Originally Posted by badmother

Great conversion! It has been done before, I remember one guy wanted to go touring with one.

The woodwork is looking good but also I can not help wondering if you would have been better off (less weight less complicated) wit just adding a bike rack or two. If you could manage to put one where they normally are and one in front of that you would get a great long platform on the top and you could also hang four panniers. You could also keep (maybe detatchable) some sort of "footrests" or platform if you wanted, like on a longtail. I have done this on homemade longtails.