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I'm stoked to have picked up Catahoulabuldog's trailer over the weekend. . Pictures can be seen here. And for the moment, it's found a great spot for the winter in my parents driveway.
This trailer is already in amazing shape as far as my untrained eye can tell, but I'd still like to do some work on it and I'm going to use this space to document that work. This project should make the winter much more bearable and give me something to do so I don't sit idly.
Here's a list of ideas I have, in no particular order and by all means not exhaustive:
- Install breaks. I took a quick look from underneath and it appears I have break mounting flanges on the axle, so I should be able to bolt on electric drum brakes. I'll need to remove the wheels to make confirm.
- Install a fold up trailer bed like these. I'm more than likely to try and attempt to build some on my own to try and keep the cost down.
- Install a couple of chocks. The pitbull TRS in the picture did not come with trailer and the hidden chock on the trailer is too far forward to keep the weight of the bike over the axle. At least one more just in case.
- Longer term I'd like a retractable awning. In the mean time, my EZ up will do just fine.
- Redo the wiring harness. It works but could use some love.
- Put down a new floor. Something a little less slick. I almost face planted over the weekend.
- It currently has a string of lights around the top, but I may install something a bit more permanent. I haven't decided how much this is worth to me.
One question I have for those of you with race/track trailers, how do you normally get electricity in them at tracks? Let's say I'm not close enough to plug into an electrical outlet of some sort...
This is a personal project more than anything. I could very well leave it as is and it'd do just fine. But I've taken track days seriously and would prefer something more comfortable than the back of my SUV. Who knows... it might just begin to make appearances at Loudon towards the end of next season.