Going west

[Manitou]

Just excited about being loaded up and heading out again. Got my new electric motorcycle with me for the first time. Good times a comin!

Oh.. Moved the spare tire up top to the basket. I'm not crazy about the extra weight up there, but so far don't notice it. I wanted that area clear for sneaking in the back door with the bike on. I hope to never use that tire, but in case of emergency.. I can lower it back down with the same strap I used to pull it up there. Heavy!

[Blue~Go]

Heading west - sweet!

I moved my spare tire to the front, and it is nice having that extra space by the back door. Also easy-peasy to get into the "tire locker" storage.

Did you mod your back step? It looks like maybe you moved the fixed step down and removed the power lower part? 'course I'm just peering at the photos and guessing.

[Manitou]

It came that way. This first owner towed a little boat sometimes. There is no power part (though the wiring and stud is still there). Not sure about the step being lowered(?).

[Blue~Go]

Ah. Well usually on the electric step Chinooks the upper step is fairly high up - higher than it was with the manual step - and then the lower step slides in and out underneath it. (I think this is why they raised the upper step when they went to electric steps; they wanted to make room for the lower step to slide in and not hang down any lower than necessary.)

Here is what I mean:

1) Electric-stepped Chinook showing fixed upper step is almost level with door (lower step is extended). You can also see where it is in relation to the side supports.

2) Manual-stepped Chinook showing fixed upper step lower down (original way). You can see it is at the lower end of the vertical face of the supports, not the upper as in #1. Not as close to the level of the door sill.

3) Yours with the fixed step (which is usually the upper step) in the "bottom" position, more like the older rigs. But maybe lower actually as on my rig (manual step) the trailer hitch drawbar comes out under the lower, fixed step, not on top of it. Anyway, just caught my eye as I trailer sometimes and so the step arrangement is something I notice.