magicmat Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Cheers for all the replies guys, Really appreciate it, not sure what ill do now, a trailer would be good as soon im going to have two bikes. But there more expensive and the space (i dont have tons of it at the mo) unless i could store it on its side...... Right lot to think about cheers guys A guy on a Pug forum said that he had a 65kg crosser on the bike, friends in the bike and luggage, and it hit the bump stops on humpback bridges. So i may be ok. Anyway. Cheers ! Edited January 18, 2008 by Magicmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcgods Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 My 3 bike trailer hangs off some wall brackets in the garage with a strip of angle iron bolted across the brackets to keep it on there. As it is fairly heavy I use a long length of 3x8 clamped to where the lightboard goes to pivot it off so I am not lifiting all the weight. The single bike trailer I have used to stand up on its end at the back of the garage again with wall brackets holding it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmat Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Not a bad idea, cheers for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis_gasgas Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Im putting my bike rack onto the back of my corsa sport but the suspension is lowered so the shocks are stiffer on the back so shudnt bottom out or hit bump stops, i doubt it will make the steering that light they only weigh about an average person really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross brown Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 does anyone know if its possible to fit a bike rack to a swanneck towbar. My Dave Cooper rack will be here soon. I've a Honda CRV with a swan neck towbar. I will Post pics of how the rack gets adapted once the rack and the car get to meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 (edited) Lordy - I used to cart a TY Mono all over the place on the back of a Citroen AX Gt! At night the hedlights werent much good as they pointed skywards even with them adjusted down. It was a company car. Edited March 13, 2008 by dabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmat Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Put the rack on, Got a wittle towbar and a rack of ebay which looks as though someones made it. abit wobbly but does the job a treat. The car aint quite so quick anymore ! haha Front end sits alittle high but its not bad and i cant hear the back wheels rubbing when i go over bumps, so for now im sorted ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikespace Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 That rack looks a lot like my Kliponoff with a coat of paint. Worked fine for me for a few years. Main problem I had was the pinch bolts which damaged the tubing enough to make it non-adjustable. Not so much a problem these days as it would only ever carry full size bikes. I had a Peugeot 306 for about 8 years from new and never knew about the adjustable rear suspension Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmat Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 the pinch bolts work ok, but i think if i was being anal, i might line it all up and then drill a hole through both tubes for the bolts to go through. i've been told The only problem with lowering the back end of a 306 is that, if you just lower the torsion bar your putting more load on the 'rear load sensing valve' hence making it brake more at the rear = dodgy. You can lower it in another way so that it doesnt affect the sensory, apparently. but no im happy now so after six months of not going on my bike im finally back on it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikespace Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 the pinch bolts work ok, but i think if i was being anal, i might line it all up and then drill a hole through both tubes for the bolts to go through. Yeah that's what i decided i should have done, but only because I needed to adjust length permanently. If I was just using for one size of bike I'd have been happy to have it locked up solid. I sort of wished I'd bought something like the Dave Cooper rack. I paid about 90 quid for my Kliponoff, and it was a full towbar bolt job to take off once the pinch bolts had screwed things up. In contrast my brother in law turned up with a Dave Cooper job he'd bought for a tenner second hand and removed both sides in about 10 seconds leaving a neat bracket in the middle - I was gutted I was thinking more of jacking the suspension up a bit rather than lowering, to level things out a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmat Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 yeah it is annoying to wip out the spanner to take it off, but it only cost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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