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[Aussie]

I have a fully enclosed trailer 5 1/2 x 12 feet and looking at building a new one.
My thoughts are 7 x 12 to carry 2 baggers.

Would there be enough room for the 2 having internal fenders.
I want to keep the wheels inside the trailer line so the fenders are not seen.

Ideas welcome and mud maps or plans welcome as well.

[CVOThunder]

You might need to split the difference. Having them both inside seems like it would reduce you between the fender distance to 5' or so. Doing a split which is pretty common, should take you to 6' between the fenders. Of course I have nothing to measure so I could be all wet.

Cheers!

[red ben59]

I have a 8' wide x 16 long with the wheels inside. Two baggers will go up front with one in the center @ back. At the front the fairings are about 6" off the outside trailer wall with 10" between the fairings in the middle. That being said I would not go with any less than 7' 6" if I wanted to keep the wheel wells inside the trailer. You want to be able to acess your straps and tie downs. Just my opinion.

[tompen]

I have a 7X12 v-nose with outside fenders and I have to stagger 2 baggers. Inside wheelwells will really cramp you. You will need. at the least, some good fromt wheel chocks that let you get off and leave the bike standing upright so you can tie it down. You won't have room to use the side stand. There are threads about front wheel chocks with lots of info. I have two trailers and use both types. They both work well. Maybe look for an 8X12. Give you a lot more room to work around the bikes. I do like the low profile V-nose trailer.
Have fun

[2k]

Tompen is right on. I have a 7x12 and have to stagger to get 2 baggers in. I also remove the inside bags to make tiedown easier. My fenders are on the outside. I have always wondered how a modified snowmobile trailer would work. Wheels under gives plenty of room, but how stable do they feel to tow?

[sadunbar]

Tompen is right on. I have a 7x12 and have to stagger to get 2 baggers in. I also remove the inside bags to make tiedown easier. My fenders are on the outside. I have always wondered how a modified snowmobile trailer would work. Wheels under gives plenty of room, but how stable do they feel to tow?

A part of my 15 trips to Sturgis that was a constant....  The closer we got, the more trucks/trailers we would see on the side of the road.  And a good percentage of the trailers were snowmobile trailers hauling multiple baggers, sitting on a jack with one of the small trailer wheels missing.  Long trips hauling significant weight on small diameter wheels makes havoc on wheel bearings...   

[arcticdude]

Aussie,

Red Ben59 has it.  My 8.5' wide with internal fenders just clears the 2 baggers.  No room to lean over and must use wheeldocks.  Make it as wide as you are comfortable.  You can't have too much room.

[timo482]

trailers can be 8.5 ft wide as long as the mirrors can see by it. tiny tires dont last.

best is to be able to just ride and not bother with the trailer 

[Aussie]

Here's an update since my original post,
Decided to built my own trailer and thought I would show how things are turning out.

[Aussie]

Here's a look of the inside, plan is to make some cabinets for storage in the nose cone.

[TinSpinner]

Looks good, Aussie!

[porthole]

That sure looks nice. What kind of axles did you go with, springs or torsion type?

[SDCVO]

Nice job!

[SG Racer]

That is looking great.
Fantastic work.

[Rooster]

Very nice work.

[North Georgia Hawg]

Here's a look of the inside, plan is to make some cabinets for storage in the nose cone.

Very nice work, Anton!

Ken

[Indenial]

Not what I expected to see for a homemade trailer. You are very talented.

[Buy early]

You may have a second career there.

[grayghost731]

Not what I expected to see for a homemade trailer. You are very talented.

      Nice Work!

[phato1]

  excellent work.

 I was expecting to see a bunch of plywood bolted onto a metal frame(that would be my personal skill level), that there is a professional quality trailer.

[Aussie]

Owned my own custom trailer business back in the 90's and selling out to move house was a big decision.
Although I still have most of the equipment and planned on building the trailer last year but due to work shop room decided to look for somebody that would work with me to complete the project.
After being knocked back by all the local businesses within an hour of home I was about to give up. Anything that was not a standard build was to hard for them, even though I had all the engineering drawings.
 
Never the less I designed the trailer using a CAD package (Autodesk Inventor) in a few days. Coming up with several concepts I decided on a dual axle hard top trailer with an aerodynamic cone.
That was the easiest to build without any special machinery or sourcing any special corner trims.

Next project is to have some art work (not to much just some pin stripping) followed by storage cabinets. Black with orange doors.
I'll post a few more pictures when I have the ramp completed.

porthole, axles are leaf spring with electric brakes.

 CAD model before build.

[Buy early]

Owned my own custom trailer business back in the 90's

Bingo! Tell me what I've won Aussie?

[Aussie]

Bingo! Tell me what I've won Aussie?

If your at Sturgis next year I'll shout you a few beers 

[TinSpinner]

I like the door on the left. Over here in the states all the trailers have the door on the right, but we drive on the wrong side of the road. I know the reason is for safety if you're on the side of the road but for convenience sake a door on the drivers side would be nice.

[Aussie]

Is there an option of a door on both sides?

We can have doors on both sides but I only wanted the one door.

[Aussie]

Detailing finishing touches and next is to decide on some art work, don't want to go with anything to loud so looking for some ideas on pinstripes or themes.
Pictures to come when detailing is done.