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I have a 1961 Scottish and for quite a few years used a dedicated motorbike carrying rack attached to a tow hook bracket to carry the machine, it worked ok. Later changed to a trailer as it was getting hard work loading the machine on the rack.
John
I have used a Dave Cooper bike rack with my TES on my VW Tiguan - it drove OK, however I think it may have been slightly over the the nose weight limit for the car.
AndyB has got a point. It is not just what the rack will take, but the car, too. A problem I have come across these days is that most car tow hitches seem to be the swan-neck type, not the detachable ball ones, which is what is required for the rack. I couldn't get one for a Mondeo, for example.
Sorry I think you are missing the legal/insurance point here, you need the downweight allowance for your car,same point catches many caravan users. Due to lower weight of many cars now, this is commonly below 80 kgs. My present car Rav4, 4x4 is only 80kgs. I used to do it with a Range Rover this had 150kgs allowance. many do it but remember insurance companies will get out of anything you could be illegal. If your dealer cannot tell you check caravan magazines they usually quote it
Did not know about that, pleased to find out before it matters, my Espace seems to have an 80kg limit, the bike is usually inside but I have borrowed a bike rack in the past, to take a Silverstone to the IOM. Bit of a warning, don't make my mistake, we put a cover over the bike, then found when we got home you could not see the lights! Oops! Peter.
I have a Peter Cooper rack on the back of my Skoda Octavia and have carried my 360 challenger and Anglian with no problems. I made an angled ramp so that the back of the bike can be wheeled up then the lighter front lifted. The 360 is a heavy bike.
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