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Hey Leftway, checkout my post in pic's forum from Sept. 2012. I'm not recommending you build your own trunk but the side bags were a breeze. Went to the local thrift store and picked up a couple soft attache cases (messenger bags in today's vocab. Guess I'm showing my age) for $5 total. Not each. The shoulder straps just attach to each bag and go under the seat. That makes them secure and less likely to be stolen. I use mine all the time, even to go camping. At high speeds I need to put a bungee on them to keep them from flapping in the wind but that's it.

Great vid!! Wish there was a club here. Looked like it was a blast. Would have loved to see the people at the stop lights when a couple hundred scoots rode by.

The "wet-cvt" really sounds interesting and the longer maintenence intervals sound great too, but $5500? Probably not, unless publisher's clearing house comes knocking at my door.

I have the exact same carrier for use with my RV. The only issue I have with it is the direction of loading. The throttle being on the right I have to reach over the scoot while trying to push and guide it up so I disassembled the carrier and turned it around. I had to drill a couple new holes for the reflectors which of course wound up facing the RV instead of the rear. I have not tried it yet in this new configueation because of the season. I might also have a bit more problem loading because it is also higher being on my RV instead of a conventional vehicle (steeper incline and harder to reach the throttle).

Richard, are you talking about your scoot or......?

Thanks Luke. The trunk is made out of recycled barn wood and the work platform is just the right height to work on. It sure beats working on the ground or a rock. I live in Salt Lake City and try to get into the Uinta Mountains at least two or three times a summer. If you are familiar with the area it's on hiway 150 between Park City and Evanston Wyo. It's about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour ride because I really can't take the main hiways directly and have to go by the back roads, but that's half the fun anyway. I can cruise along at 40 to 50 mph most of the way even loaded down on my 150, except of course on the major climbs and some winding switchbacks.

Just sit right back and hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this western town aboard this tiny scoot. The scoot was a mighty 150cc the skipper brave and kind of sure, not knowing what lay ahead on his three day tour, a three day tour.

Well I headed back up into the Uintas of Utah for my last camping trip of the season and ran into a little trouble. When I got up there I stopped at one of the developed campgrounds to see if I could get some water. I rode around the campground and couldnot find any so started to leave for the highway to go on when out of the blue my front tire just flew right out from under me and down I went.

Luckily I was only going between 5 and 10 mph, but I still made a three point landing (my hands my head and my knee) with the scoot on top of my leg. Again luckily I had on my gloves and helmet so I wasn't picking gravel out of my forehead or palms, but my knee was chewed up pretty good.
I got my scoot back up and waited for a couple minutes to let everything settle back into place and then got it started back up. Being late in the day there wasn't much I could do so I went on and found a camping spot and the next day made what repairs I could (always carry a small roll of duct tape). Since I was already there I decided if my knee didn't stiffen up I might as well stay since my scoot was still running ok. Trip turned out ok other than my mishap. Only wish the Proffessor had been there to help, altough I don't know if he could have done anything without some coconut shells. Mary Ann and or Ginger would have been nice too.
Heres some pics. I think there would have been a lot more damage if it wasn't for the side bag with clothes and plywood stiffening panel and unfortuneately my solar charger cushioning the fall.

loaded and ready to go

my camp site

my camp kitchen

thank god for duct tape

at least the mirror wasn't broken

a plywood stiffener for the soft sidebags

my solar charger was in the bag

my recliner

the view from my recliner