Went on a really short ride this morning. I intended on riding farther but my back started feeling wonky so I decided to come home while I was still in the neighborhood. It was hot and had about an 85% chance of steam. I installed a new side bag, I did a different way to mount it and it tucked it in closer to the trike, so I saved about three inches of width on the trike. Usually not a big deal but there is an obstacle in my driveway in front of my garage door and it makes it harder to get the trike in the garage.
I ordered some hardware to mount my ammo box / trunk to my rear rack. I have been attaching it using bungee cords but I want something more stable for the plans that I have. Here is a pick of the trunk:
The long term plan is to put two more ammo cans, one on each side of the rear wheel to serve as saddlebags. Then I want to put one or two 12 volt sealed lead acid batteries and put some solar trickle chargers on the lid of each ammo can. Then the batteries can charge a little bit while I ride (I will still need a charger for the batteries cause the solar chargers won't work very good inside my garage). Having the batteries will give me power for my radios. It may end up being overkill since I like to use QRP radios and those tend not to need as much power.
I also ordered some Sky Blue spray paint to paint the ammo cans, I really hope that it is close to the color of the trike. Last I ordered a bike mounted Bluetooth speaker. It is not very smart to use ear buds while you are in pedestrian mode cause you need to be able to hear traffic. I will review it here once I get it and use it a bit.
Since I am still unable to operate ham radio portable I did not set up any radio and since I did not set up a radio, I got no contacts.
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Aaron K5ATG
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