So I wanted just a bit "handier" storage on my trailer. You know.....a place to put quick stuff.

Now I have a system......bike stuff goes in bike......trip/camping stuff does in trailer. This way I can leave the trailer packed and ready.......hook it up and Im ready to roll. Likewise when I come back I merely unhook the trailer and Im also ready to roll.....no unpacking all that camping crap out of my bike.

Problem is I was in and out of that trailer on the road more than I wanted to be.....and the stuff I always needed to get at quickly was in the bottom of that bad boy. Now I could compromise my bike - trip separation and put that stuff in the trunk on the bike.....but then again I have BIKE stuff in there and its pretty tight.

So what to do.....

.......cheaply (figured I would toss that in....cause Im cheap).

Quick....easy.....cheap - clearly that has to involve the country of China somehow.

......and it does.

A scooter trunk from the land of the fall apart mopeds.......now we are talking.

This bad boy was purchased from eBay for the grand sum of $40.....including shipping.

See that one on the end....seemed like it was a good enough match to my midnight cherry Vision.....or whatever Victory calls that color.  So I ordered on up....good plan.  It shows.....and its not broken.....yet (it is from China).

It came with mounting hardware......so after drilling a couple small holes in the tongue to mount the base to the trailer......I merely set the trunk on the base and put the 4 bolts in.  Simple as mud.....took about 30 mins.

This is what I ended up with.

I dont YET have a picture with it behind the Vision....but it comes nowhere close to touching the bike.....there is P L E N T Y of room and it matches pretty good......it would match WAY better if I would ever clean my bike.

So now my trailer has cost me another $40......which in retrospect is more than 10% of the total cost.....wow, I guess it wasnt THAT cheap after all - Im getting kinda out of hand here.

PS....you can also see an antenna there......it extends out.  I figured to counteract all the Chinese junk being pulled behind my American bike Im going to run Old Glory on that antenna.....seems like a good idea.

Next Im going to try and score some cheapo (if they aint cheap, Im not buying them) hubcaps off a golf cart and smack some spinners on this bad mofo.....okay, probably going to skip the spinners. I am going to see if I can find some decent looking hubcaps though.....couldnt hurt.

Another member here has done it.....looks gooood.

Here is what it looks like all hooked up.....