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Haha he’s wearing the helmet because that’s what’s holding his camera. 👍

Make sure you wear a helmet😂😂😂

I'm filming with 3 cameras at the same time. One of those camera's is attached to my helmet.

I wrap them around the rear foot pegs and then I take the loops on the end of the camlock straps and put them over the straps wrapped around the passenger pegs and flip the pegs up to the stored position and the straps are secured.

Hi Paddle Board. I'm glad the video was helpful. The Tundra suspension is stock but its not a problem because the bike only weighs about 300lbs with fuel and saddlebags and the truck's tongue weight rating is a little over 1,000lb and the payload rating is 1,600 lb so nothing is over loaded. I use to have a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 and it's tongue weight rating was 500lb and the payload rating was 1450lb. I used the same setup to carry the bike with no problems. With both of these trucks the weight wasn't noticeable while driving and it did not make the headlights shine higher or blind oncoming drivers. On the Toyota there is a control that can compensate for added weight on the rear of the vehicle by lowering the level of the headlights. One point I did not cover in the video is using a hitch anti-rattle clamp. In the video you can see the carrier wobbling around when I load the bike, an anti-rattle clamp prevents the carrier from moving around. The hitch carrier came with a hitch anti-rattle clamp which worked well on the Dodge but would not work on the Tundra. I purchased a Trimax THC200 Univeral Anti-Rattle Clamp from Amazon and it works very well. The only thing I changed on the Trimax was to replace the standard 3/4" nuts with good quality nylock nuts. Here is a link to the one I purchased. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JPCVM14/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 Awesome ill be getting those as well, I appreciate the sugestion! Looking forward to putting them to use with our honda ruckus's. Thanks for sharing!

It's a 2012 Yamaha Tw200.

Yes, its a great trail bike!

Glad you liked it!

I'm glad you found it useful.

Sorry for the slow reply. On the front I use these amzn.to/3PQCHGi and on the rear wheel I use these amzn.to/3oymYA0

Not really, it might be that the mic was very close to my mouth. If you want to hear heavy breathing watch this one ruclips.net/video/3DiP_p9xlO4/видео.html

He’s not at all. Just talking while he’s working.

Thanks Brad, I appreciate your support.

Awesome, thank you for watching! I passed the MSF RiderCoach course so now I can teach the BRC!!!!!

Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed the video. It was a bit of a mess, that part of the trail is pretty narrow so there wasn't enough room for the 4x4 vehicles to maneuver around the stuck vehicle. Fortunately, the TW doesn't need much room.

I don't do much street riding so I don't usually have an issue dragging the pegs but I could see how you might drag them on the road. I do hit the pegs on rocks and logs but it's not quite the same as dragging them because the bike is leaned over that far. Where do you live? It sounds like a great place to ride. It sounds like you have a lot of fun on your bike, be safe and enjoy it.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 Street riding was all I was used to in Vancouver 🇨🇦, but was fairly inexperienced, and then bought a sailboat to live on and slowly worked my way over to Cortes Island, a couple small islands off Vancouver island, come visit if you can! It sure is a special place, less people living here than my old highschool population haha. Haha I think I have too much fun on my bike haha 🤣 I keep a foot aircast bungee corded to my seat just incase haha, only needed once so far but Im sure I will again haha. I went from being afraid to peg scrape, to intentionally peg scraping, and now I set beer cans up and try to grab them off the centre line while scraping haha, only mucked up once but I don’t dare attempt these leans in any other rig I’ve ridden, especially on these roads here. Logging roads with packed crushed rock on top, the curves are great, but improper banking, very soft shoulders, lots of gravel, and the occasional drunk driver out of lane, but I can’t think of anywhere else Id rather live. I normally wouldn’t use knobbies on the road at the speed/angles I do, but I tried a more street tire, and I needed to change my underwear when I got home hahah 🤣 Where abouts are you? Close to a forest/trails to get away from people I hope. I always forget how hard it is to escape the city noise and laws. I think the bush freedom we have up here is something I take for granted, all the cities are tucked right up to the US border and nothing is happening with the rest just a couple hours North. Anyways Ive had a few beer and only youtube for company and all if a sudden am a friggin Novel writer haha🤣 signing off for the night haha. Cheers pal, all the best, safe riding/the most fun to you as well 🍻

It sounds like your living the dream! I have a buddy that lives a bit south of you in Comox.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482I don’t think it can get a whole lot better than this! Oh nice right on! Definitely close by, I can see Comox from a few of the beaches here! If you ever bring your bike to visit your buddy and have a day to explore, I recommend checking out Quadra and/or Cortes. Quadra is much bigger, has real roads unlike Cortes haha, and a lot better trails, and is only a 15 min ferry from Campbell River, the ferry from Quadra to Cortes is bit rougher though at 45 mins

Interesting, does your hitch hauler have tie-down points on the front and back? Mine only has tie-down points in the middle so that's the reason I use the tie downs the way I do. I don't double up tie-down straps because all of my straps are rated for about 3 times the weight of the bike so I'm satisfied with the safety margin that they provide.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 it just has tie down points in the middle, I just loop the front straps around the front of the platform near the front wheel and hook them there

Thanks, glad you liked it. Thanks for the drone footage!

