Bike rack experience ??

[Jim Duffield]

Are most racks set up to clear a rear spare tire on the back of the RV?

Thanks.

[me_cooper]

I have a Swagman rack that I use for Ebikes. It has adjustable holders for the fat tires and folds down for access to rear compartment. It is very secure as it has a locking bolt that tightly secures in the receiver. It also has locking braces that firmly hold the bikes.

[crimp]

Put a hitch receiver on the front of the motor Home. It works for me.

[tga1947]

Originally Posted by Jake21

7 years and over 100,000 miles with 4 carbon fiber bikes and no issues.
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Where did you get the covers for your bikes, are they custom made?

[Ken Thompson]

Just one more reason to have a side radiator.

[PaulTNaples]

Originally Posted by tga1947

Where did you get the covers for your bikes, are they custom made?

They have the same cover on Amazon. Just ordered it. $69 + $18 shipping. (Not a Prime item)
Arrived in 5 days.

[dck22]

Originally Posted by Curiosity

Is that with the e-bikes? Or just regular.

Mine is with a 56lb. eBike. I use the KUAT with a double receiver hitch on the back of my Canyon Star.

[Jake21]

Originally Posted by tga1947

Where did you get the covers for your bikes, are they custom made?

Here: http://www.skinzprotectivegear.com/b...ortcovers.html

Not sure what the other guy bought on amazon for 70.00 but I don’t think it was the same cover.

[GJohns]

Having read a reply concerning the exhaust melting the rubber bumper cover on a toad, I lossened the two bolts on out exhaust pipe tip and turned it out 45* and re-tightened. This redirects the soot and heat out away from everything.

[firechief26]

I have 4 door Jeep wrangler that I tow behind my Phaeton m/h. I have a Yakima bike rack that attaches to my spare tire on the Jeep. It works great and allows full access to open and close the rear gate.

[Harry Joe]

Boy, is this post ever appropriate. We’re buying a Newmar Bay Star Sport 3014 on Wednesday and already bought a bike rack that fits vertically on the rear ladder.
One of the (very) few sad things about trading our Thor ACE 29.2 is that we’re losing it’s HUGE (practically walk-through) rear compartment where we kept our full sized bikes in a homemade rack. Thor has modified the newer models so that bay is compromised and no other manufacturer makes one either.

Anyone have suggestions for a vertical cover for 2 bikes?

[KrankyKoot]

We tow a Miata so bikes needed to be on RV rack. Some notes on our search
1. Not all bike racks are warranted for RVs. Most mfg. have RV specific models. Our is a very strong and (heavy) rack made by Yakima.
2. We use a double hitch extension made by Malone. Has two pin holes on top receiver which allows clearance for lower hitch.

We were worried that the setup might extend too far out but have towed it more than 2,000 with several stops, connect / disconnects etc. The light and short Miata helps.

[Ludmilla]

Originally Posted by crimp

Put a hitch receiver on the front of the motor Home. It works for me.

We did the same thing. We had a custom receiver welded for us to put in the front of the motor home. It can be removed if we need to access the generator for maintenance. It works great. We can use it when we pull a car without a receiver hitch. We can also keep the bike rack on the RV while we are in camp and lock the bikes to the rack.

[Jake21]

Originally Posted by Harry Joe

Boy, is this post ever appropriate. We’re buying a Newmar Bay Star Sport 3014 on Wednesday and already bought a bike rack that fits vertically on the rear ladder.

One of the (very) few sad things about trading our Thor ACE 29.2 is that we’re losing it’s HUGE (practically walk-through) rear compartment where we kept our full sized bikes in a homemade rack. Thor has modified the newer models so that bay is compromised and no other manufacturer makes one either.



Anyone have suggestions for a vertical cover for 2 bikes?

Skinz. See post #50