This was setup specifically for my ride on the TransAmerica Trail back in 2021. I ended up using the can once on my shakedown trip on the Smokey Mountains 500 and a couple times on the TAT where we were really remote. But once I was done with the trip, I removed it.

Welll… if you need to mount a 1 Gal Roto pax fuel can, then I definitely recommend this method still. It worked well for me. However, what I discovered was I actually didn’t need a whole spare gallon on my TAT trip. A 1L MSR bottle strapped on somewhere would have ended up being enough spare fuel I think. P.S. please head over to @johnnypowrides for future moto videos. Thanks!

Thanks but please Subscribe here to my "new" motorcycle specific channel. I started sharing bike stuff here: www.youtube.com/@JohnnyPowRides

I am very saddened to hear that David passed away. I have thought about him from time to time as I've now gotten back into motorcycles. I remember you were his riding buddy. I no longer have my TL125 - I traded it for a Triumph Cub which is what I rode vintage trial on for the last few years I was doing it. I stopped in 2009. I still have the Cub and plan to make it a winter project to get it running again and maybe get back into trials next year. Follow me on my "new" youtube channel "JohnnyPowRides" which is where I've been posting all my motorcycle stuff for the past year. Also the TAT trip and the SM500 before that we did back in 2021 are on my buddy's channel called "SomeGuyRides" check those out also. Thanks for saying hi

This ^ is the link to my new channel. I have a few rides documented on my RE Himalayan and some other videos about my other bikes

@@evergeendata Good to hear back from you. Sounds like your cycle odyssey has continued in various, unique forms. That Cub was no joke to compete with, I'm guessing. What a cool bike! I'm now getting myself back into it - just went to the Barber vintage trials event in October, and now hunting for an good, early-'80's BMW R100 for sport touring purposes. Yeah, the cancer hit Dave kind of fast. We thought he might pull out of it with the experimental therapies he was taking, but then he unexpectedly nosedived about a month ago. I ended up getting his extensive cycle book library bequeathed to me. I will certainly subscribe to your other channels! Keep the adventures rolling - quite inspiring!!

@@dachu134 That's so sad to hear. I hope to see you again next year! And that's funny my old road bike which I loved so much and rode so much was a R100 airhead. Mine was kind of a mixed up built bike - was I guess closest to a R100T - the frame was 77 but motor '81. Excellent workhorse. I had the plastic panniers I think they were Krauser or Hence Becker (I forget). My first big mountain rides and camping on that bike. Did you ride at Barber or just spectate? Also - I ran into Peggy this past summer who I expect you might remember. She is apparently still riding. Hope to catch up again later. - JF

@@JohnnyPowRides Wow, Peggy, yes - good to recall her - I appreciated her tenacity as a racer, and always envied her Elsinore. Hope she is doing good, and still racing! Sounds like your airhead was a one-of-a-kind game-changer for your life adventure trajectories. And totally, we ought to intersect next year at Barber. It was my son actually who rode the event this year since we only had one trials bike (I wanted to ask if I could borrow Dave's TL, but...felt too close to his last days). You'd enjoy meeting/hanging out with some of the other fellows in our age bracket who compete there. You'd enjoy meeting Eric and his crew from Nashville (from the Ton-Up Club). He's a music scene photographer. It's a very complete On-Any-Sunday-like scenario there in the pits; timeless. Also I have a great old snap-shot photo of you, me and Dave that Danielle Howle took and passed along from like 20 years ago up at an STRA event, on our TL's. Do you have a digital copy of that one?

Yep - this video is pretty old. I bent and re-bend the rear brake on the SM500 and the TAT both. By the way my new YT video channel for moto stuff is Johnny Pow Rides

Holy shitballs. What is up man. I have more moto videos on my channel @JohnnyPowRides check em out and let's keep in touch

@@evergeendata heck yeah, i found your other vids and subbed. So good seeing yall! Hit me up if you ever pass through we have a guest room, showers, and a few acres for camping.

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@@evergeendata .. John, I just called them AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY IN STOCK…. All are Back Ordered like every other place I have called… Thanks anyway

Big wing nut.

No - I removed this light fixture and installed a LED bulb instead into the original. I should have another RE Himalayan video on my "new" KZbin channel in about a month of some moto camping and adventure riding.

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ahhh thanks! (Duh!)

Wow! dedication! Hopefully they will be more available. Have you sen our videos from our Trans-America Trail adventures?

p.s. don't get that check USB charger I installed at first. It has a low output I discovered

I thought the same thing. Rather than the socket cap Allen bolt head. I think a Button head Allen bolt would be a better option as not to stick up so high and rub holes in whatever baggage or container might possibly be strapped over top of these current bolts.

Just try loosening the hardware and tweak it some. Mine didn't hit the screen or dash at all - but my Buddy Ang installed the exact same ones on his REH and his did hit until he finally got them tweaked to clear. I think it just takes some fiddling. Thanks for watching

There aren't any.

@@wileecoyote5749 aren’t any what?

no one in the USA has any in stock

I think from Ebay. Very expensive shipping from Thailand. There's another site called Beez Deals that some people shop from. Also expensive. Look up my friends channel "Some Guy Rides" and look at the TAT Prep playlist for the info about the accessories he got. Not Moto Skill but a lot less expensive. And check out the SM500 and the TAT videos while you are there!

I've seen/read a bazzilion videos/articles on less expensive vs. expensive helmets and price may have no bearing on how safe they are. Not everybody can afford to spend a grand for a helmet either pal.

There is a feature in Google Maps that lets you download parts of the map and store it on the device so no cell service is necessary.

no they shouldn't...they already have one its called a CRF 250. DUH!!!!!!!!!!

@@bultacowally duh? Crf250 looks like a motocross bike. I like the design of the cub. Classic. I don't like the crf . Problem?

Honestly, no. It's funky and cool but I feel silly on it to be honest. Fun to blast it around but to me it's not a keeper after doing the TAT on it

I am tall as well

you should see what it looks like now after 3300 miles on the Trans America Trail... Also here's my friend Ang and I on our second ride together doing the Smokey Mountain 500

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