Dual Sport Trailer assembly thread

Once you get used to having a trailer it is hard not to take it with you... especially commuting...

Having trouble finding a long enough bolt for through the axle.
Got all thread in there now.

How long?

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-cap-screws/=jbmpu2

Awesome awesome!! I forgot about them. All I could find was boxes of 100. Thanks kindly!

Found a fender out in the barn.


Added a chain to the box lid.

Can't bring myself to take it apart and paint it...It's raining anyway.
Added some hold downs I had from VW baja bug days. Now no bungees.





More interior stuff. This box is BEEFY!

Trash can liner, ice, fill'er up with beer. That will hold WAY more than my beer hauler.

Picked up a used 21" dirt wheel from the 80s. Guess that means I have to start my trailer...

KTM 950esque?

Do it!

Somebody move this thread back to hacks!!

Or at least move it to "Some Assembly Required". This is not a vendor's thread.

Rear rack. SOLID!
Found the chain rattled in the box so I added a wire loom from the old hot rod days.

Really starting to think about distance travel. Vacations are few and far between and money is tight but this really adds a lot of possibilities for the wife and I.
Got a decent size tent that fits perfectly. Need a double wide sleeping bag that folds small, couple pillows, candles, bacon....

Paul, now I remember you! I thought the name rang a bell but didn't think much about it. Then I saw that Fourmile pic. You were at FMF last year!

I'm drawing up my trailer now, stealing ideas from everyone on here

Were you there? Man I miss it out there....

Yep, my wife and I were in a yellow tent closer to the road. I'm sure you met lots of people plus it was over a year ago!

Or two normal bags, one with a right zip and one with a left zip (provided they are the same size zippers).

Mr. Bracket, do you/will you sell the adapter plates (or whatever you use) for a KTM 950 Adventure?

If so, do you have pics and a price? I'm designing a trailer right now. I'd get one of yours but can't afford it now

Besides, I like building my own stuff, but I am stuck on how to anchor to the bike.

Thanks!

Post up a pic of your axle. Is it hollow?

Or go ask Bracket over here. He's left all us little people behind.
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=742318

Axle is hollow but has two huge aluminum nuts. The nuts could probably be drilled out but I don't want to weaken them.

Didn't do much today. Got the bolt size for through the axle and got a bushing figured out so the trailer won't pull where the threads of the bolt are.