VX bike rack

[VXjunky]

back in the day when i was still a spider monkey no problem....nowadays us old farts want it easy and accessible....having the bikes chest high fits that bill to a Tee

[etlsport]

glad you found one that works. I havent found one that will allow the rear door to open with the Tone style (hidden) tow hitch, which sits about 5-6" higher up than yours

[VXjunky]

dont think it would have worked with a 2" tongue into a 2" hitch receiver...the adapter saved my butt,(extra extension).....only 20 bucks for the adapter at harbor freight...Thule cost $160

[Mile High VX]

Let us know how bad the "bounce" is when carrying the bikes...I get some with mine at regular length and it will be interesting to see what happens for you with the extension...

[VXjunky]

the bounce is a concern

[crager34]

I have Tone's hitch and use the single bike carrier from raxter. I can open my door with the rack arms folded down. I think they make a 2 and possible a 3 bike carrier, but not sure if it will work.

[Triathlete]

I have a "doctored" fork mount that I got years ago before they were discountinued on my factory roof rack. I only use it when absolutely neccesary now. I put my bike in the back of the VX for transport. It only takes driving into your garage with the bike up top once to learn a hard (exspensive) lesson...

[VXjunky]

i thought crap like that only happens to me....OUCH!

[JHarris1385]

Oh wow...that's terrible. I just got home from Red River Gorge and Natural Bridge State Park in KY and one part of it is the "Nada Tunnel" - which is a one way tunnel with very limited turn around spots since you are in the Gorge itself. About 2 miles out I see a sign that finally tells me the height inside the tunnel is 12ft, with no tape measurer and the bikes on top I had to measure from the group up with a piece of 10 1/2 inch paper and make sure I was fine. Luckily I was bout 8-10 inches shy, turning around would have been at least an hour to our starting position and put us 3-4 hours out from where we were headed.

Red River Gorge : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Riv...ge#Nada_Tunnel
Nada Tunnel is on that page

Natural Bridge State Park:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural...Park_(Kentucky)

Overall I like them on top because getting in and out the rear door is already troublesome enough for someone like I, that does not have a rear popper. I personally would not want to have to swing an arm or two to get into the back. But that is just personal preference. However I said it earlier, it is NOT EASY getting them up and mounted in those tracks. I am 6'2'' and the height is a little bit of an issue. I could see it being much easier if my style of rack was one where you took off the front tire, since the spinning of the front tire is the biggest hassle when the bike is over your head.