Thanks Gents!
I got to spend last week and spring break down riding around the Chattanooga TN area. On the last day there, I put about 185 miles on the roads of Lookout mountain and surrounding towns. Street tires are a blast on this bike, even the skinny 90/90 21 front. I leaned well in to the "pucker factor" zone on a few of the twisties, and I definitely let up before my tires did. I have a few take-aways from the "high milage" day on a few things I need to do for ergonomics before a long road trip, the main one being lowering the foot pegs a bit, plus ill likely throw the passenger pegs back on for an alternate position for stretches.
Now im back in ohio, and was welcomed by this lovely weather on the day after Easter=/
Oh well back to reality, and tinkering away on the trailer when I get a spare moment or two.
I am almost done with the hitch setup that will attach the trailer through the rear axle on the bike itself. I am using a fine thread 3/8" stainless rod, and have configured it so that:
1.) it will not require any tools to attach or remove it from the bike
2.) I will be able to use a padlock to keep the rod from being removed from the bike. This will also allow me to lock it to a post or tree at an ohv area or campsite while I go explore.
The two nuts sandwiching the one stainless plate will end up getting welded in once i get the rod shortened up to the correct length and will become non removable from the shaft. The other end has a "wing nut" type fastener with a castle nut which will get pinned in place once its tightened down.
The padlock will end up where it bolt is pictured.
I also bought a gas shock off of ebay. It was cheap, but seems to be descent quality, and should work for try one at least. I will make multiple mounting points for the bottom eyelet, as to be honest, i am totally guessing on its setup now, and have no clue the springrate.