey everybody i will be uploading this video with some nomad internet and there's a link below in
the video description if you need some mobile unlimited internet in my last video i showed you
how i was getting this trailer this trailer was purchased for a specific bike as i'm moving on
from my honda rebel 250 cc to something a little bit bigger you want to check it out first of all
this vino's trailer here i purchased brand new it's a 2021 model it's on robert's dodge truck
right now it's not doesn't have the right angle we will we will be working on getting that level
with a drop down on my rv here at the end of this video but first of all just cannot wait
to show you this uh there will be locks on both of these i've already got the locks so these will
all lock i love how that opens same thing over here like that and then this is spring assisted
see the cable there spring assisted and robert has already been helping me with some modifications
including this little piece got a little hinge at home depot that way it's a a really
nice easy platform to get hey are those are those tire prints on there should we should we back this
guy out and show you what it is any guesses those of you who didn't see it on instagram already
yeah i uh went to harley-davidson here in uh kansas city and i was looking at their sportsters
they're brand new sportsters but they had this used bike out there this is a 2012 model
uh soft tail slim and this is a 1690 cc compared to my 250 honda rebel that i had this is a lot of
bike and it is a beautiful black it's got a lot of matte black finish a lot of the chrome has
been deleted also many upgrades that i was going to make anyway it's already got the vansen heinz
exhaust put on there it's got a screamin eagle intake right here it's actually got a four speaker
boss stereo system installed on it as well four speakers there it's got the saddle bags which are
completely bolted to the bike but they are easily removable on the inside so you take your key you
go in here we'll undo this and then right there you just spin that off and the whole bag comes off
but you can't get to that unless you had the key to get in there so i can remove those anytime i
want but i like them for my style of vlogging and picking up groceries and stuff on the road it is a
six speed transmission i had a four speed on my honda rebel i'm not going to compare everything
to my honda but oh man it's got the the riser kit on it from harley davidson it's also got 14
inch eight bars here which just makes it so comfortable in that position
and also very removable front windshield and man does that cut down the wind in your face
i don't know if i'll use it year round but it's really nice to have the wind out of my face and
to catch the bugs and stuff like that so uh it's a lot of motorcycle i mean it is and it is loud
and powerful uh should we talk about max speed i don't know what the max speed is necessarily
in the book but i know this thing goes 112 miles an hour don't ask me how i know that
forgive me if i'm not getting all the terminology right but it's got these really comfortable
foot pads here and i think i believe you call these highway pegs so you can just relax and
put your leg out there it also has a kind of a form of a manual cruise control once you're on
the freeway highway whatever and the throttle is set you can twist this guy right there and
it holds the throttle in place so you don't even you don't even have to worry about the right speed
it's got a five gallon tank in there it is a big bite guys but i feel 100 comfortable on this guy
i don't know it was really weird for me because i had set my mind on a harley and i thought that
the only bike that would work for someone who's five foot five is a harley sportster
and it turns out in this slim this is a soft tail slim if you're a short rider like me
i mean this is way more way more power than a sportster iron 883 it's double the power
but it had already had all the mods i was going to put on it so i spent about the same amount of
money on this used bike as i was going to spend on a brand new sportster with a warranty and this
also has a 60 day warranty here and i've already had to bring it in once the uh little throttle
cable came unhooked underneath here and they took it same day fixed it in five minutes no
charge and i was right back on the road so we're focusing on the motorcycle for right now i'm gonna
get you updated on tater tot and what's going on with jax and how well he's doing inside he's
doing much better by the way but more specific details at the end of this video i think we
need to go ride this guy don't you think you guys think i look good on it at least i will say this
i can flat foot it on both sides at a stop which gives me a lot more confidence because this thing
weighs a ton actually 740 pounds compared to the rebel which was 298 pounds so it's a lot more bite
but i feel pretty comfortable on it man she's loud
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needless to say the bike is a ton of fun guys it's it's totally different than before where
i was just writing like to film or to get something now writing is actually
fun for me and uh gosh i cannot stop smiling never thought i'd be a harley guy like ever
i'll show you everything later i've got my other generator in here and gas and i'm gonna
