New and old pictures of the bike trailer.

Bike in the new position on the trailer.

Bike in the new position on the trailer.

Bike still to be moved.

Bike still to be moved.


Now that spring is finally here I’m taking some time to fine-tune the motorcycle trailer I put together last November. I knew I had too much weight on the trailer hitch but I already had enough stress taking care of Lynn after his knee surgery at the end of October. What I’m doing now is moving the bikes back so that the center stand sits right over the axle. This puts about thirty or forty pounds on the front wheel when the bike sits on the center stand. And that’s good enough for me. I know I’ll still have weight on the trailer hitch and I know it wil be less than what I ran all winter.

About Art

55 years old. By training, ability and experience I am a master toolmaker. My most recent projects include designing and building a process to grind a G rotor pump shaft with four diameters and holding all four diameters within plus or minus 4 microns of nominal. This was an automated process using two centerless grinders refitted to my specifications using automatic load and unload machines plus automatic feedback gauging. I also designed and built an inspection machine to check for the presence and size of a straight knurl on a hinge pin using a vision system for non-contact gauging.
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