That anti wobble hitch pin lock combo is amazing. Thanks for sharing that. For trailering purposes I have an item that could never get proper funding to get off the ground so you can’t get them anymore. It’s a ball mount that scissors wider inside the receiver preventing it from wobble. No more annoying slap on the pin or rattling inside the receiver. Uses a 10m Allen to tighten.

I had your video playing on loop as I put mine together yesterday! Very helpful!

Hi Mark! This is awesome. Thank you for this review video! We truly appreciate your business.

What a great video. Very helpful and thanks for taking the time to make it. Love your bike!

Such a high quality review!! Clean audio, great angles, very comprehensive

Thank you for the posting I feel much more comfortable purchasing one.

Great video. Thank you for such a detailed overview!

Thanks for making this video. I had some of the same concerns. Great tips on tie down, loading and unloading. Just ordered s silent hitch. Thx

This vid was just what I needed to see, shot just the way it needing to be shot. You had excellent detail and thoughtfulness as you described what you were doing, without the needless repetition one often finds in videos. My bikes weigh 439 and 445 lbs, respectively, so I'll be buying the next model up, but the techniques described in your vids, and in the comments (and I've read all the comments thus far) are a great resource. Thank you so much!

I am so glad I found your video before installing our rack. Thank you so much! It was truly helpful. I just need to order the Anti Hitch Lock from Let's Go Aero and I'm good.

What an amazing review. Thank you.

Great video. Just what I need it. Thanks

This is why I pay my internet lol thanks so much for the info about that locking pin that’s honestly such a good investment.

Thanks for the great review!

I enjoyed your video. Very informative!

you're killing me Smalls!

Thank you so much for the in depth tricks and cheats! I also hate that hitch lock that came with it, I just put mine together yesterday for my 14 year old son and his electric dirtbike, and I had the worst time with the directions, they are missing some arrows and tips about not tightening right away before attaching the rack to the wings. Your rubber adhesive is genius because I heard the knocking right away when I ran to the hardware store for a new wrench. The lockable hitch pin is also amazming, just bought both on Amazon! My Tulle rack for my mountain bikes has a knob with a internal foot that tightens, so this was new to me. Thanks again from this single mom; who needs a husband when I can borrow someones elses' on KZfaq!

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

That's great! I have the same hitch carrier (with the 6 ft. ramp) and that pin will save yourself from laying on the ground tightening and then retightening, and even though it's as tight as you can get it they start loosening up after driving awhile. For my '21 Honda CT125 I used the small tire bolt that's included and the tires fit perfectly at just the right depth. Btw. I just put the ramp in the bed of my Avalanche, and lock the shell so no one can steal the ramp. Funny how on the CT125 FB page people used cheap Harbor Freight and Amazon Hitch Carriers and the front tire is way too low in the front and the rear tire is usually sitting on top of the carrier not inside at all.

NICE REVIEW!

Thanks for the review...

Great video 👌 I’m looking for one for my new yz250 and this seems like a nice brainer..

Nice review but you broke the #1 rule of working at the rear of a truck. Never put a tool, phone, wallet on the bumper.

Great video! I Ike that silent hitch thing. I’m going to have to get one of those. I don’t bother putting that ramp on that top bar. I just leave it hooked on the bottom for loading and unloading.

My bike is a shorter wheelbase, so one wheel doesn't fall into a groove. So I use velcro straps to tie down the wheels. I have the additional 90 degree hitch adjustment, so I can flip my rack up against the tailgate and out of the way when not in use. I put my loading ramp on the other side or out side of the bike rack, so when I flip it up, it doesn't hide the license plate below. Thanks for the recommendation for the hitch to rack tightener. That'll work on my 90 degree adapter also!

thanks Bud

Thank you for the video I just ordered the hitch pin and the same bike carrier but not the XL because I own a fat tire ebike and don't need the extended ramp

I used 3" Cam Buckle Straps, that are rated for 1200lbs, Thicker than a car seat belt!...Lol....I just don't trust all these 1" straps claiming 500lbs, etc....I always like 2 or 3 times the Load on my straps, just for safety. Many of the larger straps often use Hooks that are Too Large for bike applications anyways, but luckily my straps have a narrow J-Hook(found them at home depot)....so strap it right on my bars, don't really care about the paint.

Thanks!!!!

Put the ramp/rack on the lower edge where you set it after unwedging from tire. Just bounce it over the bar. The same exact position you put it while you unstrap.

I have the same problem with my ramp on my carrier and also put straps though the wheels to trust me my motorcycle back tires sliped off between the truck and the carrier

very good

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Could you just have left the ramp on that lower bracket, instead of having to roll the bike back to get it to that upper bracket?

