[SamM]

Got a little work done on the Spade and my Bravo trailer today. New tie downs were mounted in the trailer. I cut holes and installed them with backing plates through the floor. The inside and bottom wood was treated with waterproofing stain and paint last week, when we had some good weather. The factory trailer jack interferes with the rear door on my Wrangler, so I’m looking to replace it with a fold up jack that I have. I purchased a mount for that over the weekend. The trailer will probably get a new axle as well. It has drop spindles with 5x4.5 hubs and I’d like raise it a few inches and run Jeep Rubicon wheels and tires. This would allow me to use the Jeep spare and not have to buy and mount a spare tire to the trailer. An aluminum tongue box would be more useful than a spare tire mounted there in the way. Dexter axles and hubs are reasonably priced and I’ll keep the factory leaf spring suspension. The new axle will be purchased from eTrailer.com. They always have good prices.

A few tabs were cut from the exhaust pipe on the bike. The pipe will need removed in order to finish the sanding, painting and wrapping. The two piece rear fender was taped together and glued. It didn’t turn out bad but glue leaked onto the outside paint. I may need to have it painted after all. Still waiting on the seat and new handlebars. The headlight brackets will be finished up tomorrow and painted. The Yoshimura muffler and bar end mirrors arrived yesterday. They look amazing. Here are a few pictures.

SamM