My Motorcycle Trailer

My Motorcycle Trailer

For Christmas, my wonderful wife gave me a trailer.
It is a CarMate brand trailer.
The interior measures just over fifteen feet long
and just slightly smaller than six feet wide.
The height is about six and a half feet.
I love this trailer.
I've included some pictures for you to view....

Click below or scroll for pics...
Outside View
Inside View
Tie-down storage
Paper towel rack
Bike tie-down mounts
ATK bike shoe

Update March 1, 2003
Corner cabinet
Door storage
Boot Bench
Heater

Update May 2004
Goggle/Helmet Shelf
More cabinets
Bedroom view

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!

Here I am walking around the corner at my parents house. You can see by my look that I've just received an AWESOME Christmas Present.

Here's the exterior of the trailer.

I really like the diamond plate stone guard.

UPDATE
I finally decided what I wanted in graphics and ordered them. Here I have finished the right side of the trailer with the new graphics and some sponsor decals.

Here's a view of the trailer interior. You'll note I've installed a rubber mat for flooring. I purchased it at Sam's Wholesale Club but they havent' been selling it lately. It is designed as a basic garage floor covering. It is made by a company called Better Life Technology. It seems to work really well. They have now come up with an improved product made specifically for motorcycles. There are links from that page to vendors who sell their products.
They even added a photo of my trailer with a link to this page!
I've also installed a few homemade items. I had a bunch of electrical conduit laying around so I created a tie-down rack and a paper towel rack. You'll see close-ups below.

UPDATE: I've finally taken a newer picture of the inside of my trailer. You can see it is loaded, all ready to leave for a race.

Here's the tie-down rack.
It's a pretty simple thing that should work really well. A piece of conduit, a few elbows and two mounting plates and your ready to go.

This one is really simple.
Same idea as the tie-down rack
but smaller. I put a big washer
under the towels to let them
spin freely without binding.

I installed the quick release mounting hardware made for Pingel brand wheel chocks. I'll be using it with my ATK Bike Shoe. I also installed the Ancra removable tie-down rings. Here you can see the mounting hardware installed in the trailer. We'll be sleeping in the trailer so I wanted everything on the floor removable for room.

Here's the ATK Bike Shoe mounted
in the quick release mounts.
You can also see the Ancra rings installed.

For more details about the bike shoe mounting,
Click Here!

Here's what my baby looks like locked down and ready to roll!!!!
You don't need to tie the bike down with the ATK shoe but I like to feel secure!!

March 03 Update

I've been busy lately. I found the door shelves I wanted and I found a great cabinet. I also rewired my trucks trailer hitch so that I have power to my trailer's interior light all the time. I have tested it for six hours and the truck started the next day without any trouble.

Here's my new corner cabinet. While browsing one day at Home Depot I found a corner cabinet and the size was just what I needed. It comes in pieces and you build it which I feel is more than half the fun.

Here's an inside view of the cabinet.

Here's the fine organization on
the side door of the trailer.

While wandering around a Lowe's
in Newport News one day I found
the door racks I had been searching
for. It seems no other stores had
any in stock and I found a close-out
deal that was just great. I bought every
door rack they had.
Not bad for $1.74 a rack...

Some guys asked what this
was in the previous picture.
This is a dry erase board that I use to make sure I pack everything I need for a race. I can also write reminders on the bottom.

Here's the fuel and water storage.
You can also see my bench I use
for changing clothes.
It's a great place to sit.
It's called a Boot Bench
and it's made by a company
called Step2.

I mounted my heater for those cold

nights sleeping in the trailer.
This is a Mr. Heater Portable
Buddy Heater. It works really well.
You can run it off a small disposable
propane cylinder or the grill size one.
I bought mine at Northern Tools on a
great sale.
Update

I had been using one of the small propane bottles but the heater kept shutting off. Come to find out the heater has a built in oxygen sensor that is very sensitive. I found by using the 20lb propane bottle and running the hose through
the side door crease, I would get more fresh are in the trailer
and the heater would run all night, no problem.

I've added a combination smoke detector,
CO2 detector directly above the heater just
for good messure.

May 04 Update

I've been slowly adding items to my trailer to make it easier to travel and more organized. Here are some pictures and descriptions to update you....

Here's a shelf I added over the previously mentioned Boot Bench. My neighbor had just finished redoing his closet and had some extra pieces of shelving. Worked great in my trailer and the price was right, FREE!!!

I started accumalating small items on the front shelf and decided it was time to add some more cabinet space. I went back to Home Depot and purchased cabinets that matched the corner cabinet already installed. I haven't installed the knobs on the doors yet. You can also see the 2X4 I used just to add more security to mounting the cabinets. I added some storage hooks to the 2X4 also. You can see the insulation I added to the roof of the trailer to try and maintain some heat when it's cold outside.

Here's what our sleeping arrangement looks like . I just setup my outside stuff, unload the bike, put down a Walmart carpet, and then inflate the queen size air mattress. Instant bedroom.

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