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you found the video helpful. I'm aware of the suspension components you make, good stuff!

It's probably more than I need but it gives me options when I break something.

It's a 2012 model. I got it from a cattle farmer, it was already painted ugly green and it only had 750 miles on it. I've put about 4,000 miles on it, almost all of which are from trail riding in the mountains here in Virginia. All the scrapes, scratches, and other damage is from me crashing, dropping, or doing other stupid stuff with it while trail riding. Boba Fett would probably choose something faster.

Thanks for the history on the bike.

It is, I love riding on the maintain trails in the George Washington National Forest.

Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video. I had some suggestions about improving the tool kit so I'm going to be changing a few things and will probably be making an update video at some point.

Thanks Brad, I appreciate you watching the video.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 👍

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 Yes I have! (we graduated from BHS in ‘82)

Giant Loop makes pretty good gear. I wish it was a bit less expensive.

Thanks, I'm glad you found it helpful. One point I wanted to mention, I did not use a hitch stabilizer in the video so the carrier moves around a bit when I load and unload the bike. Normally I do use a stabilizer and I highly recommend using one to keep things from moving around.

Hi John, I'm using the AMC 400 carrier. I added the lights myself. The lights are from an inexpensive trailer light kit I purchased from Walmart (www.walmart.com/ip/Blazer-International-Submersible-Low-Profile-Trailer-Light-Kit-C6285-Red/16880525). I purchased the kit because it came with the lights, wiring and 4 pin plug needed to use my existing towing setup. The lights work pretty well but If I had to do it over I would probably go with a similar set of LED lights.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 is the carrier worth the money? I have to bring my TW on a 1000 mile trip.

I believe the AMC 400 is worth the investment. I've been using mine for 4 or 5 years and it has held up well. There are less expensive aluminum carriers available but I think they use lesser quality materials and they are bolted together rather than welded together. With free shipping, I think you can get one from Black Widow for a little over $200.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 thank you

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 so I ordered the 400 black widows do have any trouble fitting the back tire of the TW 200 on it? The width on the 400 is 5" 1/2 wide. Looks a little narrow for the bike. Is your Carrier 5" 1/2 wide as well?

Adventures are great fun but your right, they can suck while your having them.

Thanks for subscribing, I really appreciate it. I have only scraped the pegs when I low side or when I fall over as I did at the end of the "Riding a TW200 up the most difficult part of Green Mountain Trail" video. ruclips.net/video/3DiP_p9xlO4/видео.html

I agree, getting wider pegs is one of my top mods. The original pegs are just too small. I bent the original peg brackets so badly I had to replace them with a set of pegs and brackets from ProCycle.

Thanks for the comments. I'd have to agree with you, I don't think its more difficult than 494 (Edinburg Gap, .5 miles), 495 (Taskers Gap .2 miles), or 499 (Bowman , 1.6 miles). However, the downhill/uphill section on the southern end of Green Mountain is comparable to the more challenging trails on the Taskers Gap side. I think the bigger challenge with Green Mountain is having enough energy to complete all 6 miles of the trail safely. Most folks start by climbing to the ridge using Walters Gap trail and then head south on Green Mountain toward Opechee Peak and down the final rock garden to join up with Peters Mill Run but that's only half of the trail. The section this video covers is the other half of the trail that most people don't seem to know about. When the trails open again I would love to complete the entire trail in one go. Map of Green Mountain trail: www.alltrails.com/explore/map/green-mountain-trail-fa246d0?u=i I did two videos of riding up and down the southern end of Green Mountain. Riding Up: ruclips.net/video/3DiP_p9xlO4/видео.html Riding Down: ruclips.net/video/ZmRBxBqFqmk/видео.html

Thanks, I hope you having fun in Daytona.

Very nice video, so many TW riders would benefit from a trials class training.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I agree, almost all dirt oriented riders and many street riders would benefit form some trials experience. Unfortunately, where I live in the US, there doesn't seem to be much interest in trials. I've been looking for a used trials bike for a while but no one seems to have one and none of the motorcycle dealers in my area sell new trials bikes.

It was fun and a bit of a work out at the same time. You could always consider getting a second bike for trail riding.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 yeah well maybe a third bike because my second bike will most definitely be a road king lol!

@@NoVaSlowSpeed You and I sound alike. I have the TW and a Ural but I still want another dual-sport, and a trials bike, and an adventure bike.

@@mototrailsandtrials8482 yeah I know it's sad there is no one bike for every purpose!

It does a pretty good job. I'm not able to keep up on the smoother sections of the trails but when the trails get more difficult, the TW really shines.

There are plenty of rocks but I suppose it's like most things, if you do something for long enough you get use to it.

Thanks. The trail does take a little getting use to but I've been riding on the rocks for long enough that I don't worry too much about them now.