Home Made Trailer Hitch Bike Rack

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HseLoMein

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Hey Guys,

Now that i have the chopper with all the DOT attachments and such, I needed a better bike rack, the original one i have can hold 3 regular bikes up to 100 lbs. Well that was fine until i added the chopper the mix. With my chopper and 4 stroke cruiser i was overloading the rack by 50 lbs (uh oh). Well on my trip to PA last year, due to oscillating roads i bent the rack ever so slightly. enough to make me not feel confident.

So last weekend, i deciced to try out my welding skills and made a platform style bike rack. It holds one bike perfectly and i am designing bolt on attachments so it can carry upto three motorized bikes

Here are the pics
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DdqP5UsPr8ffKHJdm5-QSA?feat=directlink

and here is the album
https://picasaweb.google.com/hselomein/TrailerHitchBikeRack?feat=directlink

Enjoy!
 
Very clever. I'm in the design stage for a rack to carry two MBs on the back, or front of my Ford Ranger. I don't have a hitch receiver but I do have a wide step bumper with a hitch ball hole. I'm thinking along the lines of your design. Thanks for the ideas.
Tom
 
if you have a bumper with a hitchball hole, it can accept an adapter for the square hitch reciever, it bolts under the bumper. Your bumper will hold the weight
 
HseLoMein said:
if you have a bumper with a hitchball hole, it can accept an adapter for the square hitch reciever, it bolts under the bumper. Your bumper will hold the weight
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That's interesting. I'll check into that. Thanks for the info.
Tom
 
Just saw this one on Craig's List here in Denver. I wouldn't buy it but I like the design. It is made for dirt bikes but would be perfect for an MB. I think I'll copy the design.
Tom
 

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Were those gas cans under the rack while you welded. I am a novice welder and I'm always terrified of gas near my welding. I once set a pile of leave on fire beside my back door. I left but my neighbor saw them and stamped them out for me.

ps love the bike and the rack.
 
Yes those are propane tanks, i gotta heat the garage. But no i did the welding outside, i did the painting inside next to the tanks. And also too the pics inside as it was night time. But yeah scary thought welder next to propane :)
 
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