I'd been riding around the USA, Canada, and Baja for years camping off my street motorcycle. In all those places I saw dirt roads and trails that invited me with that come hither finger to explore the mystery behind those road. I resisted most of the time, but you just can't deny dirt roads in Baja. I was forced the take my 700lb loaded street bike on some sketchy Baja roads and trails. In fact, a riding partner who was riding a motorcycle just like mine knocked a hole in his oil pan when we were riding to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska on a Dirt Haul road. We were 400 miles from help, and he decided to leave his bike where it broke. Having to leave a bike showed me the value of have a dirt bike with me to ride on those roads. To that end I thought about building a trailer to haul my dualsport bike with me. I wanted something kind of quick to build so that I could test drive it down the road before I spent a lot of time or money building the trailer.