I use a anti rattle lock similar to the one you reccomend. Yes it locks it side to side. While friction slows up and down. You pulled up. I am unsure that a 400lb motorcyle on a severly bumpy road that the friction will hold it from bouncing UP...... I'm looking at the U bolt anti rattle

I have this same carrier and would like the tie-down points to be another 4” out from the centerline of the bike. As it is, there isn’t enough angle on the straps to avoid contact with the radiator shrouds.

Great video! When I purchased my dual sport motorcycle a couple of years ago, my buddy had one of these older Black Widow racks and he has let me borrow it. I believe it is an older model from 2016 or 2017, but it looks the same, except for (1) the anti-wobble part and (2) the aluminum ramp design. The anti-wobble part looks different than the newer model and it didn't work on my short Toyota 4Runner hitch and so I purchased something better. As for the ramp, the welded lip on my buddy's aluminum ramp that attaches to the rack is reversed compared to the lip on your ramp. My buddy's ramp lip is oriented upwards ("U") as compared to your ramp design, which is an upside-down "U", and so your ramp has to rest on top of the rack, which then gets smashed down by the rear tire. With the orientation of the lip being reversed (right-side up "U"), the lip hooks under the cylindrical rod on your rack and so the tire compresses against the rod, not the lip of the ramp. You can see at 22:46 in your video, there is a gap under the rod and that is where my friend's ramp slides into. My buddy's ramp is easily removed by lifting the ramp up high and sliding the ramp lip out. I'm wondering why Black Widow reversed the orientation of the welded lip on the ramp in later models. Last thing, the tilt that you noticed is also apparent on my buddy's ramp and it drove my nuts too. I corrected the problem by adding two sheet metal shims onto the right side of the male end of the rack that slide into the female end of the hitch. I believe the shims are 1/32" - 1/16" thickness. I made them 2" long and duct taped about a 1", while leaving the remaining 1 inch bare, so the shims can slide into the female hitch hole. It's a tighter fit and levels out the rack perfectly.

Instead of putting the black hook (from the tie down) around the strap to the handlebars, I'd loop it through and back to the attachment point on the hitch. That will eliminate the towel used to protect the plastic. (also I'd put that towel next to the tailgate while you lean the bike on it)

I always strap the inside handlebar to the safety chain bracket on the vehicle. No wobble farkle needed.

Nice, but... four straps on the front of the bike means they are all trying to pull the bike backward off the rack (as well as down into the wheel slots). You want the same kind of opposing tension front and back that you have side to side.

To fix the ramp problem you cad add something to the front tire back stop on the carrier get a scrap of aluminum and use weld on to make the front tire backstop thicker that should keep it from rolling back on ramp

I was laughing my butt off about this… yes I bought your old one, and yes I use it frequently…

I wish OneUp would come out with a motorcycle rack.

I feel your tire/ramp problem is your bike's long wheelbase. Can't change that. What you can do is bolt on two tabs at each end of the carrier that you can run a rod/bolt through to move the ramp's attachment point outward. Now you place and remove your ramp with ease.

What is the wall thickness of the square tube that goes into the receiver hitch?

I think I would have jam nuts on the backside of the anti wobble device so they can't come loose. Definitely not a fan of the single centered anchor point. I want fore and aft tie down points

Great Video my guy. Thank you for being thorough and super clear. West Virginians aren't so bad after all. 😂

Helpful video. How confident would you feel using this ramp with a 375 lb bike, about 100 lbs more than yours probably? Do you think it would hold up? And I'm guessing loading and unloading would be a 2 person job?

What do you mean is NOT rv approved Mark?? I just ordered one for my 30’ Motorhome!

🤣🤣don't want to compress forks until you go off a double or 50 through a bunch of whoops, compressing forks will not hurt it.

How much does the larger bike weigh ? I have a Honda shadow so idk

I have the same carrier but I have a van. What made you get this instead of just loading in your truck bed?

WTF! You don't have to put the ramp under the tire and go through all that extra work. I have a double Black Widow. That 1.5" drop is nothing. All you have to do is just roll it off.

May I ask where you purchased the straps could you by chance send me a link

thanks for video. little advice. you attach the ramp as you did when you removed it and then push bike on it. and thats how its done. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8ehhdqG0tyomaM.html

What?? They make one with a longer ramp? WTH!! I think I have a short ramp. Lol. 😢 Great video!

Why isn’t this good for an RV? Thanks form the great review.

Try loading bike from other side and tire won't get in way of removing ramp.

Flip the ramp upside down when you use it.

why not park your truck on the street 90' to the driveway and roll the bike down hill to the ramp?

Why don't they put tie-down hooks in the front and the back instead of the middle it is ignorant

Hope is you are better at roofing than you are at loading and tying down a dirt bike.

Those welds look horrible.

your using the ramp backwards, flip it up side down