have a tool box in here i got room to build a rack up front actually in this section up here
there's gonna be a rack that's going to hold my helmet and some of my other riding gear
and locks and stuff up there but i'll show you at the end of this video how i'm going
to hook it up to the rv and we'll see how level i got we may have to fine tune it a little bit
i don't want to drop down too much and bottom out all the time like i did that one time with the
drop down hitch so uh i'll i'll show i'll show you all that in the end hooked up to miranda
let's go check in on jax and see how he's doing spoiler alert he's doing a lot better
hey buddies hey buddies you want to tell everybody how you're doing yeah you're still
sticking to your little blue towel you are but you want to tell them what you did last night
you want to tell them how cute you were okay i'll tell him okay he's still getting the um fluids
coming out of i don't want to touch it but right there so every once in a while i get a little
kleenex and and i wipe the fluids that means the uh that means his antibiotics are definitely
fixing something that's going on whether he got bit by tara or bit by a bug or scratched by tara
but he's doing a hundred percent better than he was in our last video he's such a good boy yeah
and last night was especially sweet and emotional for me i woke up sometime in the middle of the
night at 2 a.m and i felt some paws on my chest that felt a lot heavier than tara so i i woke up
looked up sure enough there's jax he climbed up into bed on his own because he wanted to he comes
over to my side over here where the blanket is and he starts he starts pawing at the blanket telling
me he wants me to lift the blanket up so he can go in the cat cave and he laid right right in my arm
until the time we woke up and it was breakfast time so hey tara so i'm happy to report that
jax is on the mend he's doing a lot better and he just probably used up one of his nine lives
for sure oh i thought that was tara that's jax you feeling betters no pets now come here
my baby boy is better my baby boy's back
him's the goods you don't need to climb up there you don't need to no no we don't do that well
actually you're not feeling well so you can do whatever you want you want to go up there you can
okay just don't hit your head no you're going to get a big owie you're not going to that that'd be
strenuous activity jackson you can't be doing strenuous things no so i'll start packing up
the rv so we can leave this state uh and then more on where we're going tomorrow morning in
this video as we hook up everything and i tell you what event i'm on my way to go to yeah all
right good morning everyone got the trailer hooked up to miranda so i'll show you what it looks like
we're on a deep slope right here so it's not perfect ideal but as you can see trailers
behind it looks pretty good with that four inch drop down robert says it's uh five and a quarter
actually got my chains crisscrossed there got my lights hooked up got my anti-wobbler in place
and uh testing out the lights although we already did this at the dealership just want to make sure
yep left blinker right blinker with the four-way flashers going on and you can still see these
lights as i'm driving down the road on the back of the rv which is even better so this should work to
get us started here a little bit of an angle there but it's it's the right angle we got most of the
weight here at the top of the trailer remember in these trailers you want most of the weight
in front of the axle here so you don't get that weird wobble effect but i will be driving really
carefully today and keeping a close eye on my camera up top while i'm driving to make sure
everything's okay robert also greased the bearings in here and i filled up filled up the trailer
with my other supplies i'll show you that real quick too there's the locks i went with they're
a little more secure there's less chance of of an issue got two of those keyed alike on both sides
all right then inside this is just temporary right now but i got a bucket of tools right here
got my backup generator right there bungeed and an extra tank of gas up there and like i said
that top part that's what my buddy robert and i were talking about putting some shelvings for
some helmets and stuff up there later but the bike is uh fully secured should be good i'm just going
to take it easy and make lots of stops today to make sure all right well i put on a good 40
miles and i've been keeping a close eye on the trailer in my rear view mirror just to see how
everything rides to make sure we're not getting weird spinning or anything let's check inside make
sure everything's still secure just wondering if maybe one day i could uh put a camera in here like
another wireless camera so that i can keep an eye on things i don't know well it's still standing
all right nothing really moved at all i'm gonna put the camera down and go check all my straps but
looks good to me i think we're good so where are we going from here
you're going to have to tune into my next video to find out what's next guys
thanks for joining me jax tara and i will see in the next video jax is doing
even better this morning by the way i'll give you another update in the next video bye guys
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